Spanning across three seasons before concluding back in 2020, Sword Art Online is one of the most talked-about anime series. Set during the 2020s, the story follows Kazuto "Kirito" Kawahara and Asuna Yuuki as they play through a series of VRMMORPG worlds.
Based on the manga series by Reki Kawahara, the franchise has since gone on to welcome multiple spin-offs, including a film, various video game releases, and light novels.
Praised for its premise, worldbuilding, pacing, and writing, Sword Art Online has earned a dedicated legion of fans, and it is those fans who may want to keep an eye out for this upcoming release arriving this month.
Set to launch on 5 July, Sword Art Online is making a triumphant return to help celebrate its next big video game release. To help raise the word for the upcoming title, Sword Art Online: Echoes of Aincrad, a full-length anime special is set to air for a limited time. Unlike standard television specials, this is purely to help promote the brand-new video game, as opposed to having any direct correlation to the previous television show or movie.
As it will be available for a limited time,...
