Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-6697950-20140102180802/@comment-26391060-20140107185445

Is it going to be rrelease in April? Unlikely, seeing the series is rerunning from Jan to July

Any further info: See next volume DBM, to be release at Feb 10

Season II opening released? No. Don't be confused by Extra edition's ending song, or materials related to the series' game adaption.

Any other PV released except the one after Extra Edition? Not yet.

Will there be another voice actor casting Kirito's form in GGO? Base on released information, Kirito's voice actor in season 2 is same as season 1.

Where's the anime official site? http://www.swordart-online.net/

Who's Sinon's voice actor? See infobox in her article. The one who voice this promotional video.

Will there be more girls in season 2? A few morw, for example the one in this PV.

Yet another VRMMORPG? This time it's an VRMMOFPS with RPG element.

What will season II talk about? It's 99.99% sure that the story will cover Phantom Bullet arc, but no further information about potential inclusion of any other arcs. Also, do note thhat currently the anime official site only have 4 sections, which are Aincrad, Fairy Dancce, Extra Edition, and Phantom Bullet without anything else.

Will there be season three after upcoming season two? Even god won't know it yet.

Will there be more screen time for Lisbeth/Silica than as in novel? Depend on anime production company.

Will quality of the anime improve over the first season? Not know yet, optimistically you can think the high income given from the show to production company must let them realize the profitability of the show and thus would have invest more on it, but pessimistically you can also think that as season II's production company is the same and staffs don't have much change from season I's, and Extra edition's quality also doesn't have much improvement over season I, thus things won't change.

Will there be many action scene in season II which the production company is weak to handle? Most probably.

Will we see Kirito using guns in the episode? Short ansdwer: yes, or you can read the original novel to see how it work.

Is it confirmed that season II is going to be shown within this year? Well, the first promotional video had only said "2014 Activated", and there are many meaning to the word activated, for instance, start production and so on, but if they don't fool audience then it'd still most likely be an 2014 anime.

Any information regarding season 2 of sister series Accel World announced so far? No, and Accel World is actually produced by a different studio from SAO.

Could I skip season 1 TV anime and directly watch the season 2 after its release? Highly unrecommended, but if you really really want to save time, there're a summary episode called Sword Art Online: Extra Edition which its first 80 minutes would be the summary of the first season. But you're warned that by watching this summary episode instead of the actual season 1 at first, you'll lost a lot of fun and interest.

Is there any manga adaption for content that will be made into season 2 exist? Not yet, but after the Fairy Dance Manga ended in a few month (presumably), we might get one.

Another Harem? Personally not defined as but some might hold alternative opinion.

Why we have guns in Sword Art Online? Well, we already have a swordless magic world in the second half of season 1, so why not gun?

What will be the form of season 2? Most likely TV Anime.

Who is the one on the bottom right corner of season 2 announcement poster? Kirito.

Who is the one on the first promotional videwo? Sinon.

Will there be male lead in Season 2? Depend on your definition.

Will Kirito be (again-depend on opinion) over-powered? Depend on your definition of overpower

Rumored release date? 1. April 23, 2. July, directly after rerun of season 1, 3. October, all three above date are pure rumor without any credible source.

Will the anime's atmosphere going more and more soft as indicated from the trend of Aincrad arc to Fairy dance arc then Extra Edition? No.

Will the season season related to the extra edition? Most likely only related to the tiny little bit of video footage appear after the extra edition's ending song.

I am very excited about this news, how can I express it? Read/re-read the novel as a pre-show exercise. Don't vandalize/spam everywhere on the internet about this news to further reduce reputation of fans of SAO.

Who obtained season 2 oversea license of SAO? Not know yet, but probably platform/channel streaming/broadcasting season 1/extra edition will also stream season 2.

Will there be original content? Not know yet