Anime of the Week: Sword Art Online
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NOTE: For once, part of the Anime of the Week includes a franchise which has an entry currently airing as of this time.
As such, please use spoiler tags more liberally and attempt to keep things focused around the anime as it has already been released.
Anime: Sword Art Online
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Original Creator: Reki Kawahara
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Years: 2012
**Episodes:**25 TV
In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players can control their avatars through brain waves using technology called "NerveGear." When players enter the game, they discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive. To escape, players must beat the game by defeating each boss on all 100 floors; however, if they die in the game, they die in real life too. Their struggle for survival starts now...
Anime: Sword Art Online: Sword Art Offline
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Original Creator: Reki Kawahara
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Years: 2012 - 2013
Episodes: 9 Specials
BD/DVD specials.
Anime: Sword Art Online: Extra Edition
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Screenplay: Reki Kawahara
Original Creator: Reki Kawahara
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Years: 2013
Episodes: 1
Yui wants to see a whale with Kirito during an underwater quest in Alfeim Online. During the quest however, it is revealed Leafa cannot swim. Asuna and the other female characters decide to train Suguha in a real-world pool to help her in ALO. Meanwhile, Kirito meets a certain someone.
Anime: Sword Art Online: Sword Art Offline - Extra Edition
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Original Creator: Reki Kawahara
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Years: 2014
Episodes: 1 Special
Extra episode of Sword Art Offline included in the Sword Art Online: Extra Edition Blu-ray and DVD.
Anime: Sword Art Online II
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Original Creator: Reki Kawahara
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Years: 2014
Episodes: 24 TV
One year after the SAO incident, Kirito is approached by Seijiro Kikuoka from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Department "VR Division" with a rather peculiar request.
That was an investigation on the "Death Gun" incident that occurred in the gun and steel filled VRMMO called Gun Gale Online (GGO). "Players who are shot by a mysterious avatar with a jet black gun lose their lives even in the real world..." Failing to turn down Kikuoka's bizarre request, Kirito logs in to GGO even though he is not completely convinced that the virtual world could physically affect the real world.
Kirito wanders in an unfamiliar world in order to gain any clues about the "Death Gun." Then, a female sniper named Sinon who owns a gigantic "Hecate II" rifle extends Kirito a helping hand. With Sinon's help, Kirito decides to enter the "Bullet of Bullets," a large tournament to choose the most powerful gunner within the realm of GGO, in hopes to become the target of the "Death Gun" and make direct contact with the mysterious avatar.
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Posted Sep 6, 2014, 6:20 PM UTC