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| None here yet... can't wait :D |
| You couldn't have possibly seen the episode because it didn't air even in Japan yet. Proof: http://countdown.mandragon.info/ -.-" |
| The truth is... I do not now the truth, only the pretty lies!!! English is not my first language so I'm sorry for my mistakes and I hope you understood what I wanted so say. ^^ |
| pre-screening got leaked? |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
cant find it anywhere on the net please post the link if you have it |
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stronghold1135 said: cant find it anywhere on the net please post the link if you have it Dude he's lying, he just wanted to start the thread. It's not like we don't already know what it is, though Training alone -> flashback -> training with Chine -> big announcement in town square -> episode ends |
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| IT'S AIRING NOW! My proof is the opening in the following spoiler Apart from that I shall start what really blew me off hard. The first thing is him in the following,  Along with the spoiler What came even more shocking is in the spoiler About the beginning, it was great in the spoiler About Cline’s field practice, quite nice for moves in the spoiler About Cline’s hand shake, well that part in the spoiler About SHIT HITS THE FANS! Yeah that was quite the shocker in the spoiler About the girls, for one Rika "Liz, Lizbeth" Shinozaki in the spoiler This girl in the spoiler About thee end, nice leaving off with Cline and Kazuto in the spoiler About OP/ED? (which one exactly?) the most that pleases me is the following,  Now that is nice of Kazuto along with the spoiler The other element I like is how Yuuki Asuna, whom I claim already for myself no matter who else does and the other girl in the spoiler
So this series will be kind of Bokurano meets virtual reality in where once the player’s HP are 0 they die IRL. I was axing more the art being kind of like Valkyria Chronicles but alas not quite. Still strong 8/10 to start from me. BTW The End pic in the spoiler |
Yumekichi11Jul 7, 2012 9:16 AM
| Feels so bad not being able to watch this one live ._. Damn Tokyo MX, it should be public property. |
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| lol at the scene where the girl is revealed to be a guy. Well, this should be interesting. |
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Oosran said: Feels so bad not being able to watch this one live ._. Damn Tokyo MX, it should be public property. I know the feel, I don't even know if I"ll be able to watch it before I have to go. ;_; |
| Well, I don't wanna be that guy, but after what they did to accel world, I'm not really all that excited for this adaptation. |
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| quite a nice episode >.<b |
tzukimata said: Nice. the subs are out... that was fast That's because CR is showing it. It was okay. The creator of this game is kind of a dick. |
| nice episode... cant believe its already 72 on top anime list |
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| SUCH an amazing episode o_O That scientist is a nut.... |
| Ah, finally got to watch it. And it's more or less just how I expected it to be. Fantastic. I'm going to love this show. Also, OP's great. Thinking they might go a bit too far by the next episode, but the pacing in this episode was great. Edit: On another note, I just realized something. Sword Art Online ruined my gaming life. It's more or less impossible to enjoy even the greatest of games when it's nowhere near the experience you'd get by playing SAO. I so want a game like that. If only I was born in the early 21st century instead of the late 20th century. Oh well, just another 10 years to go! |
OosranJul 8, 2012 6:20 AM
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| omg i like it :| no srsly i wanna play it :| <333 i know it's novel but i wanna know if there's ps3 or xbox ver of this game cuz it seems soooo addicting *__* back to the actual episode lol i didn't expect much of this anime or the whole season tbh but it's actually so good! 5\5 |
| Ugh hopefully it doesn't suck. Watched it, ridiculously faithful. I have high hopes for this; check the entry for more information, but it really should be great. As long as shit is adapted the way it was presented, faithfully and well, it'll be a great watch. |
mdzJul 8, 2012 1:50 AM
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| wow i loved the twist. and anime about mmo? thats liek made for me! very hyped for this one |
| Great stuff for an intro. Can't wait for the feeling of isolation and despair. Or PLEASE DO THE SIDE STORIES! |
