[TV Series] Sword Art Online

[Mesut]

So I just saw the first episode and I'm gonna give it a 9/10 so far. I liked the first episodes plot so far and the art is just amazing! I have to give it a 10/10. The characters so far are cool, I laughed my donkey off when they put them in their real bodies and the "couple" were both guys! xD It'd be cool to have a virtual reality game like that!

[zxccxxc]

Well excuse me for expressing an opposing opinion and actually explaining myself. >___>

It's fine if you post some opposing opinion, but isn't it better if you showed a little respect to everyone who made the anime, and the fans ?
Can you use a bit more "friendly" words ?
I know you are being honest, but my apologize, it's a bit painful to see this post of yours.
Hating/Dislike is fine. but don't go far smashing other taste.

[Inactive_Account]

It's fine if you post some opposing opinion, but isn't it better if you showed a little respect to everyone who made the anime, and the fans ?
Can you use a bit more "friendly" words ?
I know you are being honest, but my apologize, it's a bit painful to see this post of yours.
Hating/Dislike is fine. but don't go far smashing other taste.

No, im not going to respect those who made it. The writing in it is bad enough that it seems like they're treating the viewers like idiots.

I was stating my reasoning for thinking it's bad and hating it, I don't understand why people would blindly love something and ignore it's faults. I see Madoka Magica get trashed all the time, but I still recognize it's faults and like it. If you think points someone made about something are wrong then dispute them, that's what I like to do and that shouldn't be a problem on an anime forum. If you think they are right about a bunch of negative points on a show you like, then recognize it's faults and move on, I never went as far as to insult it's fans.

I shouldn't have to say that something is just my opinion because that is obvious, i'm just critically evaluating it a bit more than most people seemingly do. It's better to explain it's faults when saying something is terrible rather than just saying "it's awful" or something.

I was being friendly in the sense that I was lenient with it and didn't even point out 1/5th of the flaws I saw in it.

[zxccxxc]

No, im not going to respect those who made it. The writing in it is bad enough that it seems like they're treating the viewers like idiots.

I was stating my reasoning for thinking it's bad and hating it, I don't understand why people would blindly love something and ignore it's faults. I see Madoka Magica get trashed all the time, but I still recognize it's faults and like it. If you think points someone made about something are wrong then dispute them, that's what I like to do and that shouldn't be a problem on an anime forum. If you think they are right about a bunch of negative points on a show you like, then recognize it's faults and move on, I never went as far as to insult it's fans.

I shouldn't have to say that something is just my opinion because that is obvious, i'm just critically evaluating it a bit more than most people seemingly do. It's better to explain it's faults when saying something is terrible rather than just saying "it's awful" or something.

I was being friendly in the sense that I was lenient with it and didn't even point out 1/5th of the flaws I saw in it.

Okay, Do whatever you like. If i were you, I just want to respecting others.
So i prefer not giving a bit "rude" criticize like you did.
whatever, it's no big deal if you don't want to respect it.
Do whatever you like then. I don't care anymore.

[Fringie]

Very generic and mainstream but still frikking awesome. This is my favourite or second favourite Anime (not sure if Guilty Crown is better in my opinion).

[Sky Hedgehogian Maestro]

Hype over the Oculus Rift brought me to Sword Art Online. I mean "VR Gaming?" So there, and the Oculus will deliver.
Unfortunately, I wouldn't even watch this on a Virtua Boy. It never held my attention after the first episode. The art= good. Scenery porn in cases. Animation=pretty good. Everything else just felt weak, flat, been there done that...

[Tenrou Nogitsune]

I'd give it an 8.9 out of ten for combined average from story, themes, romance and animation. Animation was very good. Slightly off-topic, there are rumors that a second season will become animated featuring GGO (Gun Gale Online) from vol 5 of the light novel series. You can obviously tell I enjoyed the series as a whole quite well.

[~OTAKYU~]

Plain ACTION AND AMAZINGNESS

[Kirito]

Well on December 31, 2013 they released a "teaser" I guess you could call it for the 2nd season. Basically Kirito plays a new game called "Gun Gale Online" (Mainly uses guns)....... and his player avatar is.... a rare system "glitch"..... which causes his avatar to look like a girl. Kind of weird in my opinion but I'll find a way to love it most likely. At the end it says
"Sword Art Online II" "Activated 2014". That's what I know so far.

