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Sword Art Online

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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)

Original	ソードアート・オンライン (japanese)
Romaji	Sword Art Online
English	Sword Art Online
Also known as	S.A.O · SAO · אומנות החרב אונליין · 刀剑神域 · ซอร์ดอาร์ตออนไลน์ · Мастера меча онлайн

Format	TV series · 25 ep · 23 min · 10h total
Aired	2012-07-08 → 2012-12-23 (Summer 2012)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Source	Light novel
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Action Adventure Fantasy Romance
Themes	Virtual World Video Games Male Protagonist Swordplay Heterosexual Primarily Teen Cast Isekai Urban Fantasy Primarily Female Cast Female Harem Artificial Intelligence Fairy Found Family Prison
Streaming	Crunchyroll · Hulu · Netflix · iQ · Bilibili TV

Community score	7.11 / 10
Bayesian score	7.11 / 10
Composite	56.4
On lists	715,085
Favourited	26,844 (3.8%)
Completion	89.2%
Drop rate	4.7%
In backlog	8.9%
Score spread σ	2.08
MyAnimeList	7.23 / 10

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Broadcast season	Summer 2012	B	9 of 79
Year	2012	B	52 of 350
Studio	A-1 Pictures	C	76 of 200
Source material	Light novel	B	222 of 927
Length	Two-cour	C	237 of 699
Era	Early 2010s	B	266 of 1,627
Season (all years)	Summer	B	350 of 1,662
Genre	Adventure	C	393 of 1,534
Genre	Romance	B	409 of 1,687
Genre	Fantasy	B	515 of 2,142
Genre	Action	C	693 of 2,765
Format	TV series	C	898 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	B	1,513 of 7,157

Director	Tomohiko Itou, Yuusuke Takeda, Yoshikazu Iwanami
Character design	BUNBUN, Shingo Adachi
Music	Yuki Kajiura
Original creator	Reki Kawahara, BUNBUN

Relation	Year	Title
sequel	2013	Sword Art Online EXTRA EDITION
sequel	2014	Sword Art Online II
alternative	2021	Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night
other	2012	Sword Art OFFline
character	2017	Eromanga Sensei
character	2022	Sword Art Online: FULLDIVE - Opening Eizou
alternative	2026	Unanswered//butterfly: Sword Art Online

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