Sword Art Online
ソードアート・オンライン
“Its creator traps thousands in a virtual game: clear one hundred levels to escape, and dying in-game kills for real.”
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Its creator traps thousands in a virtual game: clear one hundred levels to escape, and dying in-game kills for real.
Ever since the release of the innovative NerveGear, gamers from all around the globe have been given the opportunity to experience a completely immersive virtual reality. Sword Art Online (SAO), one of the most recent games on the console, offers a gateway into the wondrous world of Aincrad, a vivid, medieval landscape where users can do anything within the limits of imagination. With the release of this worldwide sensation, gaming has never felt more lifelike. However, the idyllic fantasy rapidly becomes a brutal nightmare when SAO's creator traps thousands of players inside the game. The "log-out" function has been removed, with the only method of escape involving beating all of Aincrad's one hundred increasingly difficult levels. Adding to the struggle, any in-game death becomes permanent, ending the player's life in the real world. While Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya was fortunate enough to be a beta-tester for the game, he quickly finds that despite his advantages, he cannot overcome SAO's challenges alone. Teaming up with Asuna Yuuki and other talented players, Kirito makes an effort to face the seemingly insurmountable trials head-on. But with difficult bosses and threatening dark cults impeding his progress, Kirito finds that such tasks are much easier said than done.
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Community consensus
Derived from 500 sampled reviews of 1,266
6.0/10
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σ 2.52 · split reception
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5.4 ptsRecommenders 8.4 · others 3.0
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Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10/10 “Absolutely LOVED this one! Made me very happy. Lots of emotional moments and balances out with the badass combat moments and ugh. It was just so good. The art work was billiant. Animations were all...”
- 10/10 “This is by far one of the best anime i have seen in a very long time. I really enjoyed it. The storyline is captivating from the very first episode right up till the very last. The art is great and...”
- 8/10 “SAO delivers a genuinely enjoyable experience through its great action sequences and compelling romance. While critics often dismiss the series as mere wish fulfillment or wasted potential, these...”
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-6593
- Format
- 25 × 23′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 9h 35m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Jul 2012 – Dec 2012
- Summer 2012
- Source
- Tv
- media type
- Rated
- PG
- 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref.
- BS-6593
- catalog