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TV series

Sword Art Online

Original title: ソードアート・オンライン

Blurring the line between the virtual and the real.

2012 · TV-MA · 4 seasons · 96 episodes

8.1

TMDB audience score
2,205 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...

About 38h 24m to watch every episode. An estimate: 96 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 24 minutes.

Where to watch

Official options in the United States:

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Main cast

  • Haruka Tomatsu
    Asuna (voice)
    96 episodes

  • Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
    Kazuto Kirigaya (voice)
    96 episodes

  • Ayahi Takagaki
    Lisbeth (voice)
    75 episodes

  • Rina Hidaka
    Keiko Ayano (voice)
    75 episodes

  • Ayana Taketatsu
    Sister (voice)
    74 episodes

  • Hiroaki Hirata
    Ryōtarō Tsuboi (voice)
    74 episodes

  • Kanae Itou
    Yui (voice)
    73 episodes

  • Hiroki Yasumoto
    Agil (voice)
    51 episodes

  • Miyuki Sawashiro
    Sinon (voice)
    50 episodes

  • Kaori Maeda
    Selka (voice)
    47 episodes

  • Sanae Kobayashi
    Rinko Koujiro (voice)
    47 episodes

  • Ai Kayano
    Alicia (voice)
    47 episodes

  • Maaya Sakamoto
    Administrator (voice)
    29 episodes

  • Koichi Yamadera
    Akihiko Kayaba (voice)
    28 episodes

  • Nobunaga Shimazaki
    Eugeo (voice)
    27 episodes

  • Aoi Yuki
    Yūki Konno (voice)
    26 episodes

  • Takehito Koyasu
    Oberon (voice)
    26 episodes

  • Shinya Takahashi
    Goblin (voice)
    26 episodes

Seasons