The Sword Art Online franchise is teasing a new film project in production. The announcement was made on the anime series’ official Twitter/X account following the first terrestrial broadcast of Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night. Judging by the timing of its announcement, it’s likely that the film will be another installment in the Progressive franchise.
In addition to thanking the audience for watching the broadcast, the official announcement also read: A brand new theatrical anime series is being produced. Please wait for more information!
Sword Art Online is a light novel series by Reki Kawahara that began in 2009. It has spawned many television anime adaptations, movies, manga, and light novels. The latest installment of the anime television series is Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld: Part II, which aired in summer 2020. A series titled Ordinal Scale also exists.
The Progressive film series is adapted from the light novel of the same name, telling the story of the first arc of Sword Art Online. The light novel written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec began serialization in 2012 in Dengeki G’s Magazine.
It was recently announced that the film Ordinal Scale will be released in Ultra HD 4K, scheduled for release this February. Watch the announcement trailer:
Source: Official Twitter/X© 2020 Reki Kawahara Project / KADOKAWA / SAO-P
