{"id":33700,"date":"2026-07-06T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/sword-art-online-integral-domain\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:05:00","slug":"sword-art-online-integral-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/sword-art-online-integral-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"Sword Art Online &#8211; Integral Domain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Almost four years after the announcement of a new Sword Art Online original anime film, we now have a 2028 release date and a title: <em>Sword Art Online \u2013 Integral Domain \u2013<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The new movie, which is set after the \u201cAlicization Arc,\u201d is directed by <em>Lycoris Recoil<\/em>\u2018s <strong>Shingo Adachi<\/strong>, who was previously involved in the Sword Art Online franchise as a character designer. The character designer for <em>Sword Art Online \u2013 Integral Domain \u2013<\/em>. is <strong>Yumiko Yamamoto<\/strong> (<em>Lycoris Recoil<\/em> sub-character designer, <em>Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld<\/em> co-character designer), who drew its teaser visual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9REKI KAWAHARA\/KADOKAWA\/SAO MOVIE\u2161 Project<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Credited for animation production is <strong>A-1 Pictures<\/strong> and its new<strong> Psyde Kick Studio<\/strong> label.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Sword Art Online \u2013 Integral Domain \u2013\u00a0<\/em>will be the franchise\u2019s second theatrical film to feature an original story, after 2017\u2019s\u00a0Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale. The other previous Sword Art Online movies were 2014\u2019s\u00a0<em>Sword Art Online: Extra Edition<\/em> compilation movie, 2021\u2019s <em>Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night<\/em>, and 2023\u2019s <em>Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The popular Sword Art Online franchise originated as a web novel published on author <strong>Reki Kawahara<\/strong>\u2019s (<em>Accel World<\/em>, <em>Demons\u2019 Crest<\/em>) website. The light novel series, which is published under KADOKAWA\u2019s Dengeki Bunko label, began in 2009 and has 29 volumes as of April 2026. Its premise involves immersive virtual reality games in what was then the near future, with the first arc seeing main characters Kirito and Asuna becoming trapped in the titular Sword Art Online when its creator turns it into a death game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">2012 saw the start of premiere of the first Sword Art Online TV anime, which was followed by <em>Sword Art Online II<\/em>, <em>Sword Art Online Alicization<\/em>, and<em> Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The franchise includes manga, the <em>Sword Art Online <\/em><em>Progressive<\/em> series that retells the \u201cAincrad Arc\u201d (which was originally wrapped up in the first volume, ignoring side stories), spin-offs like <em>Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online<\/em> (which inspired two anime seasons), and\u00a0video games. Its latest anime is <em>Unanswered\/\/butterfly<\/em>, created as promotional material for this month\u2019s <em>Echoes of Aincrad<\/em> action RPG.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Before <em>Sword Art Online \u2013 Integral Domain \u2013\u00a0<\/em>arrives in Japanese theaters, Adachi will be featured in the credits of the new <strong>Takayuki Hirao\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Pompo the Cinephile<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The\u00a0Garden of Sinners<\/em>:\u00a0<em>Paradox Spiral<\/em>) x <strong>CLAP<\/strong> film <em>Wasted Chef<\/em> as its\u00a0main character designer. Adachi was also recently involved with some of the episodes in\u00a0Lycoris Recoil: Friends are thieves of time, a series of shorts that is a separate production from the new Lycoris Recoil project announced in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"font-chirp max-w-full whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-gray-700 no-underline [font-feature-settings:'ss01'] line-clamp-1 text-body font-normal\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SwordArtUSA\/status\/2074161701273153593\">@SwordArtUSA<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost four years after the announcement of a new Sword Art Online original anime film, we now have a 2028 release date and a title: Sword Art Online \u2013 Integral Domain \u2013.\u00a0 The new movie, which is set after the \u201cAlicization Arc,\u201d is directed by Lycoris Recoil\u2018s Shingo Adachi, who was previously involved in the 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