I used to play an MMORPG and one of my friends there told me to watch this. At first I really loved it. You know the MMORPG thing was really exciting. But then I gave it some time and realized that it's not a "die for" anime like FMA Brotherhood or Fate/Zero. The animation is excellent, the story is fresh enough but the dialogues are poor and predictable. Where as the "Title" promises action but what it really delivers is GOOEY LOVE. The actions that actually appear are not hardcore. And the second season is a total "LAND SLIDE". Furthermore, if you're someone who has never played an MMORPG before, you won't understand many things shown here. So it's basically online gamers friendly. But on the happy note, the musics are good and the anime remained true to most of the original light novels. So I would neither encourage nor discourage you to watch this but what I can say is read the original light novels, they are are way more better than the anime. (show less)

The First 14 episodes were wonderful. Being an RPG fan myself , I damn well know how easily you can kick the bucket if you wonder into the wrong territory :P . That's what made this series so sublime. Being trapped in a game where your mind is the controller and sharing the same fate as your character is riveting. There are deaths that could make you weep and moments that make you smile, aaaand plot twisters. Then came the 2nd half of the series and it just ruined all that was good. The intensity was gone, a peeving lead character introduced and an anti-climatic ending compared to the first half. I would have been much more appeased if the series had ended at episode 14. Good Luck and Enjoy....the first half that is. (show less)

Sword Art Online took me by surprise to be honest. This was an anime that I had heard about and was going to get around to watching eventually. Im so glad that I went against that and watched it through and through. This is the kind of Anime i've been angling for for a little while now. I really admire they way that the relationship is built between Kirto and Asuna and how they stick together.

I wanted a lot from this anime and so far I've gotten just that. I've gotten what I came to expect from an anime that uses this kind of setting for a story and what a great setting it was too. This setting was intriguing and quite daring which is probably why I regard it as one of my favourites for this year alone. (show less)