'Sword Art Online: Progressive' Gets Second Anime Movie in 2022

by Vindstot
Nov 1, 2021 9:38 AM | 27 Comments

The official website of the Sword Art Online: Progressive - Hoshi Naki Yoru no Aria (Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night) anime movie announced a second movie on Monday. The new movie, subtitled Kuraki Yuuyami no Scherzo (Scherzo of a Deep Night), will open in Japan in 2022.

The first movie, Hoshi Naki Yoru no Aria (Aria of a Starless Night), premiered in Japan on October 30, selling approximately 225,000 tickets and earning a cumulative 349 million yen (US$ 3.05 million) on its opening weekend. Funimation and Aniplex of America will screen the movie in the US and Canada on December 3, followed by Australia and New Zealand on December 9.

Reki Kawahara began penning the side story light novel with illustrations by abec in October 2012, retelling and expanding the original series' Aincrad arc. Kadokawa published the eighth volume on June 10.

Kiseki Himura (Just Because!) began a manga adaptation in Dengeki G's magazine in June 2013 before transferring to Dengeki G's Comic the following April. The manga covered the first two volumes of the light novel and ended in February 2018. Kadokawa released the seventh and final volume in May 2018.

Yen Press licensed both the light novel and manga adaptation in English in 2014 and shipped the seventh manga volume in December 2018 and the sixth novel volume last July. The seventh light novel volume is scheduled to go on sale on January 18, 2022.

Synopsis
This is a tale of the time before "Lightning Flash" and "The Black Swordsman" were known by those names...

The day that she happened to don the NerveGear, Asuna Yuuki was a third-year middle school student who'd never even touched an online game before. On November 6, 2022, the world's first VRMMORPG, Sword Art Online, is officially launched. But the players, still euphoric over having logged in, suddenly find themselves trapped inside the game when the Game Master deprives them of any way to log out.

The Game Master then gives them this warning "This may be a game, but it's not something you play." If a player dies in-game, they die in the real world.

Hearing this, all of the players panic, and pandemonium reigns. One of those players is Asuna, but despite not yet knowing the rules of this world, she sets off to conquer the floating iron castle, Aincrad, whose peak is too high to be seen. As the days go by in this world where death is never very far away, she has a fateful encounter. And then, a parting...

Though she's at the mercy of the reality before her eyes, Asuna fights on with all her might until someone appears before her: the aloof swordsman, Kirito... (Source: Funimation)

Official site: https://sao-p.net/
Official Twitter: @sao_anime

Source: Oricon News

Sword Art Online: Progressive Movie - Kuraki Yuuyami no Scherzo on MAL

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Aug 2, 2022 8:37 AM by hazecloud

FukiYuuki said:
Why are they skipping volumes 2 and 3? What is the thought process behind skipping so much just to animate the 4th volume?

probably because they already adapt that part in manga SAO Progressive and SAO Progressive Barcarolle of Froth(well i know its disappoint) why did they do that when i want to know the dark elf voice so much 😢

Aug 1, 2022 2:50 AM by Rion53

Why are they skipping volumes 2 and 3? What is the thought process behind skipping so much just to animate the 4th volume?

Jul 3, 2022 11:24 AM by FukiYuuki

Its expected because they plan to make it a yearly movie release. But nice to see the confirmation. Im hyped for the next floor even in its 5th floor. Because the other floors skipped are gonna be adapted anyway, we just gonna wait. Anyway im hyped for more progressive

Dec 4, 2021 5:19 AM by chriskor022

Let's go. Hopefully the music will be a blast too. Someday I'll get to see alice continuation in the near future as well.

Nov 9, 2021 7:25 AM by hazecloud

Hopefully people can stop saying anything SAO is shit after the Progressive movies come out

Nov 8, 2021 6:14 PM by Remocracy

And keep it that way until the top floor <3

Nov 7, 2021 11:43 AM by Kinyoubi

I liked SAO in general but It wasn't that great, but Sword Art Online Movie: Ordinal Scale was great! I really enjoyed watching it and I hope this movie doesn't disappoint me because I'm having high expectations.

