It's been four years since thefirst season of Accel World was released and fans are getting anxious to check out the new anime film from director Masakazu Obara and Sunrise. Could a successful anime film lead to a second season? That appears to be the hope for quite a few anime fans. The first seaon covered the first four volumes of the light novel series but Kadokawa just released the twentieth volume on June 10. That means there's plently of source material for a sophomore outing.
Original light novel author Reki Kawahara of Sword Art Online fame, wrote the original story for the film.
In 2046, many aspects of life are carried out on a virtual network. No matter how advanced the time becomes, however, bullying never disappears. Haruyuki is one of the bullied students. However, one day he is contacted by Kuroyukihime, the most famous person in the school. "Wouldn't you like to 'accelerate' and go further ahead, boy?" Haruyuki is introduced to the "Accel World" and decides to fight as Kuroyukihime's knight. - The movie will have an original story written by the author, Reki Kawahara. - The movie is scheduled to premiere on July 23.