Sword Art Online Hero Gets Massive Honor From Japanese Government

It looks like the Sword Art Online gang is getting a much overdue salute by the Japanese government. Characters like Kirito and Asuna are known for their tech-savvy personalities and willingness to protect the world, so it only makes sense one of them got honored by their federal government. Not long ago, the National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity elected to bring Kirito into its fold by appointing him as a cybersecurity officer.

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No, really; Kirito could very well have access to your Internet history. You've be warned.

To document the occasion, the NISC has debuted several posters featuring the Sword Art Online cast and released a statement about their partnership. Nobuhiro Osawa, the president of EGG FIRM production company, had this to say about the gracious appointment.

"I think it's a great honor for Sword Art Online to be chosen for this cybersecurity public awareness campaign. From the start, Sword Art Online has been a work about futuristic virtual-reality games where in-game deaths become real deaths," he said. "I will be happy if [people] are interested in this campaign even a little through this [film]."

Of course, the campaign was initiated now to bring attention to the upcoming Sword Art Online film. Kirito may be promising to protect the Internet, but he will also have his hands full when he finds himself front and center in a new anime film.

If you are not familiar with Sword Art Online The Movie -Ordinal Scale- or want to know a bit more, then you can check out its official synopsis below:

"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 (AR) 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…"

Sword Art Online The Movie -Ordinal Scale- will hit theaters abroad on Febuary 18 before it debuts in the U.S. come March.

[HT] Anime News Network