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Sep 24, 2012
Preliminary (12/25 eps)
This might sound random but before saying anything about the anime I would like to introduce myself. Now first of all I am an 18 year old boy, I normally spend my time drawing (not only manga but follow me here) and reading manga, watching anime. So I normally look for something to inspire me. Anyways what made me watch SAO. I hadn't started watching anything apart from One Piece and new Hunter X Hunter but I greadually found out how this new anime had turned so popular. I remembered reading the first chapter of the manga once but I was reluctant to continue. Anyways I was a sucker I decided to try out the anime. It sucked me in right from the begining. Now what makes Sao different.
I will try to do this in a spoiler free way. So where do I start. Well the story it's absolutely fascinating. I've somehow learned that what really sucks in viewers is when the anime is so close to their desires and still be realistic. I am not talking about harems or anything but the sole fact that the story does sound really possible in terms of technology. The way people talk about NPC and stuff make it sound strange but it somehow sounds realistic. I am also a sucker for another thing romance. Bah I don't know why but I like watching these kind of things and I hadn't done it a while. I only draw fighthing scenes and watched shonens till now it was really something I needed. But it was just too much it took me in right away and I watched every episode available in a day.
Anyways on to the characters. To be honest I think this is the main downfall of the anime. Not to mention the fact that it seemed a bit rushed. I mean in my opinion the episodes should be doubled (but let's expect 25 more eps in the future shall we). So the characters well they are how do I say we weren't given enough time to get accustomedto them. And I am talking not only about side characters but the main too. I think that in this situation more information should have been given about the main characters in total. But the whole thing just, as I said before, seemed rushed. I won't speak here anymore so that I don't start giving away spoilers.
The sound is top notch. I can say that the op is pretty much perfect. I don't listen to ed's and the battle music oh it reminds me of Final Fantasy actually. I somehow feel it suits an mmorpg game so it's pefect.
Enjoyment well I pretty much said it before but hell yeah this can keep me watching for hours.
Overall it deserves a 10 in my opinion. It's not the greatest anime of all time but it really is extraordinary compared to others. I would recommend this to anyone who likes (or at least doesn't hate) Romance.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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