After a one-month beta testing period from December 26, 2019, “SAO cafe,” a first permanent concept cafe inspired by the Sword Art Online anime/game franchise, formally opened on the eighth floor of the shopping complex Namba Parks in Osaka on January 24, 2020.
The Sword Art Online: Alicization TV anime ED theme singer Reona and the SAO game series’ general producer Yosuke Futami visited the cafe on February 1.
The open of the cafe was announced in October 2019 as part of the franchise’s tenth-anniversary project.