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About
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...
First Aired
Jul 8, 2012
Last Aired
Sep 20, 2020
Seasons
4
Episodes
96
Network
Tochigi TV
Studio
A-1 Pictures, Aniplex, GENCO, EGG FIRM, ASCII Media Works, Bandai Namco Games, Bandai Namco Entertainment, KADOKAWA
Original Title
ソードアート・オンライン
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
video game
artificial intelligence (a.i.)
based on novel or book
magic
fairy
trauma
virtual reality
friendship
sword fight
romance
survival
game
death match
nostalgic
alternative reality
shooting game
anime
sword and sorcery
mmorpg
isekai
virtual world
love polygon
guns
trapped in a game
fantasy
metaverse
death game
based on light novel
adventure
admiring
joyful
Cast
Full credits →Y
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Kirito (voice)
H
Haruka Tomatsu
Asuna (voice)
H
Hiroaki Hirata
Klein (voice)
A
Ai Kayano
Alice Synthesis Thirty (voice)
T
Takehito Koyasu
Nobuyuki Sugou (voice)
R
Rina Hidaka
Silica (voice)
H
Hiroki Yasumoto
Agil (voice)
I
Isshin Chiba
Critter (voice
K
Kaori Maeda
Selka (voice)
T
Taku Yashiro
Iskahn (voice)
Y
Yuhko Kaida
Dee Eye Ell (voice)
J
Junya Enoki
Lilpilin (voice)
