Synopsis
Asuna Yuuki is on the path to success, balancing her school life and social circle while preparing for high school entrance exams. Her classmate and friend Misumi "Mito" Tozawa asks Asuna to come along to the launch of Sword Art Online (SAO), a much-anticipated online virtual reality game. Asuna agrees and meets Mito inside the game. However, things take a dark turn when all players who logged into SAO are trapped in the virtual world with no way out. The only escape is to clear all one hundred floors of the game, but the risk is absolute: death in the game means death in real life. With SAO now a deadly trial, Asuna and other players, such as the solitary swordsman Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya, must learn to survive this dangerous environment and compete with others to reach the top.
Background
Sword Art Online: Progressive Movie - Hoshi Naki Yoru no Aria has been licensed by Aniplex of America as Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night with the launch of the Official USA Website on November 19, 2020. Aniplex announced the movie's theatrical and IMAX release in the USA on December 3, 2021. The movie's first limited edition advance ticket was released from December 28, 2020 to January 11, 2021 on the Aniplex+ website, which recorded the world's fastest advance ticket sale.
