The official website for Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Kuraki Yūyami no Scherzo (Scherzo of a Dark Dusk), the second film in the Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- anime film series, announced on August 10 that the film will get IMAX screenings on the same day regular screenings open in Japan on September 10.
The anime is based on Reki Kawahara’s Sword Art Online: Progressive light novel series.
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.
Yen Press is publishing the Sword Art Online: Progressive novel series in English, as well as two manga adaptations.