On June 14, the producer announced an additional Key visual for Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of the Dark Dusk, the second movie in the Progressive movie series.
Based on visuals, the film is scheduled to premiere on September 10, 2022. The film crew also announced an event “Tenth Anniversary TV Anime Sword Art Online Countdown!” will air on Japanese TV channels on July 1. The event is expected to announce details on the re-release of “SAO Selection” starting on July 9, as well as other news about the upcoming film and the 10th anniversary project. . The Ueno Imperial Museum in Tokyo will hold the “Sword Art Online” exhibition from July 2 to July 25.
The 10th anniversary event will take place on November 6 in Tokyo. Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night, the first film in the project, opened in Japan in October 2021 and topped the box office in its opening weekend. The film has been screened in more than 40 countries and regions around the world. Odex screened the film in Vietnam last year.
Ayako Kohno (Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic, High School Fleet, The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky) director at A-1 Pictures. Kento Toya (Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld, The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments) is the character designer. Yasuyuki Kai holds the position of action director. Yuki Kajiura returns as a composer.
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of the Dark Dusk is based on the hit light novel series Sword Art Online: Progressive by Reki Kawahara. The series debuted in 2012 as a revised version of the original Sword Art Online novel by Kawahara. The story describes Kirito’s journey through the floating castle of Aincrad from the beginning of the journey, floor by floor, floor by floor.
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