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Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

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Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

"This might be a game, but it's not something you play!"

2021

1h 37m

7.9(339 votes)

Animation

Action

Fantasy

Science Fiction

Overview

Asuna Yuuki had never played online games until accidentally putting on the NerveGear for Sword Art Online, the world’s first VRMMORPG. She soon finds herself and other players trapped inside a game, where if a player dies in the game, they die in the real world. As she continues to live on in this world where death is always a step away, a solitary swordsman named Kirito appears before her.

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Production Companies

A-1 Pictures

EGG FIRM

Straight Edge

Aniplex

KADOKAWA

Bandai Namco Entertainment

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Kirito (voice)

Haruka Tomatsu

Haruka Tomatsu

Asuna 'Asuna' Yuuki (voice)

Inori Minase

Inori Minase

Misumi 'Mito' Tozawa (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Akihiko Kayaba (voice)

Hiroki Yasumoto

Hiroki Yasumoto

Agil (voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Diabel (voice)

Rina Hidaka

Rina Hidaka

Silica (voice)

Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Mito Avatar (Voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Kibaou (voice)

Shiori Izawa

Shiori Izawa

Argo (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Ayako Kono
Written by: Yukito Kizawa
Produced by: Masami Niwa
Yosuke Futami

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