In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Sword Art Online”, also known by the following titles:
- ソードアート・オンライン
- S.A.O
- SAO
Status#
Based on our analysis, the series is NOT FINISHED. ❌
Here’s how we reached that conclusion:
- Some related entries are still listed as ongoing on MyAnimeList
- The series is listed as ended on Trakt
- The original source material has not been fully adapted, according to MangaUpdates
Taken together, these points indicate that Sword Art Online is still ongoing in some form.
Watch order#

Sword Art Online: Material Edition ↗ ↖
Summary
Sword Art Online: Material Edition is a compilation of the original web novel version of Sword Art Online published as a self-published books.
Sword Art Online ↗ ↖
S.A.O
Summary
In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online-a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other-opens its virtual doors, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in the game world by manipulating their brain waves to create a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG-a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, "game over" means certain death-both virtual and real...(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Author Reki Kawahara wrote the first volume of Sword Art Online in 2002 and intended to submit it for the Dengeki Game Novel Prize, but refrained as he exceeded the page limit. He instead published the series as a web novel. Shortly after his other series Accel World won the Dengeki Novel Grand Prize in 2008, Sword Art Online was published in print. The light novel ranked first in the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! for the Best Light Novel category in 2012 and 2013. The series has been published in English by Yen Press under its Yen On imprint since April 22, 2014. It has also been published in Italian by J-POP since October 11, 2014; in Polish by Kotori since November 24, 2014; in Russian by Istari Comics since December 2015; in Spanish by Planeta Cómic since March 1, 2016; and in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics since December 2018. Includes two that were initially released as part of the limited edition version of the first season's first Blu-Ray/DVD volume on October 24, 2012. For the Sword Art Online light novel series' 10th anniversary, they were re-released as part of a side story collection titled "Kiss and Fly" (Volume 22) on October 10, 2019.
Sword Art☆Online. ↗ ↖
Sword Art Online 4-koma
Summary
A series of 4-panel comic strips that touch on the days of Aincrad in a comedic viewpoint.
Sword Art Online: Aincrad ↗ ↖
Summary
In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online—a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other—opens its virtual doors, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in the game world by manipulating their brain waves to create a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG—a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, "game over" means certain death-both virtual and real...(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Sword Art Online: Aincrad was published in English by Yen Press in a 2-in-1 omnibus on March 25, 2014.
Sword Art Online SS: Calibur SS-han ↗ ↖
Sword Art Online SS: Caliber SS (Failure Side)
Summary
The alternative version to the Caliber SS from volume 8, where they decided not to save Freyja in the dungeon. The SS in the title means 少し失敗 (sukoshi shippai) which translates to Slight Failure.
Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance ↗ ↖
Summary
Kazuto Kirigaya has survived the death game of Aincrad masterminded by Akihiko Kayaba, programmer of Sword Art Online, and made it back to the real world. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Asuna Yuuki (aka Asuna the Flash), the girl Kirito fell in love with in the game world and who has yet to awaken from her seemingly endless slumber. As his sister, Suguha, sadly looks on, Kazuto continues to visit Asuna in the hospital in the hope of finding answers... But one day, the answers suddenly find him in the form of a man who claims to be Asuna's fiancé?! With him, the man brings an in-game screenshot of someone who looks a lot like Asuna being held captive! Now Kirito must dive into an all-new VRMMORPG, ALfheim Online, to bring Asuna home!!(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance was published in English by Yen Press from June 24, 2014 to March 24, 2015.
Sword Art Online dj - Lisbeth Edition ↗ ↖
Sound of Water
Summary
A doujinshi co-authored by Kawahara Reki, under the pen-name of Kunori Fumio, and ponz on Sword Art Online.Note: Part comic/novel doujinshi. Novel by Kawahara Reki, manga by ponz.
The contents are: “Sound of Water, Sound of Hammer” - Kunori Fumio “Extraordinary Ordinary Days” - ponz

Sword Art Online ↗ ↖
S.A.O
Summary
Ever since the release of the innovative NerveGear, gamers from all around the globe have been given the opportunity to experience a completely immersive virtual reality. Sword Art Online (SAO), one of the most recent games on the console, offers a gateway into the wondrous world of Aincrad, a vivid, medieval landscape where users can do anything within the limits of imagination. With the release of this worldwide sensation, gaming has never felt more lifelike.However, the idyllic fantasy rapidly becomes a brutal nightmare when SAO’s creator traps thousands of players inside the game. The “log-out” function has been removed, with the only method of escape involving beating all of Aincrad’s one hundred increasingly difficult levels. Adding to the struggle, any in-game death becomes permanent, ending the player’s life in the real world.
