Part 2 Sword Art Online

I know this has a bad reputation for an anime but this the mother of isekai you will love the music and the characters of this anime so let's begin An anime adaptation of Sword Art Online was announced at Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival 2011, along with Reki Kawahara's other light novel series, Accel World.[42] The anime is produced by Aniplex and Genco, animated by A-1 Pictures and directed by Tomohiko Ito with music by Yuki Kajiura.[43] The anime aired on Tokyo MX, tvk, TVS, TV Aichi, RKB, HBC and MBS between July 7 and December 22, 2012, and on AT-X, Chiba TV and BS11 at later dates.[44] The series was also streamed on Crunchyroll and Hulu.[45] The anime is adapted from the first four novels and parts of volume eight.

The anime has been licensed in North America by Aniplex of America[46] and an English-language dub premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami from July 27, 2013[47] to February 15, 2014. The series was released by Aniplex of America in four DVD and Blu-ray sets, with special extras on the BD sets, between August 13 and November 19, 2013.[48] Manga Entertainment released the first series on BD/DVD in the United Kingdom in December 2013,[49] whilst Madman Entertainment released the series in Australia[50] and the English-language version began airing on ABC Me on June 7, 2014.[51] Sword Art Online has been available on Netflix in North America since March 15, 2014.[52]

A year-end special, titled Sword Art Online Extra Edition, aired on December 31, 2013. The special recapped the previously aired anime series and included some new footage.[53][54] Extra Edition was streamed worldwide a few hours after its airing in Japan.[55] The two-hour-long special was available on Daisuki worldwide except for French-speaking areas, as well as China and Korea.[55] Daisuki offered subtitles in various languages such as English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and German.[55] English-speaking countries, Mexico, Central and South America could also watch the stream on Crunchyroll.[56] Extra Edition was also simulcast in Korea on Aniplus cable channel and in China on the LeTV streaming website.[56] French-speaking countries could watch on the Wakanim streaming website.[56] The Blu-ray Disc and DVD of Extra Edition was released on April 23, 2014 in Japan.[57] The limited edition included a Yui character song titled "Heart Sweet Heart" by Kanae Itō and an original side story written by Kawahara titled "Sword Art Online Niji no Hashi" (ソードアート・オンライン 虹の橋, Sword Art Online Rainbow Bridge).[57]

At the end of the special, the anime television series was confirmed for a second season, titled Sword Art Online II, which premiered on July 5, 2014.[58][59] The first 14 episodes of the second season are an adaptation of volumes five and six the light novels that cover the Phantom Bullet arc.[60] Episodes 15 to 17 cover the Calibur arc from volume 8 of the novels, with episodes 18 to 24 covering volume 7 of the novels, the Mother's Rosario arc. Premiere screening events of the second season were held in the United States, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Japan before the television premiere between June 29 and July 4, 2014.[58][61][62] At Katsucon, it was announced that the English dub of the second season would air on Toonami beginning March 28, 2015.[63]

An animated film titled Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale, featuring an original story by Kawahara set after the events of Sword Art Online II, premiered in Japan and Southeast Asia on February 18, 2017, and was released in the United States on March 9, 2017.[64][65][66][67]

The third season of Sword Art Online, titled Sword Art Online: Alicization, and a spin-off anime, titled Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online, were announced in 2017.[68] Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online, animated by 3Hz, premiered in April 2018.[69][70] Sword Art Online: Alicization aired from October 6, 2018 to March 30, 2019,[71] with a one-hour world premiere which aired in Japan, the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Russia and South Korea on September 15, 2018.[72] The English dub of the third season premiered on February 9, 2019 on Toonami.[73] The season was originally announced to air for four cours, and adapt from the novel's ninth volume, Alicization Beginning, to the eighteenth volume, Alicization Lasting.[74] However, the season ended at episode 24 on March 30, 2019 (completing the fourteenth volume of the novel, Alicization Uniting), and continued on October 12, 2019 with a second part titled War of Underworld.[75][76] The second half of the War of Underworld series was originally scheduled to premiere in April 2020,[77] but due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan,[78] it was rescheduled to air from July 11 to September 19, 2020.[78]

After the finale of Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld, an anime adaptation of Sword Art Online: Progressive was announced.[79] It was later revealed to be a new film titled Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night, which premiered on October 30, 2021.[80] Inori Minase is joining the cast as the new character Mito.[81] Ayako Kōno is directing the film, with Kento Toya designing the characters, Yuki Kajiura returning to compose the music, and A-1 Pictures returning for production.[82]

After the premiere of Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night, a sequel film titled Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of a Dark Dusk was announced. The film will premiere in 2022.[83]

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