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Sword Art Online: Alicization will be a 4-cour show (not sure if split or not)

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Sep 9, 2018 8:56 PM
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I have to watch SAO someday but I think that this sequel will be the punching bag in 2019.
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Sep 9, 2018 9:02 PM
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Is that confirmed 4 cour show? If its true then i don't have to worry about the story
Sep 9, 2018 9:07 PM
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https://www.facebook.com/1467072336699106/posts/2196263727113293/

Yup, a 4-cour show as proven by @Stark700.

Most certainly the regarded sequel that both hyped and ready to be burnt to the ground...once again since its SAO and Reki Kawahara...
Sep 9, 2018 9:43 PM
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This is great news....Is this arc done yet in the LN?
Sep 9, 2018 10:02 PM
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Tokoya said:
This is great news....Is this arc done yet in the LN?


If this season really adapt all of Alicization Arc. They will adapt volume 9-18 of Light Novel
Sep 9, 2018 10:12 PM
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This being 4-cour will be great. Can't wait, glad we get as much story as possible.
Sep 9, 2018 10:24 PM
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First cour volumes 9-11 since first episode is a hour long, 2nd cour 12-14, Third Cour 15-16 and Fourth cour 17-18. Then they can do a season doing the side story of Volume 19-20
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It makes me sad to know that still hardly anyone knows what a visual novel is, even in the anime community.
Sep 9, 2018 11:01 PM
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holy shit, a 4-cour series.. haven't seen a lot of these in a while, and it's SAO, a series that has a style of animation that I love. Excited for this!!

Only thing I hope for is that Kirito will have a bit more personality than a goody goody good guy, same for the other characters. That and the story will not be a cheap lazily written feels grab edgy cringe drama that doesn't get developed.
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Sep 9, 2018 11:09 PM

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What do you mean by split or not?
Sep 9, 2018 11:15 PM

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The haters will have a busy year.
Sep 9, 2018 11:16 PM

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What do you mean by split or not?
It means not sure if this four cours series will be full (non-stop) or split cours (having multiple seasons).
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Sep 9, 2018 11:26 PM

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Looking forward to it, didn't really like the 2nd season that much, I've heard a lot of gokd thing about this arc, a lot of persons say that this is the best arc in the series, well time to find out.
Sep 10, 2018 12:41 AM

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Well, this is a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Gonna be interesting to see how the budget holds out over the four cours, but a whole year of SAO is fine by me.
Sep 10, 2018 1:16 AM

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What a good news! My worries for pacing and rushed adaptation had been lessened. I'm really looking forward to this adaptation.
Sep 10, 2018 1:34 AM

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Awesome news. Rushed adaptation was main worry for this one, but it seems that's no problem anymore.
Sep 10, 2018 2:17 AM
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50+ episodes of SAO thats a lot
Sep 10, 2018 2:18 AM

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Holy fuck, that means we are about to have more than half of a year of SAO (unless it's split cour). I hope Index III ends having more than two cours too.
Sep 10, 2018 3:14 AM

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Holy fuck, that means we are about to have more than half of a year of SAO (unless it's split cour). I hope Index III ends having more than two cours too.

4-cours means a whole year of SAO lol.
Speaking of Index III, it'll probably only be 2-cours considering J.C. Staff got OPM S2 coming in Spring right after Index III and they gonna need all the time they can get to make the best of both. But I'm pretty sure they're planning more than just S3 down the line if the interviews are anything to go by, at least until the end of OT.

Sep 10, 2018 3:22 AM

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great news
looking forward to it
Sep 10, 2018 4:45 AM
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That's amazing news
Sep 10, 2018 5:20 AM

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No surprises there, I read Alicization a long time ago and it was fairly long. I wondered how they'd get through it all.
Sep 10, 2018 5:24 AM

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holy shit, a 4-cour series.. haven't seen a lot of these in a while, and it's SAO, a series that has a style of animation that I love. Excited for this!!

Only thing I hope for is that Kirito will have a bit more personality than a goody goody good guy, same for the other characters. That and the story will not be a cheap lazily written feels grab edgy cringe drama that doesn't get developed.


Kirito gets brain damage, haven't seen a character with a personality like that in a while huh
Sep 10, 2018 5:40 AM

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Great news, I'm definitely hyped :D

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Sep 10, 2018 5:48 AM

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Jesus christ, I can already taste the salt.
Sep 10, 2018 5:51 AM

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I'm so excited. I hope they will make an anime for the Progressive series too
Sep 10, 2018 5:56 AM
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I'm not a fan of SAO at all, but I'm looking forward for this season, since people are saying it's the best arc and it's also +50 eps, so I guess it worth watching, I hope it surpass the previous SAO's project and impress me.
Sep 10, 2018 5:57 AM

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4 cour with 1 hour 1st episode

I can't wait. I hope it is straight 4 cour without any break.
Sep 10, 2018 6:05 AM

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Kirito gets brain damage, haven't seen a character with a personality like that in a while huh
yea well, depends on what you mean by brain damage and how it changes his personality, but that plot thread could turn out to be really interesting. I did like Kirito's loner personality at the beginning of the show. But ye imma stop asking to prevent spoilers.
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Sep 10, 2018 7:17 AM

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Awesome news and I am really looking forward to it!
Sep 10, 2018 7:22 AM
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4-cour SAO? That’s a surprise, definitely will be checking it out. I’m liking the saber look-alike.
Sep 10, 2018 8:37 AM
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What mean 4 cour? How much the episode who know?

