This morning the production of a second feature film for the animation franchise of Sword Art Online: Progressive, which will be released in 2022 and is entitled Sword Art Online: Progressive - Kuraki Yuuyaki no Scherzo (Sword Art Online: Progressive - Scherzo of a Dark Twilight). What caught our eye is the title, which corresponds to the fifth floor of Aincrad, which suggests that production will skip the second through fourth floors.

The fears of the fans were confirmed by the author himself. Reki kawahara, who stated on Twitter that the second through fourth floors will be skipped in the anime adaptation because the "Elven war bow"Among other things, it didn't end in the original story."I am sure it will be a satisfactory experience so I hope that you will continue to support the franchise."The author has been added.

What is the Elven War? It is described as the first campaign in the video game. Sword art online It includes numerous chapters that take place from the third to the ninth floors of Aincrad. At the beginning of the mission, players have to choose between supporting the wood elves or the dark elves, which divides the campaign into two main paths with different missions. The campaign plays an important role in everything Progressive.

Sword Art Online: Progressive

The first film with the title Sword Art Online: Progressive - Hoshi Naki Yoru no Aria, was released in theaters in Japan on October 30th and reached first place in weekly box office revenue while Funimation It will be responsible for sales in the west, beginning with the United States and Canada on December 3rd, and confirming the firsts in Latin America on the dates yet to be announced.

On the other hand, Reki kawahara and Abec started with the publication of the light novels Sword Art Online: Progressive in October 2012 through the publisher's label Dengeki Bunko from the publisher Kadokawa. It should be remembered that the video game is for smartphones Sword Art Online: Integral Factor is available in the catalog of QooApp At this link.

Production team

  • Ayako Kawano (High School Fleet, Nanatsu no Taizai: Prisoners of the Sky) is responsible for directing the feature film in the studios A-1 pictures.
  • Kento Toya (Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu, Nanbaka) is responsible for character design.
  • Yuki kajiura (Boku dake ga Inai Machi, Fate / stay night Film: Heaven's Feel, Kara no Kyoukai, Kimetsu no Yaiba) is responsible for composing the soundtrack.

Sword Art Online: Progressive Synopsis

“There is no way to beat this game. The only difference is when and where you die… “A month has passed since Akihiko Kayaba's fatal game began, and the number of corpses continues to rise. Two thousand players have already died. Kirito and Asuna are two very different people, but they both want to fight alone. However, they feel drawn to face internal and external challenges together. With the entire virtual world they live in was created as a death trap, Sword Art Online's surviving players begin to despair, and desperation makes them dangerous for loners like Kirito and Asuna. Can the two overcome their differences to find the strength to believe in each other and survive when it becomes clear that loneliness equates to suicide? Sword Art Online: Progressive is a new version of the Sword Art Online story that begins at the beginning of Kirito's and Asuna's epic adventure in the first level of the deadly world of Aincrad!

Source: Official Twitter account

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