No series is like Sword art online, both in terms of sales and media success. Kawahara’s light novel is the best-selling in the world, and the television adaptation has had numerous seasons and even a few spin-offs. But, given all the cartoon series out there, what is the correct order of vision of the saga?
Waiting for the release of Sword Art Online: Unital Ring, Sequel to Alicization which we probably won’t see until 2023, it’s time to do a recap of all the cartoon series in circulation that are inspired by the famous light novel.
For those interested in restoring the franchise, the first series to see is exactly that Season 1 of Sword Art Online, introductory, but at the same time important to understand the evolution of the relationship between Asuna and Kirito. If you haven’t had enough of the first episode of the episodes, A-1 pictures he even made a recap of unreleased scenes called Sword Art Online: Extra Edition. It also fits into this situation Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night, the soon-to-be-released animated film that will adapt the light novel of the same name, revealing some background and details that were only hinted at from the original series, as well as the development of the relationship between the two protagonists.
Season 2 follows and parallel to it the spin-off SAO alternative: Gun Gale Online, because both titles adapt part of the story into the virtual world of GGO, although the latter is completely detached from the original plot. At this point, with the approach of the third season entitled “Alicization“, can you see Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale, the original film and personally written by the author between the last two series.
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