An advance screening event was held on Feb. 14 at Shinjuku Wald 9 where Kirito’s voice actor Matsuoka Yoshitsugu and producer Kashiwada Shinichiro (Aniplex) appeared on stage, celebrating the 10th anniversary of Shinjuku Wald 9’s opening.
Hakuba Photo is about to launch a set of Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale themed smartphone cases, mobile stands, and puzzle charms as part of its Chara Mode collection.
Don’t miss Sayaka Kanda’s special report on postrecording for Yuna! A talented group has been brought together to compose her songs being featured in the film including Yuki Kajiura.
These adorable collectible toys are slated for a February 2017 release, right on the heels of the first SAO movie Ordinal Scale, which releases Feb. 19.
Anime Expo was held this year in Los Angeles, U.S. from July 1–4. Over 300,000 fans descended on the Los Angeles Convention Center for the four-day event that’s the biggest anime event in the U.S., and at the event big news was announced.
Volume 2 of the collaboration between the *Sword Art Online* anime series and Heart-Up, a specialty store of contact lenses and glasses, has been unveiled.
The TV anime *Sword Art Online* is gaining massive popularity in Japan and overseas, and an exclusive shop will be coming to Shinjuku early this summer.
Eir Aoi and Luna Haruna are two artists in the anime music scene being showered in attention, and now they’ve shown a huge following on Hong Kong too. The two performed at C3 in Hong Kong 2015, held for three days from Feb. 6-8, and were warmly welcomed by the local fans.
On Nov. 14, funding opened on Cross Crowdfunding, a new shopping platform specialized around anime, games, and anime, for “Cross-CF limited” *Sword Art Online* Asuna & Kirita and Leafa metal iPhone cases created by the company Sorayume.
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