Crunchyroll, one of the leading and ultimate anime destinations worldwide, along with partner Aniplex of America, is bringing Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night to cinemas in the UK and Ireland from Wednesday, February 1st. The film will be available in both Japanese with English subtitles as well as dubbed in English.
Here is the full cast:
- Asuna: Haruka Tomatsu/Cherami Leigh
- Kirito: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka/Bryce Papenbrook
- Mito: Inori Minase/Anairis Quiñones
- Argo: Shiori Izawa/Kimberly Anne Campbell
- Agil: Hiroyuki Yasumoto/Patric Seitz
- Kibaou: Tomokazu Seki/Derek Stephen Prince
- Liten: Kaede Hondo/AmaLee
- Shivata: Yuusuke Nagano/Griffin Puatu
- Lind: Takeo Otsuka/Howard Wang
- Yamata: Shinya Takahashi
- Wolfgang: Yohei Azakami/Young Yea
- Lobacca: Yuki Tamai/ Bill Butts
- Naijan: Koji Seki/ Xander Mobus
- Joe: Ryota Osaka/ Alejandro Saab
- Morte: Yusuke Kobayashi/ A.J. Beckles
Scherzo of Deep Night is the anticipated sequel to Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night (2021), now available to stream on Crunchyroll.com. The film follows protagonist Asuna as she continues her journey through the virtual reality death game, where “Game Over” means death in the real world. The light novel series, written by Reki Kawahara in 2012, is essentially a retelling of the series’ Aincrad Arc from the first season of Sword Art Online.
Typically, a volume would cover a single floor in the SAO game, starting on floor 1 in Aria of a Starless Night. This sequel however, takes us a bit further. Scherzo of Deep Night is actually the fourth volume of the series, so we’ll actually be jumping ahead to Floor 5.
This may be a game, but it’s not something you play.
The world’s first VRMMORPG (Sword Art Online) became a game of death. Over a month has passed since 10,000 users were trapped inside the game world. Asuna, who cleared the first floor of the floating iron castle of Aincrad, joined up with Kirito and continued her journey to reach the top floor. With the support of female Information Broker Argo, clearing the floors seemed to be progressing smoothly, but…
Conflict erupts between two major guilds that should be working together – the top player groups ALS (the Aincrad Liberation Squad) and DKB (the Dragon Knights Brigade). And meanwhile, behind the scenes exists a mysterious figure pulling the strings….
In a dangerous battle of death, there is an assault that differs from the threat, and it will involve Asuna and Kirito.
You can find out more from the official SAO website. In the meantime, don’t forget to check out the trailer:
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