On the official site for the incentive Sword Art online The second trailer for the film was revealed Sword Art Online: Progressive – Kuraki Yuuyami no Scherzo (Scherzo deep night), the second part of the film project based on the spin-off light novels Sword Art Online: Progressive.
The press release confirmed that the release date is still scheduled for next September 10 in theaters in Japan, and that the singer Eir-Aoi he will be in charge of interpreting the main theme of the music, and the single titled “Shinzou (Heart)“. The singer wrote: “I am very happy to lead the theme song for the movie version of Sword Art Online, which is very important to me. I want you to listen to the lyrics with the will to “fly wherever you want”. I hope the song “Shinzou”, which is sung with different emotions matching the lyrics, reaches everyone’s heart».
A specialized site describes the title as follows: «The fifth floor of Aincrad is an unlit area of ruins and relics. In the beta test, this floor was the scene of many PKs (Player Kills), so Asuna asks Kirito for a PVP dueling lesson. Asuna considers Kirito to be a wise and trustworthy person, but she relies on him a lot. For that reason, she will gradually try to be independent from him on this floor.».
Voice was cast
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kazuto Kirigaya/Kirito.
- Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna Yuuki.
- Shiori Izawa like Argus.
Production team
- Ayako Kouno (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, Gate: Jietai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri) is in charge of directing the feature film at the studios Pictures A-1.
- Kento Toya (Angel Beats!, Boku dake ga Inai Machi, Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu) is in charge of character design and animation direction, and Yasuyuki Kai who is in charge of designing the monsters.
- fifty girls (Kimetsu no Yaiba, Boku dake ga Inai Machi, Fate/Zero) is responsible for the composition of the soundtrack.
Progressive Summary of Sword Art Online
This is a story that goes back to before those names of “Lightning Flash” and “The Black Swordsman” were known. The day Asuna put Yuuki on the NerveGear, she was a third grader who had never been involved in a game. On November 6, 2022, the world’s first VRMMORPG, Sword Art Online, is officially released. But the players, who are thrilled to still be involved, are suddenly trapped inside the game when the Game Master has no chance of finding them out. The Game Master gives them this warning “this may be a game, but it is not something to be played with”.
If a player dies in the game, they also die in real life. Listen to this, the players panic, and chaos reigns. Asuna is one of these players, but even though she doesn’t know the rules of that world yet, she’s on her way to conquer Aincrad, the floating iron castle whose peak is too high to see. As the days go by in this world where death is not far away, she has a fateful encounter. And then say goodbye. Even though she is at the mercy of reality before her eyes, Asuna fights with all her might until someone appears before her: the cold sword, Kirito…
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