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Sep 10, 2018 8:45 AM

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What mean 4 cour? How much the episode who know?

One cour are usually 10-13 episodes.
Sep 10, 2018 8:47 AM
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Shirokuza said:
What mean 4 cour? How much the episode who know?


That means its going to run for an entire year but we dont know for the exact number of episodes. For an entire year its usually between 48 and 52 episodes.
Sep 10, 2018 8:47 AM
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Shirokuza said:
What mean 4 cour? How much the episode who know?

One cour are usually 10-13 episodes.
ohhh so sword art online alicozation have 40-52 episode?

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Sep 10, 2018 8:51 AM
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Shirokuza said:
What mean 4 cour? How much the episode who know?


That means its going to run for an entire year but we dont know for the exact number of episodes. For an entire year its usually between 48 and 52 episodes.
ohhh thanks for information :) now i know what is a cour

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Sep 10, 2018 10:39 AM

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Great news,i am hyped af
Sep 10, 2018 11:07 AM
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This made my day, now I can rest more easy knowing the hopes of getting a better adaptation are higher, this arc deserves it!
Sep 10, 2018 11:19 AM

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hazecloud said:
What do you mean by split or not?
It means not sure if this four cours series will be full (non-stop) or split cours (having multiple seasons).


Ahh I see, thank you. Looks like splitting is possible.
Sep 10, 2018 11:51 AM

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I'm not a fan of SAO at all, but I'm looking forward for this season, since people are saying it's the best arc and it's also +50 eps, so I guess it worth watching, I hope it surpass the previous SAO's project and impress me.


Exactly my thoughts. The LN fanboys harping this season as the "end all be all". A1 steak sauce pictures got a big hill to climb this time.

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Kirito gets brain damage, haven't seen a character with a personality like that in a while huh
yea well, depends on what you mean by brain damage and how it changes his personality, but that plot thread could turn out to be really interesting. I did like Kirito's loner personality at the beginning of the show. But ye imma stop asking to prevent spoilers.


Oh wow that's an interesting development. Color me surprised, I'm def seeing this.
Sep 10, 2018 12:44 PM

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Oh wow that's an interesting development. Color me surprised, I'm def seeing this.


That description was sorta "blunt" but to be more precise without spoiler.

The setting and overall stakes take on a more "level-headed" and serious tone, away from games and previous hijinks. To me it really felt more like a high fantasy adventure starting down at the bottom and rising up in the world ( which also explains the length ), like a grand tale rather than a secluded arc like the previous ones.

Kirito certainly becomes a lot more of a person in my opinion, mostly because the situation and circumstances pretty much demand it ( I wish I could say more but to explain how he is different would involve some spoiler ). If you're fan of Kirisuna ship, that one is getting a really nice and surprisingly mature touch to it. Side characters are given enough time and chances to properly get characterised and developed. The world is also a whole lot more interesting as it's more like a simulation than an actual game, a game of life almost.

So yeah to me Alicization explored various new elements that weren't exactly there before in the franchise while retaining the fun & good qualities from previous entries.
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Now I can make 52 videos mocking it instead of the 24 I expected



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Sep 10, 2018 4:01 PM

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I think a 5-cour-show or even a 6-cour would have been better if they try to adapt this arc...it contains 10 volumes unlike the previous 2 season which is 8 only and considering also the number of pages of the later volumes of this arc which is longer than the volumes of the first 8.... RIP Internal monologues, RIP exciting fight scenes, RIP explanations




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Sep 10, 2018 4:35 PM

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Nice, my hopes are a bit higher now.
Sep 10, 2018 5:32 PM

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And here we thought we'll get 1-cour of this shit and the ending would be like "check the LN"


Ohh boi, around 50 EPs of Kirito-sama's OPness, who'd get bored of that? I'll hail every end of EP "Kirito-sama~~ Kirito-sama anata wa daisuki desu OwO"
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OppaiSugoi said:

Oh wow that's an interesting development. Color me surprised, I'm def seeing this.


That description was sorta "blunt" but to be more precise without spoiler.

The setting and overall stakes take on a more "level-headed" and serious tone, away from games and previous hijinks. To me it really felt more like a high fantasy adventure starting down at the bottom and rising up in the world ( which also explains the length ), like a grand tale rather than a secluded arc like the previous ones.

Kirito certainly becomes a lot more of a person in my opinion, mostly because the situation and circumstances pretty much demand it ( I wish I could say more but to explain how he is different would involve some spoiler ). If you're fan of Kirisuna ship, that one is getting a really nice and surprisingly mature touch to it. Side characters are given enough time and chances to properly get characterised and developed. The world is also a whole lot more interesting as it's more like a simulation than an actual game, a game of life almost.

So yeah to me Alicization explored various new elements that weren't exactly there before in the franchise while retaining the fun & good qualities from previous entries.
ngl this sounds dope as hell, I've been waiting forever for the kirisuna ship to progress further beyond the puppy love stage that almost feel plastic and nonexistant most of the time. Life simulation game is also nice imo, I am sure there's plenty of people that would like that sort of story, just to momentarily escape the stress in life.

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Sep 11, 2018 12:54 AM
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Great to hear this!

Now, SAO better deliver!
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Glad A-1 Pictures go all out with this arc. I always had this mind that the studio was the one that ruined the entire SAO with their bad adaptation (I read the LN and I find it to be a better way to enjoy the series).
Sep 11, 2018 3:36 AM

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Well damn they're going all in on this one huh. Now I really need to finish this. I got bored at the middle part of the arc.
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What does 4 course season mean???
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