8.823 minSeason 4 • Episode 23
LatestRinko informs Kazuto that Alice is missing. He’s about to rush to the Rath Roppongi branch when the doorbell rings. In a panic, Kazuto throws open the door, only to find a deliveryman there with a huge cardboard box.
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...
Score
Yuki Kajiura's music elevates every emotional beat.
Writing
Light novel pacing issues, but Aincrad's premise is undeniably gripping.
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Kirito (voice)
Haruka Tomatsu
Asuna (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata
Klein (voice)
Ai Kayano
Alice Synthesis Thirty (voice)
Rina Hidaka
Silica (voice)
Hiroki Yasumoto
Agil (voice)
Isshin Chiba
Critter (voice
Kaori Maeda
Selka (voice)
Taku Yashiro
Iskahn (voice)
Yuhko Kaida
Dee Eye Ell (voice)
Junya Enoki
Lilpilin (voice)
Kanae Itou
Yui (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Sinon (voice)
Ayahi Takagaki
Lisbeth (voice)
Ayana Taketatsu
Leafa (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
SAO basically invented the 'trapped in a game' isekai boom — for better and infinitely worse. Every 'death game' anime since owes it rent.
Author Reki Kawahara wrote the original web novel in 2002, won a contest in 2008, and the anime exploded so hard it changed how light novels got adapted.
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