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SWORD ART ONLINE: Ordinal Scale – Hollywood Red Carpet Premiere

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Sword Art Online final had its first ever, feature film!

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale.  

Aniplex & Eleven Arts held a red carpet premiere in Hollywood, California at the famous Egyptian Theater!

Fans waiting outside theater. Some are holding freshly bought SAO merch

The exclusive event SOLD OUT within 48 hours after tickets were on sell. With anime’s popularity, its no wonder it sold out quickly! Hundreds of fans gathered for this exclusive one-day event, some came in cosplay.

(Left) Andrew Black Swordsman; (Left Middle) Stella Chuu; (Middle Right) Celty Farron; (Left) Atashi as Silica w/ Pina
Celty Farron as Yuki Asun
Atashi as Silica w/ Pina

Fans were also able to buy new SAO merch at the ‘SAO store’ Aniplex staff set up

The SAO ‘Store’
Fan looking through items
Boxes of SAO merch
Asuna SAO OS Figure B
Asuna SAO OS Figure A
Items I purchased (Money well spent)

The event was filled with special guests, such as:

abec [Character design concept]
TOMOHIKO ITO [Film Director]
REKI KAWAHARA [SAO Author/Original Story]
(Left) KAZUMA MIKI [Editor/Producer]; (Right) SHINGO ADACHI [Character Design/Chief Animation Director]
SHINICHIRO KASHIWADA [Producer of Aniplex]

Other surprise guests included:

Bryce Papenbrook [Kirito / Kazuto Kirigaya]
Cherami Leigh [Asuna Yuuki]
(Left) Cassandra Lee Morris [Leafa / Suguha Kirigaya]; (Middle) Cherami Leigh [Asuna Yuuki]; (Right) Christine M. Cabanos [Silica / Keiko Ayano]
(Left) Bryce Papenbrook [Kirito / Kazuto Kirigaya]; (Middle) Sarah Williams [Lisbeth / Rika Shinozaki]; (Right) Cassandra Lee Morris [Leafa / Suguha Kirigaya]

After the screening, special guests had a Q&A session set up by Aniplex. You can read some of the questions that were asked here, Anime News Network.

Reki Kawahara
Tomohiko Ito
Shinichiro Kashiwada & Yui
Yui
(Left) Tomohiko Ito; (Middle) Shingo Adachi; (Right) Shinichiro Kashiwada & Yui

Yui’s special appearance at the event

Me (Krystal Kitsune) at Red carpet premiere with Kirito & Asuna

For those who missed this fantastic event, you can still catch the movie in theaters THIS Thursday; March 9th 2017. Tickets on sale here. Catch some of the highlights of this event down below.

We’ll be posting an event video soon, so stay tuned!

Gatebox your new Waifu!

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No she’s not a new Vocaloid or a new popular anime character, she’s your newest house assistant. Or at least, planning to be. Technology company, Vinclu, is planning to release the world first Holographic Communication Robot, Gatebox!

Gatebox, according to the official website, will allow you to live with your favorite anime model, putting ‘Living with waifu’ to a new level!

So How would Gatebox work?

The Gatebox’s concept model uses holographic projection technique (much like Hatsune Miku), sensors that allow the Gatebox character to understand your movements and actions. Gatebox also connects to the internet allowing her to tell you the weather and other web related info. She can also connect to electronic devices for your convince.
She is there to help you through out your day.

 

 

The first model is, Azuma Hikari! We can only assume, there’ll be more models in the future

Azuma Hikari Direction/Character Design: Taro Minoboshi

Check out the concept video here:

Head on over to the official Gatebox site and subscribe to the latest information on Gatebox