In addition to announcing Sword Art Online Season 3, Dengeki also announced Sunday that the Sword Art Online: Alternative Gun Gale Online spin-off series is getting a TV anime.
『ソードアート・オンライン オルタナティブ ガンゲイル・オンライン』TVアニメ化決定!黒星紅白描き下ろしビジュアルも公開!#GGO
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レン:楠木ともり
ピトフーイ:日笠陽子
エム:興津和幸
フカ次郎:赤﨑千夏公式HP:https://t.co/Tbdxof9OGb pic.twitter.com/U9rHgYBoTV
— TVアニメ「SAO オルタナティブ ガンゲイル・オンライン」公式 (@ggo_anime) October 1, 2017
The Alternative Gun Gale Online novel series is written by Keiichi Sigsawa and was launched in 2014. The sixth volume was published by Kadokawa in March.
Here is a synopsis of the series:
The story follows Karen Kohiruimaki, a 183-centimeter-tall (6-foot-tall) college student who’s insecure about her height, and is bad at dealing with people in the real world. She enters the world of Gun Gale Online with her avatar, Llenn, who is less than 150 centimeters (5 feet) tall and wears all pink. She meets a beautiful, brown-skinned female player who goes by Pitohui. They hit it off, but one day Pitohui pressures her to participate in “Squad Jam,” a team battle royale variation of the Bullet of Bullets tournament. (Source: AnimeNewsNetwork)
Some of the main cast for Sword Art Online: Alternative Gun Gale Online have been announced:
Tomori Kusunoki – LLENN (Karen Kohiruimaki)
Youko Hikasa – Pitohui
Kazuyuki Okitsu – M
Chinatsu Akasaki – Fukaziroh
A PV (the original YouTube video is region-locked) was also released announcing the new TV anime:
【アニメ化告知PV公開!!】
『ソードアート・オンライン オルタナティブ ガンゲイル・オンライン』のTVアニメ化告知PVを公開!#GGO pic.twitter.com/7OXbFRiHVE— TVアニメ「SAO オルタナティブ ガンゲイル・オンライン」公式 (@ggo_anime) October 1, 2017
Just like Sword Art Online Season 3, there is no release date for Sword Art Online: Alternative Gun Gale Online either. We will update this blog post once we get new information.