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In the latest news, '''Sword Art Online Alicization -War of Underworld-''', the second half of the Alicization anime premiered on October 12, 2019 and will air weekly on Saturdays at 24:00 JST (15:00 UTC) in Japan, with English subs becoming available on official streaming sites 1.5 hours later. The Blu-Ray/DVD list on the official site have revealed that War of Underworld will be split into two cours with a one cour break; the Autumn cour will consist of 12 episodes, while the final cour will be aired in spring and consist of 11 episodes, for a total of 23 episodes for the second half of Alicization and 47 episodes for the entire season. The first two episodes were aired early at a pre-screening event in Japan on October 6, 2019, followed by pre-screening events in Australia, Germany, France, and the United States of America that same day. The anime is directed by Ono Manabu.
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In the latest news, '''Sword Art Online Alicization -War of Underworld-''', the second half of the Alicization anime premiered on October 12, 2019. The final cour of the anime will begin airing as of April 25, 2020 weekly on Saturdays at 24:00 JST (15:00 UTC) in Japan, with English subs becoming available on official streaming sites 1.5 hours later. The opening theme for the last cour is confirmed to be ANIMA by ReoNa. The final cour will be aired in spring and consist of 11 episodes, for a total of 23 episodes for the second half of Alicization and 47 episodes for the entire season. The anime is directed by Ono Manabu.
   
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Additionally, the latest installment in the SAO gameverse, Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris, is slated for released on May 21, 2020. The opening theme for the game will be Scar/let by ReoNa. A nearly 5 minute long trailer for the game was released during a Lycoris livestream on February 12, 2020, commemorating the announcement of the game's opening theme. The game also has a manga adaptation that began serialisation ahead of the game's release on the Dengeki PlayStation Magazine's appendix, DenPlay Comics, as of December 28, 2019.
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Additionally, the Dengeki Autumn Livestream Festival held on October 6, 2019 unveiled that [https://twitter.com/sao_wikia/status/1180688636318306306 the second volume of Unital Ring is slated for a December 10 release]. The livestream also unveiled a demo for Alicization Lycoris featuring Asuna as a playable character, as well as another demo for Alicization Blading (Rising Steel) and another original animated scene for the game, featuring Sortiliena's past and part of her battle with Eldrie. The game stage also [https://twitter.com/sao_wikia/status/1180697618667769856 announced the winners of the Alicization Lycoris outfit design contest]. Finally, the stream revealed that [https://twitter.com/sao_wikia/status/1180706990596804608 Ronye and Tiese customisation options for the player's avatar will be included in the Winter Update for Fatal Bullet].
  
   
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[[File:Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris Extended Trailer SAO Wikia Translation|400px|center|The new long trailer for Alicization Lycoris with English subs]]
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In other news, a manga adaptation of Sword Art Online's short story collection stories has been announced to be serialised on the Sword Art Online magazine, starting with volume 9. Volume 9 was released on September 27, 2019 and featured a complete adaptation of The Day Before side story. Other side stories that will most likely be adapted include The Day After, Sisters' Prayer, and Rainbow Bridge.
  
   
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In other news, a manga adaptation of Sword Art Online's volume 22, Kiss and Fly, has been announced. The first story in the collection, The Day Before, was released on September 27, 2019 on volume 9 of the Sword Art Online Magazine. The first tankoubon volume of the manga, which covers The Day Before, The Day After, and half of Rainbow Bridge, will be released on March 10, 2020.
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Meanwhile, the Tokyo Game Show was held on September 14-15, 2019. An SAO stage was held on the first day of the event, during which a new opening theme, "Selfrontier" by ASCA, was unveiled for Alicization Blading (known as Rising Steel globally), while the game's original character was revealed to be named Edith Synthesis Ten. The opening theme will be included in ASCA's 1st album, to be released in November. Additionally, Alicization Lycoris also received a teaser for a new trailer and the finalists for the Lycoris outfit design contest have been announced.
  
   
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In older news, the what-if Alicization story titled "If You Were Here" has received a continuation, titled "If You Wish It", which was released with the second Alicization War of Underworld BD/DVD on January 29, 2020. This saga tells the tale of what would have happened if Eugeo and Kirito had not broken the Taboo Index at the academy.
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In older news, a what-if Alicization story titled "If You Were Here" was released with the eighth Alicization BD/DVD on August 28, 2019. The story tells the tale of what would have happened if Eugeo and Kirito had not broken the Taboo Index at the academy. Half of the story was released beforehand in the form of the author's Material Editions.
  
   
 
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This wiki covers the Sword Art Online light novels and related media.


