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Sword Art Online II
Promotional poster of the Sword Art Online II anime series.
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkTokyo MX
Original releaseJuly 5 –
December 20, 2014
Season chronology
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Sword Art Online

The second season of the Sword Art Online anime series, titled Sword Art Online II, adapts volumes 5-7 of the light novel series written by Reki Kawahara, as well as parts of volume 8.[1] It follows almost one year after Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya putting an end to the SAO incident in 2024 and rescuing Asuna Yuuki in Alfheim Online (ALO). The story follows Kirito's investigation about a series of murders happening in a virtual reality game called "Gun Gale Online" (GGO), while meeting several new allies as well his greatest enemy—a player known only as "Death Gun" with the ability to kill a person in the real world by killing their virtual avatar.[2]

The anime is produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Tomohiko Itō.[3] The series also features character designs by Shingo Adachi, based on the original designs by abec, art designs by Yoshinori Shiozawa as well as music composed by Yuki Kajiura.[3][4] Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and Haruka Tomatsu reprise their roles as Kirito and Asuna from the previous season. The 24-episode series premiered in Japan on July 5, 2014 on Tokyo MX with later airings on Chiba TV, tvk, Teleball, GYT, GTV, MBS, TVA, TVh, TVQ and BS11.[5] The series was made available as a worldwide simulcast by Aniplex.[6][7] It was also picked up by Crunchyroll for online simulcast streaming in North America and other select parts of the world.[8] Daisuki will also stream the series in select European countries.[9]

The first opening theme is "Ignite" by Eir Aoi.[10][11] The first ending theme is "Startear" by Luna Haruna.[10][12] Starting from episode 15, the second opening theme is "Courage", which is performed by Asuna Yuuki's voice actress, Haruka Tomatsu, while the second ending theme is "No More Time Machine", which is sung by LiSA, and the third ending theme is "Shirushi", also sung by LiSA.

Episode list

Sword Art Online II

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Sword Art Offline II

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Notes

  1. ^ On some streaming platform like Daisuki, Episode 14.5 were labelled as 15 with all episodes after labelled with episode number one higher than others (e.g. episode 15 labelled as #16) due to system restriction.[13]
  2. ^ Sword Art Online II premiered in Tokyo MX's Saturday 23:30 (11:30pm JST) time slot.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Sword Art Online II's July Premiere, New Visual Unveiled". Anime News Network. March 16, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  2. ^ "INTRODUCTION Phantom Bullet ソードアート・オンライン" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "STAFF/CAST Phantom Bullet ソードアート・オンライン" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  4. ^ Green, Scott (April 16, 2014). "Updated "Sword Art Online II" Anime Character Designs and Staff Plans". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  5. ^ "ON AIR Phantom Bullet ソードアート・オンライン" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  6. ^ "Sword Art Online II Set for Worldwide Simulcast". Anime News Network. May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  7. ^ Green, Scott (April 20, 2014). ""Sword Art Online II" Worldwide Simulcast Confirmed". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  8. ^ Macias, Patrick (May 22, 2014). "Crunchyroll to Stream "Sword Art Online II"". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  9. ^ "Sword Art Online II TV Spot Streamed". Anime News Network. May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  10. ^ a b "THEME SONG PhantomBullet ソードアート・オンライン" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  11. ^ "Eir Aoi Returns to Perform Sword Art Online II Opening Theme". Anime News Network. April 18, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  12. ^ "Luna Haruna to Sing Sword Art Online II's Ending Theme". Anime News Network. May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  13. ^ "Daisuki.net - 【DAISUKI.net Episode Update SIMULCAST】 Sword... - Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 53 (help)
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference Premiere Event was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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