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Sword Art Online

Sword Art Online

Sword Art Online

2012 - 2012

Drama, Action

TV Series

In the year 2022, thousands of people get trapped in a new virtual MMORPG and the lone wolf player, Kirito, works to escape. (imdb)

Directed by:

Writers:

Reki Kawahara, Yukito Kizawa, Yukie Sugawara, Munemasa Nakamoto

Starring:

Ayana Taketatsu, Haruka Tomatsu, Bryce Papenbrook, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

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Sword Art Online

Genres:

Drama, Action, Adventure, Animation

AKA:

SAO

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Sword Art Online

2012 - 2012

Drama, Action

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06 Jun 2018

At one point I was trying to get into anime and a friend described the premise of this which I thought sounded good enough. I told myself I liked it. Upon reflection, aside from a few legitimately good moments, it's trash. Real weird trash. Like a full size Statue of David made of Chef Boyardee cans filled with diapers, which is to say I'm not unhappy I saw it, but I think this may not be my genre of art...sword art...online. Wtf am I doing with my life. Shitty rambling reviews apparently.

06 Jun 2018

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03 Oct 2017

I was pretty into what it was at first - in essence, a high fantasy take on The Matrix, with people trapped inside a digital World of Warcraft-esque virtual reality and a "if you die inside you die in real life" dynamic. Then the show rushes through that interesting setup and makes some... weird storytelling choices. Some really, really, really, really weird choices. Like... why?

03 Oct 2017

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04 Jul 2023

I am basing this entirely off of the first season, and not the one where they're all fairies or whatever. Significant drop in quality at that point. I did like the premise of this a lot, and wish that first season was dragged out through multiple seasons with a slower build-up. And if they wanted to explore a bit afterwards, I think they could have done a better job with the fairy stuff.

04 Jul 2023

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08 Sep 2022

Nobody told me, but this is a romantic story. You wouldn't guess that even based on the first few episodes. The romance starts very subtly and quietly develops until it dominates the plot. Very sneaky. Had I known that this is a romance, I might not have started watching it, but I am glad I did. Certainly THE BEST romance I have ever seen. You can never predict where the story will go next. Recommended to every anime fan. Also a good choice if you want something that's both light and exciting.

08 Sep 2022

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08 Jun 2022

I liked the original, hated the follow up seasons. The rape subplot came out of nowhere and was unneeded, same with the incest

08 Jun 2022

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09 Jul 2021

3 eps

09 Jul 2021

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25 Dec 2019

Only watched the first series, nothing after

25 Dec 2019

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23 Aug 2019

I know it's not especially good, I know there's a lot of male fantasy issues (lots of cleavage, ass shots & girls falling over the main character), but the show corrects some of those issues as it goes along. It's inconsistent with some odd story arcs, but the good bits are actually very good. The art is wonderful, the music is great, and the action sequences are sensational. It's a light fantasy anime, but sometimes that can be fun. Plus Asuna is lovely.

23 Aug 2019

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16 Aug 2019

Couldn't finish the series. Premisse is nice, but too much nonsensical anime stereotype bullshit.

16 Aug 2019

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27 Oct 2018

Stopped watching after what I consider the first season. You will know what I mean when you get there.

27 Oct 2018

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26 Oct 2017

Essentially a rip-off of .Hack, but where the latter was boring this is just retarded. The protagonist is a laughable mary sue that is supported by a fairly dumb harem. The storytelling is often moronic and pretentious, even worse is that it's inconsistent and hard to break your suspension of disbelief for. I guess this might be a personal beef of mine, but I always hated the premise of series like this - if you die in the game, you die in real life! that trope has always been done poorly

26 Oct 2017

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06 Oct 2017

It's good until the fairy part. All the stakes are lowered at that point and it loses what made it interesting at first.

06 Oct 2017

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30 Sep 2017

Watched up to the end of the first season, with the fairy bullshit. Not as wretched as its reputation, just not very good either. Typical harem style anime with an over-idealized MC surrounded by hot girls who all want to fuck him almost immediately after meeting him. Plot and character motivations are illogical and don't make sense, in fact neither do the rules of the game itself. Some nice action and music though, whatever that's worth. Overall average at best, possibly below that.

30 Sep 2017

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01 Jun 2016

Starts out so good, great even, but once you get past the halfway point, it kind of devolves... Still a lot of fun and it looks really awesome.

01 Jun 2016

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Directed by:

Writers:

Reki Kawahara, Yukito Kizawa, Yukie Sugawara, Munemasa Nakamoto

Starring:

Ayana Taketatsu, Haruka Tomatsu, Bryce Papenbrook, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Franchise:

Sword Art Online

Genres:

Drama, Action, Adventure, Animation

AKA:

SAO

Country:

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