Oosran said: I know but do know I got myself lots of troubles to get Japanese friends on average so it's a bliss to get back in contact with one of them in Japan. I did not even know he was anime person. He is saying quite a lot excitement in Japan over this. Especially the concept that GAMES KILL and to think twice before you forget IRL shit and die of it such as bathroom or eating. Feels so bad not being able to watch this one live ._. Damn Tokyo MX, it should be public property. This anime might instate paranoia or make some people stop playing games but that's of course a minority, however I get the impression it might create some paranoia about VR games maybe. prismheart said: OH YEAH! My life for this shit? PLEASE! Never! I would certainly not like to be killed and find out I am dead IRL. So mindfuck it's amazing.tzukimata said: Nice. the subs are out... that was fast That's because CR is showing it. It was okay. The creator of this game is kind of a dick. Oosran said: OH OOSRAN????? I hear you! Glad you approve of this setting and art. A, finally got to watch it. And it's more or less just how I expected it to be. Fantastic. I'm going to love this show. Also, OP's great. Though I can't say I expected them to go that far by the next episode. Now a word from you, how do you think the voices and pacing is so far? BTW I wonder who gave it 1/5. Certainly this does not deserve that rating. |
| started off pretty strong. was rahter tense and dark i found it. obviously wont see them climb 100 floors in 12 eps ( i assume, hope for more) |
Dont bother replying to my posts in forums, dont check them afterwards. |
| Was everything I could've asked for! Can't wait for the next episode! Someone lend me a time machine? |
| God this was just epic. The atmosphere and art was so delicious! Seems like this will be a very good show, if this keeps up, can't wait for some action and stuff! |
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| I am already in love with this series. The art and setting was beautiful. Man I wish it was next week already. |
| ❑ Single ❑ Taken ✔ Mentally dating a character that doesn't actually exist |
| That was pretty fucking amazing. The level of drama felt just right, I was a little afraid it was gonna be way overdone. |
Yumekichi11 said: Lately, I've been listening in on Sword Art On-Air (the online radio show with Tomatsu Haruka and Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, the two main characters' voice actors), so I've quite gotten used to those two, and I think they can both do a pretty good job for their characters in SAO.Oosran said: OH OOSRAN????? I hear you! Glad you approve of this setting and art. A, finally got to watch it. And it's more or less just how I expected it to be. Fantastic. I'm going to love this show. Also, OP's great. Though I can't say I expected them to go that far by the next episode. Now a word from you, how do you think the voices and pacing is so far? As for the other VAs, I haven't really heard much from them, except for the "bigger" ones. Thinking Hidaka Rina for Silica is a pretty good choice, and Takagaki Ayahi for Liz is also a pretty good choice. I think Itou Kanae and Hayami Saori will do their characters good enough. As for the rest, only time will tell. Oh and, about the pacing, first episode covered just as much as I thought it would, which is good. Next episode might cover a bit too much though, according to the preview. Depending on how they go about it, that is. |
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 Well, well, this highly anticipated and overrated series is here. I guess it does live up to the hype and what not. Two of the main characters are introduced in this episode revolving around the world of SAO. A certain someone decides to put the players to test in the world and have them "complete" the game to ensure their lives will be spared. So, far I liked this episode tbh. It has glorious animation, soundtrack courtesy of Yuki Kajiura, and an interesting concept. Asuna (the main heroine) of the series does not make an appearance in this episode so that was sort of a disappointment. But regardless, this series does live up to the hype imo and should be a good watch for this summer. |
Stark700Jul 7, 2012 10:20 AM
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| The episode was fantastic, more than i had expected. Great Visuals, Animation, Voice Actors and Music. Characters are really good, too, Kazuto who analizeshow to survive and Klein/Cline who wants to help his friends. The way they "showed" the deaths of the players was imo well done, especially the name which is below Kazuto´s gets crossed-out gave me some wierd feelings. Possibly the show of the season for me if it maintains this quality. Also i can´t wait to see Asuna. 5/5 |
Oosran said: I see and I agree with you fully. Yumekichi11 said: Lately, I've been listening in on Sword Art On-Air (the online radio show with Tomatsu Haruka and Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, the two main characters' voice actors), so I've quite gotten used to those two, and I think they can both do a pretty good job for their characters in SAO.Oosran said: OH OOSRAN????? I hear you! Glad you approve of this setting and art. A, finally got to watch it. And it's more or less just how I expected it to be. Fantastic. I'm going to love this show. Also, OP's great. Though I can't say I expected them to go that far by the next episode. Now a word from you, how do you think the voices and pacing is so far? As for the other VAs, I haven't really heard much from them, except for the "bigger" ones. Thinking Hidaka Rina for Silica is a pretty good choice, and Takagaki Ayahi for Liz is also a pretty good choice. I think Itou Kanae and Hayami Saori will do their characters good enough. As for the rest, only time will tell. Oh and, about the pacing, first episode covered just as much as I thought it would, which is good. Next episode might cover a bit too much though, according to the preview. Depending on how they go about it, that is. Now about the next episode and future one, think you can give this community along with some other buddies the lowdown on the LN and parts skipped. The community did a splendid job might I add on Fate Zero. So I am thinking they will in this series. Now is there any info we should have gotten that was not present in this episode? That's what I am more eager to find out. Time is short on me so I don't think I can read LN, I however would not mind reading short passages here from what was missed out. I am very aware that time constraints are always A BITCH in animes so I assume skipped stuff to occur. |
