Sword Art Online (TV) Reviews
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Title(s): |
Sword Art Online
γ½γΌγγ’γΌγγ»γͺγ³γ©γ€γ³ (Japanese) |
Creator: |
Reki Kawahara
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Genres: |
Action,
Fantasy,
Romance
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Age Group: |
Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence) |
Vintage: |
July 7, 2012 |
Status: |
Still Airing |
Summary: |
The only way to escape is to 'clear' the game. Death in game means actual 'death' ----
The ten thousand who have logged onto the as of yet mysterious game 'Sword Art Online' using their Nerve Gear have been forced into this perilous death game and are trapped inside.
Protagonist Kirito, one of the many gamers, has greeted this 'truth'.
He plays as a solo player in the giant castle that is the stage for this game ---- 'Aincrad'.
To meet the conditions of clearing the game and leaving this twisted virtual world, he must get through all 100 floors. Will Kirito have what it takes to clear the game, or will he die trying? |
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Reviews
Quite unoriginal, but still entertaining
Written by Wolqua on November 17, 2012 at 5:05 AM
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Overall Rating
Good
Story: 2
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 4
Entertainment: 4
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Anyone familiar with any story about VR will have seen this exact same plot before. Many times in fact. Deranged rich people/genius makes VR environment, traps people on there, got to do X to survive, blah blah blah. Good the first time, but gets old quickly. If this was purely this, then it would be immensely boring. The only reason it saves itself from getting a 1 star for plot is that it doesn't drag it out with infinitely many long, tedious fight scenes like many anime would. A definite plus.
The character development and interactions are however where the anime shines. It takes nearly no time at all to get an idea of what the characters are like, a few of their flaws, motivations, etc. they behave in a realistic manner for their situation, have believable personalities and do sort of realistic things. Very nicely done.
Animation is a bit above average, but has no remarkable features. There aren't any body parts/environments that look wierd, which is something that many have at least once, but so far there's nothing that shows that. Choice of title screen background and some of the 3D effects in there just look bad and irritate me every time I see them. The first person sections are well done though, and add a nice touch to the show.
While the story is unremarkable, it is reasonably unusual to find a story like this outside of a book. It's almost worth watching for that reason alone. Otherwise, the characters are well made, a few humourous elements, no long, drawn-out fight scenes which could easily have been included just to fill the episode. It's fairly entertaining. Again, only drawback is the unimaginative plot.
This is probably worth a watch, especially if you aren't familiar with VR based stories.
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13 out of 14 people found this review helpful.
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