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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

2021 · 97 min Animation Action Fantasy Science Fiction
7.9 / 10 · TMDB

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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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

Animated cinema with a serious conversation — about loss, choice, growing up. Animation here isn't simplification, it's a way to speak of difficult things more gently.

Not the studio's best work, but still above genre average. Characters are memorable, the world is developed. Several genuinely strong scenes.

Works for both children and adults — but adults will take more from it. Family viewing is the ideal format.

Director: Ayako Kono

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Best Watched: Sunday morning with family. Or late at night when you want something kind.

🎭 Cast

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)

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