Sword Art Online: Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night Coming To Theaters ; Aria of a Starless Night Home Release Details

 

The English dubbed adaptation of Sword Art Online: Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night is coming to theaters February 2023.

Sword Art Online (published by Dengeki Bunko) is a light novel series by Reki Kawahara, winner of the 15th Dengeki Bunko Novel Grand Prize. The story revolves around main character Kirito and his heroics as a player in Sword Art Online, a next-generation VRMMORPG. The series has enjoyed massive popularity since Volume One was first published in April 2009, with cumulative worldwide sales topping 30 million copies by 2022. An anime adaptation, “Sword Art Online” Season 1, aired in 2012, followed by four more seasons to date (for a total of 97 episodes).

In 2017, a theatrical film, “Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale,” was released. In addition, the franchise has produced a wide-ranging media mix of games, comic books, etc. “Sword Art Online Progressive” is a reboot series, penned by Kawahara himself, offering a deeper look at where it all began, on Aincrad’s first floor. 2

021 saw the launch of an all-new animated film series based on Progressive. The first film in the series, Aria of a Starless Night (which will stream on Crunchyroll Nov 24th/Blu-Ray coming 1/24/2023 that you can pre-order here), a rebooted Aincrad Arc seen from Asuna’s point of view rather than Kirito’s, debuted at No. 1 in the weekend box office revenue rankings, and was a long-running hit, staying in theaters nationwide for 10 weeks. A death game where “Game Over” leads directly to death in the real world…

Watch the trailer for the English dub below with the cast and crew:

CAST:

Asuna: Haruka Tomatsu/ Cherami Leigh

Kirito: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka/ Bryce Papenbrook

Mito: Inori Minase/ Anairis Quiñones

Argo: Shiori Izawa/ Kimberly Anne Campbell

Agil: Hiroyuki Yasumoto/ Patric Seitz

Kibaou: Tomokazu Seki/ Derek Stephen Prince

Liten: Kaede Hondo/ AmaLee

Shivata: Yuusuke Nagano/ Griffin Puatu

Lind: Takeo Otsuka/ Howard Wang

Yamata: Shinya Takahashi

Wolfgang: Yohei Azakami/ Young Yea

Lobacca: Yuki Tamai/ Bill Butts

Naijan: Koji Seki/ Xander Mobus

Joe: Ryota Osaka/ Alejandro Saab

Morte: Yusuke Kobayashi/ A.J. Beckles

English Voice Director and ADR Script Writer: Alex von David

STAFF:

Original Work & Story Concept: Reki Kawahara (Dengeki Bunko)

Original Illustration & Character Design Concept: abec

Director: Ayako Kono

Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Kento Toya

Action Director & Monster Design: Yasuyuki Kai

Boss Monster & Stage Design: Junya Ishigaki

Sub Character Design: Aya Akizuki, Keisuke Watanabe

Prop Design: Hisashi Higashijima

Art Director: Yusa Ito

Art Setting: Akihiro Hirasawa

Color Setting: Naomi Nakano

Director of Photography: Yuki Oshima

CG Director: Kengo Oda

Monitor Graphic Design: Yohei Miyahara, Kaori Seki

Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose

Music: Yuki Kajiura

Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami

Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama

Sound Production: sonilude

Produced by: EGG FIRM

Straight Edge Animation Production: A-1 Pictures

Production Committee: SAO-P

Project Distributed by: Aniplex English Version Produced by Aniplex of America In Association with Bang Zoom! Entertainment