1st film opened last October
The official website for the Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- anime films unveiled a new visual and the fall release date on Wednesday for Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Kuraki Yūyami no Scherzo (Scherzo of a Dark Dusk), the second film in the franchise. The site also confirmed the main staff and cast from the first film are returning for the second film.

Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night, the first anime film in the project, opened in Japan in October 2021, and topped the box office in its first weekend.
Funimation screened the film in both standard and IMAX theaters in the United States and Canada on December 3 last year and screened the film in Australia and New Zealand on December 9. The film opened in over 40 countries and territories around the world. Odex screened the film in…