While Kazuto “Kirito” Kirigaya was fortunate enough to be a beta-tester for the game, he quickly finds that despite his advantages, he cannot overcome SAO’s challenges alone. Teaming up with Asuna Yuuki and other talented players, Kirito makes an effort to face the seemingly insurmountable trials head-on. But with difficult bosses and threatening dark cults impeding his progress, Kirito finds that such tasks are much easier said than done.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Sword Art Online: Progressive ↗ ↖
SAO Progressive
Summary
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?
(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Sword Art Online: Progressive is a retelling of the Aincrad story arc. The series has been published in English by Yen Press under the Yen On imprint since March 24, 2015. It has also been released in Polish by Kotori since June 28, 2019; and in Spanish by Planeta Cómic since November 17, 2020.
Sword Art Online dj - Silica Edition ↗ ↖
The Final Promise
Summary
A doujinshi co-authored by Kawahara Reki, under the pen-name of Kunori Fumio, and Kurusu Tatsuya on Sword Art Online.Note: Part comic/novel doujinshi. Novel by Kawahara Reki, manga by Kurusu Tatsuya.
The contents are: “The Final Promise” “A Spot of Sunshine in the Winter”

Sword Art Online: Celeste no Yousei ↗ ↖
Sword Art Online: The Celeste Fairy
Summary
The story is set at the end of the Fairy Dance Arc after Kirigaya Kazuto (Kirito) enrolled to the SAO Survivor School and features an episode involving a bike he received as a celebration gift for the occasion.(Source: Sword Art Online Wiki)

Sword Art Online dj - Pina Edition ↗ ↖
Sword Art Online: The Fourteenth Autumn
Summary
1. The Fourteenth Autumn (十四回目の秋); Aincrad 35th floor, October 4, 2024 Brief story about Silica and Kirito approximately one month before the clearing of SAO. Also introduces the «Angel's Ring», which is used later in Sword Art Online: Girls Ops.
Sword Art Online: Girls Ops ↗ ↖
Sword Art Online: Girls Operations
Summary
The virtual world of ALfheim Online might not be literally deadly, but there's still plenty of tough adventuring to be had. The trio of Liz, Silica, and Leafa set out on a quest for a magical ring but immediately run into monsters tougher than they expected. A certain black-clothed swordsman comes to their rescue—but it's not Kirito?! It seems the "game of death" has had lingering emotional effects on everyone, and even the survivors bear scars. But the trio have gotten through tough times before, and they're not gonna let a buffed boss stand between them and their goal! Even if they succeed in finishing the quest, though, will they be able to heal the mysterious sword-wielder's broken heart...? Join Liz, Silica, and Leafa on a new adventure that's all their own!(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Sword Art Online: Girls Ops was published in English by Yen Press from May 19, 2015 to September 6, 2022.
Sword Art Online: Extra Edition ↗ ↖
S.A.O: Extra Edition
Summary
The story is set a couple of years after the events of Sword Art Online, where Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya and his sister Suguha meet up with Asuna Yuuki, Rika "Lisbeth" Shinozaki, and Keiko "Silica" Ayano at the SAO Survivor School. Kirito then attends emergency counseling, while the girls go for a swim at the pool. It turns out that said "emergency counseling" is a subterfuge set up by Seijirou Kikuoka, aiming to rehash the incident of Sword Art Online in hopes of determining Akihiko Kayaba's motives. What will the girls get up to in the pool, and what awaits Kirito and his "counseling"?[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet ↗ ↖
Sword Art Online: GGO
Summary
A year after Kazuto and Asuna escaped from Aincrad, the deadly setting of Sword Art Online, they're still coping with the aftermath as they try to recover from the harrowing experience. Meanwhile, there's a new VRMMO game sweeping the world's gamers—Gun Gale Online. When a mysterious player who calls himself "Death Gun" claims to be responsible for real-world deaths, Kazuto (aka Kirito) is recruited to enter the game to investigate, bringing an end to his hard-won peace!(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet was published in English by Yen Press from January 26, 2016 to January 17, 2023.
