Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online Returns

During the AnimeJapan 2024 event, a special video was revealed for the second season of the anime adaptation of the light novels written by Keiichi Sigsawa and illustrated by Kougaku Kuroboshi, "Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online". The video confirms that the premiere is scheduled for the Fall-2024 (October-December) season in Japan, six years after the first season aired.

Keiichi Sigsawa began publishing the light novels through Kadokawa's Dengeki Bunko imprint in December 2014, and they are still continuing with thirteen volumes published to date. In addition to the manga adaptation by Tadadi Tamori, the work was adapted into an anime in a twelve-episode series premiered in the Spring-2018 season (April-June).

Voice Cast

Tomori Kusunoki as Karen "LLENN" Kohiruimaki
Youko Hikasa as Pitohui
Chinatsu Akasaki as Fukaziroh
Kazuyuki Okitsu as M.

Production Equipment

Masayuki Sakoi (Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious, Matoi the Sacred Slayer, Princess Resurrection) returns to direct at Studio 3Hz.
Yousuke Kuroda (My Hero Academia, Trigun, Gundam Build Fighters, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) returns to write and supervise the scripts.
Yoshio Kosakai (The Marginal Service, Needless) returns to handle character design and animation direction.

Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online Returns

Synopsis of Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online

Dressed in desert pink and the size of a child, the infamous "Pink Devil" mercilessly hunts other players in the gun-centric world of the virtual reality game Gun Gale Online. But in real life, this feared gamer killer isn't exactly who anyone would expect. Karen Kohiruimaki, a shy university student from Tokyo, contrasts sharply with her avatar in the game; In fact, it turns out that he's also head and shoulders above everyone else, much to his dismay. Karen towers above everyone around her, and her insecurity about her height leads her to turn to the virtual world as an escape.

He starts game after game in hopes of manifesting as a short, handsome character, and eventually achieves his ideal self in the world of Gun Gale Online. Enchanted by her new character, she throws herself into the game as LLENN, earning a reputation as a legendary player assassin. However, when one of LLENN's targets gets the best of her, she ends up meeting Pitohui, a skilled but eccentric woman. It doesn't take long for Pitohui to befriend Karen and insists that LLENN participate in Squad Jam, a pitched battle in which teams face off against each other until only one remains. LLENN will have to fight with all his wits and will if he wants to reach the top.

Source: Comic Natalie