Sword Art Online Episode 1

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Synonyms: S.A.O, SAO

Japanese: ソードアート・オンライン

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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)

Producers: Aniplex, Genco, DAX Production, ASCII Media Works, Bandai Namco Games

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: A-1 Pictures

Source: Light novel

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

Themes: Love Polygon, Video Game

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.21¹ (scored by 2,145,968 users)

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Ranked: #3265²

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Popularity: #5

Members: 3,069,016

Favorites: 68,591

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#1 - The World of Swords

Ken no Sekai (剣の世界)

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Duration: 00:24:00
Aired: Jul 8, 2012(JST)

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Synopsis

A virtual reality gaming system known as the "Nerve Gear" is finally released to the public alongside the world's first virtual reality game called "Sword Art Online" (SAO). Kirito, one of the game's beta-testers, logs-in to Aincrad, the world of SAO and quickly befriends novice player Klein, to whom he teaches the basics of the game. After a few hours, Kirito and Klein discover that they cannot log-out. Akihiko Kayaba, the game's creator, announces to the players that he intentionally removed the log-out option and told all player will die if the Nerve Gear is forcefully pull out or health bar is depleted to zero in the game itself, only way to escape is to beat and clear all 100 floors of Aincrad. If they die in the game, their real bodies will perish as well. (Source: Wikipedia)

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