The Sword Art Online stage event at the Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival 2017 announced on Sunday that the franchise will receive a third anime series, which will adapt the Alicization arc from the light novel.
The Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online spin-off novel will also receive a TV anime adaptation. New cast members for each anime adaptation have also been announced.
Story (Alicization Arc)
Kirito awakens in a vast, fantastical forest filled with towering trees. In his search for clues to the truth of his surroundings, he encounters a young boy who seems to know him. He ought to be a simple NPC, but the depth of his emotions seem no different than a human. As they search for the boy's parents, Kirito finds a peculiar memory returning to him. A memory from his own childhood, of this boy and a girl, too, with golden hair, and a name he should have never forgotten—Alice. (Source: Yen Press)
Cast (Alicization Arc)
Alice: Ai Kayano (Amanchu!)
Eugeo: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Ano Natsu de Matteru)
Story (Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online)
Karen Kohiruimaki always felt out of place in the real world. Due to her extreme height, she found it hard to make friends with other girls her age. Everything changes when she's introduced to VR and Gun Gale Online. In GGO, Karen is free to play the cute, chibi avatar of her dreams! Can Karen find friendship in this bullet-ridden MMO...? (Source: Yen Press)
Cast (Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online)
Llenn: Tomori Kusunoki
Pitohui: Yoko Hikasa (Hataraku Maou-sama!)
Goushi "M" Asougi: Kazuyuki Okitsu (Fuuka)
Miyu "Fukaziroh" Shinohara: Chinatsu Akasaki (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)
Written by Reki Kawahara with illustrations by abec, Sword Art Online has been publishing since 2009 and currently has 20 volumes in print. The light novel received its first anime season in Summer 2012, followed by a TV special in December 2013, and a second season in Summer 2014. The Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale anime film featuring an original story by the Kawahara premiered in Japan on February 18.
Yen Press licensed the light novel in English in 2014 and published the 11th volume on August 22. Aniplex of America licensed both anime seasons, as well as the special, in North America. American production company Skydance Media announced to adapt the light novels into a live-action TV series last August.
Keiichi Sigsawa began publishing the Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online spin-off novel with illustrations by Kouhaku Kuroboshi in 2014. Kadokawa published the sixth volume on March 10.
A manga adaptation drawn by Tadadi Tamori has been serialized in Dengeki Maoh magazine since October 2015. The first compiled volume of the manga was published in October 2016, with the second volume scheduled for release on November 10. Yen Press licensed the manga in English earlier this April and will publish the first volume on November 17.
Alicization Arc Announcement PV
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Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online Announcement PV
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Official site: http://www.swordart-online.net
Official Twitter: @sao_anime
Official site (Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online): http://gungale-online.net
Official Twitter (Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online): @ggo_anime
Source: Moca News
Sword Art Online: Alicization & Sword Art Online: Alternative Gun Gale Online on MAL
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