Sword Art Online: Mothers Rosario ↗ ↖
ソードアート・オンライン マザーズ・ロザリオ
Summary
Kirito and Sinon's battle with Death Gun is over, but mere weeks later, something strange is afoot in the next-generation VRMMO ALfheim Online. A new duelist with a custom sword skill is defeating all comers—including Kirito! But when Asuna goes to face this duelist, she receives something she never expected: an invitation to an exclusive guild! But what is their aim? The Mother's Rosario arc begins!(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Sword Art Online: Mother's Rosario was published in English by Yen Press from March 22, 2016, to September 19, 2017. It was also released in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics from September 25, 2020, to January 11, 2021.
Sword Art Online II ↗ ↖
Phantom Bullet
Summary
A year after escaping Sword Art Online, Kazuto Kirigaya has been settling back into the real world. However, his peace is short-lived as a new incident occurs in a game called Gun Gale Online, where a player by the name of Death Gun appears to be killing people in the real world by shooting them in-game. Approached by officials to assist in investigating the murders, Kazuto assumes his persona of Kirito once again and logs into Gun Gale Online, intent on stopping the killer.Once inside, Kirito meets Sinon, a highly skilled sniper afflicted by a traumatic past. She is soon dragged in his chase after Death Gun, and together they enter the Bullet of Bullets, a tournament where their target is sure to appear. Uncertain of Death Gun’s real powers, Kirito and Sinon race to stop him before he has the chance to claim another life. Not everything goes smoothly, however, as scars from the past impede their progress. In a high-stakes game where the next victim could easily be one of them, Kirito puts his life on the line in the virtual world once more.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Sword Art Online II adapts novels 5 to 8 of Reki Kawahara's light novel series of the same title.
Sword Art Online: Calibur ↗ ↖
Summary
The goddess Urd is in danger, and only Kirito and his friends can save her! The evil frost giants have invaded her homeland of Jotunheim, bringing death and destruction in their wake. The linchpin of it all is the frost giant king's sword-the legendary weapon Excalibur! If Kirito's crew can make it to the end of the dungeon and pull the sword from the stone, peace will be brought to the land once more!(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Sword Art Online: Calibur was published in English by Yen Press on December 19, 2017. It was also released in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics on July 25, 2020.
Sword Art Online II: Debriefing ↗ ↖
Sword Art Online II Episode 14.5
Summary
Recap episode of the Phantom Bullet arc, also known as Episode 14.5.
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online ↗ ↖
SAO Alternative Gun Gale Online
Summary
A brand-new battlefield awaits!Karen Kohiruimaki is a college student who stands at an imposing six feet. While her complex about her height makes it hard for her to make friends in the real world, the VRMMO Gun Gale Online changes everything. Now equipped with her ideal “mini” avatar and clad in a pink battle suit, Karen is ready to shoot up the world of GGO as Llenn! Before long, she meets the beautiful Pitohui, and the two rare female players become fast friends. Little does Llenn know that this friendship is the key to her entry in the first-ever Squad Jam, a team-based battle royale that echoes the famous Bullet of Bullets tournament…
(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online has been published in English by Yen Press under the Yen On imprint since June 26, 2018.
Sword Art Online Alternative: Clovers Regret ↗ ↖
Summary
Asuka Empire—a VRMMORPG with a Japanese aesthetic, and the original home of the Sleeping Knights—is holding a new horror-themed event called the 108 Apparitions. Nayuta, a stoic warrior priestess, and Koyomi, an excitable ninja, are enjoying a break from the frights when they come across a mysterious monk named Yanagi. Despite knowing nothing about games, the elderly man is determined to complete a certain quest within a week, and he has agreed to pay a detective a ridiculous sum to make it happen. Just as strange as his request is the detective himself, a foxlike young man who has put all his stat points into luck. Yanagi's desired quest turns out to be none other than Ghost Orchestra, which has stumped every player who's tried it. Can this unlikely party manage what no one else has?(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Sword Art Online Alternative: Clover's Regret was published in English by Yen Press under the Yen On imprint from August 20, 2024, to April 15, 2025.
Sword Art Online: Project Alicization ↗ ↖
Summary
Kirito awakens in a vast, fantastical forest filled with towering trees. In his search for clues to the truth of his surroundings, he encounters a young boy who seems to know him. He ought to be a simple NPC, but the depth of his emotions seem no different than a human. As they search for the boy's parents, Kirito finds a peculiar memory returning to him. A memory from his own childhood, of this boy and a girl, too, with golden hair, and a name he should have never forgotten—Alice.(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Sword Art Online: Project Alicization was published in English by Yen Press from December 8, 2020 to July 5, 2022.
