Review of Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

I love this movie; I have to say it’s one of my favourite Anime movies. With awesome fight scenes, heavy drama and incredibly music. All of the characters have amazing interactions and the animation is incredibly fluid. Story – 9 The story brings a new threat that hasn’t been experienced in the Sword Art Online universe. The idea of bringing the VR world to real life works incredibly. There are many heavy moments that put relationships and friendships on the edge. Reki Kawahara’s original story is amazing and brings a new element to the characters lives. Art – 10 This is some of the best animation I’ve seenfrom A-1 Pictures. From how fluid the animation is it’s easy to tell how much effort and love went into this project. The fight scenes are amazing and have some of the best choreography I have seen.

Sound – 8
I enjoy the J-pop made by Yunna just for this movie. The music brings immense detail to the story and allows the audience to truly immerse in the story.

Character – 9
All of the original characters are here from Season I & II, but Kirito and Asuna’s relationship is put on the line during the movie. The original side characters are here, but there is some more tension that is built throughout the story.
Yuuna is a great addition to the story and helps to guide Kirito throughout the story.
The villain is a very good and can be emotionally connected to by everyone.
The interactions between the main characters are great and so are the villains.

Overall – 9
I love this movie and can be picked up even if you haven’t seen any Sword Art Online. The Characters are great, the animation is great and the story is great.

Overall I have very little to hate on this film.