Sword Art Online II (2014) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

A year after a period of relative normalcy following his escape from Sword Art Online, Kazuto Kirigaya finds himself drawn back into the virtual world. A disturbing series of real-world fatalities linked to the popular online game Gun Gale Online compels authorities to seek his expertise. Assuming his familiar avatar as Kirito, he investigates the case alongside Sinon, a skilled but emotionally guarded sniper haunted by past trauma.

Their investigation leads them into the Bullet of Bullets tournament, a high-stakes arena where the elusive killer, known as Death Gun, is believed to be operating. As they close in on their target, both Kirito and Sinon confront personal demons that threaten to derail their efforts. The narrative explores the blurred lines between virtual and reality, examining how past experiences shape identity and resilience within a simulated world while grappling with the potential for devastating consequences.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: World of Guns (Aired: 07/05/2014)
Episode 2: Cold-Hearted Sniper (Aired: 07/12/2014)
Episode 3: Memories of Fresh Blood (Aired: 07/19/2014)
Episode 4: GGO (Gun Gale Online) (Aired: 07/26/2014)
Episode 5: Guns and Swords (Aired: 08/02/2014)
... and 19 more episodes

Characters:

Asada, Shino (Main) - Voice Actors: Ruff, Michelle, Sawashiro, Miyuki, Weiß, Jennifer, Nonnenmacher, Marie, Sorrentino, Katia, Cabrera, Silvia, Leal, Lupita, Cárdia, Jéssica
Kirigaya, Kazuto (Main) - Voice Actors: Papenbrook, Bryce, Solis, Adrien, Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu, Keller, Patrick, Torrent, Darío, De Filippis, Alessio, Suárez, Luis Leonardo, Vieira, João
Konno, Yuuki (Main) - Voice Actors: Yuuki, Aoi, Hise, Nicole, Mendez, Erica, Bloc, Fanny, Felli, Martina, Andrés, Eva, Stefane, Mayara, Hinojosa, Amanda
Yuuki, Asuna (Main) - Voice Actors: Tomatsu, Haruka, Leigh, Cherami, Monteiro, Denise, Barrier, Jessica, Manicone, Francesca, Bau, Eva, Delint, Alex, Nogueira, Bruna
Aki, Natsuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawasumi, Ayako, Taylor, Julie Ann, López, Rosa, Anne, Mélanie, Barba, Liliana, Magnaghi, Debora, Stteger, Luana, Potempa, Annette
An, Si-eun (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimamura, Yuu, Harlacher, Erika, Fey, Demet, Forest, Nayéli, Monrós, Caridad, Francese, Chiara, Guilen, Nathalia
Ayano, Keiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hidaka, Rina, Cabanos, Christine Marie, Clerici, Serena, Cabrera, Silvia, Martin, Corinne, Malvárez, Wendy, Bueno, Raíssa
Behemoth (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuda, Kenichirou, Osorio, Dan
Dyne (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Woren, Dan, Tsuruoka, Satoshi, Cordina, Olivier, Bressan, Mattia, Marques, Guilherme, Ordóñez Arrieta, Rafael
Endou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: O'Shaughnessey, Colleen, Hikasa, Youko, Bienaimé, Nathalie, Ruggiero, Natália
Freyja (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Minaguchi, Yuko, Lee, Mela, Forest, Nayéli, Göbel, Carolin Sophie, Romero, Nina, Bonfitto, Sabrina, Guioli, Aline, Marroquín Payró, Romina
Ginrou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Katsu, Anri, Diskin, Benjamin, Zurla, Alessandro, Galinari, Josué, Seugnet, Christophe
Jun (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamashita, Daiki, Mittelman, Max, Bourlé, Bastien, Felis, Rubén, Lupinacci, Simone, Cavalcanti, Renato, Siller, Carlos
Kakouton (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Arai, Souta
Kikuoka, Seijirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Morikawa, Toshiyuki, Mercer, Matthew, Gradi, Emmanuel, De Santis, Paolo, Keller, Matthias, Ordóñez Arrieta, Rafael, Campuzano, Manuel, Nanal, Rodrigo
Kirigaya, Suguha (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Meynen, Julia, Taketatsu, Ayana, Morris, Cassandra Lee, Marot, Sarah, Padoan, Eva, Ruiz, Greta, Miranda, Azucena, Pozatto, Mariana
Kurahashi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kiuchi, Hidenobu, Daymond, Robbie, Naas, Stefan, Seugnet, Christophe, Ramos, Cadu, Matus, Edson
