Sword Art Online

Name: Sword Art Online
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Released: 2012-07-08
Cast: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Hiroaki Hirata, Ai Kayano, Rina Hidaka

Original title: ソードアート・オンライン

“Blurring the line between the virtual and the real.”

2012 –2020
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Ended
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TV-MA

★ 8.1 TMDB Rating · 2.2K votes

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...

Seasons: 4
Episodes: 96
Episode length: ~24m
First aired: Jul 8, 2012
Networks: Gunma TV, Tokyo MX, tvk, BS11, Tochigi TV
Original language: Japanese
Origin: Japan

Cast of Sword Art Online

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)

Where to Stream Sword Art Online by Country

United States: Streaming on Hulu, CrunchyrollRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
United Kingdom: Streaming on CrunchyrollRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
India: Streaming on JioHotstar, Crunchyroll, SonyLIV
Canada: Streaming on CrunchyrollRent or buy on Apple TV Store
Australia: Streaming on CrunchyrollRent or buy on Apple TV Store

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Seasons

Specials

Oct 24, 2012

25 episodes
Sword Art Online

Jul 8, 2012

25 episodes

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...
Sword Art Online II

Jul 5, 2014

24 episodes

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.
Sword Art Online Alicization

Oct 7, 2018

24 episodes

Kirito awakens in a vast, fantastical forest filled with towering trees. In his search for clues to the truth of his surroundings, he encounters a young boy who seems to know him. He ought to be a simple NPC, but the depth of his emotions seem no different than a human. As they search for the boy's parents, Kirito finds a peculiar memory returning to him. A memory from his own childhood, of this boy and a girl, too, with golden hair, and a name he should have never forgotten—Alice.
Sword Art Online Alicization: War of Underworld

Oct 13, 2019

23 episodes

Time has passed since Kirito defeated the pontifex. While Bercoulli seeks to rebuild and bolster the defenses of the human lands in anticipation of an assault by the forces of darkness, Alice fears for the catatonic Kirito's safety and so relocates to a cabin near Rulid. She may not be accepted in the village, but at least she's near her sister Selka as she looks after Kirito. Though she feels that she cannot swing her sword anymore except to cut down trees, an attack on Rulid may force her to act anyway.