| Anyone noticed how they re-characterized Kirito? In the LN he just went along with the flow, where in this he screams "Im going to survive!". I think, coupled with the fact they didn't mention that one person beating the game saves them all, do you thin they might be going with a individualistic thing or whatnot? Also, I always wondered from when I read the LN, why don't they just arrest the creator? I mean, everyone knows who he is, its 2022 so forensic technology is pretty far ahead, so they could just force him to free everyone. I'm sure 10000 hostages is reason enough right? |
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| Wow, probably the best first episode I've seen for this summer - I can already tell I'm going to love this (as a huge mmorpg-fan xD). I preferred Kirito's other look, but I think I'll get used to it fast. Yuki Kajiura does a great job with the music (as expected) and the director seems to know what he's doing, too. |
| So far so good. The first episode was very well done and followed the LN very closely, in fact I think the entire first chapter was completely animated without skipping anything. If this was to follow the LN exactly then next episode would start at 2 years later and we would about 6-7 episodes until the end of the volume. But something tells me that it'll go in chronological order with all the SS and the main story. After seeing the beginning of the episode and knowing that Lyfa is cast, I'm definitely convinced that they'll be stretching this series out so that it'll be only the SS and Volume 1. That doesn't sit well with me, but I'm hoping my bad feeling is wrong. Rabadash said: Anyone noticed how they re-characterized Kirito? In the LN he just went along with the flow, where in this he screams "Im going to survive!". I think, coupled with the fact they didn't mention that one person beating the game saves them all, do you thin they might be going with a individualistic thing or whatnot? Also, I always wondered from when I read the LN, why don't they just arrest the creator? I mean, everyone knows who he is, its 2022 so forensic technology is pretty far ahead, so they could just force him to free everyone. I'm sure 10000 hostages is reason enough right? In the Novels they mentioned briefly at the end of Volume four that the reason he wasn't arrested was because |
Firestalker5Jul 7, 2012 9:57 AM
| Yes, everything more or less that I expected was here. The atmosphere, the music, the acting. Very very nice. And the OP is amazing as well. So far it covered more or less what I expected of the first episode. Though next episode will likely be the start of the Aria SS. I wanted to see the First Day SS animated though but oh well No Coper then. Really hope they don't rush it. I wanna see Argo D: |
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Rabadash said: Wasn't that because he went into hiding in some cottage somewhere or something like that?Also, I always wondered from when I read the LN, why don't they just arrest the creator? I mean, everyone knows who he is, its 2022 so forensic technology is pretty far ahead, so they could just force him to free everyone. I'm sure 10000 hostages is reason enough right? |
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Oosran said: Rabadash said: Wasn't that because he went into hiding in some cottage somewhere or something like that?Also, I always wondered from when I read the LN, why don't they just arrest the creator? I mean, everyone knows who he is, its 2022 so forensic technology is pretty far ahead, so they could just force him to free everyone. I'm sure 10000 hostages is reason enough right? That's why I said that its 2022, you'd think that they would be able to find him. The satellites we have now can find people based on their faces in some cave in the middle of nowhere, so why is it so hard to find a celebrity? |
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Rabadash said: Oosran said: Rabadash said: Wasn't that because he went into hiding in some cottage somewhere or something like that?Also, I always wondered from when I read the LN, why don't they just arrest the creator? I mean, everyone knows who he is, its 2022 so forensic technology is pretty far ahead, so they could just force him to free everyone. I'm sure 10000 hostages is reason enough right? That's why I said that its 2022, you'd think that they would be able to find him. The satellites we have now can find people based on their faces in some cave in the middle of nowhere, so why is it so hard to find a celebrity? In the Novels they mentioned briefly at the end of Volume four that the reason he wasn't arrested was because |
| wow could be one of the best anime in a while. Hope it actually is as good as i think it will be |
