He encounters Eugeo, but they have no memories of each other. Kirito awakens back in Underworld, but he does not remember how he got there. Transcription: " Akuma no Ki" ( Japanese: 悪魔の樹) On their way home, Kirito and Asuna are attacked by Johnny Black, the final survivor of the Death Gun incident, who injects Kirito with a poison syringe.
They agree, and Kirito reveals that he is working for the Rath Company as a tester for a new Full-Dive technology known as "Soul Translator", or STL. After the battle, Sinon thanks the others for joining her, and back in the real world, she invites Kirito and Asuna to join her in the upcoming BoB tournament. Later in Gun Gale Online, Sinon, Kirito, Asuna, Silica, Lisbeth, and Klein confront a mysterious squad that flees after one of them is taken down. Soon after, Kirito awakens in the real world with no memory of what happened. Kirito attempts to stop Alice from being taken away, while Eugeo stands motionless. For this violation, she is sentenced to execution by the Integrity Knights. Alice trips and falls with her hand accidentally touching the Dark Territory. The three get lost in a cave in the outskirts of the Human Territory, ending up at the boundary of the Dark Territory. Inside an unknown VR environment, Kirito spends his days as a child with his friends Eugeo and Alice. Transcription: " Andāwārudo" ( Japanese: アンダーワールド) 2.1.2 Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of UnderworldĮpisode list Sword Art Online: Alicization (2018–19) Story.1.2 Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld (2019–20).1.1 Sword Art Online: Alicization (2018–19).The series' music is composed by Yuki Kajiura. The second opening theme is "Anima" by Reona and the second ending theme is "I will" by Eir Aoi. In Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld, the first opening theme is "Resolution" by Haruka Tomatsu, and the first ending theme is " Unlasting" by LiSA. The second opening theme is " Resister" by Asca and the second ending theme is "Forget-me-not" by ReoNa, with episode 19 featuring "Niji no Kanata ni" ( 虹の彼方に, Beyond the Rainbow), also sung by ReoNa. The first opening theme of Sword Art Online: Alicization is "Adamas" by LiSA and the first ending theme is "Iris" ( アイリス) by Eir Aoi.
The series is available with multilingual subtitles on iQIYI in South East Asia. The second cour of the second part of the series premiered on Toonami on November 8, 2020. Aniplex of America's English-dubbed version aired on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block from February 10 until July 14, 2019, while the first cour of the second part of the series aired from January 19 until April 5, 2020. The second half of the War of Underworld series was originally scheduled to premiere on April 26, 2020, but was delayed to air from July 12 to September 20, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The second part of the series premiered on October 13, 2019, and aired until December 29, 2019, with a recap episode summarizing the first part airing on October 6, 2019.
The first part of the series premiered on October 7, 2018, and aired until March 31, 2019, with a one-hour world premiere airing in Japan, the United States, Mexico, Australia, France, Germany, Russia, and South Korea on September 15, 2018. While not covered in the light novels, Alicization takes place after Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale, as it incorporates elements from the film not in the novels. The second part of the anime, titled Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld, adapts from the novel's fifteenth volume, Alicization Invading, to the eighteenth volume, Alicization Lasting. It covers the first part of the "Alicization" arc and adapts from the novel's ninth volume, Alicization Beginning, to the fourteenth volume, Alicization Uniting. It is animated by A-1 Pictures and directed by Manabu Ono. Sword Art Online: Alicization is the third season of the anime series adapted from the light novel series Sword Art Online, written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec.