Dengeki Bunko
Japanese publishing imprint
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| 2025 | Short film of Lycoris Recoil becomes available for streaming on Crunchyroll |
| June 7 2025 | English dub of the Lycoris Recoil short film released on Aniplex of America's YouTube channel, with the original English cast reprising their roles |
| May 21 2025 | The final short anime film was released, concluding the 'Friends are thieves of time' project. |
| May 21 2025 | Completion of the anime short films' release period. |
| April 16 2025 | Short anime set to be released on Aniplex's YouTube channel and other platforms. |
| January 2025 | Announced the new project title as 'Lycoris Recoil: Friends are thieves of time.' and revealed the staff for each episode. |
| 2024 | Kirito, Asuna, and others have their accounts migrated to Unital Ring, a new VRMMORPG incorporating locations from previous virtual worlds. |
| 2024 | American forces raid RATH's Ocean Turtle facility to capture A.L.I.C.E. Kirito, with help from friends, stops the attackers and safely extracts A.L.I.C.E., who gains a physical body. |
| 2024 | Kirito is recruited to test the Soul Translator (STL) experimental FullDive machine to help develop an AI named A.L.I.C.E. in the Underworld virtual reality. |
| 2024 | Kirito battles and defeats the Administrator of the Axiom Church in the Underworld, with Eugeo dying during the conflict. |
| 2024 | Kirito investigates murders in Gun Gale Online (GGO), participating in the Bullet of Bullets tournament with Sinon and capturing two suspects related to a former SAO player-killing guild. |
| 2024 | Kirito is mortally wounded by Johnny Black and placed back into the STL to preserve his mind. During this time, he befriends Eugeo and helps him on a quest to save Alice Zuberg. |
| 2024 | Kirito and Asuna spend 200 years in the Underworld (about 2 weeks in real time), with their memories of this period later removed. |
| October 4 2024 | Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream video game released. |
| July 2024 | Revealed that the new animation project will consist of six anime short films focusing on the characters' daily lives. |
| June 26 2024 |
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Anime series concluded its broadcast on AT-X and other networks, with the ending theme song 'Stand By You!' performed by Miku Itō and Moe Toyota.
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| June 16 2024 | Conclusion of the sequel stage play 'Lycoris Recoil: Life Won't Wait' at Theatre G-Rosso. |
| June 7 2024 | Sequel stage play 'Lycoris Recoil: Life Won't Wait' began performance at Theatre G-Rosso in Tokyo Dome City. |
| April 2024 |
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Anime television series adaptation produced by Connect begins airing, running until June 2024.
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| April 2024 |
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Spin-off novel 'Seiyū Radio no Ura Omote DJCD' is released as a single volume.
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| April 14 2024 | English dub concluded its run on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. |
| April 10 2024 |
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Anime series premiered on AT-X and other networks, with an opening theme song 'Now On Air' performed by Miku Itō.
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| March 2024 | Crunchyroll reported that the Lycoris Recoil light novel franchise had exceeded 500,000 total copies sold. |
| March 8 2024 | A new Lycoris Recoil light novel with a different storyline was released. |
| January 21 2024 | English dub began airing on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. |
| January 1 2024 |
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Serialization of spin-off novel short stories 'Seiyū Radio no Ura Omote DJCD' concludes on Dengeki Bunko's website.
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| 2023 | Kirito learns about 300 SAO players still trapped, including Asuna, and discovers a plot by Nobuyuki Sugou to perform illegal mind control experiments and marry Asuna. |
| 2023 | Lycoris Recoil won Best Original Anime at the 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards. |
| 2023 | At the 13th Newtype Anime Awards, Lycoris Recoil placed 4th for Best Work (TV), with Shingo Adachi placing 7th for Best Director. |
| December 27 2023 | Third comic anthology for Lycoris Recoil is published. |
| December 26 2023 |
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Manga restarts serialization in Dengeki Maoh magazine with Umemi Makimoto continuing as illustrator
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| November 2023 | Aniplex of America announced the English dub would broadcast on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. |
| November 25 2023 | Official Note account for the anime established, beginning weekly story serialization by Asaura. |
| October 30 2023 |
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Spin-off novel short stories 'Seiyū Radio no Ura Omote DJCD' begin serialization on Dengeki Bunko's website Dengeki Novecomi+.
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| October 23 2023 | Third volume of the manga is released. |
| October 6 2023 | Sword Art Online: Last Recollection video game released worldwide, with theme song 'VITA' performed by Reona. |
| September 19 2023 | Actual Blu-ray release date after being pushed back from the original August date. |
| August 22 2023 | Original planned Blu-ray release date for the series. |
| July 2023 |
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Announcement made about manga restarting serialization
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| May 26 2023 | Second comic anthology for Lycoris Recoil is published. |
| May 23 2023 | Second volume of the manga adaptation is released. |
| February 11 2023 | A new animation project for Lycoris Recoil was initially announced. |
| January 2023 | Stage play adaptation of Lycoris Recoil is performed. |
| January 15 2023 | Conclusion of the first stage play adaptation at Tennozu Galaxy Theater. |
| January 7 2023 | First stage play adaptation performed at Tennozu Galaxy Theater, produced by Office Endless and directed by Akira Yamazaki. |
| 2022 | The Sword Art Online series sales reached 30 million copies. |
| 2022 | Kazuto Kirigaya (Kirito), a former beta tester, becomes a solo player known as a 'beater' and eventually befriends and marries Asuna Yuuki in-game. |
| 2022 | Kirito and Asuna discover Kayaba's in-game identity as 'Heathcliff', confront and defeat him, freeing the players from SAO. |
| 2022 | Sword Art Online: Variant Showdown mobile game released to coincide with the anime's 10th anniversary. |
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