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Episode #23: "New World" Final Episode of the Alicization arc!! And believe it or not, tonight Toonami will have aired every episode of the main story of SAO to date! (Sorry, Ordinal Scale doesn't count...) Tomorrow Night at 1 AM (2/6-7/21) ONLY TOONAMI!!!

EPISODE 21: BEYOND TIME Only 3 episodes left, and now Kirito and Asuna are stuck in the 200-year trap! What awaits them now? Find out tomorrow night (1/23-24) at 1 AM ONLY TOONAMI!!!!

EPISODE 22: "ALICE" Hard to believe we're on the penultimate episode of everything SAO anime in existence, but after almost 8 years off and on Toonami, it really is true! (Though admittedly, they skipped Gun Gale Alternative...) Oh well, 1 AM Tomorrow night (1/30-31/21), ONLY TOONAMI!!

Episode 20: "The Night Sky Blade"

Episode 19: Awakening Now at 1 AM tomorrow night (1/9/21) following a Dub Premiere Episode of Attack On Titan! ONLY TOONAMI!!!

Episode 18: "Memories" One last time at 12:30 AM tomorrow night (1/2/2021) Before Attack On Titan's Final Season takes over the timeslot! ONLY TOONAMI!!!

Episode 17 - Prince of Hell Ending off 2020's SAO offerings with a little slice of Hell! 12:30 tonight (12/12-13/20) ONLY TOONAMI!!!

Episode 16 - "Code 871" Sinon is back with guns blazing!! And we learn more about that mysterious code which has subjugated Underworlders for what they perceive to be since the dawn of time! Tonight (12/5-6/2020) at 12:30 AM Don't miss it!! ONLY TOONAMI!!!

Episode 15 - "Instigation" With no time to mourn Bercouli, the War of Underworld rages on!! 12:30 AM Tonight (11/21-22/20) ONLY TOONAMI!!!

Episode 14: End To Eternity The epic battle continues! 12:30 AM Tomorrow night (11/14-15/20) ONLY TOONAMI!!!

Episode 13: The War Of Underworld Can Kirito rescue Alice from her recent captivity, that was only moments ago for the characters, but 7 months ago for us? Please join us in welcoming Sword Art Online back to the block for the first episode of the Alicization arc's thrilling 11-episode conclusion! Opening and ending themes hidden behind spoiler tag below: November 7, 2020 - 4 years to the day before Kirito beat Aincrad!! Tonight at 12:30 - ONLY TOONAMI!!!

BREAKING NEWS: #SwordArtOnline Alicization: War of Underworld returns along with the new season of #FireForce on Saturday, November 7. Schedule is below. https://t.co/BFRkSFwG5l

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"Sword And Fist" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFkbv6MMGNQ Sword Art Online Episode 82 Alicization Episode 33 War Of Underworld Episode 9 Whatever you wanna call it, just watch it, and hope the second half of this season isn't delayed due to the damn coronavirus! Midnight tomorrow (3/14/20) ONLY TOONAMI!!!

Episode 7 Alicization Episode 31/Sword Art Online Episode 80 "Stigma Of The Disquilified" (is that even a word!?) Don't miss the next chapter of the epic saga of conflict in the virtual world! Midnight tomorrow night (2/29-3/1) ONLY TOONAMI!!!

War Of Underworld Episode 8 Alicization Episode 32 Sword Art Online Episode 81 "Blood And Life" The War Continues!! Midnight Tomorrow (3/7-3/8), ONLY TOONAMI!!!

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Episode 2 Discussion On the premiere of War of Underworld, we caught up with Alice several months after the battle in the tower. Kirito is in a catatonic state due to the attack on the Ocean Turtle, and Alice has retired and living a humble life outside her home Rulid Village, spending time with Selka, doing menial work. But it seems this peaceful life has come to an end, as the Forces of Darkness have attacked Rulid Village. Find out how Alice responds to this, tonight, on War of Underworld, on Toonami!

Episode 1 Discussion Last time, in a somewhat Pyrrhic Victory, Administrator Quinella was defeated, but in the process, Cardinal and Eugeo died, Alice's memory crystal was destroyed, and Kirito was struck down when the attackers invading the Ocean Turtle hit the power supply. Find out where things continue from here on out, on Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld, tonight, on Toonami.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-12-28/sword-art-online-alicization-war-of-underworld-anime-last-season-confirmed-for-april/.154870 https://comicbook.com/anime/amp/2019/12/24/sword-art-online-alicization-season-3-war-of-underworld-return-2/ https://www.anime-recorder.com/program/130692/ According to posts in that Reddit thread they are having production difficulties, and the Director of Photography/Compositing Director Kentaro Waki was having issues with depression. INB4 he's depressed because he's working on SAO LOLOLO! I found the tweets they were talking about. It seems like he took on too much work and was getting burned out, and felt he wasn't getting enough social recognition for his work. Also, his parents seem like assholes. But it looks like he started feeling better after the outpouring of messages of support and the birthday wishes. Hopefully Mr. Waki will feel better going forward and whatever difficulties the studio is having can be helped by the delay. I also read that things that appear later in the arc will be difficult to animate so that could be part of it too. Here is an interview with him from back in January discussing the sort of work his job entails. It is interesting. Seems like the guy has an attention to detail and wants things to be high quality but not over-produced. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2019-01-09/sword-art-online-alicization-director-of-photography-kentaro-waki/.140449 I'm not sure how this delay will affect a potential Toonami airing, if DeMarco will want to get the first 12 episodes as soon as they are available and he can work them in, or just wait til all the rest are out and then get them.

EPISODE 24 DISCUSSION Last time on Sword Art Online: Alicization, Kirito, Eugeo, Alice, and Cardinal, all stood up to Administrator and her sword golem. Unfortunately, it went against Cardinal's programming to attack that abomination because it was made of human souls and memories, combined with divine object weapons. She attempted to make a deal with Administrator to give her life to let the other three go. The others decided not to leave anyway because it wouldn't help things at all, and Eugeo had Cardinal TURN HIM INTO A SWORD AND HE FLEW AROUND THE ROOM AND KILLED THE GOLEM. But when Eugeo faced off against Administrator, while he chopped one of her arms off, he was broken in half in sword from, and when he returned to human form he was cut in half, but with ice freezing between the two halves. Eugeo is seemingly on death's door. This time Kirito froze up in battle, and Alice had to come to his assistance. Kirito blocked Administrator's strike in time to save Alice from sacrificing herself for him, but then Alice passed out anyway. Now Kirito faces off against Administrator alone. Find out how this battle turns out tonight on the mid-season finale of Sword Art Online: Alicization, on Toonami!

EPISODE 23: ADMINISTRATOR Get ready for the penultimate episode, featuring Quinella just as naked and as arrogant as ever... Can the quartet of Kirito, Eugeo, Alice, and Cardinal take her down, or will her reign of terror continue? Find out tomorrow night (7/6) at Midnight, ONLY TOONAMI!!