List of Sword Art Online manga volumes

Not to be confused with List of Sword Art Online light novels.
Sword Art Online
Created by
  • Reki Kawahara
  • Tamako Nakamura
  • Jūsei Minami
  • Hazuki Tsubasa
  • Neko Nekobyō
  • Kiseki Himura
  • Kōtarō Yamada
  • Shii Kiya
  • Hazuki Tsubasa
  • Kōtarō Yamada
OwnersDengeki Bunko and Dengeki G's Magazine/Comic
(via ASCII Media Works)
Yen Press (English)
Years2012–present
Print publications
Novel(s)
  • Ongoing series:
Re:Aincrad (2022–present)
Unital Ring (2023–present)
  • Ended series:
4-koma (2012–2016)
Fairy Dance (2012–2014)
4-koma Official Anthology (2012–2013)
Comic Anthology (2013–2014)
Progressive (2014–2022)
Phantom Bullet (2014–2022)
Girls Ops (2014–2021)
Mother's Rosario (2014–2016)
Gun Gale Online (2016–2021)
Kirito's Thousand and One Night Story (2017–2021)
Project Alicization (2017–2021)
Hollow Realization (2017–2019)
Ordinal Scale (2017–2020)
Kiss & Fly (2020–2023)
Alicization Lycoris (2020–2021)
  • One-off volumes:
Aincrad (2012)
Calibur (2015)
Dengeki Comic Anthology (2017)
Official Comic Anthology (2018)
Memory Defrag Comic Anthology (2019)

There are twelve manga adaptations of Sword Art Online, all written by Reki Kawahara and published by ASCII Media Works. Sword Art Online: Aincrad (ソードアート・オンライン アインクラッド), illustrated by Tamako Nakamura, was serialized in Dengeki Bunko Magazine between the September 2010 and May 2012 issues. Two tankōbon volumes of Aincrad were released on September 27, 2012.[1][2] A comedy four-panel manga, titled Sword Art Online. (そーどあーと☆おんらいん。) and illustrated by Jūsei Minami, began serialization in the September 2010 issue of Dengeki Bunko Magazine. The first volume of Sword Art Online. was released on September 27, 2012.[3] A third manga, titled Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance (ソードアート・オンライン フェアリィ・ダンス) and illustrated by Hazuki Tsubasa, began serialization in the May 2012 issue of Dengeki Bunko Magazine. The first volume of Fairy Dance was released on October 27, 2012;[4] the third volume was released on June 27, 2014.[5] The Aincrad and Fairy Dance manga have been acquired for release in North America by Yen Press.[6] The first volume of Aincrad was published on March 25, 2014.[7]

A spin-off manga starring Lisbeth, Silica, and Leafa, titled Sword Art Online: Girls Ops (ソードアート・オンライン ガールズ・オプス) and illustrated by Neko Nekobyō, began serialization in the July 2013 issue of Dengeki Bunko Magazine.[8] Girls Ops was licensed by Yen Press in November 2014, the first volume of which was released on May 19, 2015.[9][10] A manga adaption of Sword Art Online: Progressive, illustrated by Kiseki Himura, began serialization in the August 2013 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine. The manga ended serialization in the magazine's May 2014 issue and was transferred to Dengeki G's Comic starting with the June 2014 issue.[11] The original series ended with the seventh volume, and a new one started, subtitled Progressive: Barcarolle of Froth. The Progressive manga adaption has been licensed by Yen Press, with the first two volumes released in January and April 2015, respectively.[12][13]

A sixth manga, titled Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet and illustrated by Kōtarō Yamada, had its first chapter serialized in the May 2014 issue of Dengeki Bunko Magazine, with following chapters being digitally serialized on Kadokawa's Comic Walker website. A seventh manga, titled Sword Art Online: Calibur and illustrated by Shii Kiya, was serialized in Dengeki G's Comic between the September 2014 and July 2015 issues.[14] A single compilation volume was released on August 10, 2015. An eighth manga, titled Sword Art Online: Mother's Rosario and also by Hazuki Tsubasa, is based on the seventh volume of the novel series and began serialization in the July 2014 issue of Dengeki Bunko Magazine. A ninth manga, adapting Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, began serialization in the November 2015 issue of Dengeki Maoh.

A tenth manga, titled Sword Art Online: Project Alicization and illustrated by Kōtarō Yamada, based on the Alicization arc of the light novel series, began serialization in the September 2016 issue of Dengeki Bunko Magazine.

  1. ^ ソードアート・オンライン アインクラッド 1 [Sword Art Online: Aincrad 1] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  2. ^ ソードアート・オンライン アインクラッド 2 [Sword Art Online: Aincrad 2] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  3. ^ そーどあーと☆おんらいん。(1) [Sword Art Online. (1)] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  4. ^ ソードアート・オンライン フェアリィ・ダンス1 [Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance 1] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  5. ^ ソードアート・オンライン フェアリィ・ダンス3 [Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance 3] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  6. ^ "Yen Press Adds Sword Art Online, Accel World Light Novels, More Madoka Magica Manga". Anime News Network. 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference CR1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Sword Art Online Inspires Girls Ops Manga". Anime News Network. April 9, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  9. ^ "Yen Press Adds Kingdom Hearts Light Novel Series". Anime News Network. November 21, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  10. ^ Sword Art Online: Girls' Ops, Vol. 1. Amazon.com. 19 May 2015. ISBN 978-0316342056.
  11. ^ "電撃G'sコミックVol.1" [Dengeki G's Comic Vol. 1] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Archived from the original on April 30, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  12. ^ "Yen Press Licenses Akame Ga Kill!, Sword Art Online: Progressive, Kagerou Daze". Anime News Network. June 13, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  13. ^ Sword Art Online Progressive, Vol. 1 (manga), Hachette Book Group USA, archived from the original on November 9, 2014, retrieved June 26, 2014
  14. ^ "電撃G'sコミックVol.3" [Dengeki G's Comic Vol. 3] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014.