Story: 7/10 Its good, but not completely original, i mean how many times have you seen a story about being trapped in a video game? Hell even Fairly odd parents went there when I was a kid. Yet, it does have some interesting ideas about the stress on humans in virtual reality, and i love how the world was made to look. People say this story is "deep" and pulls "heartstrings", but this simply isn't the case. Please if you want heartstrings to be pulled, watch Madoka Magica or Angel Beats, heck maybe even Clannad (if that's your thing). I just feel people like it and hate it for the wrong reasons.
Art: 8/10 Pretty Beautiful world and very smooth, probably best thing next to the music.
Sound:9/10 The music was amazing, but the sound effects needed some work. Kirito sounded like he had is yells taken for Legend of Zelda, and the slashes sometimes didn't sound very satisfying.
Character: 6/10 iafter episode 3 it looks like the Characters will be interesting, but nope. The only interesting Character really was Sachi or Heathcliff (wanted to know what he was thinking, but they didn't explain his reasons very well). Yet, the rest of the cast fell short. Asuna was a common tsundere, and Kirito your average male protagonist out to protect his girl on a quest. And everyone else is just there for the ride.
Enjoyment:8/10 Its a nerdy Guilty please that I still watch every week even though its not that good. Yet I light up with nerdy pleasure over the MMO aspects of this anime (Im sorry). it has some good fights, and the world is just plain beautiful(i loved the menus BTW). These are SAO's redeeming factors (IMO). Thus all in all SAO gets a...
7/10
