Sword Art Online Promises New Announcements for Special Event This Month

By Nick Valdez

Sword Art Online will be kicking off its milestone 10th Anniversary celebration with a special new event later this month, and is hyping up some big announcements for the future of the anime! The TV anime series wrapped up the massively long Alicization arc some time ago, and while fans are waiting for the series to return, there have been special new feature film releases taking on the Sword Art Online Progressive spin-off series. But it seems that there might even be more in the works as the franchise is teasing some special announcements for the milestone anniversary string of projects.

Sword Art Online has announced plans for a special new event where they will not only be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the franchise, but will have more information about the anime's future. Taking place on May 27th, this new event called "Sword Art Online Anime 5.27 LIVE 》》》NEXT" will be hosted by Kirito voice actor Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and live-streamed in Japan, but there have yet to be any teases of what exactly the franchise will be revealing new information about during the event. 

The most likely update we'll get for the future of the anime is on the upcoming Sword Art Online Progressive sequel film, Schezro of a Dark Dusk. This new film was previously announced for a planned Fall release across theaters in Japan, but there have yet to be any concrete details about what or when fans can expect to see in the new project. There's only been a brief teaser trailer released as well, so it's highly likely that we'll either see a new poster or get a new teaser trailer during this event. 

It's also possible that we will get to see new information about the future of the TV anime series, but that's very unlikely considering much of the focus is on the film franchise releases as the moment. It's not impossible, and would be a great surprise considering this is an event for the 10th Anniversary, but it might be best to temper expectations about what we could get from the new event. 

But what do you think? What announcements are you hoping to see from Sword Art Online's anime during this event? What kind of future would you want to see for the franchise? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!

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