7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night (2021)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.5
Overview
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...
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes
Overview
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...
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central conflict of survival in a virtual death game is largely apolitical, focusing on universal themes of human resilience, individual growth, and the importance of interpersonal bonds rather than promoting specific political ideologies or systemic critiques.
This anime film, originating from Japanese source material, features characters consistent with its cultural context. Its narrative centers on action and character development within a virtual world, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its plot.
Secondary
The film features female characters Asuna and Mito who are highly skilled combatants within the virtual game world. They engage in and are victorious in close-quarters melee combat using swords and scythes against numerous male-coded monsters and the large male boss of the first floor.
The film primarily focuses on the survival game and the relationships between its main heterosexual characters and platonic friendships. No identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes are present in the narrative, leading to a net impact rating of N/A.
The film introduces a new character, Mito, who was not in the original source material. However, no established characters from the Sword Art Online light novels or previous adaptations have their canonical gender altered in this movie.
The film is an anime adaptation of a Japanese light novel series. All established characters, including Kirito and Asuna, are consistently depicted as East Asian, matching their original source material. There are no instances where a character's race deviates from their established canon.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
7.9
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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