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Sword Art Online
Original title ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン
transcription Sōdo Āto Onrain
Sword Art Online anime logo.png
Logo of the anime
genre Action, fantasy, romance
Light novel
country JapanJapan Japan
author Reki Kawahara
illustrator abec
publishing company Self-published → ASCII Media Works
First publication November 2002 - ...
expenditure 24 + 3 (SAO Progressive)
Manga
title Sword Art Online: Aincrad
Original title ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン ア イ ン ク ラ ッ ド
transcription Sōdo Āto Onrain: Ainkuraddo
country JapanJapan Japan
author Tamako Nakamura
publishing company ASCII Media Works
magazine Dengeki Bunko Magazine
First publication August 10, 2010 - April 10, 2012
expenditure 2
Manga
title Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance
Original title ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン フ ェ ア リ ィ ・ ダ ン ス
transcription Sōdo Āto Onrain: Feari Dansu
country JapanJapan Japan
author Tsubasa Hazuki
publishing company ASCII Media Works
magazine Dengeki Bunko Magazine
First publication April 10, 2012 - April 10, 2014
expenditure 3
Manga
title Sword Art Online.
Original title そ ー ど あ ー と ☆ お ん ら い ん.
transcription Sōdo Āto Onrain.
country JapanJapan Japan
author Jūsei Minami
publishing company ASCII Media Works
magazine Dengeki Bunko Magazine
First publication August 10, 2010 - ...
expenditure 2+
Anime television series
title Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online II
Sword Art Online: Alicization
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 2012, 2014, since 2018
Studio A-1 Pictures
length 23 minutes
Episodes 73+ in 3 seasons ( list )
Director Tomohiko Itō
music Yuki Kajiura
First broadcast July 8th, 2012 on Tokyo MX , Tochigi TV , Gunma TV , TV Kanagawa
German-language
first broadcast		 November 9, 2013 on Animax
Anime movie
title Sword Art Online - Extra Edition
Original title ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン Extra Edition
transcription Sōdo Āto Onrain: Extra Edition
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 2013
Studio A-1 Pictures
length 101 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Director Tomohiko Itō
script Reki Kawahara
music Yuki Kajiura
synchronization
Spin-off
► Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online (2014)

Sword Art Online ( Japanese ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン , Sōdo Āto Onrain ) is a light novel series by Reki Kawahara , which was also adapted as a manga and anime . The series was broadcast in German on Pay TV on Animax and on Free TV since February 27, 2018 on ProSieben (episode 1–6) and ProSieben Maxx (from episode 7).

Just like the author's concurrent work, Accel World , Sword Art Online is set in a future in which it is widespread to achieve complete immersion in virtual realities by means of direct stimulation of the central nervous system and depicts the adventures of a group of teenagers in them virtual realities.

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 Sword Art Online
(2012, Aincrad and Fairy Dance Arc, 25 episodes)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common universe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accel World
(2012, 24 episodes)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Extra Edition
(2014, feature film)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sword Art Online II
(2014, Phantom Bullet and Mother Rosario Arc, 24 episodes)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common universe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gun Gale Online
(2018, 12 episodes)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ordinal Scale
(2017, feature film)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sword Art Online: Alicization
(since 2018, 24+ episodes)

Aincrad

On November 6, 2022 the VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game ) Sword Art Online (SAO) starts , the specialty of which is that players are completely immersed in a virtual reality of a medieval fantasy world called Aincrad ( ア イ ン ク ラ ッ ド , Ainkuraddo ) can immerse themselves and, through the reproduction of all sensory perceptions, have the imagination of actually living in them. This happens because the players use a device called NerveGear ( ナ ー ヴ ギ ア , Nāvugia ), which can read out and stimulate the sensory and motor areas in the brain directly. Similar to an MMORPG, players can gain experience points by killing monsters, which allow them to level up. The following applies: the more powerful the monster, the more experience points the player receives. The higher a player's level, the stronger the player is in battle.

One of the 10,000 players is the student Kazuto Kirigaya under the pseudonym Kirito, who had already taken part in the beta test of the game. After a while he notices that he can no longer log out and shortly afterwards the developer of the game and the underlying NerveGear technology, Akihiko Kayaba, announces that players can only leave this world after the bosses of all 100 levels of Aincrad have been defeated . A death in this world as well as the removal of the NerveGear automatically leads to death in the real world.

At the same time, another problem arises : Each level only houses a certain amount of NPC monsters and raw materials. This means it is not possible for all players to level up. However, the higher your level, the better you are in battle and the higher your chance of survival.

Kirito, who as a beta tester already knows the lowest levels, knows where the monsters are, which let him level up the fastest. So he decides to farm these monsters on his own as quickly as possible in order to level up. The other players insult him as a mixture of beta tester and cheater , as a "beater".

After a month the first level is done, at which point 2000 people have already died, some of them also by suicide in the hope that Kayaba's words were lied. A group of around 500 players emerges who have actively committed themselves to completing the game, either in guilds or as lone fighters. The latter also includes Kirito, who rises to become the second strongest player. The main storyline begins in October 2024. The 6,000 remaining players have advanced to level 74.

