Sword Art Online

Sword Art Online

2012
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Sword Art Online

7.5 | TV-MA | en | Animation

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...

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7.5 | TV-MA | en | Animation , Action & Adventure , Sci-Fi | More Info
Released: 2012-07-08 | Released Producted By: Aniplex , GENCO Country: Japan Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.swordart-online.net/
Synopsis

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...

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Cast

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka , Haruka Tomatsu , Hiroaki Hirata

Director

Kenta Hayashi

Producted By

Aniplex , GENCO

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haileeflower Hands down I've watched alottttt of anime and I just wont stop loving this one The art is beautiful the plot is original you can't but help falling in love with each character and it includes many different genres I've laughed I've cried I've screamed in joy this anime has made me every emotion possible it just warms my heart I've seen some pretty good anime's, but none can top this one I re-watch the series and the movies all the time and they move my heart every time SWORD ART ONLINE IS A MUST WATCH PEOPLE and IMDb why am I not aloud to use comma's or periods ? Dude fix your app
asherrod I am surprised this show has elicited to many positive and negative extremes. My son wanted to watch it, so I watched it with him, and, while a fairly fun time waster, it is neither groundbreaking nor cringe inducing. It is somewhat predictable, with a few (not many, but a few) plot resolutions I did not expect. Still, it is well made enough that it is inoffensive and enjoyable.Though, I do have to say Kirito is the James T. Kirk of VR. The boy gets all the ladies, even when they are related to him, even when he looks like a girl. He is Kirk wrapped in Bond rubbed down with a Barry White album.
cquimby1216 Love this show, easy to watch, great story line Very easy to build a relationship with the characters
KJ Lao I finally watched SAO after delaying it... and well shouldn't have wasted my time.I'm giving this a 3 just because of the beautiful art and the one episode where a group he was with got killed because of him (I felt for him then) but besides that I'm never going to get the hype for this.I don't mind the cliché plot since I've watched plenty cliché anime that I still love. Don't believe people who rave that SAO has unique plot that's like saying Disney's Frozen was the first movie to present strong independent women (*cough* Brave *cough* Mulan *cough* Pocahontas). What was dreadful about this was how it was presented. You start off strong getting the feeling like it's going to be a good action anime with the loner MC but nooooo it's actually secretly just a harem anime...if I wanted that I'll watch harem anime.You never see MC training or struggling... he's just -boom- OP. The anime's main plot is "getting out of the game" so you'd thought you'd see the people there actually try hard to beat the game (haha). I mean yeah sure plot armor happens (ie Naruto, One Piece, etc where MC never really dies) but at least you can see them struggle and you can feel for them and root for them. Nope, not in SAO. MC's just OP at the beginning and until the end. By the time I got into the final boss fight I was desensitized by his overpoweredness that at his supposed death (since you know getting stabbed with little to no life should've killed him but it takes minutes before he actually disappears so he can deliver a final blow to kill the boss) I felt nothing. No tension. Nothing. Not even happy for him that it's the end.Another is where everything jumps. In Episode A you're in level 50 and then for Episode B you're in another setting...Episode C you're back to the start... huh. I got so confused I had to check the wiki episode descriptions just to check if I was still on the right track or was simply watching the wrong episode.The most waste was the FMC. She was presented early on as this strong mysterious loner type but then after some episode jumps she just becomes this useless harem girl *sigh* (they even got married in- game. LOL). It's kinda laughable how some of the episodes we're shown one girl get rescued by MC and they immediately fall in love with MC..at least give us something more to root for.Probably going to get hate for this since plenty love it but I just don't get it. I tried reading positive reviews but most just say "It's the best anime" "Sword Art Online is ridiculously well made with great character development" "Deep and moving story" ...none of which I saw so I'm questioning if we watched the same series.