Festivals are often an opportunity to highlight cultural works, the Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival is no exception to this rule, with good news for lovers of the Sword Art Online saga for this edition!
As a reminder, Dengeki Bunko is the publication brand of the publisher ASCII Media Works, specialized in Japanese light-novel. It includes titles such as The Odyssey of Kino, Baccano, Durarara !!, Shakugan no Shana, The Irregular at magic high school, Toaru majutsu no index, Toradora or Spice & Wolf.
Sword Art Online Alicization
Already teased at the end of the movie Sword Art Online Ordinal Scale, the next arc of the Reiki Kawahara saga named Alicization confirms its development with this video announcement!
The Alicization arc is considered by Japanese fans to be the best arc in the series. If no date has yet been announced, it is certain that we will get back to you as soon as more information is official. In the meantime, you can read its original version which is published in France by Ofelbe edition. This arc begins with the fifth volume released in February 2017, knowing that the sixth volume has just been published at the end of September.
Those who understand Japanese can find more info on the official website !
Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online
Started at the end of 2014 in Japan, Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online is a spin-off with the Phantom Bullet arc set in the universe of the online game Gun Gale Online. Written by Sigsawa Keiichi and illustrated by Kōhaku Kuroboshi, this work currently has 6 bound volumes telling us the adventures of characters totally new to the original arc. During this edition of the Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival, an announcement was made indicating the production of an animated adaptation of this title.
More info about this production.
Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet
We had already talked about it this week, the game Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet is clarified with an official release date for February 2, 2018, as well as a new promotional video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC4wRmmNjS0
As a reminder, the game will be released in Europe distributed by Bandai Namco on PS4, PC and for the first time for the games of the saga on Xbox One!
Sword Art Online Integral Factor
We finally finish with a new video game! This is a mobile application called Integral Factor for Japanese!
Those who wish can register on this platform, to be able to be pre-registered and be aware of the news about this opus.
What do you think of all these announcements? Which ones interest you the most?