Kirito happens to meet Asuna, who - unusual for Aincrad, which is mainly inhabited by male players - has made it to the position of deputy guild master of the Knights of the Blood Oath ( 血盟 騎士 団Ketsumei Kishidan , translated: "Blood Brotherhood Knight Order"), in short: KoB for Knights of Blood , the strongest guild in Aincrad to come up and superior because of their high self Kirito speed nicknamed Senko ( 閃光 reads "lightning"). In addition, she is considered the most attractive player, especially since all players appear in their real shape in the game. This forces Kirito to form a group with her and seems to run away from her bodyguards, so that Kirito duels with her bodyguard Kuradeel. Both meet Kirito's old friend Klein ( ク ラ イ ン , Kurain ) and his little guild Fūrinkazan ( 風 林 火山 ) and shortly afterwards a delegation of the largest but rather weak guild Aincrad Kaihōgun ( ア イ ン ク ラ ッ ド 解放軍 , Ainkuraddo kaihōcrad -free ")" who want to attack the final boss of this level. Out of concern for Kirito the group follows this after some time and shocked to know that unlike previous bosses work here no teleport crystals that are normally used to flee in mortal danger, then Kirito and the others decide the Aincrad Kaihōgun to help. Although the final boss can usually only be defeated with a much larger number of players, Kirito manages to defeat the monster shortly before his own death with his unique skill Nitōryū ( 二 刀 流 , "two swords style"). Shocked that Kirito almost died, Asuna tells him that she wants to ask for an exemption from her guild activities in order to be able to party with him longer, but comes back with the bad news that Guildmaster Heathcliff will only meet her after a duel wants to let go with Kirito, in whose defeat Kirito would have to join the guild. Heathcliff is considered the strongest player, whose HP has never reached the yellow area, and also has a unique skill called Shinseiken ( 神聖 剣 , "holy sword"), which gives him an almost insurmountable defense. Kirito narrowly loses the duel, under the impression that Heathcliff is moving faster than the game allows. He has to join the guild, whereby the first training with Kuradeel and another guild member is due. During a rest it turns out that Kuradeel is a member of the guild Laughing Coffin , which specializes in killing other players. Kuradeel has put a paralysis poison into the water of Kirito and the other guild member in order to kill both, so that he can finally return as the only survivor and thereby receive Asuna's approval. Just before he kills Kirito, Kirito is rescued by Asuna, whereupon they both confess their love. They both spend the night together, get married and spend two happy weeks at a lake before being called back by Heathcliff.

You will learn that from level 75 the teleport crystals no longer work for all bosses and that the gates of the boss room are automatically closed when entering, so that the fights become even more grueling and therefore your help is needed. The attack party with Heathcliff, Kirito, Asuna, Klein and other strong players attacks the final boss from level 75, and they realize that the monster is a giant millipede with two crescent claws that kills three teammates at once with one blow. After an hour of fighting and 14 deaths, the monster is finished. Kirito notices an unusual expression on Heathcliff's face for this situation and, looking back on his duel with him, suspects that Heathcliff cannot be a normal player. Since Heathcliff's HP is just above the yellow area due to the fight, Kirito attacks him, which should move the HP display into the yellow area and receives the system message that Heathcliff is an indestructible object. Kirito then suspects that Heathcliff is Kayaba, which he confirms. Heathcliff says that he had intended to be the final boss himself on the 100th level, but offers Kirito to lead another duel without his immortality, with Kirito's victory the game being over. Kirito accepts on condition that if he is defeated, Heathcliff should stop Asuna from committing suicide. The duel goes in favor of Heathcliff, but just before the next blow kills Kirito, Asuna throws herself in front of him, intercepts the hit, and dies. The fight continues and Kirito's HP drops to zero. While Kirito dissolves, he still manages to stab Asuna's weapon in Heathcliff's chest and kill him as well. On a kind of transparent viewing platform above Aincrad, Kirito meets Asuna again and sees Aincrad dissolve. Heathcliff / Kayaba appears and tells them that all 6147 surviving players have been logged out. Kirito and Asuna then share their real names. In the end, Kirito finally wakes up in the hospital and goes looking for Asuna.

Fairy dance

Kazuto learns that Asuna and about 300 other players remain in a coma and that Asuna is to be married to Nobuyuki Sugo, an employee of Asuna's father. He receives a screenshot from the elven VRMMORPG Alfheim Online (ALO), which shows a person in a cage who resembles Asuna; But also that the company of Asuna's father has taken over the maintenance of the SAO servers with Sugō as department head for the last two years and also that ALO is operated by him. With the help of Kazuto's sister Suguha, under the pseudonym Leafa (in the German anime Lyfa ), he manages to get to Asuna. Nobuyuki Sugō used the 300 players to conduct experiments aimed at expanding NerveGear technology in such a way that influencing the sensory and motor parts of the brain leads to memories and ultimately emotions being rewritten. He wants to sell this technology on the one hand, but also use it to reprogram Asuna to be his "loving wife". With the help of Kayaba's remaining consciousness, Kirito manages to defeat Sugō, who appears in the game as the fairy king Oberon, and to free Asuna from the virtual world.

Phantom Bullet

Kazuto is assigned to investigate two murder cases in the VR MMORPG / FPS Gun Gale Online (GGO), in which the two people died in reality after they were apparently shot in the game by a player named Death Gun. With the help of the player Shino Asada, under the pseudonym Sinon, he takes part in a game in a competition in which Death Gun also takes part. Kirito can pose the player and finds out that several members of Laughing Coffin are responsible for the murders , who first spy on the addresses of their victims and then at the same time as their virtual murder by Death Gun in GGO in the real world by means of a succinylcholine injection kill. He and Sinon can defeat Death Gun. Now that both are winners of the tournament, Sinon detonates a grenade and they both become winners after sharing their addresses. When Sinon wakes up, her best and only friend Shinkawa Kyouji is standing in front of her door and wants to celebrate her victory. However, it turns out to be Death Gun and insane on the side. Suddenly, however, Kirito appears and fights with Shinkawa. Although he is given a lethal dose of poison, Shinkawa hits the exact spot where an electrode from the hospital EKG machine is still stuck. This will prevent the poison from getting into Kirito's body.

