Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale Guest Cast Revealed: Sayaka Kanda as Yuna, Yoshio Inoue as Eiji & Takeshi Kaga as Shigemura!

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale is being released on Feb. 18, 2017, and the guest cast has been announced including Sayaka Kanda as the AR idol diva Yuna, Yoshio Onoue as the mysterious young swordsman Eiji, and Takeshi Kaga as Shigemura, a developer behind the AR device Augma! There was also a report released the other day on Sayaka Kanda’s postdubbing.

Sayaka Kanda recently charmed the world with her singing, voice, and acting talent after contributing to the success of the Japanese dub of the Disney film Frozen as Princess Anna in addition to winning the award for best lead actress at the 9th Voice Actor Awards in 2015, earning her place as a top-level voice actress. She said about this latest offer, “I was extremely nervous because even as a guest character, you really have to work carefully after being offered a role among such professional voice actors in such a popular work.”

■Yuna - Sayaka Kanda

Comments from Sayaka Kanda:
Q: Tell us about the character Yuna.
Kanda: I’m playing Yuna, an AR idol diva and had the opportunity to sing five songs in the film. She’s a mischievous kind of cute, and also looks cute in the character visual, so I was really happy when the decision was made.

Q: What about the challenge of postdubbing?
Kanda: Yuna is an AR idol and sings different kinds of songs, but because there wasn’t a 3D reference to consult, I tried to play my very own version of Yuna.

Yuna is a new character in the film, and a diva who has gained popularity as an AR (augmented reality) idol. She appears on each stage in the AR game Ordinal Scale, and if you encounter her, you can experience a special effect.

■Eiji - Yoshio Inoue / Shigemura - Takeshi Kaga

Comment from Yoshio Inoue:
Q: What are some highlights of this film?
Inoue: There are these technical terms of AR and VR which can seem difficult to get at first, but basically something was born from the collision of the conflicting feelings between people, and people evolved... It’s that kind of human story. I think people will enjoy it. Eiji is a very human and wonderful character. I had the opportunity to play him in a way to really let his life and feelings show on screen, so please go see it.

Eiji is a mysterious young swordsman who appears before Kirito and his friends in the film. He has a high ranking in Ordinal Scale.

Comment from Takeshi Kaga
Q: What are some highlights of this film?
Kaga: I was really surprised at how amazing the animation of this new work is once I got involved. There’s a highlight for any viewer I think, like the story and characters, and I hope everyone who sees it feels that way. This is also a new SAO work. It’s an interesting one, so please look forward to it and go see it.

Shigemura is a developer behind the AR device Augma, and the lead researcher in Japan behind non-invasive forms (that which doesn’t harm lifeforms) of brain machine interfaces. He is a professor of electrical engineering at Touto Technical College. His overly radical style of research is treated as heresy by fellow researchers of electrical physiology.

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