Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria: A Hoshinaki Yoru no Aria" visuals and PV announced! The 3rd week bonus will be a novel newly written by Reki Kawahara!

The visual and PV of "Sword Art Online - Progressive - Aria: A Night Without Stars" have been released. It was also announced that the bonus for the third week will be a novel newly written by Reki Kawahara.

The "Sword Art Online" series of novels by Reki Kawahara, winner of the 15th Dengeki Novel Award (Grand Prize), is published by Dengeki Bunko. 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.

⇒As of 2021, a total of 26 million copies of the story have been sold worldwide! Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Scherzo in the Dark of the Underworld" will be released in 2022!

⇒ The theme song is "Ouke" by LiSA! The trailer for "SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE - Progressive - Aria on a Starless Night" was released! Reki Kawahara, the author of the original story, and other staff comments have also arrived!

⇒Click here for the screening schedule of anime films!

On October 30 (Sat), 2021, "Sword Art Online - Progressive - Aria: A Night Without Stars", a new "Aincrad" version from Asuna's point of view by the original author, Reki Kawahara, is now in theaters.

The visuals and PV have been released. It was also announced that the bonus for the third week will be a novel newly written by Reki Kawahara.

Current visual and PV

The visual shows the words "Run, push forward. Like a meteor that cuts through the dark night. Asuna, Kirito, and Mito are depicted with their respective weapons in their hands as they face off against monsters in an attempt to conquer the Death Game.
The limited edition A4 clear file featuring the visuals in the film will be the exclusive bonus for the blockbuster stage greeting to be held on November 13 (Sat)! 　The same privilege will also be distributed at the live viewing venue.

The PV currently on view depicts Asuna being invited to join "SAO" by her best friend Fukazumi (Mito), meeting Mito again in the game and promising to "go home together," and meeting Kirito, the "strongest swordsman" with whom she will later work together. 'Does the game change people themselves?' Kirito says to Asuna, who is filled with tears and expresses his concern, "The truth of a person is in their ordinary, casual appearance. Asuna recalls the days she spent with her best friend Mito and the bond they shared.

Kirito and Asuna boldly take on the boss monsters of the first level to the theme song "Ouake" by LiSA, while Mito attacks with his scythe. Kirito's "Switch! is Asuna's cue, and she lunges full force at the monster with her thin sword. Asuna's determination to fight is evident in her powerful and courageous figure. Mito, who desperately confronts the monster with a wound on his back, says, "...I'm sorry, I can't keep my promise. I can't keep my promise," Asuna's voice echoes as she cries out Mito's name.

The film "SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE - Progressive - Aria on a Starless Night" tells the story of how the clumsy and inexperienced Asuna, who is new to the game of 《SAO》, grows stronger and her abilities blossom.

Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria on a Starless Night" PV now on view

3rd week visitor bonus

The novel "The Day After That" written by Reki Kawahara, the author of the original story and the story's original plan, has been chosen.
Visitors who come to the theater from November 13 to 19 will receive a newly written novel with a cover illustrated by abec, the original illustrator and character designer.

*One per person per viewing.
*Because of the limited quantity of the visitor's bonus, it will end as soon as it is gone, even during the distribution period.

Film Information

SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE - Progressive - Aria on a Starless Night

<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