New Sword Art Online Poster Released Ahead of Anime Exhibit

May 31, 2022, 1:48pm

Sword Art Online has some big plans for this year, and it seems one of its next events is ready to go live. After all, the series is set to open a special Tokyo exhibition in honor of its 10th anniversary. A poster was just released to hype the event, and it is giving fans a special look at Kirito’s early days!

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As you can see, Sword Art Online released its exhibit poster over on Twitter this week. It went live well ahead of the event’s debut as the exhibition kicks off on July 2nd. It will run through July 24th for visitors, so fans can plan accordingly.

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Of course, this is not the first fans have heard of the Sword Art Online exhibit. The event was announced previously when the anime’s tenth anniversary came around. It was there Sword Art Online shared a slew of upcoming projects including this exhibit. According to the Ueno Royal Museum, the anime exhibition will be divvied up into four parts, and you can read up on them below:

“00/link_start” – Entrance area to log in to the SWO world. A special movie for this exhibition will be shown.
“01/world” – Area to exhibit art boards and UI designs that build virtual reality and game worlds.
“02/life” – Area to exhibit the early drafts of character designs, as well as storyboards and original anime drawings depicting many famous scenes. Visitors can experience how Kirito, Asuna, and the others were drawn and lived out their stories.
“03/action” – Area where original drawings of powerful action scenes are exhibited. Visitors can experience the heart-stirring action through the original anime drawings and large continuous panels that cover the walls.
“04/continue” – Area featuring new illustrations specially drawn for this exhibition, the place where the SAO’s journey to the future begins.

If you are not caught up with Sword Art Online, you can find the anime streaming right now on Hulu and Crunchyroll. The show has three full seasons to its name as well as two movies with a third on the way.

Are you all caught up on Sword Art Online? Where would you like to see the series go in the next few years? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below or hit me up on Twitter @MeganPetersCB.