Kodoani.com – Official website of Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Kuraki Yūyami no Scherzo (Scherzo of a Dark Dusk), the second film in the Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- anime series, revealed on Monday that the film is delayed due to production delays caused by COVID-19 out. The film’s August 24 screening was also cancelled.
The website will reveal a new release date at a later date. The film is scheduled to open in Japan on September 10 alongside the film’s IMAX screenings.
The film will have the return of the cast. In addition, Kaede Hondo will play Liten, and Yūsuke Kobayashi will play Morte.
Ayako Kohno (Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic, High School Fleet, The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky) unit director is returning to direct the film at A-1 Pictures, and Kento Toya (Sword Art) Online: Alicization – War of Underworld, The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments) is returning to design the characters. Yasuyuki Kai is once again serving as the action director, and Yuki Kajiura is returning to compose the music.
Kajiura’s original soundtrack will premiere on September 9.
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night, the anime in the project, opened in Japan in October 2021 and topped the box office in its first week of release.
Funimation screened the film in both standard and IMAX theaters in the US and Canada last December and screened the film in Australia and New Zealand in December 2021. It has opened in more than 40 countries and territories. land in the world. Odex screened the film in Southeast Asia last year.
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
The brand will hold its 10th anniversary event on November 6 in Tokyo. Performers Eir Aoi, ASCA, ReoNa and Luna Haruna – who sang the theme songs for the film – will be present at the event. Together with FictionJunction, they will perform the 10th anniversary theme song “Sо̄kyū no Fanfare” (Fanfare of the Blue Sky).