[daosan]

I thought that SAO was good but nothing amazing, the characters was a major weakness of the show. However the music and animation was great.
Overall i'd give it a 7.8

i did a review of it on my blog, check it out if you want
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[daosan]

Sword Art Online (SAO) is an anime by A-1 pictures based on a light novel. It follows the story of Kirito and the MMO RPG Sword Art Online (yes I know there's ALfeim Online too). This game uses revolutionary technology called NerveGear. The creator of the game decides for some reason to trap every player inside the game, and if you die in the game, you die in real life. The only way out is to CLEAR THE GAME.
Characters-

Kirito-
The main protagonist is 16 year old gamer Kirito. Kirito was a beta tester of SAO and a solo player (with the exception of Asuna). After finding out that he is trapped in the game he joins the front lines to help defeat the game.

Asuna-
The female protagonist "The Vice Captian of The Knights of The Blood's Oath. Anyway is also on the front lines.

The characters were average, they were blade and 2 dimensional. They did not receive much developmentat all. The characters can get quite emotional at certain times. I found the characters a mixture of good and bad.
7/10

Graphics and Animation-
I found the animation very good* especially in the fight scenes. The characters were well designed. Because of this I found the series a joy to watch even though the plot was somewhat lacking.
8.5/10












Plot-
This was where SAO lacked. The first half of the show was great and I really enjoyed watching it. But come ALfeim Online I found the plot lacking at at times boring. Sometimes I didn't feel like watching the next episode because the previous episode wasn't that good.
6.75/10


Music-
*Without a doubt, this is one of the best parts of the series. The music was great and unlike most animes I actually watched the open credits, because the music was great. SAO has one of the best soundtracks of any anime I've seen.

9/10

Overall-
I thought that SAO was a great anime but it wasn't the greatest anime I've seen. The music and animation was great but the plot and characters were average. This is anime is great for those new to the genre.
7.8/10

[YunoGasai]

SAO Was actually pretty good, until everyone started to put it down because it was to "Mainstream" so people who watched it weren't *Real* Anime fans.

[Anime Forum]

Sword Art Online (SAO) is an anime by A-1 pictures based on a light novel. It follows the story of Kirito and the MMO RPG Sword Art Online (yes I know there's ALfeim Online too). This game uses revolutionary technology called NerveGear. The creator of the game decides for some reason to trap every player inside the game, and if you die in the game, you die in real life. The only way out is to CLEAR THE GAME.
Characters-

Kirito-
The main protagonist is 16 year old gamer Kirito. Kirito was a beta tester of SAO and a solo player (with the exception of Asuna). After finding out that he is trapped in the game he joins the front lines to help defeat the game.

Asuna-
The female protagonist "The Vice Captian of The Knights of The Blood's Oath. Anyway is also on the front lines.

The characters were average, they were blade and 2 dimensional. They did not receive much developmentat all. The characters can get quite emotional at certain times. I found the characters a mixture of good and bad.
7/10

Graphics and Animation-
I found the animation very good* especially in the fight scenes. The characters were well designed. Because of this I found the series a joy to watch even though the plot was somewhat lacking.
8.5/10












Plot-
This was where SAO lacked. The first half of the show was great and I really enjoyed watching it. But come ALfeim Online I found the plot lacking at at times boring. Sometimes I didn't feel like watching the next episode because the previous episode wasn't that good.
6.75/10


Music-
*Without a doubt, this is one of the best parts of the series. The music was great and unlike most animes I actually watched the open credits, because the music was great. SAO has one of the best soundtracks of any anime I've seen.

9/10

Overall-
I thought that SAO was a great anime but it wasn't the greatest anime I've seen. The music and animation was great but the plot and characters were average. This is anime is great for those new to the genre.
7.8/10

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[thelegend117]

I enjoyed this anime And i would recommend it to anyone....the graphics were amazing, they had well developed characters, and the story line was pretty good.....but yes this anime has much more potential....however how it is now is really good.....overall rating 8.5-9/10

Now if you have a smart phone there is an app called sword art online launcher and i really like the app and recommended it to my friend who also likes the app alot...do i recommend this app to anyone here who has an interest in SAO.

[nubilfi]

i like this anime, and i heard that season 2 will be release this year, can't wait for watching it

[Riverflower]

I found it very good. I do like the idea of a visual world, kinda wish that a game like that existed. The romance/drama is quite good aswell, and mixed with some good action. Maybe I should watch it again someday

[Lonely Fujoshin-chan]

@Matas -
Try reading the novels. I hope that it'll greatly improve your opinion and find out that it isn't the original works fault.

@Aoi Ragnarok -
I totally agree, it was really a pure and sweet relationship but if you read the books, you'll see a bit of ecchi here and there.

Also, BIG FAN of SAO, at least of the first arc. Lets hope that when they do make the third arc of the anime that it'll be as awesome as the first.

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@YunoGasai -
I hate when people start spouting that nonsense. Everyone's taste is different. That's the reason why there's so many different genres of anime. There is no such thing as "real" or "fake" anime fans, I wish people would just understand that. I mean we're all here, discussing this anime bc we love anime...so why can't people get that?