Sword Art Online: Alicization (2018) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

In a near-future where virtual reality is commonplace, the Soul Translator offers a revolutionary form of immersion by directly interfacing with the user's Fluctlight. Kazuto Kirigaya, a survivor of the catastrophic Sword Art Online incident, finds himself working for the secretive Rath Institute, testing this technology within the expansive virtual world of Underworld. Bound by strict confidentiality, users are assured their memories created in the simulation are erased upon logout. However, fragments of his past haunt him – most notably the name "Alice," which elicits a disturbing reaction even in the real world.

A seemingly ordinary evening takes a dangerous turn when Kazuto is gravely injured and awakens trapped within Underworld, with no apparent means of return. His quest becomes a desperate search for a way back to the physical realm, forcing him to confront not only the intricacies of the virtual world but also the unsettling echoes of his past. The narrative explores themes of identity, memory, and the blurred lines between reality and simulation.

Trailer:

Streaming Platforms:

Crunchyroll

Episodes:

Episode 1: Underworld (Aired: 10/07/2018)
Episode 2: The Demon Tree (Aired: 10/14/2018)
Episode 3: The End Mountains (Aired: 10/21/2018)
Episode 4: Departure (Aired: 10/28/2018)
Episode 5: Ocean Turtle (Aired: 11/04/2018)
... and 19 more episodes

Characters:

