The official Twitter account for the TV anime adaptation of Reki Kawahara and abec's Sword Art Online manga and light novels series has released a new visual for the memorial event, "SWORD ART ONLINE - Full Dive -, which is a celebration of the anime's 10th anniversary.
The entire anime is available on Crunchyroll and they describe the series as:
In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called: Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...
It's also been announced that Luna Haruna will be joining the event, along with Eir Aoi, ASCA and ReoNa.
Sword Art Online Fulldive, a 10th anniversary event will be held on November 6 (the in-universe date the Sword Art Online game releases) at the Tokyo Garden Theatre. Most of the main cast will make an appearance at the event.
Eir Aoi, ASCA and ReoNa, who have all performed theme songs for the series, will be at the event. Together with Yuki Kajiura's solo project FictionJunction, they will perform the 10 anniversary's theme song "Sо̄kyÅ« no Fanfare" (Fanfare of the Blue Sky).
10TH ANNIVERSARY
LOOKING BACK PV:
The video includes footage and music from the Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online II, Sword Art Online: Alicization, Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale, and Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night anime.
Sword Art Online premiered in July 2012.
Sword Art Online II premiered in July 2014.
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale premiered in February and March 2017.
Sword Art Online: Alicization premiered in October 2018.
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Part 2, the anime's "Final Season," premiered in July 2020.
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night, the first anime film in the Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- anime film series, premiered in Japan in October 2021.
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Kuraki YÅ«yami no Scherzo (Scherzo of a Dark Dusk), the second film, will premiere on September 10.
In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called: Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...