User blog comment:Wikiyous/Any News on the SAO and AW Offline Meeting?/@comment-4875978-20130218181040/@comment-4631119-20130219154454

Well it's look like that the animator are holding about something, though...

And these information I got from researching series that happened to have more than 1 season: the nearest gap between each season is 1 year, counted from when the season ENDS not START, so please wait patiently. By counting from the end of series, means we count like this: 1st season end date + 1 year + 1 season = the season that 2nd season will be aired (best case).

With 1 year gap, the best case for SAO 2nd Season is Winter 2014 and AW is Summer 2013, though I bet it'll be longer than a year. Also, from what I read, most of the animator will announce second season of a series around 1-2 months before the premiere airing date, so for the time being we just can speculate.