Review of Sword Art Online

An anime about multiple Virtual Reality MMO's. Here are some thoughts about Sword Art Online. I reference the description so there are not really any spoilers. If you aren't interested in my wordy review, there's a breakdown below. It's a Philosophical and psychological delve into other virtual worlds. "Diving" as it's called in the series. A very interesting experience that plays upon advanced Virtual Reality, but not so advanced that it couldn't theoretically be done in the future. So what happens when people get trapped in the Virtual Reality and death in the game is equivlient of dying in life? You get some intense half-hour episodes, thatswhat! Haha

Seriously though, There is a lot going on, and it's really easy to keep track of everything across the episodes which was really nice.

Unfortunately, the overall concept isn't new. In fact, some of the main story the core of nearly every Rom Com out there. Plus being an anime about an MMO i find similarities between this and .Hack. And there's always the main character being a Hero thing.

But those are things that you can say about almost everything and especially about anime.

Anyway now that you've read this far, you probably realize I like the series.

Here's the breakdown

Story: 10
Why?
VRMMO's make me excited.
The world was built wonderfully.(ie no plot holes)
Time was believable, despite skipping over months/levels at a time
An above average action/Rom Com story with some nice twists.

Art: 8
Why?
Wonderfully designed.
Great style.
Above average character designs and Layout/Background designs
- About average Animation.

Sound: 10
Why?
If i want to own the soundtrack at the end of a series, i usually give it a 10.
I also like the "fantasy" sounding music, it helps the overall illusion.

Character: 10
Why?
Lots of characters with different personalities but easy to keep track of them.
Fun cliche's that are standard to pretty much any anime.

Enjoyment: 10
Why?
This may end up going on my top favorites. There were some great things here.

Overall: 10
Why?
I liked the series, very fun and lovable characters.
Other reasons-See above