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This wiki covers the Sword Art Online light novels and related media.
«Wiki Announcement»

The new key visual

In the latest news, Sword Art Online Alicization -War of Underworld-, the second half of the
Alicization anime has been confirmed to premiere 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 first two episodes will be aired early at a pre-screening event
in Japan on October 6, 2019. A new trailer release is planned for September 21, 2019 at the
Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair. The anime is directed by Ono Manabu and will consist of
4 cours in total (about 48-52 episodes).

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.

「ソードアート・オンライン アリシゼーション・ブレイディング」オープニングアニメーション
New opening theme for Alicization Blading (Rising Steel)
In other 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.

Additionally, the schedule for this year's Dengeki Autumn (Livestream) Festival has been
confirmed: Alicization anime stage is planned for 12:00-12:40 JST (03:00-03:40 UTC), while an
SAO game stage is planned for 12:50-13:50 JST (03:50-04:50 UTC). The game stage will
feature information on Lycoris, as well as a live demo for the Alicization Blading mobile game.

In older news, the Sword Art Online Beater's Meeting 2019 official fan meetup event was held in
Japan on August 18, 2019. During the event, Alicization Lycoris received a new trailer, featuring
a new original character for the game: Medina Orthinanos. An English-translated version can be
found here.
家庭用『ソードアート・オンライン』ゲームシリーズ 紹介 プロモーション映像
New trailer for Alicization Lycoris
New Alicization Lycoris key visual.
A new key visual for the game was also unveiled during the event. Eugeo's Japanese voice actor
Shimazaki Nobunaga also confirmed that Eugeo will not die in Alicization Lycoris, while SAO
gameverse producer Futami confirmed that the new character Medina will be playable. The staff
also announced a worldwide outfit designing contest for Alicization Lycoris, with each winner
from one of the four regions being implemented into the game as early purchase bonuses. The
winners will also get a digital version of Lycoris for free. Finally, an Alicization Lycoris stage will
be held at the Tokyo Game Show 2019, where participants can try out the Lycoris demo.

The event also confirmed the following:

1. Fatal Bullet's Summer Update will be released on August 22, 2019. Additionally, the game
will get two more updates in winter
2. Sword Art Online magazine volume 9 is slated for end of September.
3. An SAO Collaboration with Kitano Tenmangū Shrine is slated for October 25 - December
8.
4. A new, official Alicization-themed mobile game.
«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».
«Featured Article»
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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«Helping Out»
Feel free to contribute to the wiki, just remember the following:
 Light Novels take precedence over other forms of media.
Novels & Material Editions > Anime > Manga > Other
 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 Photocategories 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.
«Franchise News»
 ASCA's 1st Album Slated for November. Album to Include Selfrontier and
RESISTER. (September 15, 2019)
 Alicization Blading Opening Theme Unveiled at the Tokyo Game Show. Opening Theme
"Selfrontier", Sung by ASCA (September 15, 2019)
 Alicization Lycoris Third Trailer Teased at the Tokyo Game Show (September 15, 2019)
 Alicization -War of Underworld- Pre-Screening Event Slated for 6 October. To Include First
Two Episodes. (September 15, 2019)
 Alicization Lycoris Outfit Design Contest Finalists Announced (September 15, 2019)