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...
You can now watch Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night online on the following streaming providers in the United States.
| Directing | Yasuyuki Kai | Action Director |
| Sound | Yuki Kajiura | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Ayako Kono | Director |
| Visual Effects | Kento Toya | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Yasuyuki Kai | Creature Design |
| Visual Effects | Kento Toya | Supervising Animation Director |
| Writing | Reki Kawahara | Original Story |
| Art | Akihiro Hirasawa | Art Designer |
| Visual Effects | Naomi Nakano | Color Designer |
| Camera | Yuki Oshima | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Kengo Oda | CGI Director |
| Editing | Kiyoshi Hirose | Editor |
| Sound | Yoshikazu Iwanami | Sound Director |
| Sound | Yasumasa Koyama | Sound Effects |
| Art | Hisashi Higashijima | Prop Designer |
| Art | Yusa Ito | Art Direction |
| Sound | LiSA | Theme Song Performance |
| Production | Masami Niwa | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Kaori Seki | 2D Artist |
| Visual Effects | Yohei Miyahara | 2D Artist |
| Visual Effects | Shun Miyakawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | TOMATO | Animation Director |
| Art | Ayako Kono | Storyboard Artist |
| Directing | Ayako Kono | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Masakazu Obara | Storyboard Artist |
| Directing | Yasuyuki Kai | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Yasuyuki Kai | Storyboard Artist |
| Directing | Akira Yamada | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Akira Yamada | Storyboard Artist |
| Directing | Masakazu Obara | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Atsushi Usui | Second Unit Director |
| Writing | Yukito Kizawa | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Hironori Tanaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuyuki Kai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Risa Suzuki | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Aya Akizuki | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Keisuke Watanabe | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Tomomi Ishikawa | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Miyuki Kojima | Mechanical Designer |
| Visual Effects | Aya Akizuki | Supervising Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | TOMATO | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomomi Ishikawa | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Seiko Asai | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Hisashi Higashijima | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Aya Akizuki | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yuuma Yokomatsu | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Keisuke Watanabe | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Keita Hagio | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Sayaka Takase | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Koji Watanabe | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Kenji Terao | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Raku Nishikimi | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Takehiro Miura | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Ryo Saito | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Saki Hisamatsu | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Matsuda | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Jinshichi Yamaguchi | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yuko Yamamoto | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Chiaki Furuzumi | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuyuki Maeda | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Takako Takahashi | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Kento Toya | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yasuyuki Kai | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Torii | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yoshihiro Kanno | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Ayaka Sato | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Aya Akizuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hisashi Higashijima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keisuke Watanabe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Raku Nishikimi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takehiro Miura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Matsuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sayaka Takase | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keita Hagio | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tetsuya Masuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Teruaki Tokumaru | Key Animation |
| Art | Yusa Ito | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Takako Takahashi | Key Animation |
| Art | Kenta Tsuboi | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuyuki Maeda | Key Animation |
| Art | Tsutomu Uchida | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Yuko Yamamoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Saito | Key Animation |
| Art | Lu Yao | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Kim Yeon-hee | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ryo Saito | Key Animation |
| Art | Junki Nakata | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Michinori Shiga | Key Animation |
| Art | Ryota Goto | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Kota Moroishi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yu Matsuno | Key Animation |
| Art | Manami Azuta | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Sue Ikezu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasue Ohno | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hitomi Sato | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kim Kyung-eun | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kousaku Taniguchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Nozomi Goto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Naoko Shokin | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Maki Sawai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Minami Konagai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akio Kawamura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takayoshi Hayashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takaaki Tanabe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ryota Saito | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Naoto Abe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Fujio Inose | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katsushi Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yusuke Kawabe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mayuko Yamamoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Asami Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kanako Ueda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuta Masaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinichi Mogi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takumi Oonuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shoya Sakaguchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kaoru Nagakawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasunori Matsumura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kyoka Nakaoka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hideaki Shimada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshio Chizaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinichi Wada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Airi Ishikawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Luo Canran | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroo Nagano | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kouta Mori | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Aika Kawasaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Moe Wada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shuu Sugita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Chiho Fujiwara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shunryo Yamamura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Imaoka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiko Busa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Chung Young-hoon | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshie Kawamura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsuko Inoue | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katsushi Morita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kaito Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yumiko Yamamoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Go Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shunsuke Masuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuki Ito | Key Animation |
| Art | Mutsuki Aoki | Assistant Director of Photography |
| Art | Hikaru Yamamoku | Assistant Director of Photography |
| Crew | Tasuku Ishibashi | Special Effects |
| Editing | Kiyomi Yamada | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Mitsuna Fukasawa | Online Editor |
| Editing | Rie Sakurai | Online Editor |
| Editing | Ayaka Minami | Online Editor |
| Visual Effects | Ayako Kono | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kento Toya | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Go Suzuki | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yousuke Okuda | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takehiro Miura | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuyuki Maeda | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keigo Sasaki | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Crew | Shingo Adachi | Thanks |
| Crew | Tetsuya Kawakami | Thanks |
| Crew | Ryuuta Yanagi | Thanks |
| Crew | Yuho Taniuchi | Thanks |
| Crew | Atsushi Kaneko | Thanks |
| Sound | Yasunori Mori | Music Producer |
| Sound | Takayuki Yamaguchi | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tsutomu Kawahigashi | Dolby Consultant |
| Production | Wataru Hashimoto | Associate Producer |
| Production | Toshiyuki Tsuchiya | Associate Producer |
| Production | Yasukazu Kawai | Associate Producer |
| Production | Yuya Kishi | Production Assistant |
| Production | Nobuhiro Nakayama | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kazuma Miki | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nobuhiro Oosawa | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yosuke Futami | Producer |
| Production | Kaoru Adachi | Producer |
| Production | Ryutaro Kawakami | Producer |
| Production | Akihisa Shibuya | Line Producer |
| Production | Keisuke Hirai | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Daisuke Mizuguchi | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takumi Niwa | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshihiro Togo | Animation |
| Production | Miyaka Misawa | Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Misako Otsu | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Hisashi Saito | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukimi Iwamoto | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Shunsuke Tsukahara | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Naoki Ishikawa | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Koki Fujiwara | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Ishizu | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Masatsugu Yamazaki | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Naoyuki Wada | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Kenji Takahashi | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Daichi Nogami | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Haruka Serizawa | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Yu Akiyama | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Naho Hasegawa | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Kazuki Saito | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Shota Kodera | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Saori Kezuka | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Shiho Imaizumi | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Chiyuki Kojima | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Mayuko Fukazawa | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Minako Maeda | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Yusuke Horie | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Takaya Onuma | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Kimihiro Nakano | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Hiroki Takano | Compositing Artist |
| Production | Ryota Shinkai | Production Assistant |