Mother's Rosario

After the incident in GGO, Kirito, Asuna and their companions are back in Alfheim Online (ALO), where Asuna from Lisbeth, after her long absence because of a family visit to Kyoto, on a powerful and mysterious swordsman with the pseudonym Zekken ( 絶 剣 , German "absolute sword") is made aware. This hitherto completely unknown fighter takes part in ALO fighting tournaments every month and beats his competitors without any problems. Even Kirito was able to feel the strength of Zekken. Asuna shows her interest in the unknown newcomer as the conversation with Lisbeth and Kirito's sister Leafa progresses. On the one hand because of Zekken's Original Sword Skill (OSS), on the other hand because of an incident between Kirito and Zekken that is said to have occurred during the fight. Kirito, however, is silent about the whole thing. Meanwhile, in real life, Asuna gets into an argument with her strict, narrow-minded mother about virtual reality and Asuna's future. Asuna withdraws to her room angrily. Shortly afterwards, the group around Asuna sets off in the newly built Aincrad in ALO to a deserted island where Zekken is waiting for challengers from the nine fairy kingdoms. There they discover that the swordsman Zekken is a woman. Zekken accepts Asuna's challenge and a spectacular duel ensues. Shortly before the final blow, however, Zekken stops her OSS, which is otherwise decisive for the duel, and finds Asuna worthy of helping her. Asuna is introduced to her guild, the Sleeping Knights ( ス リ ー ピ ン グ ・ ナ イ ツ , Surīpingu Naitsu ) after the fight by Absolute Sword . The small group around Yūki ( ユ ウ キ ), that is the real name of Zekken, has set itself the goal of achieving something great. For this they need Asuna's help, because they can no longer spend much time together and want to break up soon. Asuna joins the group and notices that something important is being kept from her. After seven of them have defeated the boss of the 27th level, the Sleeping Knights turn away from Asuna. With Kazuto's help, Asuna finds out that Yūki is in a research hospital. Asuna learns the details from Yūki's doctor. Yūki lives in the virtual world thanks to a NerveGear modified for medical purposes. Then Yūki tells her that the guild members are seriously ill players. Some didn't have much longer to live, so they were pressed for time. Thanks to Kazuto's developed camera, Yūki (via NerveGear) and Asuna can spend a few days together in the real world. Ultimately, Yūki succumbs to her illness. Shortly before her death, she bequeathed Asuna her OSS, which is called Mother's Rosario .

Characters

character Nickname guild played VR ALO breed additional
Kazuto Kirigaya Kirito Former member of "The Black Cats of the Night" (SAO)
and "Knights of the Blood Oath" (SAO)		 SAO, ALO, GGO, Underworld Spriggan Beta tester in SAO, friend (later fiance) of Asuna (husband in SAO and ALO), cousin and stepbrother of Suguha
Asuna Yuuki Asuna Vice-Commander of the "Knights of the Blood Oath" SAO, ALO, GGO, Underworld Undines Friend (later fiancee) of Kirito (wife in SAO and ALO)
Akihiko Kayaba Heathcliff Leader of the "Knights of the Blood Oath" SAO Developer and Game Master at SAO
Ryoutarou Tsuboi Small Leader of the "Fuurinkazan" SAO, ALO, GGO salamander Friend of Kirito
Keiko Ayano Silica SAO, ALO, GGO Cait Sith Beast Tamer
Rika Shinozaki Lisbeth SAO, ALO, GGO Leprechaun Blacksmith in SAO, Asuna's best friend
Yui-MHCP001 Yui SAO, ALO Auxiliary program (Mental Health Advisory Program Prototype 001, code name YUI) from SAO.
She was also adopted by Asuna and Kirito in SAO and has been their in-game daughter since then.
Sachi The black cats of the night SAO Sachi dies in a fight in SAO
Suguha Kirigaya Leafa ALO Sylphs Kazuto's cousin and adoptive sister.
Shino Asada Sinon GGO, ALO, Underworld Cait Sith She has been injured by guns from the fact that she shot a bank robber as a toddler
Yuuki Konno Yuuki 2. Leader of the "Sleeping Knights" ALO Imp She is terminally ill; dies with her friends and all ALO players in ALO
Nobuyuki Sugou Oberon ALO Elf king former director of the research institute of RECT Progress Inc.
Andrew Gilbert Mills Agile SAO, ALO Gnomes runs a café in real life
Shinkawa Kyou Mirror (shupīgeru) GGO He is Shinkawa Shoichi's brother. He's obsessed with Shino.
With his brother he plans PKs (in GGO), in which he then murders the players in real life with poison
Shinkawa Shoichi XaXa (SAO), Die / Mortis (GGO) Laughing coffin SAO, GGO He is the brother of Shinkawa Kyou.
In SAO he was a PK player. In GGO he and his brother continued to run the PKs

publication

Sword Art Online is Reki Kawahara's debut novel, which he originally wrote for the Dengeki Game Shōsetsu Taishō ( 電 撃 ゲ ー ム 小説 大 賞 , "Great Dengeki Computer Games Novel Award") in 2002 for the light novel imprint Dengeki Bunko published by ASCII Media Works . However, since he exceeded the page limit, he finally decided not to send it in and put the work on his website in November 2002 under the pseudonym Fumio Kunori ( 九 里 史 生 ).

In 2008 he started again with Accel World for this award, where he achieved first place, so that this has now been published by ASCII Media Works. At the same time, the publisher offered him to publish Sword Art Online professionally, removing all but one short story from his website. The illustrations for the individual volumes come from abec .

The first volume in book form was published on April 10, 2009 and the following 24 volumes were published by May 2020:

