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“Post-SAO AR game Ordinal Scale becomes dangerously popular; Kirito and friends uncover its dark secrets.”
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
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7.56
1,863 rank · 777,199 viewers · 3,509 favorites
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Synopsis
Post-SAO AR game Ordinal Scale becomes dangerously popular; Kirito and friends uncover its dark secrets.
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...
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 190 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 190 viewers settled on.
84%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 2.32
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.32 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.8 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 2.7
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No
Score over time
↑ 0.27
Running avg · Feb 2017 → Sep 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Ok. I wasn't a big fan of anime till now. I watched this movie as my first even anime and I absolutely loved it. I saw the first season and I loved it even more. I just thought that anime is the...”
- 10 “This movie is absolutely worth the watch! Has much of the magic of the seasons. The movie has a HIGH production value. The effort into making this movie really showed how much they have improved....”
- 8 “7 The story was great. The only problem that I had with it was the ending. Just that part should not have happened and could be changed for the better. It was just like the ending of the first part...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 31%
Long · 44%
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- Format 1 × 119′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 59m all episodes
- Aired Feb 2017 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-10743 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- Genco Producer
- ASCII Media Works Producer
- Bandai Namco Entertainment Producer
- Egg Firm Producer
Licensed by
- Aniplex of America Licensor