The SAO Progressive anime finally fixing the rushed SAO anime right?
So what's up guys Foxen here! SAO Alicization is
done so i know you're already looking at the next spicy SAO anime
SAO Progressive will fix the rushed SAO season 1 anime
but was it really rushed this new SAO Progressive anime may not be that golden
ticket you were hoping for let me explain so go ahead and double
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so far i've seen a lot of confusion about SAO Progressive and the SAO story
overall SAO Progressive is a soft reboot slash retelling slash really filling in
the gaps of SAO floor by floor almost hour by hour currently there are
six light novels for Kirito and Asuna's journey spanning over the first six
floors you can't expect the anime to redo the
first day for SAO from the very first SAO Light novel
they may also throw in the story of Kirito after he ditched klein
what happened right after SAO Progressive also has a manga version
that's slowly been released i have mentioned this thing has amazing
visuals but the story honestly feels like
fan fiction a drunk version of the real story
the manga also does start from Asuna's point of view and tends to focus a
little bit more on her meanwhile the manga version of Kirito
almost feels like a borderline hentai protagonist
have you seen anyone claiming that this new SAO Progressive anime is just
Asuna's point of view on the Aincrad story.
this is completely wrong they're likely only confusing this with the crappy
manga that said the manga still has positive
points. Putting aside the questionable story
it actually does present ideas that i think could be mixed pretty well into
the upcoming SAO anime. This includes Asuna's actual point of
view before SAO began. What led up to Asuna eventually putting
on the nerve gear which the trailer does hint at.
The manga also tends to have Asuna much more involved too which is why i'm
hoping the anime will adapt at least this
so there's a fair split between Asuna and Kirito for their temporary party
anyway let's get into the meat of the topic why didn't SAO season one just
show Kirito and Asuna a story from the very beginning. Why was SAO season 1
so rushed? Let me clear this up for you the SAO season 1 anime debuted in summer
season of 2012. it lasted until the end of the same year
the anime covered the first four light novels of SAO
plus a side story. This included the Aincrad and Fairy Dance arc.
I do very much agree that the SAO season 1 anime was rushed especially anything
involving the death game. The first episode presented the idea of being
trapped in a VR MMO game all of a sudden dying meant a one-way
trip to the graveyard everyone fell in love with the idea
although not necessarily the SAO story that unfolded.
Why didn't the anime just go floor by floor? The answer is that they simply
could not. The first SAO Progressive light novel was actually released in
October 2012 after the anime started. Keep in
mind the first Progressive light novel only covers the first two floors in SAO.
At the time it was released the SAO anime would have been around halfway
through. After the first one Reki kept releasing
one light novel per year then there was a big gap with light
novel five and six released in 2018. The SAO anime instead started off with
the very first SAO light novel the one that came out in 2009.
Unfortunately most SAO watchers have no idea how SAO was written but in reality
Kirito and Asuna's adventure began in the first book
and also ended in the first book too and I know you're wondering how does that
even work? The SAO of story in the book actually
kicks off with Kirito already on floor 74.
Kirito was that infamous solo player he was farming his ass away.
During all of this Kirito thought back to how he ended up in this situation
which gave you a flashback to the very first day the day that Kayaba
launched the death game oh yes the first episode plus some Klein
the original sao story then goes back to the present day on floor 74.
this is where Kirito finds that juicy rabbit. Asuna and Kirito would have formed a
party and then run into the floor boss with
Kirito eventually busting out the dual blades that made him famous
dual blade Kirito would fight Kayaba ultimately losing a little later you had
that aho that would have tried to kill Kirito. Eventually with some Asuna and
Kirito;s sexy time the original story did not have any of
Yui the two lovebirds would have gotten married and then moved into their house
all of this would have led up to the conclusion everyone fighting that ultra
hard floor 75 boss and the ultimate finale Kirito vs Kayaba
the first SAO book actually ends with
Kirito waking up from the hospital
he was determined to find Asuna interesting how the original SAO story
came about you will notice that the anime actually
rearranged events similar to the attack on todd anime you also notice a few
missing events here the first iso book did not have the first floor boss fight
Silica, Liz, Yui and so on funny because if you only count events for the first
book the anime would have been only six
episodes the truth was that SAO was never written with the intention of
going floor by floor. It was really only meant to be the tale of the last two
floors before the game ended and i know what you're wondering
why why was SAO written like this how about the
other stuff when did that come in let's go ahead and have a fun SAO
history lesson turning back the clock like papa Bercouli
year 2001 a young Reki got the inspiration for SAO so he began writing
Asuna and Kirito were born his goal was to finish the short story in time for
the ninth Dengenki game novel prize. The deadline was
quickly approaching in 2002 the only problem ricky was way over the
world limit he claimed that he couldn't cut it down
so he said screw it poor Reki all the work he did and he
couldn't even submit it fortunately Reki didn't let it go to
waste he uploaded the sao story online for people to freely read
fortunately the fans reading SAO actually gave Reki a lot of positive
feedback. This actually gave reki motivation to keep on writing more SAO
in the coming years he had more sequels and side stories being written
some of these side stories included the one with Sachi, Silica,
Liz, and Yui. These side stories were meant to feature the lives of average
players not on the front lines these stories got bundled and released
as the second SAO light novel one of the SAO sequels included the
fairy dance arc which was light novel novel three and four
and i know over the years this has gotten so much hate yet i do like it
another sequel included the GGO arc this was shin and story and light novel five
and six then perhaps my ultimate favorite sao
lightning was seven which was Yuuki's tale.
