Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Scherzo of Deep Night
Seen it?2022 | 100 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office flop and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans, fantasy fans and action fans.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 40 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Over a month has passed since 10,000 users were trapped inside the "Sword Art Online" 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 who 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…
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
7.7 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$9 million worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 39K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Ayako Kono
- Haruka TomatsuAsuna (voice)
- Yoshitsugu MatsuokaKirito (voice)
- Inori MinaseMito (voice)
- Shiori IzawaArgo (voice)
- Hiroki YasumotoAgil (voice)
- Tomokazu SekiKibaou (voice)
- Kaede HondoLiten (voice)
- Yuusuke NaganoShivata (voice)
- Takeo OtsukaLind (voice)
- Shinya TakahashiYamata (voice)