The fall 2019 anime series Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of the Underworld kicked off back on October 12th, 2019 and is moving along with new episodes. The 19th episode is set for an August 22nd, 2020 debut, and the first preview for it has landed online. Crunchyroll is streaming it to viewers in North America, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Ireland and Funimation is handling streaming for it as well.
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 cast includes Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kirito, Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna, Ai Kayano as Alice, and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Eugeo.
【第19話 WEB予告公開】
第19話「覚醒」のWEB予告を初公開!!▼あらすじ・予告https://t.co/Dkrf9qPyHI
明日8/22(土)24:00〜、
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【第19話あらすじ公開!】
「アリシゼーションWoU」第19話「覚醒」のあらすじと先行カットを公開!https://t.co/x1NzmZcbXk
8/22(土)24時00分~各局順次放送!
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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.