Mills, Andrew Gilbert (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yasumoto, Hiroki, Seitz, Patrick, Tomé, Antoine, Hardegen, Dirk, Moneta, Claudio, Rodriguez, Reinaldo, Rangel, Óscar, Ordóñez Arrieta, Rafael
Nishida (Supporting)
Nori (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tano, Asami, Lindbeck, Erica, Combes, Caroline, Werner, Rieke, Ruiz, Greta, Pallavicino, Valentina, Guedes, Mari, Infante, Elizabeth
Oosawa, Sachie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Strassman, Karen, Shirakawa, Masako, Pacotto, Emanuela, Munuera, Viviane, Combes, Caroline
Oosawa, Mizue (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lee, Mela, Hasegawa, Miyabi, Pellegrino, Gabriela, Martin, Corinne
Pale Rider (Supporting)
Pina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Izawa, Shiori, Morris, Cassandra Lee
Sada, Akiyo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Sayaka, Jean, Bérangère, Remencius, Regina, Márquez, Rosalinda, Ruff, Michelle
Schmitt (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Katou, Masayuki, Tang, Kaiji, Grauel, Heiko, Palasciano, Giuseppe, Henrique, Celso, Ordóñez Arrieta, Rafael, Seugnet, Christophe
Shigemura, Tamotsu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kamiya, Hiroshi, George, Grant, Méyère, Bruno, Dawn-Claude, René, De Mojana, Matteo
Shinkawa, Kyouji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bosch, Johnny Yong, Hanae, Natsuki, Caillebot, Rémi, Reinbold, Marco, Calatroni, Jacopo, Felis, Rubén, Vestri, Alexander, Bernal, Alberto
Shinkawa, Shouichi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hoshi, Souichirou, Diskin, Benjamin, Balzarotti, Marco, Ordóñez Arrieta, Rafael, Basurto, Alfredo Gabriel, Cordina, Olivier, Falcão, Jonas
Shinozaki, Rika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takagaki, Ayahi, Bienaimé, Nathalie, Williams, Sarah, Amerschläger, Nina, Foresta, Loredana, López, Rosa, Robles, Jocelyn, Horta, Luísa
Skuld (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Taylor, Julie Ann, Fujita, Saki, Bienaimé, Nathalie, Pallavicino, Valentina, Gmurczyk, Carla
Talken (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tamaru, Atsushi, Aguilar, Zach, Laisné, Grégory, Puig, Enric, Lussiana, Alessandro, Magno, Carloz, Leguizamo, Elliot
Tecchi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kobushi, Nobuyuki, Cason, Chris, Méyère, Bruno, Schulze, David, De Mojana, Matteo, Alonso, Renan, de León, Miguel, González, Daniel
Thor (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Epcar, Richard, Genda, Tesshou, Gradi, Emmanuel, Lucke, Michael, Rovatti, Riccardo, Fonseca, Eduardo
Thrym (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Iizuka, Shouzou, Snyder, John, Bretonnière, Marc, Winkelmann, Helmut, Pandolfi, Silvio, Guedes, Jonathan, Alberto, Santos
Tsuboi, Ryoutarou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirata, Hiroaki, Thornton, Kirk, Méyère, Bruno, Marchingiglio, Gabriele, Dentler, Isaak, Ordóñez Arrieta, Rafael, Ortiz, Gabriel, Guarnieri, Caio
Uemaru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamamoto, Kanehira, Zurla, Alessandro
Urd (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kuwashima, Houko, Strassman, Karen, Aparicio, Marta, Franzoso, Giulia, Jean, Bérangère
Verdandi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakahara, Mai, O'Shaughnessey, Colleen, Combes, Caroline, Martello, Tiziana, Tavares, Amanda, Olmedo, Adriana, Bautz, Julia, Chabrera, María José
Yamikaze (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shinomiya, Gou, Tergliafera, Chris, Damitz, Claus-Peter, Seugnet, Christophe, Henrique, Celso, Ordóñez Arrieta, Rafael
Yui (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sheh, Stephanie, Itou, Kanae, Combes, Caroline, Werk, Christiane, Usai, Annalisa, Romero, Nina, Moreno, Susana, Carvalho, Nina, Lin, Angel
Yuuki, Kyouko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayashibara, Megumi, Elias-Fahn, Dorothy, Lambotte, Jessie, Giolitti, Cristina, Rossana, Lina, Hannidez, Patricia, Franke, Gabi

Staff:

