Sword Art Online

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Synonyms: S.A.O, SAO
Japanese: ソードアート・オンライン
English: Sword Art Online
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Type: TV
Episodes: 25
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 8, 2012 to Dec 23, 2012
Premiered: Summer 2012
Broadcast: Sundays at 00:00 (JST)
Licensors: Aniplex of America
Studios: A-1 Pictures
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, FantasyFantasy, RomanceRomance
Themes: Love PolygonLove Polygon, Video GameVideo Game
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.211 (scored by 21557632,155,763 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #31752
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #5
Members: 3,084,597
Favorites: 68,664

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Animeby kleinisdaddy

50 Entries · Jan 7, 8:54 PM

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Animeby bolakabuto666

This list contains all those anime that have been dubbed into Latin Spanish from each available decade.

2010: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40854
2011: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40856
2013: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40859
2014: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40860
2015: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40862
2016: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40864
2017: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40865
2018 (1/2): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40867
2018 (2/2): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40868
2019 (1/2): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40869
2019 (2/2): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40870

33 Entries · Jan 25, 4:53 PM

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This list is taken by the following twitter account: @JoseLuisUsme
No movies.
No corean or chinese productions.
Its not a top, all animes are indispensable.
Sipnosis are taken by sites like wikipedia.
I will add some little coments using parenthesis.

20 Entries · Jan 11, 8:05 PM

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Animeby KirbyCoded

Anime with the biggest, most impactful fandoms.

Rules are:
1.) It must have been wildly impactful to fandom culture, not just impactful to anime.
2.) It has to be specifically an anime fandom, adaptations of anything outside manga and light novels are only allowed if the anime is its own thing.
3.) Finally, if a spin-off, second season, sequel series, remake, etc. is more popular and impactful than the original, it will be added instead (e.g. Dragon Ball Z over Dragon Ball)

Everything is listed in release order.

44 Entries · Jan 28, 10:58 AM

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Anime was garnering attention during these times but you were still seen as a weirdo for liking it. AMV, nightcore, and middle school edginess galore.

There are a lot more not on this list as well

50 Entries · Feb 19, 8:40 AM

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Animeby ratliker63

A sister list of https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35061 to show which anime were in the top 20 most popular. Description will have the day they first entered along with what score and its highest popularity ranking. I will not be including its highest member count since that will increase every day, you can just see it by clicking on the link to its MAL page. By its nature, the Top 10 doesn't change very much, especially when compared to the highest rated anime. So for the sake of filling out the list, I will include up to the 20th spot along with all anime that hit the 2 million member milestone, though that won't come into play until the second half of the list.
Found with the Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org/), with the earliest crawl being on July 4, 2007.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41827
For anime that were in the Top 10 Highest rated: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35061

50 Entries · Feb 25, 2:49 PM

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Animeby Pixelbuddha

Animes where the ending is just bad, or where the start was promising but in the end it just couldnt deliver.

Be it plotholes, poorly forced plottwists, or just missing logic or pacing in general.

Here we have the classical rushed endings, going for shock value instead of good writing and stupid tropes that got "subverted masterfully" (is what the author probably thought).


TLDR: Yikes

10 Entries · Jan 29, 5:53 PM

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Newly released & mentionable titles aired in 2012. Sequels, spin-offs, OVAs, and related movies are not included.

16 Entries · Feb 1, 6:32 AM

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This stack will have all anime series that stars a character with at least 10,000 favorites, starting from the top. Description will list all characters from that series that fit the criteria and an estimated favorites count. To see a current favorite count, you'll have to follow the link to the series and then go to the character page. I'll also be putting a star ⭐ next to a character if they're one of my personal favorites. I do wonder how many more characters would be on this list if there wasn't a default limit of 10 favorites per profile...

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/42550
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/42551

50 Entries · Feb 18, 4:26 PM

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Reincarnated into a video game world.
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Communicating to your video game.

36 Entries · Feb 15, 6:14 AM

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17 Entries · Apr 1, 4:17 PM

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New worlds, misteries, dunguons and many enemies to start off the spring with.
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Romance Edition: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/42949

28 Entries · Feb 18, 10:11 AM

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As we all know, the genre is oversaturated with low effort derivative garbage. I tried to select the best quality shows that rise above the average, or that are enjoyable to watch at the very least.

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42 Entries · Feb 21, 11:26 AM

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List of my favorite japanese animes of all time. I have tried to mix different genres and only included first seasons of the different animes. This was done in order to get maximum anime entries. Enjoy this list, countless hours of fun ahead of you. Maybe it leads to you, trying a different genre!

50 Entries · Mar 15, 2:52 PM

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Animeby weebtowns

These are the most entertaining, original and enjoyable Isekai-genre anime to watch or rewatch!

For most of these I recommend also watching all other seasons/movies from that series. I included two movies: No Game No Life: Zero, and Sword Art Online: Progressive, as I believe they are good enough to recommend even if you do not wish to watch the main series they belong to.

The series are arranged in order from my personal favourite.

There are some underrated too.

27 Entries · Mar 22, 11:54 PM

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These are anime with the most intense fights, duels, explosions, and amazingly choreographed battles.

For most of these I recommend also watching all other seasons/movies from that series.

The series are arranged in order from my personal favourite.

Honourable Mentions:
* Fire Force
* Mashle
* Demon Slayer
* The rising of the shield hero
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* The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
* The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World
* Chivalry of a Failed Knight
* Karakuri Circus
* Digimon Adventure
* Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious
* Danmachi
* The God of High SChool
* Lookism
* How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
* Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
* Cardfight!! Vanguard
* Devilman: Crybaby
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* The Eminence in Shadow
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* Rage of Bahamut: Genesis
* Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
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50 Entries · Mar 23, 5:20 AM

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