Kodoani.com – The official website of the anime Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- announced new visuals and a fall release date on Wednesday for Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Kuraki Yūyami no Scherzo (Scherzo of a Dark Dusk), the second film in the series. The website also confirmed that the main staff and voice actors of the first film will be returning for the second film.
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night ,anime opens in Japan in October 2021 and topped the box office in its first week of release.
The film has been screened in more than 40 countries and regions around the world. Odex screened the film in Southeast Asia last year.
Ayako Kohno is directing the film at A-1 Pictures, and Kento Toya is designing the characters. Yasuyuki Kai is directing the action, and Yuki Kajiura is returning to composing the music.
The anime is based on the Sword Art Online: Progressive light novel series by Reki Kawahara. The series debuted in 2012 as a revised retelling of Kawahara’s original Sword Art Online novels. The story describes Kirito’s journey through the floating Aincrad castle from the ground up, floor by floor. Yen Press is publishing the Sword Art Online: Progressive novel series in English, as well as two manga adaptations.
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