The upcoming Sword Art Online: Alicization season has gotten a solid update with the reveal of the second promotional video, which AnimeLab slapped some welcome subtitles on, and the confirmation of an October 6th, 2018 premiere in Japan. The promo clocks in at just under 90-seconds and hits the music side hard with the song “Adamas” by LiSA and closing theme song “Iris” from Eir Aoi getting some attention.
Manabu Ono is directing it and A-1 Pictures handling the animation production. Gou Suzuki, Tomoya Nishiguchi, and Shingo Adachi are handling the character designs.
The announced cast so far includes Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kirito, Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna, Ai Kayano as Alice, and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Eugeo.
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Plot Concept: Kirito awakens in a vast, fantastical forest filled with towering trees. In his search for clues to the truth of his surroundings, he encounters a young boy who seems to know him. He ought to be a simple NPC, but the depth of his emotions seem no different than a human.
As they search for the boy’s parents, Kirito finds a peculiar memory returning to him. A memory from his own childhood, of this boy and a girl, too, with golden hair, and a name he should have never forgotten Alice.