For anyone who has ever player an MMORPG this anime is so familiar, they use all the terms you know from playing, guilds, Pking, PvP, NPC's, raids, quests, dungeons, xp you name it its all thrown in and explained as if you were in a game rather than in an anime world. Of course you are in an anime world and the game elements, though omnipresent, are still only a part of the experience. The story moves along at a brisk pace and you yearn for the next episode and as each episode ends on a glimmer of hope that the future is getting brighter, the end theme kicks in and it is perfect for that hopeful feeling, I am very much enjoying this anime as I seem to know all the game terms they throw out, it makes sense of the world in a way I can relate too. Any player of an MMO should feel right at home here and enjoy watching how the story evolves. (show less)

Here we go, my first review ever (this anime is just that good). As I type this right now, I've only just finished watching episode 8. That's right, I haven't even reached episode 10 yet! I've watched Sword Art Online, and I chose to watch this anime because I enjoyed SAO and I thought they would be quite similar. Surprisingly, it doesn't feel like one anime is copying the other. They have similarities sure, but they're both so different! I would definitely give this anime a try! :) There's a 2nd season airing at the moment as well; I can't wait to watch it! (show less)

... well ,maybe.

after seeing some people complain "zomfg it's a SAO clone!!!".
nope, it's not.
oh well, there are some similarities: players trapped in MMORPG... WAIT!
(attention minimal spoiler ahead....)
they THINK they are trapped within some game, but are they? another SAO comparsion: in SAO they KNOW that they're in the game. Log Horizon? they just wake up in some world they know from an MMORPG. thats all. no info if it's a game, if it's a different dimension, if it's just a coma-dream from one of the main chars.
ok, enough from SAO. let's talk about Log Horizon.

the main thing MMOers will love is the view to some "ingame-" interfaces, the pretty complex skill usage/control (compared to other similar shows), the party fights/interaction... the MMOgamer within me: like!

Graphics and sound are quite good, hope they don't tend to lower the quality of that after 100 or so episodes.

storyflow... well, at the first episodes you REALLY think it's some SAO clone. but when SAO stops being some "MMORPG-Show" to become a tragic love story, LogHorizon keeps it's roots. just the pace of the show might be a bit slow for some, even with some fast battles here and there. but you just can't stuff that much information into some fast paced shown and the information flow isn't that small.
thought it's more some likely serious show, it still has some pretty nice gags/running gags or funny moments.

after all: don't waste your time compare Log horizon with SAO. it's a complete different story with different characters. just the setting might show one or two similarities, but i guess it's not the first anime that has acoincidental a similar setting/charbuild/main char's name/job/gender. (it's like comparing Death note with Bleach "zomfg, a shinigami, death note is a bleach clone!!!111eoneone....") (show less)