Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale is an anime film that premiered in winter 2017, produced by A-1 Pictures.

About the production: the story comes from an original script, the film runs about 119 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are action, adventure, fantasy, romance and sci-fi, with themes such as Artificial Intelligence, Heterosexual, Augmented Reality and Video Games.

On AniList, Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale has an average score of 73%, a good score, and appears on 198,191 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Sword Art Online II and Sword Art Online: Alicization.

In 2022, the world of virtual reality was upended by the arrival of a new invention from a genius programmer, Akihiko Kayaba. Called NerveGear, it was the first full-dive system and with it, came endless possibilities to VRMMORPGs. In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive function like its predecessors. Instead, it uses Augmented Reality to get players into the game. It is safe, user-friendly and lets users play while they are conscious, making it an instant hit on the market. The most popular game on the system is “Ordinal Scale” (aka: OS), an ARMMORPG developed exclusively for the Augma. Asuna and the gang have already been playing OS for a while, by the time Kirito decides to join them. They’re about to find out that Ordinal Scale isn’t all fun and games… (Source: Official website)

Official synopsis from AniList.