6.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Scherzo of Deep Night (2022)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.2
Overview
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…
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes
Overview
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…
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's narrative centers on survival and progression within a virtual death game, emphasizing individual skill and strategic cooperation without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology.
The movie, a Japanese anime, features a cast culturally consistent with its origin, without explicit race or gender swaps of roles that would be considered traditionally white in a Western context. Its narrative maintains a traditional framing, focusing on adventure and character development without explicitly critiquing or negatively portraying traditional identities.
Secondary
The film features female characters Asuna and Mito, who are highly skilled combatants. Both are repeatedly shown engaging in and winning direct physical fights against multiple male monsters and male player opponents using melee weapons and martial arts within the game world.
The film centers on the developing relationship between Kirito and Asuna and their journey through Aincrad. It does not feature any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or explore related themes, resulting in no depiction.
This film is an adaptation of the Sword Art Online: Progressive light novel series. All established characters, including protagonists Kirito and Asuna, maintain their canonical genders from the source material and previous adaptations. No characters originally established as one gender are portrayed as a different gender.
This anime film adapts the Sword Art Online light novel series. All major characters maintain their established appearances and implied racial backgrounds (primarily East Asian/Japanese) as depicted in the source material and prior adaptations. There are no instances of characters being portrayed as a different race than canonically established.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
7.6
Critic Ratings
4.2
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