Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

I'm one of the dudes that took a break at the end of Gun Gale Online. Nothing to be heard out of SAO, after that time. For me, at least. I'm the kind of guy that forgets, so I heard Progressive coming to teathers in 2023 and I was like, "ok, I want to see this" and went to Aria of Starless Night. As a fact, I just left the movie hall 20 minutes ago. One thing that I will most probably not forget is the sensation. Sensation that one gets when you watch the first of the many episodes from a series, sensation when you get when you finish the series or the sensation as of the memory of what you had been watching. In 2014 when I think I first watched the series, I felt it. Felt it all the way, as a reminder of how good it was. Felt it at Gun Gale Online then pause.. long pause. Forgot about the thing. Present moment, and I felt it again watching Aria of a Starless Night. 10/10. If you know, you know!

I'm so glad I did!

Nothing else to say except: best movie in utter existence. Good animation, action, Not canon yet still amazing. Have been waiting excitingly for this to finally release in my country, and i can't wait for that day (17th of february) to come. Sword Art Online has been my favorite for a long long time and movies like these only make it better.

A high-quality movie with a really good story, art design, soundtracks and theme song. The story will be narrated from the main character which is 'Asuna' so, in this movie, we will know more about her background and deeper details apart from the story from 'Kirito' in Sword Art Online (Season 1). The art design is awesome, and the sounds are really good, it fits the movie perfectly, both soundtracks and theme song. Also, there are a lot of feelings in the movie, and it can exhaust all the emotions perfectly and I am really into it.

I think this movie is a solid 8 and what I expected when I first started watching the series. 1st half of the 1st season was really rushed and made you think that the plot was kinda wasted due to the rush. But for me the pace of the movie is just fine. Can't wait for the next movie.

Maybe it's different with the sub but there were glaring errors with the audio- and even some worse ones with the animation that I just couldn't get past. Scenes were completely altered in some cases. For scenes that were already done in the original series I don't see a reason why they couldn't match up. I'll watch the next part when it comes out just because my husband wants to - but I'm not expecting anything short of more irritation. Other than that issue I'm giving 7/10 stars just because I'm a fan of SAO and the art was still lovely. If they changed anything else I don't think I would be rating it as highly.