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- Jul 8, 201292% CONFIDENCEfrom myanimelist.net
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- Dec 23, 201292% CONFIDENCEfrom myanimelist.net
Sword Art Online Premieres
- 71%average
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- MyAnimeList7.23/10
A-1 Pictures' Sword Art Online begins broadcast, adapting Reki Kawahara's light novel series about players trapped inside a deadly virtual-reality MMORPG where death in the game means death in real life.
- A-1 Pictures adaptation of the light novel, 25 episodes aired Jul 8 to Dec 23, 2012, Sundays at 00:00 JST[1]
- After the NerveGear's release, players in the Aincrad-set game are trapped: log-out is removed, the only escape is clearing all one hundred levels, and in-game death means real death[1]
- Beta-tester Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya teams with Asuna Yuuki against the bosses; opening "crossing field" by LiSA[1]
- Highly popular, with 2.3 million MAL users rating it 7.23[1]
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- [1]92%Sword Art Online Premieresmyanimelist.net· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Jul 8, 2012· Ends Dec 23, 2012 ✓· 100% of score
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