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Sword Art Online (2012)

Sword Art Online poster
Original title
ソードアート・オンライン
Directed by
Manabu Ono, Tomohiko Itō
Genre
science fiction anime and manga, adventure anime and manga, thriller anime
Country
Japan
Length
4 seasons, 96 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 2,126 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In the near future, players get trapped inside a virtual reality MMORPG where death in the game means death in real life. The story follows Kirito and Asuna as they fight to survive and escape from various virtual worlds.

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What happens

Sword Art Online (Japanese: ソードアート・オンライン, Hepburn: Sōdo Āto Onrain) is a Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures, based on the light novel series Sword Art Online by Reki Kawahara. It takes place in the 2020s and focuses on protagonists Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya and Asuna Yuuki as they play through various VRMMORPG worlds, and later their involvement in the matters of a simulated civilization. The anime aired a total of three seasons from July 2012 to September 2020. An anime television film, titled Sword Art Online: Extra Edition, was released in December 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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