Funimation and Crunchyroll adds Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale to their Streaming Services

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It is certainly a great time to be an SAO Fan, the newest film in the Sword Art Online Franchise opened at the top of the box office, selling 225,000 tickets and earned about 349 million yen (US$3.06 million) in its first two days. The New Film also has a special crossover poster with Marvel Studio’s Newest Film, The Eternals, and now it has been confirmed by Funimation’s Nicholas Friedman and Crunchyroll’s Joseph Luster that both companies added the film Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale to their Streaming Services, premiering today. Both Funimation and Crunchyroll added Subbed and Dubbed Versions of the movie. It will be available for the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

Sword Art Online -Ordinal Scale- Key Visual — Image Credit: Aniplex

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The Ordinal Scale Film opened in Japan in February 2017, it sold about 308,376 tickets for 425,762,760 yen (about US$3.76 million) on its opening weekend. Tomohiko Ito directs the film—based on a screenplay by Ito and original Sword Art Online creator Reki Kawahara—at anime production house A-1 Pictures. Also a reminder for fans of the series, the new film Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night go on sale starting on November 12th when it premieres in Western Theaters in December.

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