Nov 4, 2021 3:40 AM by DaiMaouCC

DooMWhite said:
Ah yes, let's just skip 99% of Asuna's development, tons of other RPG explanations, many of life or death moments that changed completely how the characters act, because that's how you tell a story, whatever really, let SAO be forgotten, the Straw man arguments against SAO are never gonna die on the Western side, I just give up really.

Ditto, Light Novel readers should just ditch the anime all together. A1 Pictures passion toward this series is nonexistent.

86 is getting the royal treatment. Kaguya-sama get the spa treatment.

Nov 3, 2021 10:40 PM by ApacheSnow69

Gonna watch Progressive first before this.

Nov 2, 2021 12:41 PM by KANLen09

Does anyone know why Australia and New Zealand randomly are one of the first countries to have anime movies air? Violet Evergarden movie and A Silent Voice aired here in NZ like 6 months before US which I thought was weird

Nov 2, 2021 2:24 AM by Holo_or_Horo

I only follow the manga version ¿Will this movie adapt the 3rd floor & the elves' mission arc(if isn't, do not answer me)?

Nov 1, 2021 3:19 PM by UknownAlan2020

Heard Progressive's much better as a whole by many so I'll take this!

Thank lord they're showing the first movie in my place at least and here's to hoping this will as well in due time.

Nov 1, 2021 12:07 PM by _MushiRock11_

Ah yes, let's just skip 99% of Asuna's development, tons of other RPG explanations, many of life or death moments that changed completely how the characters act, because that's how you tell a story, whatever really, let SAO be forgotten, the Straw man arguments against SAO are never gonna die on the Western side, I just give up really.

Nov 1, 2021 10:20 AM by DooMWhite

Alexioos95 said:

DooMWhite said:
They are skipping volume 2, 3 and half of the first one.

Askaa said:
wait what ? what do you mean ?

ZXEAN said:
Great news but I heard that apparently they are going to skip 2-4 floor.

https://twitter.com/kunori/status/1455173035850305547
The Author said that they didn't adapted those because they wait for the Elf War Quest to be completed in the Novels.
So it may hint to a TV Serie for all those later on... ?

So a prequel series for SAO Progressive. That would be so confusing for the beginners.

Nov 1, 2021 10:19 AM by ZXEAN

Alexioos95 said:

DooMWhite said:
They are skipping volume 2, 3 and half of the first one.

Askaa said:
wait what ? what do you mean ?

ZXEAN said:
Great news but I heard that apparently they are going to skip 2-4 floor.

This is so bullshit I can't even begin to explain.

Nov 1, 2021 10:13 AM by DooMWhite

Its gonna skip the 2nd half of the first novel and 2nd novel totally.
It will show the events of the 5th floor.
Apparently, from what I have heard, nothing much happens during the skipped parts so I guess its cool.

Nov 1, 2021 10:13 AM by staerwer

Alexioos95 said:

DooMWhite said:
They are skipping volume 2, 3 and half of the first one.

Askaa said:
wait what ? what do you mean ?

ZXEAN said:
Great news but I heard that apparently they are going to skip 2-4 floor.

will if the author wanted that then there is no reason for me to complain

Nov 1, 2021 10:12 AM by Askaa

DooMWhite said:

Askaa said:

wait what ? what do you mean ?

They are skipping volume 2, 3 and half of the first one.

And there goes part of my excitement....Why do these studios do this -_- I wanna watch it all properly!!!!!!!

Nov 1, 2021 10:12 AM by Tokoya

DooMWhite said:
They are skipping volume 2, 3 and half of the first one.

Askaa said:
wait what ? what do you mean ?

ZXEAN said:
Great news but I heard that apparently they are going to skip 2-4 floor.

Nov 1, 2021 10:10 AM by Alexioos95

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Anime:	Sword Art Online: Progressive Movie - Hoshi Naki Yoru no Aria, Sword Art Online: Progressive Movie - Kuraki Yuuyami no Scherzo
Manga:	Sword Art Online: Progressive