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
Source: Light novel
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 21503032,150,303 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #35792
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #5
Members: 3,075,882
Favorites: 68,658

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Anything with visually appealing art that makes you go stunned and will make you never want to look away from that scenery, and can be used as your background wallpaper.

36 Entries · Aug 3, 2022 9:45 AM

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Animeby otophile

There will be times that I want to watch the next episode but as soon as the op/ed played, I'll vibe to it first. If the anime has more than 1 op/ed, I'll put the specific song/s that I liked in the description. Also, these are all based on my personal taste in music ^^

37 Entries · May 24, 2022 5:21 AM

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Animeby Brunko

Isekai is the best.

7 Entries · May 26, 2022 8:43 AM

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Animeby FrostedShiro

5 Entries · May 26, 2022 3:27 PM

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Animeby AnimeGeister

I cant believe i have the insanity to watch all of the entries of SAO.Welp if you would like to check out SAO heres the basic ones that you need to watch or not.I do not hate SAO but it does have a lot of hot garbage problems.

7 Entries · May 29, 2022 5:43 AM

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Animeby NextUniverse

Was looking at some fan art one day and it came to my attention that fanart (and very good fanart) is an extremely good indicator of how important an anime is. So taking away the fanart factor from this list. Here is a list of very important anime.

This list is based on many objective factors.

Log:
30/05/2022
Removed:
- Hongse Jiangshan: Huangma Fenghuo; Jingzhong Baoguo - not very important.
- Haikyuu!! - whilst there are indeed hot boys, it has come to my attention that many anime are similar (with whole genres too). Even if this was hyped by normies.
Added:
- SAO, Fate/stay night, Ling Feng Zhe

49 Entries · May 30, 2022 8:51 AM

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Animeby nightjasmine

⏮ ⏪ ⏸ ▶️ ⏩ ⏭

❗️A collection of some of the most popular/talked about shounen anime 💯

40 Entries · Mar 29, 2023 5:26 PM

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Animeby RokkanShojo

enemies to allies troupe


updated up to Spring 22

26 Entries · Jun 4, 2022 6:19 AM

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Animeby Order-Sol

A list of amines that have video games. Focusing on one's who had video games first or got one early in the series.

41 Entries · May 31, 2022 12:02 PM

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Animeby NextUniverse

Yes, there is something of a MAL equivalent in Japan.

Anikore summary:
"あにこれβはおすすめアニメ動画を成分タグ・ランキング・レビュー感想や放送時期でさがせるアニメ評価サイト。参加するとアニメ動画をコレクションできるアニメ棚がもらえるぞ。あにこれβで今すぐアニメを棚で管理!おすすめアニメ動画をみんなで教えあおう!"
(More: https://www.anikore.jp/what/)

There's a lot I'd love to know about the site (and share with you) but I cannot understand everything on there and the site doesn't seem to have a Wikipedia page which is wild.

Anyway, here is Anikore's top 50 anime based on score ranking. If you would like to see a stack for 50-100, do ask.

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Notes:
- All top 50 have very high scores (like all of them are 9X.X/100), whether they are as good as the score indicates is another story.
- This stack is in the same order as Anikore's order.
- "Hyouka" is in joint 49th place with "Sword Art Online" and "K-On" but landed on page 3.

Links:
https://www.anikore.jp/pop_ranking/
https://www.anikore.jp/pop_ranking/page:2 - requires account

50 Entries · Jul 27, 2022 5:17 PM

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Animeby _Tamasha_

//List of shows that (to my knowledge) have an italian dub

Lista di tutti i titoli che trovo doppiati in italiano.
Per risparmiare spazio metterò solo la prima stagione e specificherò nella descrizione se delle eventuali stagioni successive sono state doppiate.

//dubito di riuscire a includerli tutti, quindi includerei solo quelli nella mia anime list, ci proviamo insomma, faccio del mio meglio//

50 Entries · Dec 18, 2023 2:13 PM

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Animeby Yukinekin

OP MC for when you almost always want your protagonist to win. Some are action anime while some are or less slice of life but the protag is OP

16 Entries · Jun 9, 2022 12:03 PM

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Animeby Molangao

From fantasy to just shooting

34 Entries · Oct 11, 2022 6:04 PM

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A collection of anime with overpowered main characters, either in relation to physically / magically or to their extreme talent in tactics (e.g. always multiple steps ahead of the enemy, knowing their next move, etc)

For anime with multiple seasons, only the first season is included in this list.

Note: this list only includes anime that I have personally watched or read the manga of.

Derivatives of this list:
Isekai Anime with OP MC - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30347
Anime with an OP MC who hides their powers - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30348

44 Entries · May 13, 12:55 PM

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Animeby User-Name

A comprehensive watch order of the Sword Art Online series, which includes every entry of the Sword Art Online franchise.
Original Guide: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1867530

AEGC Interest Stack index: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2017008

22 Entries · Jun 15, 2022 9:42 AM

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Animeby Chiorashi

This is a part of a series of stacks that are about artistic tendencies in anime (and that border the fine line between sophisticated and pretentious).

This stack is a work in progress.

Bibliography:
Morrissy, Kim. “Mushoku Tensei Is Not the Pioneer of Isekai Web Novels, But...” Anime News Network. 19 March 2021.
NineOuh. “What's the Point of Isekai? The Cultural Implications of the Genre.” Anime News Network. 21 August 2020.
Pause and Select. “Talking to a Private Isekai Author.” Patreon. 9 maart 2020.
Tagliamonte, Giovanni and Yaochong Yang. “Isekai: Tracing Interactive Control In Non-Interactive Media.” Paratextualizing Games Investigations on the Paraphernalia and Peripheries of Play. Eds. Benjamin Beil, Gundolf S. Freyermuth and Hanns Christian Schmidt. Bielefeld: transcript, 2021. 347-359.

36 Entries · Feb 19, 2023 1:06 PM

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Animeby dietapple

24 Entries · Dec 4, 2022 9:21 PM

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Some anime which may have an unexpected or emotional scene to it that may make you want to cry or feel empty inside. This list includes less romantic (although there still are some), but more of a platonic love tearjerkers as a whole. This list includes no side stories.


Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/4747

Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/11198

50 Entries · Apr 4, 2023 3:37 PM

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Quality fantasy shows that aren't isekai, where the mc doesn't reincarnate, or virtual reality shows such as SAO.

50 Entries · Jun 24, 2022 8:34 AM

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