# “Sword Art Online: Progressive” Light Novels Receive Anime Adaptation
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Buckle up and get ready to go back to Aincrad, the place where it all started! Just this weekend, on the last episode of the <em>Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of the Underworld </em>series, the ending credits announced that Reki Kawahara’s <em>Sword Art Online: Progressive </em>light novel series is getting an anime project! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The official social media accounts of the SAO franchise released a short teaser clip for the upcoming adaptation, which you can watch <a href="https://twitter.com/sao_anime/status/1307340259122790400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. The video is narrated by Asuna, who recounts the fateful day when everything started: November 6, 2022, the day when the then-hotly anticipated <em>Sword Art Online </em>game launched. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A teaser visual was also released, depicting Asuna (in starter player clothes it appears?) with the floating castle of Aincrad in the backdrop. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://i.ani.me/0278/1595/sword-art-online-progressive-light-73.jpg" alt="" width="593" height="836" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">No release window has been announced yet for the new project. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Sword Art Online: Progressive </span></em><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">is a retelling and a soft reboot of the popular series’ original Aincrad story arc. It was first launched in October 2012 and retells Kirito’s story up the floating castle of Aincrad in a more detailed way, with the narrative focused on his journey up the castle floor by floor. The <em>Progressive </em>series also gives a more detailed look at Asuna’s backstory—how she started out in the virtual world and honed her skills to become the Lightning Flash—and her adventures in Aincrad as well. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Sword Art Online </span></em><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">is a light novel series created by Reki Kawahara, with illustrations by abec. The series was first written as a web novel published in Kawahara’s website from 2002 to 2008; by 2009, the series was picked up by ASCII Media Works’ <em>Dengeki Bunko </em>for publication. The English release for both the light novels and the manga adaptation of the series is held by Yen Press. In 2012, the series was adapted into a TV anime series by A1 Pictures, enjoying widespread success that the series received two more seasons: <em>Sword Art Online II </em>and the latest, <em>Sword Art Online: Alicization. </em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Source: <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-19/sword-art-online-progressive-light-novels-get-anime/.164241">Anime News Network</a></span></p>
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