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Introduction:
Sword Art Online will be back with its Alicization Arc in Fall 2018 and has revealed a second key visual and a new promotion video.
The visual shows the three central characters of the Alicization arc in fierce poses and with their weapons drawn. Alice stands in the middle, Kirito is above her and Eugeo is pictured under her. As if the visual itself wasn’t darkly foreboding enough, the new trailer adds more to our expectations and gives a brief introduction to the beginning of the series. We get introduced to Eugeo, meet Kirito again and see how he is confused about the new world he has landed in. Aside from the exciting story we also get to admire the animation and artwork as well as the voice acting!
Story:
‘Where… Am I?’
When Kirito wakes up, he finds himself in a magnificent fantasy-like world. He only has vague memories from the time before he logged in and starts wandering around this world to find clues. When he arrives at some ginormous black trees called Gigas Cedar, he meets a boy.
‘My name is Eugeo. Nice to meet you, Kirito-kun.’
The boy turns out to be a person of this virtual world, an NPC, but he carries the warm emotions of a human being. While looking for a way to log out of this world, the friendship between Kirito and Eugeo deepens. Then Kirito starts to remember something. It is a memory from his early childhood, how he and Eugeo are running around a mountain – a memory that should not exist. In his memory, it wasn’t only Eugeo but also a girl with golden hair. Her name is Alice. It’s an important name that should never be forgotten.
Staff・Cast:
Staff
Original Work: Reki Kawahara
Original Illustration, Character Design: abec
Director: Manabu Ono
Character Design: Shingo Adachi, Gou Suzuki, Tomoya Nishiguchi
Assistant Director: Takashi Sakuma
General Director: Gou Suzuki, Tomoya Nishiguchi
Prop Design: Asami Hayakawa, Kiminori Ito
Monster Design: Toshiya Kawano
Action Art Director: Yoshihiro Kanno, Tetsuya Takeuchi
Art Director: Yokako Ogawa, Yoshito Watanabe, Eiko Tsunado, Kenichi Morioka, Yuuho Taniuchi
Color Setting: Naomi Nakano
Director of Photography: Akirataro Waki, Kenta Hayashi
CG Director: Ryuta Undo
Editing: Yuji Kondo
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Producer: EGG FIRM Straight Edge
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Production: SAO-A Project
Cast
Kirito: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Asuna: Haruka Tomatsu
Alice: Ai Kayano
Eugeo: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Key Visuals:
Web:
Official Website: www.swordart-online.net/alicization/
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/sao_anime