# title JP release date ISBN DE release date ISBN
01 Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 1 ア イ ン ク ラ ッ ド
Sōdo Āto Onrain 1: Ainkuraddo 		April 10, 2009 ISBN 978-4-04-867760-8 16th November 2017 ISBN 978-3-8420-1114-4
02 Sword Art Online 2: Aincrad
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 2 ア イ ン ク ラ ッ ド
Sōdo Āto Onrain 2: Ainkuraddo 		August 10, 2009 ISBN 978-4-04-867935-0 February 8, 2018 ISBN 978-3-8420-1115-1
03 Sword Art Online 3: Fairy Dance
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 3 フ ェ ア リ ィ ・ ダ ン ス
Sōdo Āto Onrain 3: Feari Dansu 		December 10, 2009 ISBN 978-4-04-868193-3 May 14, 2018 ISBN 978-3-8420-1116-8
04th Sword Art Online 4: Fairy Dance
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 4 フ ェ ア リ ィ ・ ダ ン ス
Sōdo Āto Onrain 4: Feari Dansu 		April 10, 2010 ISBN 978-4-04-868452-1 August 9, 2018 ISBN 978-3-8420-1117-5
05 Sword Art Online 5: Phantom Bullet
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 5 フ ァ ン ト ム ・ バ レ ッ ト
Sōdo Āto Onrain 5: Fantomu Baretto 		August 10, 2010 ISBN 978-4-04-868763-8 November 8, 2018 ISBN 978-3-8420-1118-2
06th Sword Art Online 6: Phantom Bullet
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 6 フ ァ ン ト ム ・ バ レ ッ ト
Sōdo Āto Onrain 6: Fantomu Baretto 		December 10, 2010 ISBN 978-4-04-870132-7 February 8, 2019 ISBN 978-3-8420-1119-9
07th Sword Art Online 7: Mother's Rosario
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 7 マ ザ ー ズ ・ ロ ザ リ オ
Sōdo Āto Onrain 7: Mazāzu Rosario 		April 10, 2011 ISBN 978-4-04-870431-1 May 8, 2019 ISBN 978-3-8420-1120-5
08th Sword Art Online 8: Early and Late
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 8 ア ー リ ー ・ ア ン ド ・ レ イ ト
Sōdo Āto Onrain 8: Ārī ando Reito 		August 10, 2011 ISBN 978-4-04-870733-6 7th August 2019 ISBN 978-3-8420-1121-2
09 Sword Art Online 9: Alicization Beginning
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 9 ア リ シ ゼ ー シ ョ ン ・ ビ ギ ニ ン グ
Sōdo Āto Onrain 9: Arishizēshon Biginingu 		February 10, 2012 ISBN 978-4-04-886271-4 November 25, 2019 ISBN 978-3-8420-1122-9
10 Sword Art Online 10: Alicization Running
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 10 ア リ シ ゼ ー シ ョ ン ・ ・ ラ ン ニ ン グ
Sōdo Āto Onrain 10: Arishizēshon Ranningu 		July 10, 2012 ISBN 978-4-04-886697-2
11 Sword Art Online 11: Alicization Turning
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 11 ア リ シ ゼ ー シ ョ ン ン ・ タ ー ニ ン グ
Sōdo Āto Onrain 11: Arishizēshon Tāningu 		December 10, 2012 ISBN 978-4-04-891157-3
12 Sword Art Online 12: Alicization Rising
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 12 ア リ シ ゼ ー シ ョ ン ・ ラ イ ジ ン グ
Sōdo Āto Onrain 12: Arishizēshon Raijingu 		April 10, 2013 ISBN 978-4-04-891529-8
13 Sword Art Online 13: Alicization Dividing
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 13 ア リ シ ゼ ー シ ョ ン ・ デ ィ バ イ デ ィ ン グ
Sōdo Āto Onrain 13: Arishizēshon Dibaidingu 		August 10, 2013 ISBN 978-4-04-891757-5
14th Sword Art Online 14: Alicization Uniting
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 14 ア リ シ ゼ ー シ ョ ン ・ ユ ナ イ テ ィ ン グ
Sōdo Āto Onrain 14: Arishizēshon Yunaitingu 		April 10, 2014 ISBN 978-4-04-866505-6
15th Sword Art Online 15: Alicization Invading
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 15 ア リ シ ゼ ー シ ョ ン ・ イ ン ベ ー デ ィ ン グ
Sōdo Āto Onrain 15: Arishizēshon Inbēdingu 		August 9, 2014 ISBN 978-4-04-866775-3
16 Sword Art Online 16: Alicization Exploding
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 16 ア リ シ ゼ ー シ ョ ン ・ エ ク ス プ ロ ー デ ィ ン グ
Sōdo Āto Onrain 16: Arishizēshon Ekusupurōdingu 		August 8, 2015 ISBN 978-4-04-865307-7
17th Sword Art Online 17: Alicization Awakening
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 17 ア リ シ ゼ ー シ ョ ン ・ ア ウ ェ イ ク ニ ン グ
Sōdo Āto Onrain 17: Arishizēshon Aueikingu 		April 9, 2016 ISBN 978-4-04-865883-6
18th Sword Art Online 18: Alicization Lasting
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 18 ア リ シ ゼ ー シ ョ ン ・ ラ ス テ ィ ン グ
Sōdo Āto Onrain 18: Arishizēshon Rasutingu 		August 10, 2016 ISBN 978-4-04-892250-0
19th Sword Art Online 19: Moon Cradle
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 19 ム ー ン ・ ク レ イ ド ル
Sōdo Āto Onrain 19: Mūn Kureidoru 		February 10, 2017 ISBN 978-4-04-892668-3
20th Sword Art Online 20: Moon Cradle
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 20 ム ー ン ・ ク レ イ ド ル
Sōdo Āto Onrain 20: Mūn Kureidoru 		September 8, 2017 ISBN 978-4-04-893283-7
21st Sword Art Online 21: Unital Ring I
ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 21 ユ ナ イ タ ル ・ リ ン グ Ｉ
Sōdo Āto Onrain 21: Yunaitaru Ringu I 		7th December 2018 ISBN 978-4-04-912211-4
22nd Sword Art Online 22: Kiss and Fly

ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 22 キ ス ・ ア ン ド ・ フ ラ イ

Sōdo Āto Onrain 21: Kisu ando Furai

October 10, 2019 ISBN 978-4-04-912675-4
23 Sword Art Online 23: Unital Ring II

ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 23 ユ ナ イ タ ル ・ リ ン グ II

Sōdo Āto Onrain 23: Yunaitaru Ringu II

December 10, 2019 ISBN 978-4-04-912891-8
24 Sword Art Online 24: Unital Ring III

ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 24 ユ ナ イ タ ル ・ リ ン グ III

Sōdo Āto Onrain 24: Yunaitaru Ringu III

May 9, 2020 ISBN 978-4-04-913155-0

The content of volumes 1 and 2 has been slightly changed and taken over from the web version, volumes 3 and 4 expanded, volume 5 almost completely rewritten and volume 6 new content. In Volume 8, two of the three stories were also previously available as a web version. The Alicization cycle began as a web version in January 2005 and is roughly the same size as all of the previous volumes.

