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Feb 20, 2018 8:16 AM
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since they are adapting the entire arc, how many episodes will it be?
i heard the arc is like 12 volumes long
Feb 20, 2018 8:21 AM
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as with most spring 2018 shows not much is known on episode counts

edit: wait.. alicization isnt even the one starting next season
that makes it even less likely for the episode count to be known
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Feb 20, 2018 8:24 AM
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I've heard a rumour somewhere that it's going to have 49 episodes or something like that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Feb 20, 2018 8:24 AM
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Episode count probably/my guess would be 24 eps. Hope it would be 25 episode.
Feb 20, 2018 10:07 AM
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Feb 21, 2018 12:42 AM
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Feb 21, 2018 5:16 AM
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The more the better :3 Apparently there's enough material for two 24-26 episodes long seasons, and I don't think there's gonna be one super long (50+ eps), simply because that's not how anime are made nowadays... I'm guessing there are gonna be two seasons with one longer break in between. We''ll see!
Feb 21, 2018 5:28 AM
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i think it could be 50 episodes in 2 seasons (25 episodes + 25 episodes) just like shokugeki no souma season 3. but 50 episodes in 1 season is fine, and i hope they make it better than 2 seasons before
Feb 22, 2018 12:35 PM
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For the first 2 seasons of aincard and fairy that all it took 8 volumes of novel and were total 50 episodes and if im not wrong alicisation arc has 12 volumes so if the season is not rushed ... Definately it will be well above 50 ... Should at least be near to 75 beacuse the content is too damn high .. We are talking about 12 volumes here as now ... If near to 75 episodes then will be great or less than that then its probably rushed as whole alicisation arc is going to be covered in this season!
Feb 22, 2018 1:18 PM
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what is different between "sword art online alternative" with "sword art online"??
Feb 22, 2018 11:04 PM
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Nisyimiya_Shouko said:
what is different between "sword art online alternative" with "sword art online"??
altenative is a story where MC is not kirito but someone elseand not a single character of the sao we know will be there ... Its basically what was happening at GGO at the same time but with different set of characters
Feb 28, 2018 5:20 PM

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24 episodes wont be enough to cover all. It'll be a complete clusterf**k if they decided to do so

So we can look forward to 50 episodes or more, even if they split & do 24/25 eps over 2 or more season. We'll see :)
Apr 13, 2018 5:23 AM
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One of the directors of the A-1 Picture studio have said if I’m not wrong in 2016 that they will full adapt all the Light novel and alicization arc should have enter 50 and 75 eps for adapt all the arc
Apr 14, 2018 7:21 PM

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MsVitchDa2nd said:
since they are adapting the entire arc, how many episodes will it be?
i heard the arc is like 12 volumes long


I would guess 49-50 episodes, but looking at Ordinal Scale, maybe up to 70-80.

An average half-season of 13 episodes or so is usually 2-3 light novels.
An average full season of 24-25 is around 3-4.

Season 1 was 25 eps & 4 novels, give or take part of light novel 8.
Season 2 was 24 eps & 3 novels.

Alicization was from 9-18/19. Couldn't find the next translation so I stopped following, but if A-1 does the same thing for Season 1 and 2, you can expect the same numbers.
Apr 23, 2018 7:13 PM

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Prolly 25 with 2 cours.

No way 12 or 25 will be enough to cover all.

Just look at Attack on Titan for reference and you'll get the idea
May 12, 2018 11:38 PM

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Didn’t someone come out and say that the anime would cover the whole Alicization arc?
May 14, 2018 6:41 PM
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A lot of forum talks about this, and mostly thinks this would be 50 episodes more (Posibbly 64 episode). And yes by looking from the source itself if you adapting this whole arc without any skip scene it will takes around 62-64 episode for the anime. if you skipped few unnecessary thing the number's not reduce much, it will around 49-51 episode with some skipped scene. And as a few forum that i asked in there if this arc would be just 25 episode, the forum says that it will destroy the entire arc and whole SAO franchise. SAO already being in the black list for most anime fans after the fiastic second season and to make the fans back to give this series a trophy, A-1 pictures must adapt a whole alicization arc because this arc was so good that even most of the fans dubbing this is the best arc from entire SAO franchise so far.
May 15, 2018 11:08 PM
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probably somewhere around 25. if they did it like tokyo ravens adaptation then it will be a complete, full 12 volumes or more adaptation. with huge edit.
May 18, 2018 9:46 PM
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SAO Season 3 is much more complex than the previous Aincrad, Fairy Dance, Phantom Bullet, and Mother's Rosario. SAO Alicization has two main parts to, and each part is half of the entire Alicizarion Arc. Most likely they will make 2 seasons with 25 episodes each that will focus on one part.
May 20, 2018 9:14 PM

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Alicizarion is a huge arc, it would most likely be 50-ish episodes if they were going to pace it the same way they have all the other volumes, but that seems very unlikely for them to do, it had been a long time since season 2 so maybe they’ve been preparing for a long airing slot but I doubt it. My thoughts are they’ll be two season worth of alicizarion each worth around 24 episodes each.

If they do end up doing 51 episodes I’ll be very surprised but that’s a good way to keep SAO in the public consciousness.
LOL, your opinion is wrong!

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