Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6697950-20151212144648

Miki Kazuma (三木 一馬), the editor of Sword Art Online and various other light novels, has recently published a book called 「面白ければなんでもあり」. A preview version of the book is available at http://amwbooks.asciimw.jp/sp/nandemo/. The preview also includes some comments about Sword Art Online. The highlights:


 * Miki Kazuma believes that the ultimate goal of the media franchise, and his dream as well, is Hollywood. He would want to have a Dengeki Bunko work taken up by Hollywood, and believes that Sword Art Online is the series with the highest possibility of that happening.
 * The novel has sold more than 16,700,000 copies in total, and the number is still increasing.
 * Combining season one and two anime BD and DVD sales, Sword Art Online has sold nearly a million copies internationally.
 * 65,000 copies of season 1 volumes (4 volumes for season 1) in total have been sold in Germany alone.
 * Because of such sales, Miki believes that SAO qualifies as a series selling well enough for Hollywood. 