Sword Art Online: Kirito no Aincrad Night ↗ ↖
ソードアート・オンライン キリトの千夜一夜物語〈アインクラッドナイト〉
Summary
When Kirito took on a random quest on the 76th floor to kill time, he didn't expect to be transported to a bedroom and find himself wearing pajamas. To his surprise, the One Thousand and One Nights quest summons various girls that he is acquainted with, all of whom are tricked into thinking that they have to share a bed with Kirito to complete the quest. The true goal of the quest, however, is for Kirito to survive till morning without getting into bed with them. If he fails, there will be a penalty for the girls...(Source: Dreadful Decoding)

Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization ↗ ↖
Summary
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization takes place in Sword Art: Origin, a restoration of Aincrad with intentions of research and development in the year 2026, three years after the original Sword Art Online event.Background
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization is an adaptation of PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game of the same title. The series was published in English by Yen Press from November 13, 2018 to August 18, 2020.
Sword Art Online Iden: Kibaou-han! ↗ ↖
Sword Art Online Alternate Story: Kibaou-han!
Summary
A spin-off of the Sword Art Online series focusing on Kibaou.
Sword Art Online Movie: Ordinal Scale ↗ ↖
劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン -オーディナル・スケール-
Summary
In 2026, four years after the infamous Sword Art Online incident, a revolutionary new form of technology has emerged: the Augma, a device that utilizes an Augmented Reality system. Unlike the Virtual Reality of the NerveGear and the Amusphere, it is perfectly safe and allows players to use it while they are conscious, creating an instant hit on the market. The most popular application for the Augma is the game Ordinal Scale, which immerses players in a fantasy role-playing game with player rankings and rewards.Following the new craze, Kirito’s friends dive into the game, and despite his reservations about the system, Kirito eventually joins them. While at first it appears to be just fun and games, they soon find out that the game is not all that it seems…
[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Gekijouban Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale ↗ ↖
劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン -オーディナル・スケール-
Summary
Two years after 10,000 players were trapped in the VR world and forced to participate in the impossible death game known as Sword Art Online, VR technology has only continued to evolve. A state-of-the-art AR device called the Augma has risen to prominence, becoming a near-essential part of everyday life as well as the exclusive home of an MMORPG called Ordinal Scale. Blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, Ordinal Scale quickly captures the attention of Kirito and his friends, who decide to start playing. But things take a turn when Kirito gets word of SAO bosses appearing inside this new world...(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Gekijouban Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale has been published in English by Yen Press since February 18, 2025.
Sword Art Online: Integral Factor - Prologue Comic ↗ ↖
SAO: IF
Summary
In 2022, a genius by the name of Akihiko Kayaba created the first FullDive VRMMORPG: Sword Art Online. However, this game has a terrifying secret: You can't log out until the game is beaten, and dying in game means death in real life... This is the story of a player trapped in this deadly game, dreaming of conquering Aincrad. Your story.(Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Background
Sword Art Online: Integral Factor - Prologue Comic was digitally published in English in March 2018. It is a prologue of Bandai Namco Entertainment's Sword Art Online: Integral Factor mobile game.
Sword Art Online: Kirito no Gun Gale Wars ↗ ↖
ソードアート・オンライン キリトの千夜一夜騒動〈ガンゲイルウォーズ〉
Summary
Having won a photon sword in a mini game, Yui decided that it would be the perfect gift for Kirito. However, convinced that a present is more impactful when it's delivered as a surprise, Yui enlisted the help of Asuna and the other girls. The girls would face Kirito in battle during a new GGO event and create an opportunity for the perfect surprise: using slime guns to blind him during the fight, thus allowing Yui to present her gift to the unsuspecting Kirito just as he regains his vision. However, Yui did not foresee one thing: that her surprise gift will have to compete in impactfulness with Kirito's mastery at getting himself into all kinds of ecchi situations...(Source: Dreadful Decoding)

Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online ↗ ↖
SAO Alternative Gun Gale Online
Summary
Clad in desert pink and the size of a mere child, the infamous "Pink Devil" mercilessly hunts down other players in the firearm-centered world of the virtual reality game Gun Gale Online. But in real life, this feared player killer is not quite who anyone would expect.A shy university student in Tokyo, Karen Kohiruimaki stands in stark contrast to her in-game avatar—in fact, she happens to stand above everyone else too, much to her dismay. Towering above all the people around her, Karen’s insecurities over her height reach the point where she turns to the virtual world for an escape. Starting game after game in hopes of manifesting as a cute, short character, she finally obtains her ideal self in the world of Gun Gale Online. Overjoyed by her new persona, she pours her time into the game as LLENN, garnering her reputation as the legendary player killer.
