A stage presentation held for the Sword Art Online at the AnimeJapan 2022 , which took place this Sunday, revealed a teaser for the film “ Sword Art Online: Progressive – Kuraki Yuuyami no Scherzo ” (Scherzo of a Dark Twilight), the second in the series of films.
The film will be released in Japan this fall.
Check out the teaser below:
The event also revealed a video dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Sword Art Online franchise. The franchise will have an event to celebrate this milestone on November 6th in Tokyo.
In addition to all of this, the event revealed another video, this time dedicated to the blu-ray of Progressive's first film.
The film's animation will be done by studio A-1 Pictures .
Ayako Kohno will direct the film, while Kento Toya will handle character design. Yasuyuki Kai will serve as action director and Yuki Kajiura will compose the music.
Also returning are voice actors Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kirito and Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna .
The film will therefore adapt the light novel Sword Art Online: Progressive , by author Reki Kawahara . The series of novels began to be released in 2012 , as a revised version of the original Sword Art Online . The story then describes Kirito's journey through Aincrad's floating castle from the beginning, floor by floor.
Source: ANN
