“After Kirito falls comatose, Alice defends the Human Empire from Dark Territory invasion while awaiting his recovery.”
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld
ソードアート・オンライン アリシゼーション War of Underworld
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Synopsis
After Kirito falls comatose, Alice defends the Human Empire from Dark Territory invasion while awaiting his recovery.
Despite the defeat of Quinella—the pontifex of the Axiom Church—things have not seemed to calm down yet. Upon contacting the real world, Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya finds out that the Ocean Turtle—a mega-float controlled by Rath—was raided. Due to a sudden short-circuit caused by the raiders, Kirito's fluctlight is damaged, leaving him comatose. Feeling insecure about the people at the Axiom Church, Alice brings the unconscious Kirito back to their hometown—Rulid Village, disregarding her banishment due to an unabsolved crime. Now, Alice is living an ordinary and peaceful life close by the village, wishing for Kirito to wake up. However, tragedy strikes when Alice notices that the Dark Territory has already started to invade the Human Empire. Reassuming her previous alias, Alice Synthesis Thirty, she promises to defeat the Dark Territory in order to defend the world that Kirito and Eugeo worked so hard to protect.
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Community consensus
Derived from 75 sampled reviews
What 75 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.76 · split reception
6.0 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 2.6
↑ 2.29
Running avg · Nov 2019 → Nov 2024
- 10 “The art and music are absolutely phenomenal, elevating the experience while the compelling new characters and addictive plot kept me hooked throughout this epic journey. Although some events were...”
- 10 “This is the best season of SAO, delivering an emotional and exhilarating experience that is completely free of filler episodes. While the shift in Quinella’s characterization feels slightly odd and...”
- 10 “War of Underworld delivers non-stop battles while diving even deeper into the psychological toll of constant death and combat, presenting villains so sadistic they threaten to break the heroes...”
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2019 – Dec 2019 Fall 2019
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-15257 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- Bandai Namco Entertainment Producer
- Egg Firm Producer
- Straight Edge Producer
- Kadokawa Producer
- Sonilude Producer
Licensed by
- Aniplex of America Licensor