"Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online" Novel Reaches One Million Copies in Print

The spin-off series by the Kino’s Journey team, writer Sigsawa and illustrator Kouhaku Kuroboshi, is inspired by the MMOFPS “Gun Gale Online” appeared in the fifth and sixth volumes of Reki Kawahara’s Sword Art Online series, which Sigsawa joined as a combat arms supervisor.

Kadokawa announced on April 29 that Keiichi Sigsawa’s light novel series Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online will surpass one million copies in print in Japan after the next additional printings on May 9.

It has released six volumes from the publisher’s Dengeki Bunko imprint since December 2014 and its next seventh volume is scheduled to be released on June 9.