Eugeo (Main) - Voice Actors: Shimazaki, Nobunaga, Winckler, Brandon, Calatroni, Jacopo, Zeiger, Christian, Leblan, Jean-Pierre, Martin, Corinne, Almeida, Lucas, Leguizamo, Elliot, Winslow, Marc
Kirigaya, Kazuto (Main) - Voice Actors: Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu, Papenbrook, Bryce, De Filippis, Alessio, Dussaut, Nicolas, Marot, Sarah, Becerril, Diego, Vieira, João, Suárez, Luis Leonardo, Keller, Patrick
Zuberg, Alice (Main) - Voice Actors: Kayano, Ai, Mills, Kayli, Maniglio, Giulia, Morgenstern, Lydia, Combes, Caroline, Blada, Kaïna, Tavares, Amanda, Barragán, Alicia
Aki, Natsuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Taylor, Julie Ann, Kawasumi, Ayako, Magnaghi, Debora, Anne, Mélanie, Barba, Liliana, Pellegrino, Gabriela
Antinous, Raios (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Iwase, Shuuhei, Pagès, Jean-François, Sandri, Luca, Felder, Max, Rinaldi, André, Orozco, Luis Fernando, Staley, Steve
Arabel, Ronie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kondou, Reina, Melody, Deneen, Bienaimé, Nathalie, Bonfitto, Sabrina, Elßel, Laura, Munuera, Viviane, Carrillo, Regina
Asada, Shino (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sawashiro, Miyuki, Ruff, Michelle, Sorrentino, Katia, Jeru, Gabrielle, Leal, Lupita, Cárdia, Jéssica
Ayano, Keiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hidaka, Rina, Cabanos, Christine Marie, Clerici, Serena, Martin, Corinne, Malvárez, Wendy, Bueno, Raíssa, Blaschke, Helen
Azurika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Jeru, Gabrielle, Marciano, Thayná, Sánchez, Analiz, Hiramatsu, Akiko, Caggiula, Beatrice, von der Ahe, Antje, McIlvaine, Julia
Balto, Golgorosso (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Covarrubias, Víctor, Sugisaki, Ryou, Lauer, Mick
Cardinal (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tange, Sakura, Freeman, Lizzie, Wietzorek, Luisa, Longo, Annalisa, Rangel, Leyla, Jullian, Paola, Fonseca, Karina
Casals, Vassago (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyama, Tsuyoshi, Mobus, Xander, Chaulange, Jean-François, Basurto, Alfredo Gabriel, Guedes, Jonathan, Scattorin, Lorenzo
Charlotte (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Anne, Mélanie, Honna, Youko, McIlvaine, Julia, Marie, Jeane
Chudelkin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takagi, Wataru, Todaro, Frank, Tomé, Antoine, Peroni, Riccardo, Paranhos, Vitor, Plate, Sven, Gutiérrez, Roberto
Dakira Synthesis Twenty-Two (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakuragi, Kanako
Elevator Girl (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Martin, Corinne, Ichimichi, Mao, Molina, Daniela, Kwan, Jennie
Garitta (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lecomte, Jean-Christophe, Hasu, Takehiro
Higa, Takeru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nojima, Kenji, Cherrey-Iturralde, Pablo, Valezano, Fabrizio, Daunt, Ricardo, Mora, Moisés Iván, Beacock, Brian
Jink (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Pierrard, Vincent, Bautista, Ricardo, Ishiya, Haruki, Sroka, Ted, Di Benedetto, Massimo, Endemann, Jannik
Kanamoto, Atsushi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oosaka, Ryouta, Saab, Alejandro, Chaulange, Jean-François, Di Benedetto, Massimo, Torres, José Ángel, Alves, Raan
Kayaba, Akihiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Touquet, Mathieu, Yamadera, Kouichi, Collins, David W., Lotti, Massimiliano, Neto, Nizo, Fernández, Dafnis
Kikuoka, Seijirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Morikawa, Toshiyuki, Mercer, Matthew, Gradi, Emmanuel, Nanal, Rodrigo, Campuzano, Manuel, Fumagalli, Davide
Kirigaya, Midori (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Endou, Aya, Glass, Caitlin, Bienaimé, Nathalie, Bertolas, Renata, Luna, Circe, Franke, Gabi
Kirigaya, Suguha (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Taketatsu, Ayana, Morris, Cassandra Lee, Marot, Sarah, Miranda, Azucena, Pozatto, Mariana, De Caro, Ludovica
Koujiro, Rinko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Sanae, Losi, Jennifer, Caggiula, Beatrice, Bienaimé, Nathalie, Cavalcanti, Thayná, Contreras, Claudia
Levanteinn, Uolo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Murata, Taishi, Niosi, Chris, Pierrard, Vincent, Bressan, Mattia, Mello, André
Miller, Gabriel (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishida, Akira, Sroka, Ted, Pierrard, Vincent, Oliveira, Stiven, De Mojana, Matteo, Gutiérrez Coto, Sergio
Mills, Andrew Gilbert (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yasumoto, Hiroki, Seitz, Patrick, Tomé, Antoine, Moneta, Claudio, Rangel, Óscar, Rodriguez, Reinaldo, Semeraro, Luca, Hardegen, Dirk
Nakanishi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lecomte, Jean-Christophe, Sandri, Luca, Sumi, Takahiro, Cassell, Jalen K., Stipp, Hermann
Pina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Izawa, Shiori, Morris, Cassandra Lee
Quinella (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakamoto, Maaya, Price, Maureen, Marlot, Frédérique, Frenz, Victoria, Morese, Deborah, Martelli, Carla, Castañeda, Carla, Tovar, Karla
Sadore (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Pichon, Yann, Egawa, Hisao, Vivona, Ênio, Lotti, Massimiliano, Marnocha, Jason
Serlut, Sortiliena (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Han, Megumi, Tirado, Jeannie, Planet, Sophie, Atepi, Giuliana, Trautmann, Lara, Mendes, Lina
Shinozaki, Rika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takagaki, Ayahi, Williams, Sarah, Foresta, Loredana, Bienaimé, Nathalie, Robles, Jocelyn, Horta, Luísa
Shtolienen, Tiese (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishihara, Kaori, Woods, Kimberly, Anne, Mélanie, Blank, Jodie, Cherubelli, Laura, Santana, Marina, Tiscareño, Regina
Sister Azariya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bienaimé, Nathalie, Nakane, Kumiko, Manríquez, Rebeca, McIlvaine, Julia
Synthesis One, Bercouli (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suwabe, Junichi, Williams, Imari, Lelyon, Fabrice, Scattorin, Lorenzo, Romero, Cássius, Garcia, Andrés
Synthesis Seven, Deusolbert (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hanada, Hikaru, Taylor, Armen, Pichon, Yann, De palma, Ivo, Stipp, Hermann
Synthesis Twenty-Eight, Linel (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kino, Hina, Knickerbocker, Brianna, Martin, Corinne, Cuscusa, Veronica, Almeida, Marcella
Synthesis Twenty-Nine, Fizel (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kohara, Konomi, Marie, Michelle, Jeru, Gabrielle, Bonanomi, Giada, Stampacchio, Gabriela, Rybiczka, Milena
Synthesis Two, Fanatio (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nabatame, Hitomi, Berzins, Laila, Planet, Sophie, Spinelli, Elisabetta, Alves, Natália, Ortiz, Gabriela
Szeski, Frenica (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Marot, Sarah, Itou, Miku, Davenport, Skyler, Zwetkow, Doreaux, Marie, Jeane
Tsuboi, Ryoutarou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirata, Hiroaki, Thornton, Kirk, Marchingiglio, Gabriele, Pierrard, Vincent, Ortiz, Gabriel, Guarnieri, Caio
Ugachi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takaguchi, Kousuke, Taylor, Armen, Gradi, Emmanuel, Semeraro, Luca, Loureiro, Leandro, Brieger, Sven
Woolsburg, Eldrie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Masuyama, Takeaki, Weisz, Ezra, Touquet, Mathieu, Maestroni, Omar, Martim, Rodrigo, Miranda, Cuauhtémoc, Schulz, Sebastian
Yui (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Itou, Kanae, Sheh, Stephanie, Usai, Annalisa, Combes, Caroline, Moreno, Susana, Carvalho, Nina
Yuuki, Asuna (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tomatsu, Haruka, Leigh, Cherami, Granato, Jolanda, Barrier, Jessica, Nogueira, Bruna, Delint, Alex, Mitsching, Lisa
Zizek, Humbert (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chaulange, Jean-François, Ghignone, Luca, Wolko, Roman, Lott, Igor, Bravo, Alan, Kijima, Ryuuichi, Hackney, Christopher
Zuberg, Selka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Maeda, Kaori, Lastra, Jackie, May, Moira, Combes, Caroline, Martello, Tiziana, González, Nycolle, Botsu, Azumi
Zuberg, Gasupht (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lecomte, Jean-Christophe, Castañeda, Mario, Yamamoto, Kanehira, Vivona, Ênio, Cassell, Jalen K.