The volumes can be divided into four cycles with different virtual realities:

  1. Sword Art Online (SAO) with the main plot in volume 1 and a collection of four short stories (a. Kuroi Kenshi ( 黒 の 剣 士 , “The Black Swordsman”), b. Kokoro no Ondo ( 心 の 温度 , “The temperature of the Heart "), C. Asatsuyu no Shōjo ( 朝露 の 少女 ," The Morning Dew Girl ") and D. Akahana no Tonakai ( 赤 鼻 の ト ナ カ イ ," The red-nosed reindeer ")) in Volume 2;
  2. Alfheim Online (ALO) in volumes 3 and 4;
  3. Gun Gale Online (GGO) in Volumes 5 and 6;
  4. Underworld from volume 9.

Volume 7 is a side story (gaiden) to ALO ​​and volume 8 contains two short stories to SAO - Kennai Jiken ( 圏 内 事件 , "Incident in the Zone") and Hajimari no Hi ( は じ ま り の 日 , "The first day") -, and with Caliber ( キ ャ リ バ ー , Kyaribā , referring to Excalibur and "[man of] caliber") one to ALO.

Not all published short stories are included in the volumes.

By early September 2012, 5.85 million book copies had been sold, compared with 4.12 million in June 2012 before the anime was broadcast. In 2012 it was by far the best-selling light novel series of 2012, compared to the runner-up Accel World . From November 2012 to November 2013 a further 2 million copies were sold, making it again the most successful light novel series of 2013. In the light novel guide Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! published rankings was Sword Art Online 2012 awarded as the best light novel in 2011 as the fourth-best and.

In the United States, the novel series was licensed by Yen Press and has been published there since April 22, 2014. The first volume placed at number 1 on the science fiction bestseller list published by Nielsen BookScan.

In Germany, the novel was originally supposed to be published by Tokyopop at the end of 2014. This date has been postponed repeatedly since then.

On November 16, 2017, the first volume of the light novel was also published in Germany.

Sword Art Online: Progressive

From October 10, 2012, the first volume ( ISBN 978-4-04-886977-5 ) was published by Sword Art Online: Progressive ( ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン プ ロ グ レ ッ シ ブ , Sōdo Āto Onrain: Puroguresshibuological ), which is a retelling of the book series in chronological order represents. The first volume covers levels 1 and 2 of Aincrad and contained new versions of the short stories Hoshi Naki Yoru no Aria ( 星 な き 夜 の ア リ ア , "Aria of the Starless Night") and Hakanaki Tsurugi no Rondo ( 儚 き 剣 の ロ ン ド ). The former was previously only published as a web version and the latter was published as a dōjinshi . With 147,000 copies in the first week, it was the best-selling book of that week. The second volume ( ISBN 978-4-04-866163-8 , December 10, 2013) is about Level 3 and corresponds to the story of Kuroshiro no Concerto and the third volume ( ISBN 978-4-04-869096-6 , December 10 2014) of Level 4 with the previously unpublished story Hōei no Barcarolle ( 泡影 の バ ル カ ロ ー レ , Hōei no Barukarōre , German "fleeting image of a barcarole ").

"Official" dōjinshi

Under his pseudonym Fumio Kunori with the circle name WordGear, Reki Kawahara also takes part in the quarterly dōjinshi sales fair Comitia, where he also publishes dōjinshi for Sword Art Online . With the exception of special editions for the characters Lisbeth, Silica and Pina, these have the title Sword Art Online: Material Edition ( ソ ー ド ア ー ト オ ン ラ イ ン マ マ テ リ ア ル エ デ デ ィ シ ョ ン , Sōdo Āto Onrain: Materiaru Edishon ). The first and third number each was a manga, the second character descriptions with their level, skills, equipment, and from number 4 short stories.