| Interesting. There's a problem, which cannot log out. Master of the game called every gamers to say about log out thing, which related to the incident. To get out from the game, they need to clear all the levels of the game. Then they got into the form from their real life. So this begins the real SAO. So the game owner was created by the scientist who wants to prove that game is not for fun. The "friend" separated, and the main guy goes alone. He's strong and wants to survive in this world. OP (ED for ep.1 is awesome). Wow, lots of gamers got killed at the beginning of game. |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
Rabadash said: Someone who created the Nerve Gear and a VR game that completely revolutionized the gaming and computer industry in 2022. He planned all of this to create the world of Aincrad, down to the very last detail. Surely he has countermeasures against those tricks so that he can continue this game.Oosran said: Rabadash said: Wasn't that because he went into hiding in some cottage somewhere or something like that?Also, I always wondered from when I read the LN, why don't they just arrest the creator? I mean, everyone knows who he is, its 2022 so forensic technology is pretty far ahead, so they could just force him to free everyone. I'm sure 10000 hostages is reason enough right? That's why I said that its 2022, you'd think that they would be able to find him. The satellites we have now can find people based on their faces in some cave in the middle of nowhere, so why is it so hard to find a celebrity? |
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Jordan_ said: I'm confused, can someone explain how can they continue playing without food/water and sleep(considering that things continue how they are going)? Is it now what you eat and drink in game affects you in real life? It's only the first episode, they explain things a little more as the story goes on, but basically they all get transferred to the hospital and they are given nutrients through an IV. The food in game can take care of the FEELING of hunger but the IV gives them the nutrients they need. They are also give tubes for their waste, but other that they are pretty much at the mercy of the game. They can sleep in game and feel rested for the most part... and they can even bathe, though it's nothing like a real bath. |
Jordan_ said: Well they left out that detail in this episode and I'm sure next episode will fill that up but basically, Kayaba had given the world two hours to have the players transported to a hospital so that they can be monitored. They will be forced-fed the nutritions they will need to live. The players though in the game will feel some virtual hunger so they need to eat virtual food there. That's why Kirito said that Klein's hunger will only disappear in the game. I'm confused, can someone explain how can they continue playing without food/water and sleep(considering that things continue how they are going)? Is it now what you eat and drink in game affects you in real life? For sleep, they can sleep in-game. |
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| This is even better than accel world.I am totally up for it. |
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belatkuro said: Rabadash said: Someone who created the Nerve Gear and a VR game that completely revolutionized the gaming and computer industry in 2022. He planned all of this to create the world of Aincrad, down to the very last detail. Surely he has countermeasures against those tricks so that he can continue this game.Oosran said: Rabadash said: Wasn't that because he went into hiding in some cottage somewhere or something like that?Also, I always wondered from when I read the LN, why don't they just arrest the creator? I mean, everyone knows who he is, its 2022 so forensic technology is pretty far ahead, so they could just force him to free everyone. I'm sure 10000 hostages is reason enough right? That's why I said that its 2022, you'd think that they would be able to find him. The satellites we have now can find people based on their faces in some cave in the middle of nowhere, so why is it so hard to find a celebrity? He has scientific countermeasures, what he doesnt have is legal countermeasures. No matter the ability of a single individual, theres no possible way he could he able to just flee into the japanese wilderness without 1: His company knowing where he is 2: His family 3: Real estate agents if he bought a cottage 4: The government if he left the country All would leave a paper trail. And even if he had assistants helping him, there are 10000 lives at stake, if they found 1 person who knew where he might be, he would certainly be interrogated or even tortured. I'm confused, can someone explain how can they continue playing without food/water and sleep(considering that things continue how they are going)? Is it now what you eat and drink in game affects you in real life? He says in the LN they must be eating through a tube in real life, although this is bullocks, because they cannot leave their computers. Theres no way they wheeled in 10000 machines into private households. |
SenzuraJul 7, 2012 10:19 AM
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| Pretty good first episode, I hope it lives to my expectations. Btw, that's hardcore gaming :P |
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