Sword Art Online: Progressive Hoshi Naki Yoru No Aria panel at the Aniplex Online Fest 2021 event revealed that the new film in the franchise will premiere on October 30 in Japan.
Check out the new look revealed during the event:
Inori Minase will voice the new character Mito in the film.
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Ayako Kawano (unit director on Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic ) will direct the film at A-1 Pictures . Kento Toya ( Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld , The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments ) will do the character design. Yasuyuki Kai is the action director while Yuki Kajiura returns to compose the soundtrack.
Additionally, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka returns as Kirito and Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna in the voice cast.
Finally, the anime is based on the light novel SAO: Progressive by Reki Kawahara . The novel was released in 2012 as a revised version retelling events from Sword Art Online. The story follows Kirito's journey through the floating castle of Aincrad from the beginning, floor by floor. Yen Press is publishing the Sword Art Online: Progressive novel series in English, as well as two manga adaptations.
Sources: ANN , Aniplex Online Fest 2021 livestream , SAO website
