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Home»News»Entertainment News»Anime & Animation News»Sword Art Online: Progressive Receives TV Anime

Sword Art Online: Progressive Receives TV Anime

By Josh PiedraSeptember 19, 2020

After the final episode of Sword Art Online Alicization: War of Underworld, it was announced that Reki Kawahara’s Sword Art Online: Progressive light novel series will be receiving a television anime adaptation.

Sword Art Online: Progressive is the original Aincrad arc from season 1 of Sword Art Online retold in much greater detail. The light novel series launched in 2012 and details Kirito’s journey through Aincrad floor-by-floor.

The light novels are currently being released by Yen Press who describes them as follows:

‘There’s no way to beat this game. The only difference is when and where you die…’One month has passed since Akihiko Kayaba’s deadly game began, and the body count continues to rise. Two thousand players are already dead. Kirito and Asuna are two very different people, but they both desire to fight alone. Nonetheless, they find themselves drawn together to face challenges from both within and without. Given that the entire virtual world they now live in has been created as a deathtrap, the surviving players of Sword Art Online are starting to get desperate, and desperation makes them dangerous to loners like Kirito and Asuna. As it becomes clear that solitude equals suicide, will the two be able to overcome their differences to find the strength to believe in each other, and in so doing survive?Sword Art Online: Progressive is a new version of the Sword Art Online tale that starts at the beginning of Kirito and Asuna’s epic adventure–on the very first level of the deadly world of Aincrad! 

A promotional trailer is on YouTube but it is not available in the United States; however, that same trailer was tweeted out by the official SAO Twitter account which you can view below:

《アリシゼーション》編の最終話放送直後に公開となった「ソードアート・オンライン プログレッシブ」アニメプロジェクト告知映像はこちら!

YouTube:https://t.co/Ci62vkSWRE

公式サイト:https://t.co/rivYvY6aHD#sao_anime pic.twitter.com/kMT4SPxio1

— アニメ ソードアート・オンライン 公式 (@sao_anime) September 19, 2020

A1 anime Progressive Reki Kawahara SAO Sword Art Online Yen Press
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Josh has been an anime fan for nearly twenty years. In addition, he is a light novel author with over 25 books published as well as the owner of Meteora Press, his personal publishing label. Anime and otaku culture isn't Josh's only area of expertise. He also has a Bachelor of Arts in Game Design and has created a handful of independent games along with a deep working knowledge of the gaming industry.

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