Sword Art Online -Alicization- TV Anime Announced

September 30, 2017 Patrick Aguda870

During the Sword Art Online panel at Dengeki Autumn Festival 2017, it was officially announced that the Sword Art Online TV anime would be receiving a third season. The anime will be titled Sword Art Online -Alicization- and will cover the Alicization arc featured in the original light novels.

You can check out the announcement trailer below (teaser trailer provided by official US Facebook page for Sword Art Online.)

The cast announced for the anime is as follows:

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya
Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna/Asuna Yuuki
Ai Kayano as Alice
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Eugeo

The Alicization arc for the original light novels spanned a total of 10 volumes (Volumes 9 to 18) and is the longest arc in the entire series so far. No other information has been released for the anime.

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Patrick Aguda

Patrick is an avid fan of both video games and anime. He has been a fan of anime since his older sister introduced him to the genre when he was younger. He grew up watching shows such as Cardcaptor Sakura, Digimon Adventure, Gundam Wing, Dragon Ball Z, Tenchi Muyo and Yu Yu Hakusho. His favorite games include Persona 3 Portable, Steambot Chronicles and the .hack//G.U. trilogy. He strongly believes that Sinon, Maki and Mash are best girls.