Sword Art Online II

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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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The second season of Sword Art Online, titled Sword Art Online II, is an anime series adapted from the light novel series of the same title written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by Abec. It was produced by A-1 Pictures and the SAO Project, and directed by Tomohiko Itō.[1][2] It is divided into the "Phantom Bullet", "Calibur" and "Mother's Rosario" arcs. The episodes are each 23 minutes in length and adapts Kawahara's light novels from the fifth through the seventh volumes as well as parts of the eighth volume.[3] The story of the second season follows Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya as he plays the new virtual reality game called "Gun Gale Online" (GGO), where he allies himself with a girl named Shino "Sinon" Asada and enters a tournament to investigate a player known only as "Death Gun", who has the ability to kill a person in the real world by killing their virtual avatar.[4] Kirito and his friends return to "ALfheim Online" (ALO) to retrieve the Holy Sword Excaliber from Thrym, the King of the Frost Giants, in order to restore the city of Jötunheimr back to its former glory.[5] Asuna befriends a girl named Yuuki Konno, leader of the Sleeping Knights, who asks Asuna to join them in one last quest together. However, Asuna later discovers that Yuuki is suffering from a terminal illness and does not have very long to live.[6]

This 24-episode series initially ran in Japan from July 5 to December 20, 2014 on Tokyo MX with later airings on Chiba TV, tvk, Teleball, GYT, GTV, MBS, TVA, TVh, TVQ and BS11.[7] The series was made available as a worldwide simulcast by Aniplex.[8][9] It was also picked up by Crunchyroll for online simulcast streaming in North America and other select parts of the world.[10] Daisuki allowed users to stream the series in select European countries.[11]

Five pieces of theme music are used for this series. The first opening theme is "Ignite" performed by Eir Aoi.[12][13] The first ending theme is "Startear" performed by Luna Haruna.[12][14] Since the "Calibur" arc, 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 performed by LiSA, and the third ending theme is "Shirushi", also sung by LiSA.

Episode list

Sword Art Online II (2014)

Story arc 3: Phantom Bullet

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Story arc 4: Calibur

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Story arc 5: Mother's Rosario

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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.[15]
  2. ^ Sword Art Online II premiered in Tokyo MX's Saturday 23:30 (11:30pm JST) time slot.[18]

References

  1. ^ "STAFF/CAST Phantom Bullet ソードアート・オンライン" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  2. ^ Green, Scott (April 16, 2014). "Updated "Sword Art Online II" Anime Character Designs and Staff Plans". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  3. ^ "Sword Art Online II's July Premiere, New Visual Unveiled". Anime News Network. March 16, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  4. ^ "INTRODUCTION Phantom Bullet ソードアート・オンライン" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  5. ^ "INTRODUCTION Calibur キャリバー" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  6. ^ "INTRODUCTION Mother's Rosario マザーズ・ロザリオ" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  7. ^ "ON AIR Phantom Bullet ソードアート・オンライン" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  8. ^ "Sword Art Online II Set for Worldwide Simulcast". Anime News Network. May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  9. ^ Green, Scott (April 20, 2014). ""Sword Art Online II" Worldwide Simulcast Confirmed". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  10. ^ Macias, Patrick (May 22, 2014). "Crunchyroll to Stream "Sword Art Online II"". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  11. ^ "Sword Art Online II TV Spot Streamed". Anime News Network. May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  12. ^ a b "THEME SONG PhantomBullet ソードアート・オンライン" (in Japanese). Aniplex. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  13. ^ "Eir Aoi Returns to Perform Sword Art Online II Opening Theme". Anime News Network. April 18, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  14. ^ "Luna Haruna to Sing Sword Art Online II's Ending Theme". Anime News Network. May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  15. ^ "Daisuki.net - 【DAISUKI.net Episode Update SIMULCAST】Sword... - Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  16. ^ a b c "Sword Art Online Episodes and Subtitled Airdates". Hulu. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  17. ^ a b c "ソードアート･オンラインⅡ". Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  18. ^ Cite error: The named reference Premiere Event was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

External links

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