'Sword Art Online' Movie Spoilers Tease Three Side Stories Featuring Kirito And Asuna! Release Date Set For 2016?

The spoilers for the "Sword Art Online" movie suggest that the flick will showcase the three side stories before the actual start of the "Alicization" arc.

There are speculations that the new side stories will showcase Kirito and Asuna in action with a major focus on their adventures in the upcoming movie based on the anime series.

Sword Art Online Wikia reported that the anime adaptation will include three stories with Kirito and Asuna's adventurous quests.

Further, the spoilers tease that the side stories from the "Early and Late" story arc will feature a murder mystery, artifact quest and Kirito's story when he was trapped in Aincrad.

It is also rumored that the upcoming movie will focus majorly on the romantic side of Kirito and Asuna's relationship.

Furthermore, the spoilers about the new story arc surfaced after the news emerged that the G's Comic magazine revealed details about the plot details of the upcoming "Sword Art Online" movie.

"The December issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki revealed on Friday that the Sword Art Online anime film's all-new original story will take place after the Mother's Rosario arc, which was the final arc depicted in the TV anime's second season," reported Anime News Network.

With all the spoilers for the story arc for the upcoming anime adaptation, the release date speculations suggest that movie will be aired in 2016.

Also, Yibada recently reported that season 3 for the "Sword Art Online" anime will probably be aired in summer 2016, confirming the speculations that the release date for the movie based on the series has been set for the year-end.

The "Sword Art Online" movie will be directed by Tomohiko Ito and Shingo Adachi will design the characters.

Furthermore, there are speculations that more details on the upcoming movie will be revealed during the upcoming Sakura-Con event in March 2016.