Sword Art Online

[Godbur]

Just wandering if anyone else watches "Sword Art Online" and what you think of it. Just want to start a discussion. Thanks - Godbur

[Barkles]

Never heard of it... What is it and what is it about? sounds interesting!

[Godbur]

Not that good at explaining it but its a anime. Heres a bit from the wiki. Im not much good at explaining so


Based on a popular light novel series by Reki Kawahara, Sword Art Online takes place in the near-future of 2022, where virtual reality videogames have progressed to the point of being nearly indistinguishable from reality. The first major release is - you guessed it - Sword Art Online, a virtual reality MMORPG that requires the use of special equipment called 'Nerve Gear' (which simulates all five senses IN THE VIDEOGAME - think the Oculus Rift except seriously upgraded).

The main character of the show is Kazuto, (but his in-game avatar is named 'Kirito') who's one of the first players to log in to Sword Art Online. Once he and the rest of the initial players have logged in, they quickly discover there's no way to log out. The only way out - as explained by SAO creator Akihiko Kayaba - is to reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the end-game boss. Also, if you die in the game, you die in real life. Then begins the characters' two year journey, filled with love, heartache, and insane animated videogame battlin' madness. Luckily, Kirito meets with a fellow player named Asuna, and the two partner up and fall in love.

The cool thing is that the game world functions just like a normal MMORPG - with raids, guilds, quests, shops, and everything else you'd expect to find in a game, with the slight issue that it's all real and everything has actual consequences. It's every kid's dream - to be able to live inside a videogame - completely flipped on its head.

[Godbur]

Thats just the first season. Its one if the best anime's ever in my opinion!