Kodokawa announced today on April 5 that Reki Kawahara's fantasy action light novel series Sword Art Online will reach 20 million print run (not the copies sold) worldwide with another reprints on April 25. The series has so far printed 7 million copies outside of Japan, including China, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Russia, Poland, France, Italy, U.K., and U.S.
It is also confirmed that the series' first volume "Aincrad," originally published in April 2009, will have one million copies at the same time, becoming the first book to reach the milestone in Kadokawa/Ascii Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint that was launched in 1993. In commemoration of the record, the volume will come with a special wrap-around band from late April. See the image below.
Meanwhile, the all-new anime feature film based on the novel series, Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale
was released in Japan on February 18 and has earned 2.27 billion yen on the 1.6 million ticket sales by April 2.
The first volume of its manga adaptation illustrated by IsII is set for a release on April 27.
"Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale" manga first volume cover
Twitter announcement by IsII
『劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン -オーディナル・スケール-』本日公開です！コミックス第1巻も4/27発売予定で進めてますので、併せてよろしくお願いします。とても密度の高い作品ですので、おさらいに是非！ #sao #劇場版SAO pic.twitter.com/Pt2IkTwWMI
— IsII◆『劇場版SAO』第1巻4/27 (@IsII0512) 2017年2月18日
Source: Kadokawa press release
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