Thread:ComicReadingGamer/@comment-5688420-20181228065725/@comment-5688420-20181228074558

Well, there was Sword × Shield, an action/fantasy/"isekai" novel that ran from 2012 to 2015, about an MMORPG which traps the players inside the game, with no way out (though at least they can die in-game without dying for real). At the time, many readers heralded it as a much better alternative to Sword Art Online, and many fans have clamored for an anime adaption, which was finally about to arrive in 2015, courtesy of Brains Base, and was to star Takahiro Mizushima and Suzuko Mimori as lead stars. KOTOKO was even confirmed to be singing the first OP.

Unfortunately, roughly days before the first episode was schedule to air, Sword × Shield's writer, Shuji Takeuchi, was arrested and eventually imprisoned after admitting guilty to having sex with a two-year old infant, as well as posseing multiple child pornography. As a result, the novel was cancelled, the anime was left unaired, possibly forever.