Review of Sword Art Online

Sword Art Online was probably one of the best animated animes I have ever seen. Even though that the animation was amazing, the way that the story was handled is terrible. Story - 5 The whole premise of the story was indeed an interesting one, but it what lacked was a steady pacing. It skipped 2 whole years for the non-light novel readers and it somewhat confused me at the time I first watched it back in 2012. Art - 10 It is stunning, fluid, and beautiful. A-1 Pictures has always been giving us beautifully animated shows and this was one of them. Sadly, the story did not liveup to its glory.

Sound - 8

I really liked the voice acting and music in this one. Yoshitsugu Matsuoka's voice for Kirito was one of those voices that was hard to adapt in English. Bryce Papenbrook did a pretty decent job at it. Haruka Tomatsu's voice for Asuna was a really good one. I liked her English adaptation by Cherami Leigh. The music was also very good. The two opening and ending themes were great. My favorite would be Dream World by Haruka Tomatsu.

Character - 3

The character development was pure trash. This is basically how the development went step-by-step: Here is a character. This is their occupation. High possibility of having a thing for the main character. It was pathetic. One character I despised the most out of this series would have to be that sick s.o.b. nearing the end of the second half. He was more than trash.

Enjoyment - 6

I have to admit that I did enjoy the anime at the time. It was exciting when Kirito fought. Again, I admittedly had some fun watching this series.

Overall - 5

This anime was not a very good one, but it isn't that bad either. Sure the characters would be somewhat unlikeable, but what I can say is that you will enjoy the art and sound. I strongly recommend to stream this anime, because DVD's by Aniplex are INSANELY expensive. Then again it's your choice. Hope my first review helped any of you guys.