Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night
2021 1h 37m movie Film Japan

Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night

劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン-プログレッシブ- 星なき夜のアリア

Synopsis

劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン-プログレッシブ- 星なき夜のアリア

One month after Kayaba Akihiko's game of death began, the death toll continues to rise, two thousand players having already lost their lives to the ultra-difficult VRMMO world of Sword Art Online. On the day of the strategy meeting to plan out the first-floor boss battle, Kirito, a solo player who vows to fight alone to get stronger, runs into a rare, high-level female player. She gracefully dispatches powerful monsters with a single rapier that flashes like a shooting star in the night…

Audience Engagement

251
Reviews
88th
Review-volume percentile
90th
Popularity percentile

251 audience reviews — more than 88% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 90th percentile among Japan films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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Animation + Action in Japan

1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night itself).

The 2020–2022 Japan Window

Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night holds position #125 of 452 Japan films in the 2020–2022 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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    #1

    Revue Starlight: The Movie

    ★ 8.8 · 2021
  2. Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger
    #2

    Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger

    ★ 8.8 · 2021
  3. Romantic Killer
    #3

    Romantic Killer

    ★ 8.7 · 2022
  4. Police in a Pod
    #4

    Police in a Pod

    ★ 8.7 · 2021
  5. Jujutsu Kaisen
    #5

    Jujutsu Kaisen

    ★ 8.6 · 2020
  6. SPY x FAMILY
    #6

    SPY x FAMILY

    ★ 8.6 · 2022
  7. Chainsaw Man
    #7

    Chainsaw Man

    ★ 8.6 · 2022
  8. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
    #8

    Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

    ★ 8.6 · 2022

The 2020s Japan Landscape

2021 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 170 titles released, including Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (539 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 169 other Japan films in 2021.

The 4350th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • mmorpg · 3
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • survival · 28
  • video game · 23
  • virtual reality · 13
  • fantasy world · 13
  • combat · 9
  • virtual world · 6
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • anime · 711
  • based on novel or book · 288
  • romance · 94
  • monster · 91
  • sword fight · 56

Reception Benchmarks

7.8
TMDB Rating
251
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #779 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (83rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.9 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #646 of 2,532 (top 26%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesA-1 Pictures, Sonilude, EGG FIRM, Straight Edge, Aniplex
Runtime1h 37m
Release DateOctober 30, 2021
IMDbtt13424422