User blog comment:Qunow/Sword Art Online II 2014 Activated/@comment-9112650-20140101041344/@comment-6697950-20140101080309

Ali would need at least a 2-cour season of its own. It's 5 books in and only half or so done.

I don't expect Phantom to be long. The only reason Aincrad was 14 episodes was because of side stories from other books, not just the first two. The second season will either only be 1-cour long, or if 2-cour, it will have MR and Caliber to fill in the gaps.