Anime: Sword Art Online

Sword Art Online

  The anime Sword Art Online (Japanese: ソードアート・オンライン) is an adaptation of Japanese Light Novel series that published by Dengeki Bunko on April 2009. The novel was written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec. Initially, novel of Sword Art Online was written in order to participate Dengeki Game Novel Prize competition in 2002, however the article was too long and unable to submit the article for competition. His article was published as web novel under his pseudonym， Fumio Kunori in the between of November 2002 to July 2008. The anime has been announced on October 2011 and released on July 2012.

Sword Art Online

  In 2022, a game that controlled by Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online (SAO) is created by Akihiko Kayaba. Due to the wearing of NERvGear, a helmet that directly connect to humans brain and send virtual signal to other sense that generate mainframe cyberspace for human taking action and behaviour while playing SAO. By connecting to mainframe cyberspace, their body will not responded in real life no matter how they perform variety actions in the game. 

NERvGear

  After the release of SAO, 10000 players log in to their first trying in SAO, however the players realized they are unable to log out SAO after testing it. They think that only system is temporarily wrong and gather together for waiting instruction. However, the creator of "Sword Art Online" Akihiko Kayaba noticed there is no failure of system and informed all players the new rules of the game. The player who wish to be free from SAO must defeat monsters until 100 floors in Aincard, the players who try to take off NERvGear will immediately damage by the high frequency microwave and caused death. Because of the impact of fear, the number of players’ death in SAO are more than 2000 peoples in the first few months. But the players finally know how they can survive in the different world. Two years later, there are more than 6,000 players are still survive in SAO.

Akihiko Kayaba

  One of the players Kazuto Kirigaya (Kirito) has defeated the monster in 74 levels. After he defeat the Boss of 74 levels Gleam Eyes and saved his party, he realized that the real identity for guild leader of Knights of the Blood Oath (血盟騎士団 Ketsumei Kishidan) Heathcliff was the creator of SAO, Akihiko Kayaba.

Kirito vs. Gleam Eyes

Character:

  Kazuto Kirigaya (Japanese: 桐ヶ谷 和人，Kirigaya Kazuto) is a serious online gamer. He has a superior reflection of the nerve and insight. Because the full stealth of the official version of SAO, he was involved in the death of the game. As a beginning, he involved into variety of virtual world events.

Weapon:Elucidator（Japaneseエリュシデータ）,Dark Repulser（Japaneseダークリパルサーエ）

  Asuna Yuki (Japanese:結城 明日奈 ,Yūki Asuna) curious about SAO and borrow her brother's NERvGear to play SAO's online game and even directly named her character with her real name to take the game. She felt fear and anxiety and not sleepy after involved in the death of the game. However, she changes her mind after she know Kirito that "live" in SAO and she try to open her heart to Kirito.

Reason I watch this Anime:

  I watch this anime when SAO 2 were released, I was suggested by my friend to watch it and the main reason attracted me for watching Sword Art Online is their plot and character that unique and determined to survive. In my opinion, Sword Art Online is an interest anime with plot that directly related with virtual reality technology and combine with online games that attracted teenagers. Most of the players enjoy while playing SAO initially, but they kept suffered and nervous in the virtual world after them facing the death game in SAO. How they survive in this virtual world through upgrade their weapon and their skills is an interest point for me. Thank you for reading!   

Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJBL--EwR7A