SAO light novel eight was yet another bundle of side stories
one of the stories included Kirito right after he ditched Klein
perhaps it was karma since this a-hole beta player trying to get Kirito killed
by monsters. Unfortunately this never made it into
the anime in fact this whole experience didn't even get referenced in SAO
Alicization. Next story the murder mystery in the
anime this was two episodes although the anime greatly cut and
changed up some of the stuff for example Asuna and Kirito never met
up with Kayaba it would have been really nice to see him early on
next story Calibur which got adapted in SAO season 2.
I enjoyed the story for what it was but it feels like this story gets as much
hate as the Fairy Dance arc ironically the more interesting parts
from it didn't even make it into the anime
then you got SAO alicization key to the adventure into the Underworld.
Arguably the best SAO arc for most fans. This got completed before the first SAO
light novel even got published now we're getting into the fun parts how
exactly did SAO get released how did they go from web novel to light
novel format you really do have to think that so goddesses for this one
Reki was persistent once again in 2008 Reki applied for the 15
Dengenki game novel prize it wasn't SAO but Accel world that ended up winning
you may have heard about this little title after winning his editor Kazuma
Miki read over his pet project titled sao
miki was then the one that encouraged iraqi to publish sao 2
which means a huge thank you to miki sao went on to get published in 2009 and the
rest was SAO history you should know that rekey has released
many more site stories after the original SAO story.
some of these were published as material edition books sold in fan events here in
Japan. This included Sugary days which focuses
on Kirito and Asuna's fun time after they got married some scissors
have also been bonded with the SAO blu-ray release
for example Sister's Pray which is like a prequel to Yuuki and her sister there's
also hopeful chant this Eiji and Yuna prequel got given
out in the theaters for the SAO movie screening
some of these side stories have been bundled and released on the recent SAO
light novel 22. this included the Yuuki prequel and
rainbow bridge which is actually a sequel to the extra episode showing how
Asuna got her legendary wand weapon. You should also know that SAO arcs post
aincrad have also served to fill in some of the gaps and details
from their time in the floating castle for example have you ever been curious
about how Kirito got his black sword SAO Alicization revealed early on that
he actually got it from the level 50 boss.
So going back to the original question was SAO rushed
without a doubt it was yes but not for the reasons that most SAO fans seem to
think a lot of you understandably didn't like
the time skips yet there wasn't much material to actually fill in the gaps
the sale story was not written as this death game meant to go floor by floor
Reki introduced Kirito and Asuna and then ended their story in the same book.
Still the SAO anime was rushed the beta player trying to get Kirito killed was
removed and a lot of the science stories were cut down
the story for Liz and Silica could have easily been 50% longer or more
than for Kirito getting Sachi and his first guild killed. Honestly this should
have been a full two episodes the anime not only
should have adapted it fully but also expanded on it.
I do feel like abridging this has hurt the anime story in the long run
especially with Kirito's latest mental struggle and as Alicization
in hindsight it might have been the best idea to try to have expanded the Aincrad
arc into 20 to 24 episodes from the available material at the time
although was is actually realistically possible you gotta think back to the
release of the SAO anime back in 2012. this meant anyone pictures would have
started working on this anime in 2010 or 2011 at the latest during this time
anime based on light novel were still fairly rare and infrequent you could see
how this SAO anime would have been just another project for the studio
a one-and-done job i mean think about it even in the recent years there's been so
much light novel anime that's been butchered
unfortunately it's the norm Arifureta says hi or in general rushed anime
adaptations. God of High School says what's up? After
the SAO anime you can be sure that reki and a1 pictures were surprised at the
explosion in popularity for SAO if they knew in hindsight how big it
was gonna get SAO season one might have been done
differently honestly i am beyond the moon with the SAO Progressive anime
announcement i know this definitely got a lot of fans
and even former fan type 2. that said i do warn you to try to keep
things realistic the SAO Progressive anime will be based on the light novels
right now there's only 6 available which means i highly suggest not
overestimating what you're gonna get in my last sale video i gave a 36 to 48
episode rough estimate potentially more if they do mix in some ideas from the
manga and i really really hope they get this
right it's time to treat SAO like a shonen anime where you got the anime
providing more material than the original source
and i don't mean pointless filler for the hell of it.
For the upcoming SAO Progressive anime you could expect the first six floors
there's going to be a lot of Kirito and Asuna as they take part enough boss floor
fights. For a good chunk of it they actually do
spend a good amount of time exploring side missions
you're going to be able to meet argo finally should be perhaps the third
character in line that gets the most screen time besides a certain elf
and i can't wait argo is freaking awesome for the actual floor boss fights
a couple of these in the light novel were actually shortened which is why i'm
going to assume that the actual anime would expand heavily on the boss fights
you know as they've done for most fights and SAO Alicization so let me know what do
you want to see from Asuna and Kirito which floor or scene do you want to know
more about from SAO and by the way a huge thank you to
Bookwalker i really can't recommend SAO Progressive enough especially for any
Asuna and Kirito fan i almost want to say i'm
enjoying it more than that SAO Alicization just go ahead and use my code Foxen
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main characters which SAO character do you want to see more of in this new
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