Interest
Hear LiSA Sing Sword Art Online Film's Theme in Chinese
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale opens in theaters in China on September 15 and theme song singer LiSA was given the difficult task of performing "Catch the Moment" in Chinese. LiSA shared that the song was so difficult she wanted to cry, but it was also fun.
— LiSA (@LiSA_Olive) August 30, 2017
劇場 版 ソードアート・オンライン-オーディナル・スケール-がら9/15から、中国 で公開 されることになりました。中国 の皆 にも作品 を楽 しんでいただきたく主題歌 Catch the Momentを中国 語 で歌 わせていただきました。泣 きそうなくらい難 しかった。でも楽 しかった!公開 #sao pic.twitter.com/9YBl55x2H7
The anime's theatrical screenings earned more than 3.35 billion yen (about US$30.1 million) worldwide, and sold more than 2,750,000 tickets. The film opened in Japan on February 18, and Aniplex of America and Eleven Arts screened the film in the United States on March 9. The film had held a Hollywood premiere on March 1. The film also screened in Canada during the March 17-19 weekend. The film then returned to U.S. theaters with an English dub starting on April 22.
The anime film's staff said during an interview that the Blu-ray Disc release of the film could have an upgraded Asuna bath scene with more detail.
[Via Otasuke]