# Title * Release date
01 Kōryakusha-tachi
攻略 者 た ち 		Comitia 82, Nov. 18, 2007
02 Early characters Comitia 83, February 10, 2008
03 Ceramic Heart
セ ラ ミ ッ ク ハ ー ト , Seramikku Hāto 		Comitia 84, May 5, 2008
04th Cold Hand, Warm Heart
コ ー ル ド ハ ン ド ・ ウ ォ ー ム ハ ー ト , Kōrudo Hando, Wōmu Hāto 		Comitia 86, November 16, 2008
05 Salvia
サ ル ビ ア , Sarubia 		Comitia 88, May 5, 2009
06th Algade no Ketto
ア ル ゲ ー ド の 決斗 , Arugēdo no Ketto 		Comitia 90, November 15, 2009
07th Zoku Hoshi Naki Yoru no Aria
続 ・ 星 な き 夜 の ア リ ア 		Comitia 97, August 21, 2011
08th Hakanaki Tsurugi no Rondo
儚 き 剣 の ロ ン ド 		Comitia 98, October 30, 2011
09 Kuroshiro no Concerto
黒 白 の コ ン チ ェ ル ト , Kuroshiro no Koncheruto 		Comitia 99, February 5, 2012
0- Lisbeth Edition
  • Mizuoto, Tsuchioto ( 水 音 、 槌 音 )
  • Hinichijō to Iu Nichijō ( 非 日常 と い う 日常 )
Comitia 100, May 5, 2012
0- Silica Edition
  • Fuyu no Hidamari ( 冬 の 陽 だ ま り )
  • Saigo no Yakusoku ( 最後 の 約束 )
Comitia 102, November 18, 2012
0- Pina Edition
  • Jūyon-kaime no Aki ( 十四 回 目 の 秋 )
  • Pina Edi Omake Manga Gekijō ( ピ ナ ・ エ デ ィ ・ お ま け ・ ま ん が 劇場 )
Comitia 105, August 18, 2013
10 16.6 ** Comitia 106, October 20, 2013
11 16.7 ** Comitia 107, February 2, 2014
12 16.8 ** Comitia 108, May 5, 2014
13 16.9 ** Comitia 109, August 31, 2014
14th Sugary Days 5
シ ュ ガ ー リ ィ ・ デ イ ズ 5 , Shugāri Deizu 5 		Comitia 110, November 23, 2014
15th Sugary Days 6
シ ュ ガ ー リ ィ ・ デ イ ズ 6 , Shugāri Deizu 6 		Comitia 112, May 5, 2015
16 Sugary Days 7
シ ュ ガ ー リ ィ ・ デ イ ズ 7 , Shugāri Deizu 7 		Comitia 113, August 30, 2015
17th Uwasa no Fukudanchō-sama
う わ さ の 副 団 長 さ ま 		Comitia 114, November 15, 2015
18th Sugary Days 8
シ ュ ガ ー リ ィ ・ デ イ ズ 8 , Shugāri Deizu 8 		Comitia 115, January 31, 2016
19th Sugary Days 9
シ ュ ガ ー リ ィ ・ デ イ ズ 9 , Shugāri Deizu 9 		Comitia 116, May 5, 2016
20th Monochromatic Colors
モ ノ ク ロ マ テ ィ ッ ク ・ カ ラ ー ズ , Monokuromatikku Karāzu 		Comitia 117, August 21, 2016
21st SAOP 4.2 / Bunkoban SAO no Kore kara / Gekijōban no Koto / Game no Koto
SAOP4.2 / 文庫 版 SAO の こ れ か ら / 劇場版 の こ と / ゲ ー ム の こ と 		Comitia 118, October 23, 2016
22nd Augmented Majic
オ ー グ メ ン テ ッ ド ・ マ ジ ッ ク , Ōgumendeddo Majikku 		Comitia 119, February 12, 2017
23 Sugary Days 10
シ ュ ガ ー リ ィ ・ デ イ ズ 10 , Shugāri Deizu 10 		Comitia 120, May 6, 2017
24 Sugary Days 11
シ ュ ガ ー リ ィ ・ デ イ ズ 11 , Shugāri Deizu 11 		Comitia 121, August 20, 2017
25th Sugary Days 12 / SAO Shinshō no Koto
シ ュ ガ ー リ ィ ・ デ イ ズ 12 / SAO 新 章 の こ と , Shugāri Deizu 12 / SAO Shinshō no Koto 		Comitia 122, November 23, 2017
26th Sugary Days 13
シ ュ ガ ー リ ィ ・ デ イ ズ 13 , Shugāri Deizu 13 		Comitia 123, February 11, 2018
* The series title has been omitted here.
**With Material Edition 14 , chapters 16.6 to 16.9 were subsequently given the alternative titles Sugary Days 1 to 4 .

At Comitia 95 on February 13, 2011, the band Sword Art Online Material Edition Sōshūhen: The Assemblage ( 総 集 編 ジ ・ ア セ ン ブ レ イ ジ , Ji Assembureiji ) was also released in which the numbers 1 to 6 were summarized. This also contains the short story Sword Art Online: Gaiden X2: Tatta Hitotsu no Kyūkyokuteki na Yarikata ( ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン 外 伝 X2 た っ た ひ と つ の 究 極 的 な や り りth か た ), the overall plot takes place after the end of Alicization.

Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online

By April 2018, the series had sold more than 1.4 million copies.

Manga

Two manga adaptations have been published in ASCII Media Works light novel magazine Dengeki Bunko Magazine . From issue 15 (August 10, 2010) to issue 25 (April 10, 2012) it ran Sword Art Online: Aincrad by Tamako Nakamura, then from issue 25 to issue 37 (April 10, 2014) Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance by Tsubasa Hazuki, as well as from issue 38 (June 10, 2014) Sword Art Online: Mother's Rosario . These series adapted the corresponding volumes of novels of the same name.

The chapters of Sword Art Online: Aincrad have been summarized in two simultaneously published anthologies ( Tankōbon ):

  1. ISBN 978-4-04-886906-5 , September 27, 2012
  2. ISBN 978-4-04-886907-2 , September 27, 2012

those on Fairy Dance in three volumes:

  1. ISBN 978-4-04-886976-8 , October 27, 2012
  2. ISBN 978-4-04-891911-1 , August 27, 2013
  3. ISBN 978-4-04-866685-5 , June 27, 2014

and so far (as of April 2015) three volumes on Mother's Rosario :

  1. ISBN 978-4-04-869156-7 , December 10, 2014

In the same year, a prequel to Mother's Rosario was started under the title Sword Art Online - Calibur , which later appeared in an anthology.

The first two manga series were published in the USA by Yen Press in 2014/2015. Aincrad has been published in German by Tokyopop since June 2015 , Fairy Dance since September 2015 and the one-volume Calibur in August 2019. Mother's Rosario was also published from July to October 2019 .

In parallel to these implementations, a parody called Sword Art Online has been running in Dengeki Bunko Magazine since issue 15 . ( そ ー ど あ ー と ☆ お ん ら い ん. ) By Jūsei Minami in Yonkoma - comic strip format. The chapters have so far been summarized in two volumes:

Since issue 32 of June 10, 2013, Sword Art Online: Girls Ops ( ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン ガ ー ル ズ ・ オ プ ス , ~: Gāruzu Opusu ) by Neko Nekobyō, which focuses on the adventures of the female characters , has also appeared in this magazine :

  1. ISBN 978-4-04-866686-2 , July 10, 2014

This series was also licensed in the USA by Yen Press and is due to appear in May 2015.

Sword Art Online Progressive ( ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン プ ロ グ レ ッ シ ブ ) by Kiseki Himura was published as an adaptation of the progressive novel series in the sister magazine Dengeki G's magazine from issue 8/2013 (June 29, 2013) . In April 2014, the series moved to Dengeki G's Comic magazine , where it was completed in February 2018. The chapters also appeared in seven edited volumes.

  1. ISBN 978-4-04-866011-2 , February 27, 2014
  2. ISBN 978-4-04-866705-0 , July 10, 2014
  3. ISBN 978-4-04-869085-0 , December 10, 2014

The manga was published in full by Tokyopop in German from October 2017 to January 2019 . The manga has been published by Yen Press in the USA since January 2015 , while Ototo publisher brought it out in France.

