Project Author: David Mills
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
A-1 Pictures, Sonilude, EGG FIRM, Straight Edge, Aniplex, KADOKAWA, Bandai Namco Entertainment
Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night
Genre:
Animation, Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Runtime:
97
Released:
2021
Rating:
7.9
Budget:
Box Office:
WRITERS
Reki Kawahara, Yukito Kizawa, Reki Kawahara
FILM OVERVIEW
Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night
One month after Kayaba Akihiko’s game of death began, the death toll continues to rise, two thousand players having already lost their lives to the ultra-difficult VRMMO world of Sword Art Online. On the day of the strategy meeting to plan out the first-floor boss battle, Kirito, a solo player who vows to fight alone to get stronger, runs into a rare, high-level female player. She gracefully dispatches powerful monsters with a single rapier that flashes like a shooting star in the night…
PRODUCTION TEAM
Hironori Tanaka (Key Animation)
Yasuyuki Kai (Key Animation)
Akihiro Hirasawa (Art Designer)
Kiyoshi Hirose (Editor)
Yasuyuki Kai (Creature Design)
Hisashi Higashijima (Prop Designer)
Naomi Nakano (Color Designer)
Yuki Oshima (Director of Photography)
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