--- title: 'Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night (2021)' type: 'film' director: 'Ayako Kōno' released: '2021-10-30' runtime_minutes: 97 genres: - 'Action' - 'Animation' - 'Adventure' - 'Science Fiction' countries: - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sword-art-online-progressive-aria-of-a-starless-night-2021' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13424422/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night (2021) 2021 · 97 min · Action, Animation, Adventure, Science Fiction · Japan Original title: 劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン -プログレッシブ- 星なき夜のアリア ## Synopsis Sword Art Online: Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night is a 2021 Japanese animated science fiction action adventure film based on the Sword Art Online: Progressive light novels written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec, which serve as an expanded retelling of Sword Art Online's Aincrad storyline. The film is produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Ayako Kōno, while featuring character designs by Kento Toya and music by Yuki Kajiura. This is the second film, after Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale, of the Sword Art Online anime series. The film depicts the story of Asuna's initial struggle to cope with being trapped in Sword Art Online along with her friend Mito, the first encounter between her and Kirito, and general in-depth coverage of events that occurred on Aincrad's first floor that were either skimmed over or skipped entirely in the original series. The film premiered in Japan on October 30, 2021. ## Credits - **Director:** [Ayako Kōno](https://cinepixo.com/people/ayako-kono) - **Screenplay:** [Reki Kawahara](https://cinepixo.com/people/reki-kawahara) - **Original Music Composer:** [Yuki Kajiura](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuki-kajiura) ## Cast - [Yoshitsugu Matsuoka](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshitsugu-matsuoka) as Kirito - [Haruka Tomatsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruka-tomatsu) as Asuna Yūki - [Inori Minase](https://cinepixo.com/people/inori-minase) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: https://sao-p.net/aria/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/sword-art-online-progressive-aria-of-a-starless-night-2021 Film facts: Wikidata (Q105424646); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.