Sword Fine art Online is seen by many as the catalyst behind the current isekai anime boom, and rightfully so. It was and still is immensely popular, leading to the story receiving multiple spinoffs and adaptations. One of these isSword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, which takes identify after the events of the Aincrad arc. This light novel series includes all-new characters, a new MMORPG and eventually spawned an anime of its own.

Even thoughSAOremains massive, theSword Art Online Alternative anime has and then far but gotten 1 season. With the multi-twelvemonth gap continuing to grow, fans are wondering if they'll e'er see the rest of the pop light novels put on screen.

The Plot & Origin of Sword Art Online Culling: Gun Gale Online

Like the main series,Sword Art Online Alternative began as a light novel before being turned into all manner of other media. It takes identify afterwards Kirito and Asuna's escape from the original death game, with the trapping of thousands of gamers inside a fatal VR realm having huge ramifications on society. Only the release of a safer VR headset, the AmuSphere, immune VRMMORPG games to come dorsum into way. The protagonist of Alternative is Karen Kohiruimaki, who feels at odds with her self-image due to her boggling height compared to other girls. When she's given a different, much shorter avatar named Llenn in the earth ofGun Gale Online, she speedily becomes enamored with the game.

Produced and animated by Egg Firm and 3Hz, the SAO Culling anime was appear back in 2017 earlier airing in jump 2018. The series' 12-episode run was quickly put out on physical media, with Crunchyroll and Hulu handling the streaming releases. A real-life FN P90 submachine gun was even fabricated to promote the serial -- naturally clad in pink -- and was distributed via raffle through Pizza Hut in Nippon. Despite all the aplomb, nonetheless, information technology's now been over 3 years since the series' arrival.

Will There Be a Season ii of Sword Art Online Alternative?

Sword Fine art Online Alternative only adapted about half of its source textile at the time of release, but the light novels are still beingness published. Thus, there's still plenty of story left to put on the pocket-size screen. The question is, however, whether or not that volition happen.

The disc sales of the physical media for Season 1 were considered in the range to warrant a continuation, with the show existence on streaming networks merely increasing the revenue potential. At that place's also the fact that the Sword Art Online franchise as a whole is notwithstanding popular, and as mentioned, the source textile is ongoing. Despite all of this, 3Hz has yet to say anything one fashion or some other about continuing SAO Alternative, but it'south certainly non outside of the realm of possibility.

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