{"id":26193,"date":"2021-09-29T14:57:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T21:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=26193"},"modified":"2021-09-29T21:41:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T04:41:51","slug":"sword-art-online-progressive-anime-movie-gets-international-theatrical-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/09\/29\/sword-art-online-progressive-anime-movie-gets-international-theatrical-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Sword Art Online Progressive Anime Movie Gets International Theatrical Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Funimation and Aniplex of America announced that it will release the <em>Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night<\/em> anime movie in North America on December 3. Australia and New Zealand theatrical release were also announced for December 9. The United Kingdom, Ireland, and Latin America releases will be announced later. The film will be available in both English sub and dub.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NEWS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NEWS<\/a> Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night is coming to theatres and IMAX subbed and dubbed on December 3, 2021!! \u26a1<br><br>\u2694\ufe0f Tickets go on sale November 5th!<br><br>For more information: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TDlogw5QsH\">https:\/\/t.co\/TDlogw5QsH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sao?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#sao<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qeYCyWi4XO\">pic.twitter.com\/qeYCyWi4XO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sword Art Online (@SwordArtUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwordArtUSA\/status\/1443259340614426637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 29, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The\u00a0<i>Progressive\u00a0<\/i>series expands on the \u201cAincrad Arc\u201d of the original and still ongoing Sword Art Online series. The first volume was published in 2012, while the eighth and latest volume was published in June 2021. Both the main and\u00a0<em>Progressive<\/em>\u00a0series are written by Reki Kawahara with illustrations by abec.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The movie\u2019s staff includes<strong>\u00a0Ayako K\u014dn\u014d<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>86 EIGHTY-SIX<\/em>\u00a0storyboarder) as director,\u00a0<strong>Kento Toya<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld<\/em>\u00a0co-character designer and co-chief animation director) as character designer and chief animation director, and<strong>\u00a0Yasuyuki Kai<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>My Hero Academia: World Heroes\u2019 Mission<\/em>\u00a0key animator,\u00a0<em>Haikyu! The Movie: Battle of Concepts<\/em>\u00a0co-action animation director) as action director.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Aniplex of America describes the series as:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>This is a tale of the time before \u201cLightning Flash\u201d and \u201cThe Black Swordsman\u201d were known by those names\u2026\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>The day that she happened to don the NerveGear, Asuna Yuuki was a third-year middle school student who\u2019d never even touched an online game before. On November 6, 2022, the world\u2019s 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.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>The Game Master then gives them this warning \u201cThis may be a game, but it\u2019s not something you play.\u201d If a player dies in-game, they die in the real world.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>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\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Though she\u2019s 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\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Source: press release\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funimation and Aniplex of America announced that it will release the Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night anime movie in North America on December 3. Australia and New Zealand theatrical release were also announced for December 9. The United Kingdom, Ireland, and Latin America releases will be announced later. 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