The story was acceptable with the video game aspect, as the synopsis says. That is how I thought the entire anime, but I was wrong half way through with the anime.
The art and sound were amazing. The animation was nice and crisp with normal scenes, but with the fight scenes the way they interpret the clashing of swords and such was better than most anime. Sometime the music showed more emotion than the actual characters.
At the start of SAO i was enjoying it quick well Kazuto (main character) was a geek as it appeared with him being a gamer and being antisocial. His character development was interesting, a good fighter but didn't know how to handle others. Asuna was a terrible heroin in my eyes. She tried to be the damsel in distress and a warrior at the same time, which can not work.
I enjoyed the first half of SAO, if this review was only on the first half it would be a higher score, but it isn't. The anime ended terribly and not how I wanted. There are things I would love to touch up on but I don't want to spoil anything. This was a huge disappointment, but as its over I find myself wanting more. I feel they should try to redeem themselves and release a second season. In the end Sword Art Online is getting an overall rating of 5.