An implementation of Caliber by Shii Kiya has been published in the manga magazine Dengeki G's Comic since issue 4 (July 30, 2014) .

Anime

Sword Art Online

On October 2, 2011, it was announced at the Dengeki Bunko Aki no Saiten 2011 ( 電 撃 文庫 秋 の 祭典 2011 , "Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival 2011") that the novel series would be filmed, making it the last light novel series from the top 10 by Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2011 , which received an anime adaptation.

The series is animated by Studio A-1 Pictures and directed by Tomohiko Itō . Yūsuke Takeda and Takayuki Nagashima were responsible for the artistic direction. Based on the templates from abec, the character design comes from Shingo Adachi, supplemented by the sub-character design from Tetsuya Kawakami .

The 25 episodes were broadcast from July 8 to December 23, 2012 at midnight (and thus on the previous television day ) simultaneously on Tokyo MX , Tochigi TV , Gunma TV and TV Kanagawa . Followed by TV Saitama , TV Aichi , RKB Mainichi Hōsō , Hokkaidō Hōsō and Mainichi Hōsō later that night, and AT-X , Chiba TV and BS11 later that week. The series is streamed on Bandai Channel , Nico Nico Dōga and the PlayStation Store . The first half of the anime will be broadcast parallel to the second half of Reki Kawahara's other novel adaptation, Accel World .

In contrast to the novel, the adaptation was made chronologically, so that after the prologue of the first volume (episode 1), the short stories Hoshi Naki Yoru no Aria (episode 2), Akahana no Tonakai (episode 3) and Kuroi no Kenshi (episode 4) from volume 2, Kennai Jiken (episodes 5 and 6) from volume 8, and Kokoro no Ondo (episode 7) from volume 2 followed, before the main plot was continued with episodes 8, interrupted by episodes 11 and 12 with the short story Asatsuyu no Shōjo from Volume 2, as well as the conclusion of Volume 1 in episode 14. From episode 15, the second story cycle Fairy Dance / Alfheim Online was filmed.

At the same time as the Japanese premiere, an English subtitled version will be streamed on Crunchyroll for the regions North America, South America, United Kingdom , Ireland , Australia , New Zealand and South Africa .

From October 24, 2012 to June 26, 2013, it was published on nine DVDs and Blu-Rays. In the first week, the first Blu-Ray with the first two episodes sold 27,326 times, making it the second best-selling animated film Blu-Ray of that week, after the Strike Witches film, and the DVD 6,844 times. The limited versions of the Blu-Rays - the DVDs were only released in a normal version - were also accompanied by 10 minutes of short bonus episodes in SD style called Sword Art Offline ( ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ フ ラ イ ン , Sōdo Āto Ofurain ) with parodic commentary on the plot.

The series was licensed for the German-speaking DVD market by Peppermint Anime , which also licensed Sword Art Offline . The release date for the first DVD / Blu-ray with the first seven episodes was September 20, 2013. The fourth and final DVD / Blu-ray volume is planned for March 28, 2014.

At the Tōkyō Anime Awards, Sword Art Online was recognized as Best TV Series, alongside Kuroko no Basuke , and Reki Kawahara for Best Plot.

Sword Art Online: Extra Edition

On December 31, 2013, the two-hour film Sword Art Online: Extra Edition was broadcast in Japan on Tokyo MX and BS11, and streamed worldwide: in South Korea on Aniplus, in China on Leshi, for the French-speaking world on Wakanim and in the other states on Daisuki.net in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and German. The German cinema premiere of the Extra Edition took place on January 4, 2014 in the Cinecitta multiplex cinema in Nuremberg. Also there were Patrick Keller and Peter Lehn, the German dubbing voices of Kirito and Oberon. The premiere screening was in Japanese with German subtitles. The Japanese DVD / Blu-ray is planned for April 23, 2014, the German for summer 2014.

Sword Art Online II

At the same time, a sequel to the series called Sword Art Online II for 2014 was announced on the official website . The first 14 episodes adapt the chapter Phantom Bullet of the novel volumes 5 and 6, the episodes 15 to 17 volume 8 with the Caliber chapter, as well as from episode 18 the chapter Mother's Rosario from volume 7.

The first episode premiered on TV Tokyo, TV Tochigi and Gunma TV on July 5, 2014, followed by TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama, Chiba TV, TV Aichi, Hokkaidō Hōsō, TVQ Kyūshū, TV Hokkaidō, AT-X and BS11. A simulcast of the Japanese premiere is streamed on Crunchyroll for the regions of North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Asia (except East Asia) and Europe (except German and French-speaking countries) , and partly Daisuki, as well as in German-speaking Room at Peppermint Animes Vimeo Channel (Peppermint TV) and in French-speaking countries at LeTV.

Sword Art Online - The Movie: Ordinal Scale

A film about Sword Art Online was announced for the first time at Dengeki Bunko Aki no Saiten 2015 ( 電 撃 文庫 秋 の 祭典 2015 , “Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival 2015”), initially untitled. At the Dengeki Bunko Haru no Saiten 2016 event on March 13, 2016, the title was announced as Gekijō-ban Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale .

The film was released in Japanese cinemas on February 18, 2017 and was shown in Germany as an OmU version (original with subtitles) in Cologne's Cinedom on the same day. On April 6, the film started as Sword Art Online - The Movie: Ordinal Scale in over 80 cinemas (over 40,000 viewers) in German in Germany and Austria, with the DVD and Blu-ray release taking place on December 8, 2017.

In the course of this, at the end of the film, with confirmation from the producer Shinichiro Kashiwada, who was the guest of honor at the premiere in Cologne's Cinedom, a sequel to Sword Art Online was teased, but the format in which it was made was not expressly mentioned.

Sword Art Alternative: Gun Gale Online

The German publisher Peppermint Anime announced on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 that Sword Art Alternative: Gun Gale Online will be launched in Japan in April 2018. A short trailer has been published for this. The offshoot series aired in Japan between April 8 and June 30, 2018 . In Germany, the series was simultaneously shown on Wakanim in a simulcast in OmU . It has not yet been broadcast on German television.

