

_Sword Art Online_ anime franchise includes movies and/or specials, like:

  * _Sword Art Online II_
  * _Sword Art Online: Alicization_
  * _Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online_
  * _Accel World_ , etc.

I like to watch things in chronological order whenever I can help it.

What is the chronological order for the whole franchise?


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What is the chronological order of the Sword Art Online (anime) franchise?


In Accel World S1E22 ~17:00, the main character is doing some research which
references the NerveGear.

(English Dub)

> NerveGear : The first VR Machine of the 2020's

Therefore, the story timeline place Accel World after SAO.

Combined with various Wikipedia articles, chronological order of the Anime is:

  1. Sword Art Online
  2. Sword Art Online Extra Edition (movie)
  3. Sword Art Online 2
  4. Sword Art Online : Ordinal Scale (movie)
  5. Alternative Gun Gale Online (side story series)
  6. Accel World
  7. Sword Art Online : Alicization
  8. Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld
  9. Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Part 2

A source of info is on
[Fandom](https://swordartonline.fandom.com/wiki/Sword_Art_Online_Timeline).


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It is not just a strait line, but a graph [![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JERmw.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JERmw.png)

Source: [SAO Franchise](https://shikimori.one/animes/z11757-sword-art-
online/franchise)


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