Anime ini berlatar di masa depan, ketika telah terciptanya suatu teknologi game masa depan (VRMMORPG) yang memungkinkan kesadaran pemainnya untuk dapat masuk ke dalam dunia virtual dengan menggunakan alat yang bernama Nerve Gear.
Sword Art Online sendiri merupakan salah satu game yang menggunakan teknologi tersebut.
Ceritanya berpusat pada seorang anak bernama Kirigaya Kazuto atau yang lebih dikenal dengan nickname Kirito, salah seorang pemain Sword Art Online.
Masalah mulai muncul ketika mereka yang tengah bermain game, tidak bisa log out begitu saja.
Sang pencipta permainan, Kayaba Akihiko ternyata merancang SAO sebagai sebuah game yang mengerikan, dimana pemain hanya bisa log out setelah mencapai lantai 100 dan mengalahkan bos terakhir.
Lebih mengerikannya lagi, Nerve Gear yang digunakan untuk bermain SAO telah dirancang agar jika para pemain mati dalam game, mereka juga akan mati di dunia nyata.
SAO pun menjadi sebuah game hidup mati yang mempertaruhkan nyawa para pemainnya.
Mengandalkan kisah petualangan sekaligus percintaan karakter di dalamnya, serial ini langsung melejit di kalangan animelover dalam maupun luar negeri Jepang.
Bahkan di beberapa situs anime, SAO ‘sempat’ mendapat rating yang cukup tinggi.
In the year 2022, virtual reality has progressed by leaps and bounds, and a massive online role-playing game called Sword Art Online (SAO) is launched. With the aid of "NerveGear" technology, players can control their avatars within the game using nothing but their own thoughts.
Kazuto Kirigaya, nicknamed "Kirito," is among the lucky few enthusiasts who get their hands on the first shipment of the game. He logs in to find himself, with ten-thousand others, in the scenic and elaborate world of Aincrad, one full of fantastic medieval weapons and gruesome monsters. However, in a cruel turn of events, the players soon realize they cannot log out; the game's creator has trapped them in his new world until they complete all one hundred levels of the game.
In order to escape Aincrad, Kirito will now have to interact and cooperate with his fellow players. Some are allies, while others are foes, like Asuna Yuuki, who commands the leading group attempting to escape from the ruthless game. To make matters worse, Sword Art Online is not all fun and games: if they die in Aincrad, they die in real life. Kirito must adapt to his new reality, fight for his survival, and hopefully break free from his virtual hell.
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Sword Art Online: Extra Edition
Yui wants to see a whale so Kirito suggests a quest where she can meet them. However, it turns out that Leafa cannot swim so Asuna and the other female characters decide to train Suguha in a real-world pool in preparation for the aforementioned quest. Meanwhile, Kirito meets a certain someone.
Sword Art Online II (Season 2)
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.
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