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…
| Writing | Reki Kawahara | Original Story |
| Directing | Ayako Kono | Director |
| Sound | Yuki Kajiura | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Yoshikazu Iwanami | Sound Director |
| Directing | Yasuyuki Kai | Action Director |
| Visual Effects | Kento Toya | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Kento Toya | Supervising Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yasuyuki Kai | Creature Design |
| Editing | Kiyoshi Hirose | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Junya Ishigaki | Creature Design |
| Visual Effects | Aya Akizuki | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Keisuke Watanabe | Character Designer |
| Art | Hisashi Higashijima | Prop Designer |
| Art | Yusa Ito | Art Direction |
| Art | Akihiro Hirasawa | Art Designer |
| Visual Effects | Naomi Nakano | Color Designer |
| Camera | Yuki Oshima | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Kengo Oda | CGI Director |
| Art | Yohei Miyahara | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Kaori Seki | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Yasumasa Koyama | Sound Effects |
| Writing | Yukito Kizawa | Screenplay |
| Art | Manabu Ono | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Ikuro Morimoto | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Masakazu Obara | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Yasuyuki Kai | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Ayako Kono | Storyboard Artist |
| Directing | Atsushi Usui | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Masakazu Obara | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Ayako Kono | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Yasuyuki Kai | Second Unit Director |
| Visual Effects | Raku Nishikimi | Supervising Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Tomomi Ishikawa | Supervising Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Aya Akizuki | Supervising Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Matsuda | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Takehiro Miura | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Eri Sano | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yuko Yamamoto | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuyuki Maeda | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Jinshichi Yamaguchi | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Tomomi Ishikawa | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Akiko Sato | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Saki Hisamatsu | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Sayaka Takase | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Keisuke Watanabe | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Chisato Nakata | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yumiko Yamamoto | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yasuyuki Kai | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Hisashi Higashijima | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Keita Hagio | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Huang Heting | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Hiroaki Goda | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Aya Akizuki | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Kento Toya | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Tomoko Katasho | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yoshihiro Kanno | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | TOMATO | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kaito Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Jun Nakai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Go Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Sound | Yasunori Mori | Music Producer |
| Visual Effects | Yuki Oshima | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Yasuyuki Kai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Raku Nishikimi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takehiro Miura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuko Yamamoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Teruaki Tokumaru | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ryo Saito | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuichi Ichihashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsuko Inoue | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Emi Yamazaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomomi Igarashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Rui Matsui | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yui Ushinohama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Miyuki Sugawara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kohei Mikoshi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Azumi Kuniyoshi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Aika Kawasaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sotaro Shiraishi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshio Chizaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hironori Tanaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ami Koyanagi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroaki Goda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Aya Akizuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Saki Hisamatsu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keisuke Watanabe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hitomi Sato | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kim Yeon-hee | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sue Ikezu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sakura Uchino | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yu Matsuno | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Asami Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Torii | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mari Tominaga | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hibiki Yamaguchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kiko Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shuu Sugita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Chika Ohashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuhiko Uetake | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kenji Futagawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yataneko | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kouki Tomiyoshi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akira Teramoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomomi Ishikawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Matsuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keita Hagio | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuyuki Maeda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kim Bo-min | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Saito | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ryota Saito | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasue Ohno | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuzuki Sekine | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Huang Heting | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshito Narimatsu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Maki Sawai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshihiro Maeda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuhiro Miwa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiko Ban | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Wakako Yoshida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tetsuya Masuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuki Ito | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Miwa Oshima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kotone Shibata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroaki Kurihara | Key Animation |
| Sound | Takayuki Yamaguchi | Sound Mixer |
