Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-6697950-20151004072505/@comment-27092663-20151018193009

Esvald wrote: Since the Aincrad arc is not very good idea for a movie I can understand it. Felt rushed even in the series type. I hope they will make anime out of Progressive someday though (I know Episode 2 was based on Progressive, but much happened since that)

Although this is a baseless statement without any factual information, i have read on the SAO subreddit that the studio responsible for the animation, A-1 Pictures, has mentionned that as long as there will be SAO material, they will keep animating it. So whilst some may be certain about an Alicization anime arc yet uncertain about a Progressive animation, i am quite confident. If we look at it from a company standpoint, this series is a golden mine for profits with it's popularity. And Progressive is what a lot of people thought lacked from the original series, and would be a good "But wait! There is more!" kind of thing.

As for the movie, i do hope at the end that we get maybe some kind of hint on a season regarding Alicization. That'd hype a lot of people up.