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AFA Singapore to Host Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Kanae Itō

Southeast Asian convention Anime Festival Asia announced on Wednesday that the Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale anime film will be one of its featured anime for the event, and it will host Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and Kanae Itō as guests. Matsuoka and Ito voice the characters Kirito and Yui, respectively, in both the film and the previous television anime.

The film will open in Japan on February 18 in 150 theaters. Aniplex of America confirmed the film's overseas release. The company describes the movie's story:

It's just a game,or so I thought..

A brand new story written by original author, Reki Kawahara!! People everywhere were enjoying a new game called Ordinal Scale, an ARMMORPG developed exclusively for the Augma, a new wearable console designed for AR (augmented reality) gaming. But, the players had no idea that a nightmare from the virtual world was starting to spread into reality!! As his fellow players find themselves in danger, the hero is called upon once again.

Publisher Kadokawa stated earlier this month that the film "will be simultaneously released worldwide on February 18, 2017." The film's staff previously confirmed that the film will screen in about 1,000 theaters worldwide.

AFA Singapore will take place at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Center on November 25-27. Previously announced musical guests include Aimer, Alisa Takigawa, Ami Wajima, HoneyWorks/CHICO with Honeyworks, Home Made Kazoku, JAM Project, Konomi Suzuki, KOTOKO, May'n, Minori Chihara, T.M. Revolution, and Wake Up, Girls!.