Sword Art Online: Progressive light novels to be adapted into anime

Following the airing of the final episode of the Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld anime, it was confirmed that the spin-off light novels written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by Abec, Sword Art Online: Progressive, will be adapted into anime. The statement did not reveal production details or a release date.


Kawahara and Abec began publishing the light novels in October 2012 through Kadokawa Publishing's Dengeki Bunko imprint. The publisher published the sixth volume in May 2018 and it is still in publication.

A manga adaptation by Kiseki Himura was published in Kadokawa's Dengeki G’s Magazine from June 2013 to February 2018, with a total of seven compilation volumes published.

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Sword Art Online: Progressive Synopsis

“This game is impossible to complete. It only consists of waiting for the time and place where you will die ”. Kayaba Akihiko's deadly game has hosted thousands of players for a month now. This VRMMO has already claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people. Now, it is the day of the strategy meeting to fight the boss of the first floor.

The lone gamer Kirito has decided to get stronger and finds a rare gamer on the front line as he heads to the meeting scheduled for noon. Fighting powerful monsters alone, she was like a meteor slicing through the night sky. Get ready to discover in detail absolutely everything that was experienced within Sword Art Online!

Source: Official Twitter Account

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