Sword Art Online
7.0TV23 min25 epsSummer 2012Finished

Sword Art Online

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... (Source: Crunchyroll)

Trailer

Alternative Titles

ソードアート・オンライン

S.A.O

SAO

אומנות החרב אונליין

刀剑神域

ซอร์ดอาร์ตออนไลน์

Reviews(25)

aabir62%

I bitch and whine about SAO's shortcomings for 3k words.

Deoran55%

SAO re-review (original was 3 years ago) [Old Score: 6.2] [New Score 7.4]

kiriash70%

A thoughtful, incredibly long review from a person who really enjoyed Sword Art Online.

Gruffle47%

I'm not gonna sugarcoat anything... I didn't like sword art online, but it's a fantastic case-study on how to fuck up

biogundam41%

regular sword art online review

TheRealKyuubey32%

Disappointing, but a decent enough way to pass the time.

DanielePiantoni32%

Un anime che sicuramente ha fatto la storia, non esente da difetti il primo arco risulta però sicuramente valido.

KaizokuOtaku65%

One of the few that set a big thing in motion. The hate is also too much and it doesn't deserve every damn bit of it

EXistential38%

Premise Dictating Popularity (Part 1)

EdFromChowderHeads64%

Sword art online isn't that bad in reality

CodeBlazeFate63%

Another negative SAO review to add to the pile while you watch SAO Abridged

ChirekachiMizu70%

Oh boy... I have a lot to say about this one. Prepare yourself, for this is long.

arianu31%

I hate this show a lot

Grengo165%

Half masterpiece, half caca

SnovyTimmy53%

pinnacleof Isekei, my ass

Jamiebreeze77%

Hardly the worst anime ever, and I'm left wondering, "Why did I even avoid it for so long?"

0r1h1m345%

Sword Art Online is a masterpiece, fuck everyone who thinks otherwise.

Shisui055%

An uninspired, boring mess with loads of wasted potential

LorenzoTanoScarafia51%

A show that you learn to love not for the graphics but for its striking themes,

joey63863%

A decent plot and conclusion for the first half, all crumbled by the questionable directions in the second half

Wasurechatta42%

Virtually no magic can save trash even in a fantasy

InsertBeforeFlight40%

Sword Art Online lives up to the nostalgia, but suffers from severe macguffin instead of actual narrative.

GracideaField57%

Sword Art Online, at its core, really is a story about love, morality and acceptance... until it isn't.

YuukiKDK40%

Este Review tem Um resumo do inicio da obra e tambem algumas das minhas opiniões. Obviamente tudo com Spoilers!

NotPantsuDrip57%

It's time for you and I to grow up. SAO was problematic and poorly written.

7.0

Score

#691991

Popularity

25,364

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Information

FormatTV
Episodes25
Duration23 min
StatusFinished
SeasonSummer 2012
StudioA-1 Pictures
SourceLIGHT NOVEL
CountryJP
Mean Score70%
Start Date2012-07-08
End Date2012-12-23
Hashtag#sao_anime
GenresAction, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

Staff

Insert Song Performance (ep 3)Saori Hayami
Theme Song Performance (ED)Haruka Tomatsu
Storyboard (ep 8)Tensai Okamura
MusicYuki Kajiura
Storyboard (ep 23)Tetsurou Araki
Storyboard (ED1)Morio Asaka
Key Animation (ep 8)Akira Amemiya
Sound DirectorYoshikazu Iwanami

Studios

AniplexA-1 PicturesGencoDAX ProductionAniplex of AmericaASCII Media WorksBandai Namco Entertainment

Score Distribution

383.2k ratings
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User Stats

692.0k users
Watching26,901
Planning60,789
Completed564,018
Dropped29,953
Paused10,330

Tags

Virtual World
Death Game
Video Games
Male Protagonist
Swordplay
Heterosexual
Primarily Teen Cast
Isekai
Urban Fantasy
Primarily Female Cast
Rescue
Unrequited Love
Female Harem
Fairy
Artificial Intelligence
Found Family
Prison
Time Skip
Travel
Tragedy