It’s been a few years since the 2012 anime TV adaptation of Reki Kawahara’s novel series Accel World, but it looks like we’re finally going to get more of it. At the Dengeki Bunko event this weekend, a new project has been revealed with Accel World: Infinite Burst with the news that it’s an original story written by original creator Kawahara. What kind of property it is hasn’t been revealed yet, but a brief promo has been released to showcase the animation for it.
The series is bringing back the original cast and seemingly most of the original staff as well. The work has Masakazu Obara directing with Yukiko Aikei handling the character designs and serving as the animation director. It’ll be animated at Sunrise. The cast includes Sachika Misawa as Kuroyukihime, Yuuki Kaji as Haruyuki, Aki Toyosaki as Chiyuri and Shintarō Asanuma as Takumu.
Original concept: No matter what age it is, the “Bullied Child” will never disappear. The overweight, Middle School student, Haruyuki, was one such kid. The only time he could relax completely, was when he would play a squash game on the local network the school had set up. He loved playing this simple game as he can forget painful times while immersed in it.
It was fall. He was passing his time like this until one day, he had an encounter with the school’s most beautiful, refined girl, “Snow Black,” which changed his life abruptly. Introduced to the software she transmitted, Haruyuki learned about “Accel World.” A program that enhances one’s mind capabilities, with certain side-effects.
It was the moment the guy on the lowest rung at school became “Burst Linker,” protecting the Princess as her knight.
Based on a light novel series by Kawahara Reki.