Staff:

Futami, Yousuke (Producer)
Kaneko, Atsushi (Producer)
Kawakami, Ryuutarou (Producer)
Niwa, Masami (Producer)
Yuasa, Takaaki (Producer)
Ono, Manabu (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Iwanami, Yoshikazu (Sound Director)
Den, Saori (Episode Director)
Hirano, Hiroki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Ishikawa, Shunsuke (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Itabisashi, Michiru (Episode Director)
Kawai, Shigeki (Episode Director)
Kimura, Hiroshi (Episode Director)
Kobayashi, Kouji (Episode Director)
Maruyama, Yuusuke (Episode Director)
Nakashige, Shunsuke (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation)
Saga, Satoshi (Episode Director)
Sakuma, Takashi (Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director)
Suzuki, Takuma (Episode Director)
Takahashi, Ken (Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation)
Tobita, Tsuyoshi (Episode Director)
Tokuda, Hirotaka (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Kizawa, Yukito (Script)
Nakamoto, Muneo (Script)
Nekota, Kou (Script)
Salva, Laurence (Script)
Stocker, Kevin (Script)
Adachi, Shingo (Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director, Character Design)
Kanno, Yoshihiro (Storyboard, Animation Director)
Matsumoto, Kengo (Storyboard)
Nishizawa, Susumu (Storyboard)
Obara, Masakazu (Storyboard)
Ootsuka, Ken (Storyboard)
Sasajima, Keiichi (Storyboard, Key Animation)
Takeuchi, Tetsuya (Storyboard, Key Animation)
Yoshida, Risako (Storyboard)
ASCA (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics)
Aoi, Eir (Theme Song Performance)
ArmySlick (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition)
Kegani (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition)
Kusano, Kayoko (Theme Song Composition)
LiSA (Theme Song Performance)
ReoNa (Theme Song Performance, Inserted Song Performance)
rui (Theme Song Composition)
Akizuki, Aya (Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation, Animation Director)
Alonso, Renan (ADR Director)
Amisaki, Ryouko (Key Animation)
Aoki, Kana (2nd Key Animation, Key Animation)
Araki, Ryou (Key Animation, Animation Director)
Asai, Akito (Animation Director)
... and 239 more staff

News:

North American Anime & Manga Releases for April (04/05/2020)
Winners of the Newtype Anime Awards 2019 (10/27/2019)
'Sword Art Online: Alicization' Airs in Split Cours (03/30/2019)
PV Collection for Dec 17 - 23 (12/23/2018)
Fall 2018 Simulcast List [Update 10/19] (09/28/2018)
Q4 2018 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 12/31] (09/28/2018)
Fall 2018 Preview (09/15/2018)
'Sword Art Online: Alicization' Announces Additional Staff (07/07/2018)
TV Anime 'Sword Art Online: Alicization' Premieres in Fall 2018 (03/23/2018)
Dengeki Announces New 'Sword Art Online' Anime Adaptations (09/30/2017)

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Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Video Game
Themes: Video Game
Studios: A-1 Pictures
Producers: Aniplex, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Egg Firm, Genco, Kadokawa, Straight Edge
Licensors: Aniplex of America
Rating: 7.57 / 10
Rank: #1746
Popularity: #149
Users Listed: 1,111,365
Users Scored: 657,072
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 04/28/2024
Aired: October 7, 2018 – March 31, 2019 (Fall)
Type: tv
Source: Light Novel
Age Rating: R
Episodes: 24
Broadcast: Sunday at 00:00 (JST)

Sword Art Online: Alicization