A stage greeting will also be held! Sword Art Online - Progressive - Aria: A Night Without Stars" pre-release movie "The World Arc" has arrived!

The "Sword Art Online - Progressive - Aria: A Night Without Stars" movie has arrived with information on the "World Arc," stage greetings, and merchandise.

The "Sword Art Online" series of novels by Reki Kawahara (published by Dengeki Bunko) won the 15th Dengeki Novel Award (Grand Prize). The story, which depicts the activities of the main character Kirito in the next-generation VRMMORPG "Sword Art Online," has been highly popular since the first volume was released in 2009, and as of 2021, the total number of copies sold worldwide exceeds 26 million.

⇒ The theme song is "Ouke" by LiSA! The trailer for "SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE - Progressive - Hoshinaki Yoru no Aria" was released! Reki Kawahara, the author of the original work, and other staff comments have also arrived!

⇒Show schedule of the anime film is here!

On October 30 (Sat), 2021, "Sword Art Online - Progressive - Aria: A Night Without Stars", a new "Aincrad" version from the perspective of Asuna by the original author, Reki Kawahara, will finally be released.

The "World" version, a pre-release video that announces the start of a life-threatening death game set in the virtual reality "SAO," has just arrived.

The special video also reveals that the film will be released in more than 40 countries and regions around the world, beyond Japan.
In the video, Asuna, Mito, and Kirito fight against monsters to the theme song "Ouke," sung by LiSA, in a gripping battle scene.

A stage greeting will be held on Saturday, October 30! Now accepting pre-reservations!

On October 30 (Sat.), the opening day of the film, two theaters will host stage greetings! On that day, Sadashijo Matsuoka (Kirito), Haruka Tomatsu (Asuna), Inori Minase (Mito), Ayako Kono (director), and LiSA (theme song) are scheduled to appear on stage.

Information on the event
Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria: A Night Without Stars" Opening Stage Greeting
Date: Saturday, October 30, 2021

Theater: Shinjuku Wald 9
Time: After the 10:00 screening / Before the 12:45 screening
Speakers (titles omitted):Tadashijo Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Inori Minase, Director Ayako Kono, LiSA
Ticket Price: All seats reserved: 2,500 yen

Theater 2: United Cinemas Toyosu
Time：After the 14:00 screening / Before the 16:45 screening
Speakers (titles omitted):Tadashijo Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Inori Minase, Director Ayako Kono, LiSA
Ticket prices: All reserved seats: 2,500 yen, Premier Pair Seats (2 tickets): 7,000 yen

Ticket Information
■Pre-reserve Lottery Sales
Pre-reserve acceptance: ##
Application period: Oct. 16 (Sat) - Oct. 25 (Mon) 11:00
Announcement of lottery results: October 25 (Mon.) 18:00

*Pre-reserve is a service that allows you to purchase tickets after applying in advance. It does not necessarily mean that priority will be given to those with the best seats.
In the event that there are too many applications, the winner will be determined by lottery (not on a first-come, first-served basis).
Each person may apply for up to two tickets. No changes or refunds will be made after tickets have been purchased.

General sales
Sales period: Tuesday, October 26, 10:00~.
Ticket Pia: ##

Tickets will be issued and exchanged at Seven-Eleven and FamilyMart.
Seats cannot be selected.
Only one ticket per person can be applied for.

First-week visitor specials and theater goods will also be available!

As a special gift for the first week of the film's release, visitors will receive a postcard (3 types at random) newly illustrated by abec, the original illustrator and character designer of the original work!

Theatrical sales goods
In addition to the cross-talk between the main cast and the original "SAO" staff members, Reki Kawahara, abec, and Kazuma Miki, there will be a talk by the main anime staff members, Ayako Kono, Kento Toya, and Yasuyuki Kai, interviews with Yuki Kajiura and Miwa Iwanami, and an official pamphlet with setting pictures and other information. and other artwork.

In addition, a memo of the "guidebook distributed to beta testers" that appears in the work, Asuna's cape clasp turned into a pin brooch, and other goods, all of which are not to be missed.

Film Information

Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria: A Night Without Stars

<Release Date>
October 30, 2021 (Sat)～

<Cast
Kirito: Sadajo Matsuoka
Asuna Yuki: Haruka Tomatsu
Mito / Usagiwawa Fukasumi: Minase Inori
Klein: Hiroaki Hirata
Egil: Hiroki Yasumoto
Shirika: Rina Hidaka
Diavel: Hiyama Shuyuki
Kibao: Tomokazu Seki

＜Staff
Original story and story idea : Reki Kawahara ("Dengeki Bunko")
Original illustration and character design idea : abec
Director : Ayako Kono
Action Director & Monster Design: Yasuyuki Kai
Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Kento Toya
Sub-character Design: Aya Akizuki, Tomomi Ishikawa, Keisuke Watanabe
Prop Design: Hisashi Higashijima
Art Director: Yusa Ito
Art Setup: Akihiro Hirasawa
Color Design: Naomi Nakano
Director of Photography: Yuki Oshima
CG Director: Kengo Oda, Hiroshi Nakajima
2D Works: Yohei Miyahara, Kaori Seki
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Sound Director: Miwa Iwanami
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Sound Production: Sonirudo
Produced by EGG FIRM and Straight Edge
Production: A-1 Pictures
Distributor: Aniplex
Production: SAO-P Project

<Music
Ouke" LiSA (SACRA MUSIC)
Lyrics: LiSA / Composition: Ayase / Arrangement: Ryo Eguchi

＜Story
This is the story of "Flash" and "Black Swordsman" before they were called by their names.
Asuna Yuki, a girl in her third year of junior high school who was accidentally covered in Nerve Gear that day, was originally a girl who had nothing to do with Internet games.
On November 6, 2022, the world's first VRMMORPG 《Sword Art Online》 was launched.
However, the players, who had not yet cooled off from the excitement of logging in, were suddenly deprived of the means to log out by the game master, and became trapped in the game world. The game master tells them, "This is a game, but it is not play.
This is a game, but it is not a game.
Death in the game is directly connected to death in reality.
Hearing this, all the players were confused, and the game was filled with screaming. One of them was Asuna, who, not understanding the rules of the world, set out to conquer "Aincrad," a floating castle of steel with no visible top.
As she survives in a world where death is a fact of life and death is a fact of life, a fateful "encounter" comes her way. And then, farewell.
She is tossed about by the "reality before her eyes," but the one who appears before her, fighting with all her might, is the lone swordsman, Kirito...

＜Introduction
Reki Kawahara, the author of the original manga, has created a completely new animated film version of "Aincrad" from Asuna's point of view.
This is a game, but not a game.
Game over is directly connected to death in real life. Sword Art Online, the death game that started it all, opens anew on the theater screen.

(C)2020 Reki Kawahara/KADOKAWA/SAO-P Project