Bandai Namco shared the opening movie for the new Sword Art Online game Echoes of Aincrad now that we’re a few weeks away from its July 2026 release, and it includes the new theme song by Aimer. As we watch the footage, which highlights Aincrad and both original and existing characters, the track “Live to Survive” plays. We already had known since May 2026 that Aimer would sing the theme song for Echoes of Aincrad, and after watching the trailer you may notice she sounds familiar. This is because she’s worked on the themes for multiple anime series and performed some songs for games like the sixth anniversary song “Eclipse” for Arknights and “The Road not Taken” from the Genshin Impact animated short. Some of her most recent performances include Chainsaw Man’s “Deep Down,” Demon Slayer’s “Zankyousanka,” NieR: Automata Ver1.1a’s “Escalate,” and a number of songs from the Fate/stay night anime adaptations. Here’s the full Sword Art Online Echoes of Aincrad opening movie featuring the Aimer song “Live to Survive.” While the focus is on original characters like our protagonist avatar and their allies Iori, Saayu, Wyzeman, and Zash, we also see major players from the original adaptations like Kirito and Asuna. The Sword Art Online game Echoes of Aincrad will come to the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC on July 10, 2026, the original SAO anime series is on Crunchyroll, and Yen Press handles manga, audiobooks, and light novels based on the series.