Sword Art Online (Anime)


 * -|Season 1=

is the anime adaptation of Reki Kawahara's light novel series of the same name. It was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired for 25 episodes between July and December 2012.

Synopsis
Ever since the release of the innovative NerveGear, gamers from all around the globe have been given the opportunity to experience a completely immersive virtual reality. Sword Art Online (SAO), one of the most recent games on the console, offers a gateway into the wondrous world of Aincrad, a vivid, medieval landscape where users can do anything within the limits of imagination. With the release of this worldwide sensation, gaming has never felt more lifelike.

However, the idyllic fantasy rapidly becomes a brutal nightmare when SAO's creator traps thousands of players inside the game. The "log-out" function has been removed, with the only method of escape involving beating all of Aincrad's one hundred increasingly difficult levels. Adding to the struggle, any in-game death becomes permanent, ending the player's life in the real world.

While Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya was fortunate enough to be a beta-tester for the game, he quickly finds that despite his advantages, he cannot overcome SAO's challenges alone. Teaming up with Asuna Yuuki and other talented players, Kirito makes an effort to face the seemingly insurmountable trials head-on. But with difficult bosses and threatening dark cults impeding his progress, Kirito finds that such tasks are much easier said than done.

Theme Songs
OPENING THEME:
 * crossing field by LiSA [Ep. 2-14]
 * INNOCENCE by Aoi Eir [Ep. 15-24]

ENDING THEME:
 * by Tomatsu Haruka [Ep. 2-14]
 * overfly by Haruna Luna [Ep. 15-24]
 * crossing field by LiSA [Ep. 25]

Characters & Cast

 * Kirigaya Kazuto / Kirito (VA: Matsuoka Yoshitsugu)
 * Yuuki Asuna / Asuna (VA: Tomatsu Haruka)
 * Kirigaya Suguha / Leafa (VA: Taketatsu Ayana)
 * Yui (VA: Itou Kanae)
 * Rika Shinozaki / Lisbeth (VA: Takagaki Ayahi)
 * Ayano Keiko / Silica (VA: Hidaka Rina)
 * Tsuboi Ryoutarou / Klein (VA: Hirata Hiroaki)
 * Andrew Gilbert Mills / Agil (VA: Yasumoto Hiroki)
 * Hosaka Tomo / Argo (VA: Izawa Shiori)

Episodes

 * -|Season 2=

is the second season of the anime adaptation of Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online light novel series. It was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired for 24 episodes between July and December 2014.

Synopsis
A year after escaping Sword Art Online, Kazuto Kirigaya has been settling back into the real world. However, his peace is short-lived as a new incident occurs in a game called Gun Gale Online, where a player by the name of Death Gun appears to be killing people in the real world by shooting them in-game. Approached by officials to assist in investigating the murders, Kazuto assumes his persona of Kirito once again and logs into Gun Gale Online, intent on stopping the killer.

Once inside, Kirito meets Sinon, a highly skilled sniper afflicted by a traumatic past. She is soon dragged in his chase after Death Gun, and together they enter the Bullet of Bullets, a tournament where their target is sure to appear. Uncertain of Death Gun's real powers, Kirito and Sinon race to stop him before he has the chance to claim another life. Not everything goes smoothly, however, as scars from the past impede their progress. In a high-stakes game where the next victim could easily be one of them, Kirito puts his life on the line in the virtual world once more.

Theme Songs
OPENING THEME:
 * IGNITE by Aoi Eir [Ep. 2-13]
 * courage by Tomatsu Haruka [Ep. 15-23]
 * by Tomatsu Haruka [Ep. 24]

ENDING THEME:
 * IGNITE by Aoi Eir [Ep. 1]
 * Startear by Haruna Luna [Ep. 2-14]
 * No More Time Machine by LiSA [Ep. 15-17]
 * by Tomatsu Haruka [Ep. 18-24]

Characters & Cast

 * Kirigaya Kazuto / Kirito (VA: Matsuoka Yoshitsugu)
 * Yuuki Asuna / Asuna (VA: Tomatsu Haruka)
 * Kirigaya Suguha / Leafa (VA: Taketatsu Ayana)
 * Asada Shino / Sinon (VA: Sawashiro Miyuki)
 * Yui (VA: Itou Kanae)
 * Rika Shinozaki / Lisbeth (VA: Takagaki Ayahi)
 * Ayano Keiko / Silica (VA: Hidaka Rina)
 * Tsuboi Ryoutarou / Klein (VA: Hirata Hiroaki)
 * Andrew Gilbert Mills / Agil (VA: Yasumoto Hiroki)
 * Konno Yuuki / Yuuki (VA: Yuuki Aoi)

Episodes

 * -|Alicization=

is the first part of the third season of the anime adaptation of Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online light novel series. It was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired for 24 episodes between October 2018 and March 2019.

Synopsis
The Soul Translator is a state-of-the-art full-dive interface which interacts with the user's Fluctlight—the technological equivalent of a human soul—and fundamentally differs from the orthodox method of sending signals to the brain. The private institute Rath aims to perfect their creation by enlisting the aid of Sword Art Online survivor Kazuto Kirigaya. He works there as a part-time employee to test the system's capabilities in the Underworld: the fantastical realm generated by the Soul Translator. As per the confidentiality contract, any memories created by the machine in the virtual world are wiped upon returning to the real world. Kazuto can only vaguely recall a single name, Alice, which provokes a sense of unease when mentioned in reality.

When Kazuto escorts Asuna Yuuki home one evening, they chance upon a familiar foe. Kazuto is mortally wounded in the ensuing fight and loses consciousness. When he comes to, he discovers that he has made a full-dive into the Underworld with seemingly no way to escape. He sets off on a quest, seeking a way back to the physical world once again.