Sword Art Online: Alicization

The third season of Sword Art Online , called Sword Art Online: Alicization , was announced in 2017 and aired between October 6, 2018 and March 30, 2019. The first episode, with a game length of just under an hour, was shown as a special in several countries around the world, including Germany , on September 15, 2018. In Germany, Sword Art Online: Alicization was simultaneously shown on Wakanim in a simulcast in OmU .

The second part of the third season, entitled Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld , has been broadcast on Japanese television since October 2019. In Germany, the second part of the third season will also be released simultaneously on Wakanim in a simulcast in OmU. The broadcast of Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld has been split into two parts. The broadcast of the first part ended on December 28, 2019, the second part should be broadcast from April 25, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the broadcast of the second part of War of Underworld has been postponed to July 2020.

synchronization

The German synchronization of the first and second season as well as Extra Edition was done by Studio Metz-Neun. Oxygen Sound Studios has been producing this since the film Ordinal Scale .

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya Yoshitsugu Matsuoka Patrick Keller
Asuna Yūki Haruka Tomatsu Denise Monteiro (1st voice)
Lisa May-Mitsching (2nd voice)
Akihiko Kayaba Kōichi Yamadera Torsten Michaelis
Heathcliff Tōru Ōkawa Gilles Karolyi
Suguha "Leafa" Kirigaya Ayana Taketatsu Julia Meynen
Yui Kanae Ito Christiane plant
Ryōtarō "Small" Tsuboi Hiroaki Hirata Isaak Dentler
Andrew Gilbert "Agile" Mills Hiroki Yasutomo Dirk Hardegen
Rika "Lisbeth" Shinozaki Ayahi Takagaki Nina Amerschläger
Keiko "Silica" Ayano Rina Hidaka Clara Dolny (1st voice)
Sarah Madeleine Tusk (2nd voice)
Helen Blaschke (3rd voice)
Nobuyuki "Oberon" Sugou Takehito Koyasu Peter Lehn
Shino "Sinon" Asada Miyuki Sawashiro Jennifer White
Yuuki Konno Aoi Yuuki Nicole Hise

music

Yuki Kajiura wrote the soundtrack for the series . For the first story arc (up to episode 14) the opening credits crossing field , written and composed by Shō Watanabe and sung by LiSA , were used. The final title, in turn, was Yume Sekai ( ユ メ セ カ イ , "dream world"), which is sung by Asuna's spokeswoman Haruka Tomatsu. For the second story arc, Innocence by Eir Aoi was used in the opening credits and Overfly by Luna Haruna in the credits .

The single for crossing field was released on August 8, 2012 and reached number 5 on the Oricon charts, the single for Yume Sekai on July 25, 2012 and number 13.

In the credits for Sword Art Online: Extra Edition , Niji no Oto ( 虹 の 音 ) by Eir Aoi was used.

In the second season of Sword Art Online II in the Phantom Bullet part , Ignite was sung by Eir Aoi (single release: August 20, 2014). used and in the credits Startear by Luna Haruna (Release: August 20, 2014) In the part Caliber and Mother's Rosario (from episode 15) the title Courage by Haruka Tomatsu (single December 3, 2014, number 4 in the Oricon charts) was used as Opening credits chosen and the titles No More Time Machine (episodes 15-17), as well as from episode 18 Shirushi by LiSA (joint single: December 10, 2014, No. 3 in the Oricon charts) used as credits.

Real TV series

In August 2016, the production company Skydance Media announced that it had acquired the worldwide rights for a real film adaptation in the form of a television series.

In February 2018 it was announced that the series had been licensed by Netflix .

Computer games

At Sword Art Online published two mobile games : The Puzzle SAO LOG OUT of Dengeki Mobile on July 11, 2012 for the Google Play platform and social networking - RPG Sword Art Online: Endworld ( ソードアート·オンラインエンドワールド, ~: Endo Wārudo ) by Bandai Namco Games for the cellphone-based social network Gree on August 22, 2012.

On March 14, 2013, Sword Art Online - Infinity Moment ( ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン - イ ン フ ィ ニ テ ィ ・ モ ー メ ン ト - , ~ - Infiniti Mōmento ) was released for PlayStation Portable .

Sword Art Online - Hollow Fragment ( ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン - ホ ロ ウ ・ フ ラ グ メ ン ト - , Sōdoāto Onrain - Horō Furagumento ) was released for PlayStation Vita in Japan on April 24, 2014 . This sold 145,000 times in the first week, making it number 1 among Vita game purchases. In North America and Europe, the game was released on August 19 and 20, 2014, respectively, with an HD version of Infinity Moment included .

On September 19, 2014, the Tokyo Game Show announced that another game was in the works. At the Dengeki Herbstfest 2014 on October 5, 2014, the title Sword Art Online: Lost Song ( ソ ー ド ア ー ト ・ オ ン ラ イ ン - ロ ス ト ・ ソ ン グ - ) was announced. In this game, players can fly and fight in the air for the first time. Lost Song was released on November 13, 2015 for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita .

Bandai Namco Games announced a new Sword Art Online title for October 27, 2016: Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization . The game was released for the Playstation Vita and Playstation 4 as well as for the PC. It was created by the development studio Aquira .

The game Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet was released on February 8, 2018 in Japan and on February 23, 2018 worldwide for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. It is the first game in the SAO series to feature modern firearms.

Bandai Namco Entertainment announced a new game called Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC in late March 2019 . In the role of Kirito, the player is supposed to follow the events of the Alicization arc of the anime series. The game should be released on May 21, 2020 in Japan and a European version on May 22, 2020 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the game's release has been postponed to July 9, 2020 in Japan and July 10, 2020 in Europe.

On November 20, 2019, Bandai Namco Entertainment released the smartphone game Sword Art Online: Alicization Rising Steel for iOS and Android . It is the first smartphone game in the Sword Art Online franchise to feature classic RPG elements. The game depicts events from the Alicization arc of the anime series, as well as new exclusive storylines.

Web links

Commons : Sword Art Online  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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