The official website for the Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- anime films revealed a new visual and release date for Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Kuraki Yūyami no Scherzo (Scherzo of a Dark Dusk), the second film in the franchise. The site also confirmed that the main crew and cast from the first film are returning for the second film.
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night, the project’s first anime film, opened in Japan in October 2021 and topped the box office in its first weekend. Funimation screened the film in standard and IMAX theaters in the United States and Canada on December 3 of last year and screened the film in Australia and New Zealand on December 9.
The film opened in over 40 countries and territories around the world. Odex screened the film in Southeast Asia last year. Ayako Kohno (Unit Director on Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic, High School Fleet, The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky) directed the film at A-1 Pictures, and Kento Toya (Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld, The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments) designed the characters. Yasuyuki Kai served as action director, and Yuki Kajiura returned to compose the music.
The anime is based on the Sword Art Online: Progressive light novel series by Reki Kawahara. The new series launched in 2012 as a revised retelling of Kawahara’s original Sword Art Online novels. The story depicts Kirito’s journey through the floating castle of Aincrad from the beginning, floor by floor. Yen Press is publishing the Sword Art Online: Progressive novel series in English, as well as two manga adaptations.
Translated matter from Anime News Network.
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