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

Hadn't they release some program about SAO in June? Yes, they had released some episode of "Sword Art On Air II" already, but it is a radio program that voice actors and some other production staffs sit together and talk about things, and so far there are zero translation available for it.

When can I see SAO II first episode? Generally it's July 5, 2014 for most of the people, but if you are in Japan/USA/French/German/Korea/HK/Taiwan/etc. then you'd have a chance of attending some premiere event held locally and watch it at (June 29 for Japan and July 4 for others)

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? Japanese: http://www.swordart-online.net/ English: http://www.swordart-onlineusa.com/ Note that the Japanese site have more info and is more updated.

Who's Sinon's voice actor? See infobox in her article. The one who voice the first promotional video released by the end of last year.

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

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

What will season II talk about? It's sure that the story will cover Phantom Bullet arc, but no further information about potential inclusion of any other arcs except the simultaneous adaption of Phantom Bullet, Caliber, and Mother's Rosario into Manga. Also, The recently released SAO game does contain PoH, a character appear in SAO that will have some important effect to future arc, Sinon, a character in Phantom Bullet arc, and Yuuki, a character in Mother's Rosario arc in addition to other SAO and ALO characters. And do note that currently the anime official site only have 4 sections, which are Aincrad, Fairy Dance, 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 like the case of season 1? Most probably yes

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 answer: yes. You can read the original novel to see how it work.

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? Yes, but yet to be translated.

Another Harem? IMO, the plot would not be harem to me 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?

Who is the one on the bottom right corner of the first season 2 announcement poster? Kirito in his new game avatar.

Who is the one on the first promotional video? 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

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 second 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 the anime adaption, 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.

Where can I watch season two? Depend on where you are at, you can watch it via websites like Hulu, Daisuki, Crunchyroll in English subtitles or some other sites/TV channels in region-native languages' sub/dub.

Will there be original content? Most probably

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