However, when one of LLENN’s targets gets the best of her, she ends up meeting Pitohui, a skilled yet eccentric woman. Quickly becoming friends with Karen, Pitohui insists that LLENN participates in Squad Jam, a battle royale that pits teams against one another, fighting until only one remains. Thrust into the heated competition, LLENN must fight with all her wit and will if she hopes to shoot her way to the top.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Sword Art Online: Alicization ↗ ↖
Sword Art Online III
Summary
The Soul Translator is a state-of-the-art full-dive interface which interacts with the user's Fluctlight—the technological equivalent of a human soul—and fundamentally differs from the orthodox method of sending signals to the brain. The private institute Rath aims to perfect their creation by enlisting the aid of Sword Art Online survivor Kazuto Kirigaya. He works there as a part-time employee to test the system's capabilities in the Underworld: the fantastical realm generated by the Soul Translator. As per the confidentiality contract, any memories created by the machine in the virtual world are wiped upon returning to the real world. Kazuto can only vaguely recall a single name, Alice, which provokes a sense of unease when mentioned in reality.When Kazuto escorts Asuna Yuuki home one evening, they chance upon a familiar foe. Kazuto is mortally wounded in the ensuing fight and loses consciousness. When he comes to, he discovers that he has made a full-dive into the Underworld with seemingly no way to escape. He sets off on a quest, seeking a way back to the physical world once again.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Sword Art Online: Alicization is an adaptation of volumes 9 through 14 of Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online light novel series.
Sword Art Online: Alicization - Recollection ↗ ↖
Sword Art Online: Alicization Episode 18.5
Summary
Recap of the first 18 episodes of Sword Art Online: Alicization.
Sword Art Online: Kiss and Fly ↗ ↖
The Day Before
Summary
This might be a game, but it's not something you play. Asuna and Kirito's romantic day turns into a quest to uncover the mystery of the flying house! Teaming up with some familiar faces may not be enough, though. They'll need heart, brains, and a whole lot of courage if they want to clear this one! And when Asuna begins to have out-of-body experiences, their investigation returns a shocking possibility—maybe it's not an issue with the system, but rather something tugging at her very soul...(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Sword Art Online: Kiss and Fly was published in English by Yen Press from June 18, 2024 to January 21, 2025.
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Reflection ↗ ↖
Sword Art Online: Alicization Recap
Summary
Recap of Sword Art Online: Alicization, aired one week before Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld.
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld ↗ ↖
Sword Art Online: Alicization 2nd Season
Summary
Despite the defeat of Quinella—the pontifex of the Axiom Church—things have not seemed to calm down yet. Upon contacting the real world, Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya finds out that the Ocean Turtle—a mega-float controlled by Rath—was raided. Due to a sudden short-circuit caused by the raiders, Kirito's fluctlight is damaged, leaving him comatose. Feeling insecure about the people at the Axiom Church, Alice brings the unconscious Kirito back to their hometown—Rulid Village, disregarding her banishment due to an unabsolved crime. Now, Alice is living an ordinary and peaceful life close by the village, wishing for Kirito to wake up.However, tragedy strikes when Alice notices that the Dark Territory has already started to invade the Human Empire. Reassuming her previous alias, Alice Synthesis Thirty, she promises to defeat the Dark Territory in order to defend the world that Kirito and Eugeo worked so hard to protect.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld is an adaptation of volumes 15 through 18 of Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online light novel series.
Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris ↗ ↖
Summary
While on their way to Zakkaria from Rulid Village, Eugeo and Kirito encounter a noble girl named Medina battling monsters on the highway. Medina Orthinanos is a noble whose family was banished to the borderlands due to being considered defects by the empress of Norlangarth. Having lost her father in an accident, Medina seeks to become an Integrity Knight to clear her family's besmirched name. Little did she know that the two boys she encountered on the road to Zakkaria shared her goal of becoming Integrity Knights but would one day go up against the Axiom Church and kill the supreme ruler of the church...(Source: MangaDex)
Background
Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris is an adaptation of a video game with the same title, released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Recap ↗ ↖
「アリシゼーションWoU」1stクール総集編
Summary
Recap of Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld.