Futami, Yousuke (Producer)
Kashiwada, Shinichirou (Producer)
Miki, Kazuma (Producer)
Seita, Jouji (Producer)
Itou, Tomohiko (Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard)
Iwanami, Yoshikazu (Sound Director)
Aoyagi, Hironori (Episode Director)
Fuse, Yasuyuki (Episode Director)
Hoshino, Makoto (Episode Director)
Iwata, Yoshihiko (Episode Director)
Kawai, Shigeki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kimura, Hiroshi (Episode Director)
Kosaya (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Nishikata, Yasuto (Episode Director)
Takahashi, Hidetoshi (Episode Director)
Takashima, Daisuke (Episode Director)
Watanabe, Shuu (Episode Director)
Yamada, Hirokazu (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kizawa, Yukito (Script)
Nakamoto, Muneo (Script)
Sugawara, Yukie (Script)
Fujisawa, Toshiyuki (Storyboard)
Kawamura, Kenichi (Storyboard)
Kojima, Masayuki (Storyboard)
Miyaji, Masayuki (Storyboard)
Nakayama, Naomi (Storyboard)
Nishimura, Satoshi (Storyboard)
Satou, Hiroyuki (Storyboard)
Shikama, Takahiro (Storyboard, Key Animation)
Takahashi, Tooru (Storyboard)
Takahashi, Atsushi (Storyboard)
Aoi, Eir (Theme Song Performance)
Furukawa, Takahiro (Theme Song Arrangement)
Furuya, Shin (Theme Song Lyrics)
Haruna, Luna (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance)
Horie, Shouta (Theme Song Arrangement)
Kusano, Kayoko (Theme Song Composition)
LiSA (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics)
Saku (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics)
Suzuki, Kentarou (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition)
Tomatsu, Haruka (Theme Song Performance)
Yashikin (Theme Song Arrangement)
Adachi, Shingo (Character Design, Chief Animation Director)
Adachi, Yuusuke (Key Animation)
Akizuki, Aya (Key Animation)
Alonso, Renan (ADR Director)
Anne, Mélanie (ADR Director)
Aohachi, Yoshinobu (Key Animation)
Aoyama, Masanobu (Key Animation)
Arai, Hiroaki (Key Animation)
... and 164 more staff

News:

North American Anime & Manga Releases for September (09/02/2019)
Dengeki Announces New 'Sword Art Online' Anime Adaptations (09/30/2017)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for January (01/05/2016)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for November (11/04/2015)
Winners of the Newtype Anime Awards 2015 (10/10/2015)
Dengeki Announces New 'Tenkyou no Alderamin,' 'Accel World,' 'Sword Art Online' Anime (10/04/2015)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for September (09/01/2015)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for June (06/02/2015)
Q2 2015 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 5/30] (03/31/2015)
'Sword Art Online II' English Dub to Run on Toonami (02/14/2015)
Japan's Yearly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for 2014 (01/13/2015)
Summer 2014 Simulcast List [Update 7/26] (06/30/2014)
Summer 2014 Preview (06/15/2014)
News Briefs for Apr 7 - 13 (04/13/2014)
News Briefs for Mar 10 - 16 (03/17/2014)
'Sword Art Online II' to Air in 2014 (12/31/2013)

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Related Anime/Manga:

Sword Art Online: Extra Edition (anime - Prequel)
Sword Art Online Movie: Ordinal Scale (anime - Sequel)
Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet (manga - Adaptation)
Sword Art Online: Mother's Rosario (manga - Adaptation)
Sword Art Online: Calibur (manga - Adaptation)
Sword Art Online (manga - Adaptation)
Sword Art Online II: Debriefing (anime - Summary)
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online (anime - Alternative Setting)
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II (anime - Alternative Setting)
Sword Art Online II: Sword Art Offline II (anime - Other)
Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet: The Third Episode - Pilot-ban (anime - Other)
Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet: The Third Episode (anime - Other)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Love Polygon, Romance, Video Game
Themes: Love Polygon, Video Game
Studios: A-1 Pictures
Producers: Aniplex, ASCII Media Works, Bandai Namco Games, Genco
Licensors: Aniplex of America
Rating: 6.71 / 10
Rank: #5972
Popularity: #40
Users Listed: 2,065,933
Users Scored: 1,384,431
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 10/18/2024
Aired: July 5, 2014 – December 20, 2014 (Summer)
Type: tv
Source: Light Novel
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 24
Broadcast: Saturday at 23:30 (JST)

Sword Art Online II