«Wiki Announcement»

Alicization cour 4 visual

The new key visual

In the latest news, Sword Art Online Alicization -War of Underworld-, the second half of the Alicization anime premiered on October 12, 2019. The final cour of the anime will begin airing as of April 25, 2020 weekly on Saturdays at 24:00 JST (15:00 UTC) in Japan, with English subs becoming available on official streaming sites 1.5 hours later. The opening theme for the last cour is confirmed to be ANIMA by ReoNa. The final cour will be aired in spring and consist of 11 episodes, for a total of 23 episodes for the second half of Alicization and 47 episodes for the entire season. The anime is directed by Ono Manabu.

Additionally, the latest installment in the SAO gameverse, Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris, is slated for released on May 21, 2020. The opening theme for the game will be Scar/let by ReoNa. A nearly 5 minute long trailer for the game was released during a Lycoris livestream on February 12, 2020, commemorating the announcement of the game's opening theme. The game also has a manga adaptation that began serialisation ahead of the game's release on the Dengeki PlayStation Magazine's appendix, DenPlay Comics, as of December 28, 2019.

Sword_Art_Online_Alicization_Lycoris_Extended_Trailer_SAO_Wikia_Translation

In other news, a manga adaptation of Sword Art Online's volume 22, Kiss and Fly, has been announced. The first story in the collection, The Day Before, was released on September 27, 2019 on volume 9 of the Sword Art Online Magazine. The first tankoubon volume of the manga, which covers The Day Before, The Day After, and half of Rainbow Bridge, will be released on March 10, 2020.

In older news, the what-if Alicization story titled "If You Were Here" has received a continuation, titled "If You Wish It", which was released with the second Alicization War of Underworld BD/DVD on January 29, 2020. This saga tells the tale of what would have happened if Eugeo and Kirito had not broken the Taboo Index at the academy.


«Introduction»

A huge castle made of stone and steel floating in an endless sky. That was all this world was.

It took a vagarious group of craftsmen one month to survey the place; the diameter of the base floor was about 10 kilometers — large enough to fit the entirety of Setagaya-ku within. Above, there were 100 floors stacking straight upwards; its sheer size was unbelievable. It was impossible to even guess how much data it consisted of.

Inside, there were a couple of large cities along with countless small scale towns and villages, forests and plains, and even lakes. Only one stairway linked each floor to another, and the stairways existed in dungeons where large numbers of monsters roamed; so discovering and getting through was no easy matter. However, once someone made a breakthrough and arrived at a city of the upper floor, the «Teleport Gates» there and of every cities in the lower floors would be connected making it possible for anyone to move freely through these levels.

With these conditions, the huge castle had been steadily conquered for two years. The current front line is the 74th floor.

The name of the castle was «Aincrad», a world of battles with swords that continued floating and had engulfed approximately six thousand people. Otherwise known as...

«Sword Art Online».


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Ocean Turtle

The «Ocean Turtle» (オーシャン・タートル, Ōshan Tātoru?) is a mega-float located in the Pacific Ocean, at a place near Izu Islands about 250 kilometres away from Tokyo, that is run by Rath and acts as a government research facility for «Project Alicization», an effort to create a highly adaptive Artificial Intelligence.

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  • Light Novels take precedence over other forms of media.
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  • For people who want to upload images, please read our Image Guideline first.
  • If you are uploading light novel or manga screenshots please include page and volume number in the title.
  • Fan content (including fan art, fan fics etc.) is not to be used in the content of official pages. However, they may be freely used on personal user pages or blogs, so long as the Unofficial Image and Personal Photo categories are added to any unofficial image.
  • Do not forget to add appropriate categories to any page you might be creating.
  • Be articulate.
  • Remember to use {{Nihongo}} for names and terms.
  • Always add appropriate infoboxes when creating articles.
  • If you use content from other websites, it is best to obtain permission. We do not want angry villagers with torches and pitch-forks.
  • A page can only be linked once per article. The first mention should be linked to the said article. For example, the first mention of Kirito in an article should be linked, while the second mention of Kirito shouldn't be.
  • For the full list of SAO names see Official Naming, here is a common used name list
    • Kirito
    • Asuna
    • Klein
    • Agil
    • Lisbeth
    • Silica
    • Kuradeel
    • Leafa
    • Heathcliff
    • Sinon
  • Additionally, if you are looking for work on the wiki, check out our community page for some useful links and suggestions on what to work on.
  • If you ever encounter an issue that you as an editor can not fix, the Admin Support may be able to address your problems. Just contact one of our admins through the convenient threads already in place.


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