Sword Art Online Reveals Special Game Clear Visual Featuring Kirito and Asuna
Sword Art Online has revealed a special visual featuring Kirito and Asuna following the GAME CLEAR countdown stream. Kirito cleared the game on November 7, 2024 at 14:55pm, and the real world has caught up to the date. They streamed the first episodes 1 to 14, with the stream timed so the ‘game clear’ scene played at the exact moment as it happened in the story.
A special YouTube video was also released to break the news to the public.
In addition, a special video featuring Kirito and Asuna was also released, where they exlain how to beat the game.
Kirito’s journey began in 2022 in the Sword Art Online game, and the year was commemorated with a new original movie announcement in November 2022.
Reki Kawahara originally wrote the Sword Art Online series as a web novel on his website from 2002 to 2008. ASCII Media Works acquired it and began publishing it as a light novel through their Dengeki Bunko imprint from April 2009, where it is still ongoing. It received 3 TV anime seasons, titled Sword Art Online (2012), Sword Art Online II (2014) and Sword Art Online: Alicization (2018-2020). The movie Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale was released in 2017, with the story set between the events of the second and third TV seasons.
The spin-off series Sword Art Online: Progressive began in October 2012 and is also ongoing. It was adapted into two movies, Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night (2021) and
Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night (2022).
Another one of the spin-offs is Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Onlinea light novel written by Keiichi Sigsawa and illustrated by Kohaku Kuroboshi. It began in December 2014 and is still ongoing, with a manga adaptation by Tadadi Tamori launching in 2015. It also has an anime adaptation, which is currently airing its 2nd season.
Sword Art Online has numerous other novel and manga adaptations, as well as movies and games. The latest game is Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydreamwhich launched last month.
Source: Official X (formerly Twitter)
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