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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.
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
— LiSA (@LiSA_Olive) August 30, 2017
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]