So first of all lets get on the story, the story in my opinion was okay, no, no, close to decent. In the beginning, I thought the pacing was alright but I do think that at parts of the show it is very rushed, and boring. I understand that the anime bases off from the light novel. But heck even the light novel's pacing was better than this, and the light novel actually is in depth! But at times of the show you feel like you are actually in the character's shoes so I thought that was great how they did Kirito's thoughts. I give this anime's story score a 6, the pacing brought it down so much and I really dislike two arc animes. If you would like a story summary go to this link- http://myanimelist.net/anime/11757/Sword_Art_Online
Now lets get on to the art, I think the art does not need really much explaining, as the makers of this anime did a fantastic job with the animation and everything. Because of the animation and how epic it was I really think that this is one of SAO (Sword Art Online) most strongest points. I give this a solid 10. If you don't believe me go onto YouTube and search up a fight scene. :D
We're on the sound, I'm not the best at sound but by my experiences I think they did a good job on the dub and the sub. The lip-sync was great and the swords clashing together was great. I give this an 8.
It's time for talking about the characters, here are the characters you really need to know about... Kirito and Asuna. That's it. No Liz, no Yui, no anything but if you talk about the second Arc thats a whole different thing but lets not talk about that, sadly, I do not wanna review that part and if I did this anime would get a 2. Okay, anyway, back on track. The characters are funny and I love their personalities, but, BUT, after a bit the characters turn into pussies. For example, Kirito is scared of a huge fish? Like WTF. I give this section a 7.
Personal Enjoyment, you don't have to know much about this part, all of the bad parts aside... I actually really enjoyed this show, I mean if you don't believe me, look in my rewatches of this. :P
The anime may be horrible at points but I think it is also really good but I think the major things, Story, and Character (kinda). Should have been more thought out all of that aside this is still a very good anime and I think you should actually check it out! My overall score will have to be... a solid 8! Thank you all for reading my review and stay tuned for my next ones!