Theme Songs
OPENING THEME:
 * ADAMAS by LiSA [Ep. 2-13]
 * RESISTER by ASCA [Ep. 14-22, 24]

ENDING THEME:
 * by Eir Aoi [Ep. 2-13]
 * forget-me-not by ReoNa [Ep. 14-18, 20-24]
 * by ReoNa [Ep. 19]

Characters & Cast

 * Kirigaya Kazuto / Kirito (VA: Matsuoka Yoshitsugu)
 * Yuuki Asuna / Asuna (VA: Tomatsu Haruka)
 * Alice Zuberg (VA: Kayano Ai)
 * Kirigaya Suguha / Leafa (VA: Taketatsu Ayana)
 * Asada Shino / Sinon (VA: Sawashiro Miyuki)
 * Eugeo (VA: Shimazaki Nobunaga)
 * Yui (VA: Itou Kanae)
 * Rika Shinozaki / Lisbeth (VA: Takagaki Ayahi)
 * Ayano Keiko / Silica (VA: Hidaka Rina)
 * Tsuboi Ryoutarou / Klein (VA: Hirata Hiroaki)
 * Andrew Gilbert Mills / Agil (VA: Yasumoto Hiroki)

Episodes

 * -|Alicization: War of Underworld=

is the second part of the third season of the anime adaptation of Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online light novel series. It was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired for 12 episodes between October and December 2019.

Synopsis
Despite the defeat of Quinella—the pontifex of the Axiom Church—things have not seemed to calm down yet. Upon contacting the real world, Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya finds out that the Ocean Turtle—a mega-float controlled by Rath—was raided. Due to a sudden short-circuit caused by the raiders, Kirito's fluctlight is damaged, leaving him comatose. Feeling insecure about the people at the Axiom Church, Alice brings the unconscious Kirito back to their hometown—Rulid Village, disregarding her banishment due to an unabsolved crime. Now, Alice is living an ordinary and peaceful life close by the village, wishing for Kirito to wake up.

However, tragedy strikes when Alice notices that the Dark Territory has already started to invade the Human Empire. Reassuming her previous alias, Alice Synthesis Thirty, she promises to defeat the Dark Territory in order to defend the world that Kirito and Eugeo worked so hard to protect.

Theme Songs
OPENING THEME:
 * Resolution by Tomatsu Haruka

ENDING THEME:
 * unlasting by LiSA

Characters & Cast

 * Kirigaya Kazuto / Kirito (VA: Matsuoka Yoshitsugu)
 * Yuuki Asuna / Asuna (VA: Tomatsu Haruka)
 * Alice Zuberg (VA: Kayano Ai)
 * Kirigaya Suguha / Leafa (VA: Taketatsu Ayana)
 * Asada Shino / Sinon (VA: Sawashiro Miyuki)
 * Eugeo (VA: Shimazaki Nobunaga)
 * Yui (VA: Itou Kanae)
 * Rika Shinozaki / Lisbeth (VA: Takagaki Ayahi)
 * Ayano Keiko / Silica (VA: Hidaka Rina)
 * Tsuboi Ryoutarou / Klein (VA: Hirata Hiroaki)
 * Andrew Gilbert Mills / Agil (VA: Yasumoto Hiroki)
 * Konno Yuuki / Yuuki (VA: Yuuki Aoi)
 * Hosaka Tomo / Argo (VA: Izawa Shiori)

Episodes

 * -|Alicization: War of Underworld Part 2=

is the third part of the third season of the anime adaptation of Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online light novel series. It was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired for 11 episodes between July and September 2020.

Synopsis
The final battle against the Dark Territory drags on, as players from all over the world flood the Underworld's servers and plunge the Human Empire into utter chaos. Asuna Yuuki and her friends defend their new allies with everything they have, but their numbers are falling. Meanwhile, Alice Zuberg heads toward the World's End Altar while Gabriel "Vecta" Miller relentlessly pursues her.

Meanwhile, members of Rath strategize a plan in an attempt to restore Kirito's damaged fluctlight. However, the intruders occupying the main control room have other plans. Surrounded by death and despair, when all hope seems to be lost, one voice reaches out to Kirito—a familiar one saying, "I will always be by your side."

Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld 2nd Season is the epic conclusion to Akihiko Kayaba's dream of creating artificial human intelligence. Now it is up to Kirito and his friends to protect this collapsing world from the people that still think it is just a game.

Theme Songs
OPENING THEME:
 * ANIMA by ReoNa [Ep. 1-10]

ENDING THEME:
 * I will... by Eir Aoi [Ep. 1-10]
 * ANIMA by ReoNa [Ep. 11]

Characters & Cast

 * Kirigaya Kazuto / Kirito (VA: Matsuoka Yoshitsugu)
 * Yuuki Asuna / Asuna (VA: Tomatsu Haruka)
 * Alice Zuberg (VA: Kayano Ai)
 * Kirigaya Suguha / Leafa (VA: Taketatsu Ayana)
 * Asada Shino / Sinon (VA: Sawashiro Miyuki)
 * Eugeo (VA: Shimazaki Nobunaga)
 * Yui (VA: Itou Kanae)
 * Rika Shinozaki / Lisbeth (VA: Takagaki Ayahi)
 * Ayano Keiko / Silica (VA: Hidaka Rina)
 * Tsuboi Ryoutarou / Klein (VA: Hirata Hiroaki)
 * Andrew Gilbert Mills / Agil (VA: Yasumoto Hiroki)
 * Konno Yuuki / Yuuki (VA: Yuuki Aoi)
 * Hosaka Tomo / Argo (VA: Izawa Shiori)