Sword Art Online is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec as the story takes place in a near future and focuses on virtual reality MMORPG. (Photo : Facebook/Sword Art Online)
Latest rumors indicate that a "Sword Art Online" film is in development. Apart from the team that will be working on the "Sword Art Online" movie, it is rumored that the storyline will be completely new.
According to Anime News Network, "Sword Art Online" movie's story will be set after the Mother's Rosario arc. It should be noted that Mother's Rosario was the final story in "Sword Art Online" season 2. In the novels, Mother's Rosario arc was in the seventh volume while the Calibur arc was in the eighth volume.
However, in the "Sword Art Online" anime series, Mother's Rosario arc takes place after the Calibur arc.
The same publication reports that it has been unveiled that all names connected to the "Sword Art Online" anime series are involved in the development of the movie, including writer Reki Kawahara, director Tomohiko Ito, producer A-1 Pictures, and character designer Shingo Adachi.
Meanwhile, it is approximately one week left before the release of "Sword Art Online: Lost Songs." It is an open-world action RPG and it is set in Alfheim Online. The game will be released for PS4 and PS Vista on Nov. 17, although the game is already available for pre-order in PlayStation store.
While the third "Sword Art Online" game is yet to be released, already a fourth "Sword Art Online" referred to as Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization is slated for a 2016 release in Japan.
With "Sword Art Online: Lost Song" happening eight months earlier that the actual release date, unless "Hollow Realization" is released in early 2016, it is unlikely that it will be released until 2017.
Watch "Sword Art Online: Lost Song" trailer here.
