#LiSA To Perform Sword Art Online Progressive’s Theme Song

LiSA will perform the theme song for the upcoming Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night anime movie. The song, titled “Yuke,” is composed by YOASOBI’s Ayase and written by LiSA.

LiSA has performed various songs for the Sword Art Online series before, including the first season’s first opening, “Crossing Field,” Sword Art Online: Alicization‘s first opening, “ADAMAS,” and Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld‘s first ending, “Unlasting.”

LiSA had recently gone on hiatus in August due to mental and physical fatigue but begun to resume her activities later in the same month.

Aria of a Starless Night is set to premiere in October 30 in Japan. It is based on Aria on a Starless Night, one of the stories from the Sword Art Online: Progressive light novels’ first volume, but will feature an original character called Mito. 

The Progressive series expands on the “Aincrad Arc” of the original and still ongoing Sword Art Online series. The first volume was published in 2012, while the eighth and latest volume was published in June 2021. Both the main and Progressive series are written by Reki Kawahara with illustrations by abec.

The movie’s staff includes Ayako Kōnō (86 EIGHTY-SIX storyboarder) as director, Kento Toya (Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld co-character designer and co-chief animation director) as character designer and chief animation director, and Yasuyuki Kai (My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission key animator, Haikyu! The Movie: Battle of Concepts co-action animation director) as action director.

Other staff include Yusa Itō (Woodpecker Detective’s Office) as art director, Naomi Nakano (The Aquatope on White Sand) as color designer, Yuki Ōshima (Cells at Work!!) as photography director, Kengo Oda (Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld 2nd Season) and Hiroshi Nakajima (FateApocrypha) as CG directors, and Yuki Kajiura (The Case Study of Vanitas) as music composer.

Additionally, Aya Akizuki (Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld co-sub designer), Tomomi Ishikawa (PERSONA5 the Animation character designer), and Keisuke Watanabe (Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club chief animation director) are the sub character designers. A-1 Pictures is the animation production studio.

Meanwhile, the cast includes Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kirito, Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna, and Inori Minase as Mito.