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Sword Art Online S4E21 — Beyond Time

7.4

Sword Art Online•Season 4•Episode 21

Beyond Time

7.4/10 · 538 votesSep 6, 202023 min

Ranked #23 of 23 in Season 4•−0.6 vs season avg

The maximum-acceleration phase has begun. Alice successfully logs out of the Underworld, but Kirito doesn’t make it in time. In the real world, Higa and Kikuoka rush to shut down the STL, in order to disable the maximum-acceleration phase, but…

Directed byTomonari Tanaka

Written byMuneo Nakamoto

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Seasons4

Cast16

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Kirito (voice)

Haruka Tomatsu

Haruka Tomatsu

Asuna (voice)

Hiroaki Hirata

Hiroaki Hirata

Klein (voice)

Ai Kayano

Ai Kayano

Alice Synthesis Thirty (voice)

Rina Hidaka

Rina Hidaka

Silica (voice)

Hiroki Yasumoto

Hiroki Yasumoto

Agil (voice)

Isshin Chiba

Isshin Chiba

Critter (voice

Kaori Maeda

Kaori Maeda

Selka (voice)

Taku Yashiro

Taku Yashiro

Iskahn (voice)

Yuhko Kaida

Yuhko Kaida

Dee Eye Ell (voice)

Junya Enoki

Junya Enoki

Lilpilin (voice)

Kanae Itou

Kanae Itou

Yui (voice)

Crew12

K

Kim Kyung-eun

Key Animation

T

TOMATO

Animation Director

M

Manabu Ono

Storyboard Artist

T

Tomonari Tanaka

Director

K

Kazuya Morimae

Animation Director

Y

Yukiko Busa

Animation Director

M

Muneo Nakamoto

Writer

N

Noriyoshi Yamazaki

Animation Director

S

Shunsuke Masuda

Key Animation

T

Takashi Irie

Key Animation

M

Makiyo Kojima

Key Animation

Y

Yusuke Kawabe

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"Beyond Time" is episode 21 of Sword Art Online season 4. It scored 7.4/10 from 538 votes, ranking #23 of 23 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Tomonari Tanaka and written by Muneo Nakamoto, it aired on September 6, 2020.

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