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Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

20217.91h 37m

Overview

Asuna Yuuki had never played online games until accidentally putting on the NerveGear for Sword Art Online, the world’s first VRMMORPG. She soon finds herself and other players trapped inside a game, where if a player dies in the game, they die in the real world. As she continues to live on in this world where death is always a step away, a solitary swordsman named Kirito appears before her.

Directed by Ayako Kono
Written by Reki Kawahara, Yukito Kizawa
Produced by Masami Niwa, Ryutaro Kawakami, Keisuke Hirai
Box Office0Revenue: $14.0M

Top Cast

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Kirito (voice)

Haruka Tomatsu

Haruka Tomatsu

Asuna 'Asuna' Yuuki (voice)

Inori Minase

Inori Minase

Misumi 'Mito' Tozawa (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Akihiko Kayaba (voice)

Hiroki Yasumoto

Hiroki Yasumoto

Agil (voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Diabel (voice)

Rina Hidaka

Rina Hidaka

Silica (voice)

Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Mito Avatar (Voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Kibaou (voice)

Shiori Izawa

Shiori Izawa

Argo (voice)

Themes & Keywords

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About Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night is a animation, action, fantasy, science fiction film released in 2021 exploring themes of monster, video game, virtual reality, fight, romance, sword fight. Directed by Ayako Kono, it stars Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Inori Minase. Asuna Yuuki had never played online games until accidentally putting on the NerveGear for Sword Art Online, the world’s first VRMMORPG. She soon finds herself and other players trapped inside a game, where if a player dies in the game, they die in the real world. As she continues to live on in this world where death is always a step away, a solitary swordsman named Kirito appears before her.

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