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld 2nd Season ↗ ↖
ソードアート・オンライン アリシゼーション War of Underworld
Summary
The final battle against the Dark Territory drags on, as players from all over the world flood the Underworld's servers and plunge the Human Empire into utter chaos. Asuna Yuuki and her friends defend their new allies with everything they have, but their numbers are falling. Meanwhile, Alice Zuberg heads toward the World's End Altar while Gabriel "Vecta" Miller relentlessly pursues her.Meanwhile, members of Rath strategize a plan in an attempt to restore Kirito’s damaged fluctlight. However, the intruders occupying the main control room have other plans. Surrounded by death and despair, when all hope seems to be lost, one voice reaches out to Kirito—a familiar one saying, “I will always be by your side.”
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld 2nd Season is the epic conclusion to Akihiko Kayaba’s dream of creating artificial human intelligence. Now it is up to Kirito and his friends to protect this collapsing world from the people that still think it is just a game.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld is an adaptation of volumes 15 through 18 of Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online light novel series.
Sword Art Online Re:Aincrad ↗ ↖
Summary
Die in the game, and you die in real life. This is Sword Art Online, the latest VRMMORPG, and upon the game's launch, ten thousand players realize they're trapped in this virtual world with no escape...unless they can make their way through Aincrad, a massive floating castle with dangers lurking on each of its one hundred floors. Enter Kirito, a swordsman and former beta tester for the game who has the knowledge and skills to rise to the top, and the rapier-wielding Asuna, whose fated meeting with Kirito will change their lives forever. Join these two warriors on their journey to freedom in this expanded retelling of the original Aincrad arc!(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Sword Art Online Re:Aincrad has been published in English by Yen Press since May 21, 2024.
Sword Art Online: Progressive Movie - Hoshi Naki Yoru no Aria ↗ ↖
劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン プログレッシブ 星なき夜のアリア
Summary
Excelling socially and academically, Asuna Yuuki is on track to ace her high school entrance exams. Her friend and classmate, Misumi "Mito" Tozawa, advises her to take a short break from studying and join her on the launch day of Sword Art Online (SAO)—the highly anticipated online virtual reality multiplayer game. Asuna accepts her offer and soon meets her in the game.In a cruel twist of fate, Asuna, Mito, and every other player logged into SAO find themselves trapped in the game permanently. The only way out is to clear all one hundred floors of the game, and to make matters worse, dying inside the game will kill the player in real life. With SAO now turned into a nightmare death trap, Asuna and other gamers—such as the lone swordsman Kazuto “Kirito” Kirigaya—must adapt and survive, all whilst attempting to beat the unforgiving competition to the top.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Sword Art Online: Progressive Movie - Hoshi Naki Yoru no Aria has been licensed by Aniplex of America as Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night with the launch of the Official USA Website on November 19, 2020. Aniplex announced the movie's theatrical and IMAX release in the USA on December 3, 2021. The movie's first limited edition advance ticket was released from December 28, 2020 to January 11, 2021 on the Aniplex+ website, which recorded the world's fastest advance ticket sale.
Sword Art Online: Unital Ring ↗ ↖
Summary
Orchestrated by genius scientist Akihiko Kayaba, the SAO Incident created a game you couldn't leave until you beat it. One where death in the game meant death in the real world... Kirito is a survivor of SAO who now spends his time playing the new VRMMORPG Alfheim Online with his old SAO friends, Asuna and Alice. But Kirito soon finds himself caught up in a mysterious game he never expected...(Source: Yen Press)
Background
Sword Art Online: Unital Ring adapts the fifth story arc from the original light novel. The series has been published in English by Yen Press since July 8, 2025.
Sword Art Online Alternative: Mystery Labyrinth - Meikyuukan no Satsujin ↗ ↖
ソードアート・オンライン オルタナティブ ミステリ・ラビリンス 迷宮館の殺人

Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II ↗ ↖
SAO Alternative Gun Gale Online II
Summary
A new tournament, Squad Jam 3, has been announced in the popular VR game Gun Gale Online. This time, Pitohui, one of the best performers in the previous competition, offers to team up with Karen Kohiruimaki, better known in-game as LLENN, the "Pink Devil." Despite her initial reluctance, Karen agrees to join Pitohui's team, LPFM, since she looks forward to facing SHINC, her rivals from the previous Squad Jam.The newly formed LPFM enrolls in the tournament and is quickly recognized as the favorite to win due to the caliber of its players. As they strive to come out on top and win Squad Jam 3, LLENN, Pitohui, and the other members of LPFM battle against other competitors and tackle unexpected challenges.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
