Synopsis
劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン -オーディナル・スケール-
“It was just a game…or so I thought”
In 2026, four years after the infamous Sword Art Online incident, a revolutionary new form of technology has emerged: the Augma, a device that utilizes an Augmented Reality system. Unlike the Virtual Reality of the NerveGear and the Amusphere, it is perfectly safe and allows players to use it while they are conscious, creating an instant hit on the market. The most popular application for the Augma is the game Ordinal Scale, which immerses players in a fantasy role-playing game with player rankings and rewards. Following the new craze, Kirito's friends dive into the game, and despite his reservations about the system, Kirito eventually joins them. While at first it appears to be just fun and games, they soon find out that the game is not all that it seems…
Audience Engagement
619 audience reviews — more than 95% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (95th percentile) outruns trending popularity (79th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
4 sharedSword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night
★ 7.8 · Japan
3 sharedSword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night
★ 7.6 · Japan
3 sharedBerserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King
★ 7.2 · Japan
3 sharedNapping Princess
★ 6.7 · Japan
2 sharedThe Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2
★ 7.3 · Japan
2 sharedJujutsu Kaisen 0
★ 8.2 · Japan
Other Titles From A-1 Pictures
Animation + Action in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale itself).
The 2016–2018 Japan Window
Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale holds position #118 of 602 Japan films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1The Relative Worlds
★ 9.1 · 2017
#2Sonic Mania Adventures
★ 9.0 · 2018
#3My Korean Teacher
★ 8.8 · 2016
#4My Hero Academia
★ 8.7 · 2016
#5DARLING in the FRANXX
★ 8.6 · 2018
#6KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!
★ 8.6 · 2016
#7Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
★ 8.6 · 2018
#8Mob Psycho 100
★ 8.6 · 2016
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale premiered alongside 193 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 193 other Japan films in 2017.
The 3506th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- mmorpg · 3
- virtual reality · 13
- anime · 711
- based on manga · 297
- sword fight · 56
- sword · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #769 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (83rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #638 of 2,532 (top 25%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | A-1 Pictures, Aniplex, ASCII Media Works, Bandai Namco Entertainment, GENCO |
| Runtime | 1h 59m |
| Release Date | February 18, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt5544384 |
| Official Site | sao-movie.net |









