Series

Sword Art Online 2012

  • Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
  • 24 min episodes
  • 4 seasons
  • 96 episodes
  • Ended
  • TV-MA

Blurring the line between the virtual and the real.

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...

AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventurevideo gameartificial intelligence (a.i.)based on novel or bookmagicfairytraumavirtual realityfriendshipsword fightromancesurvivalgameGunma TV, Tokyo MX, tvk, BS11, Tochigi TV

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