Sword Art Online (Japanese: ソードアート・オンライン, Hepburn: Sōdo Āto Onrain) is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec. The series takes place in the near future and focuses on protagonists Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya and Asuna Yuuki as they play through various virtual reality MMORPG worlds. Kawahara originally wrote the series as a web novel on his website from 2002 to 2008. The light novels began publication on ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint from April 10, 2009, with a spin-off series launching in October 2012. The series has spawned twelve manga adaptations published by ASCII Media Works and Kadokawa. The novels and the manga adaptations have been licensed for release in North America by Yen Press.

Sword Art Online

Cover of the first light novel featuring Kirito (left) and Asuna (right).

ソードアート・オンライン
(Sōdo Āto Onrain)GenreAdventure,[1] science fiction[2]Novel seriesWritten byReki KawaharaPublished bySelf-publishedOriginal run2002 – 2008Light novelWritten byReki KawaharaIllustrated byabecPublished byASCII Media WorksEnglish publisher

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Yen Press

ImprintDengeki BunkoDemographicMaleOriginal runApril 10, 2009 – presentVolumes26 (List of volumes)Anime television seriesDirected byTomohiko ItōProduced by

• Kazuma Miki

• Shinichirō Kashiwada

Music byYuki KajiuraStudioA-1 PicturesLicensed by

AUS

Madman Entertainment

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Aniplex of America

SEA

Muse Communication

UK

Manga Entertainment

Original networkTokyo MX, GTV, GYT, tvk, TVS, TVA, RKB, HBC, MBS, AT-X, Chiba TV, BS11English network

AU

ABC Me

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Aniplex Channel

PH

TV5

US

Adult Swim (Toonami)

Original runJuly 8, 2012 – December 23, 2012Episodes25 (List of episodes)Light novelSword Art Online: ProgressiveWritten byReki KawaharaIllustrated byabecPublished byASCII Media WorksEnglish publisher

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Yen Press

ImprintDengeki BunkoDemographicMaleOriginal runOctober 10, 2012 – presentVolumes8 (List of volumes)




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• Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online (spin-off)

• Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (film)

• Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night (film)

• Sword Art Online manga volumes

Video games

• Sword Art Online: End World (2013)

• Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment (2013)

• Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (2014)

• Sword Art Online: Code Register (2014)

• Sword Art Online: Progress Link (2015)

• Sword Art Online: Lost Song (2015)

• The Black Swordsman (2016)

• Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag (2016)

• Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization (2016)

• Accel World vs. Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight (2017)

• Sword Art Online: Integral Factor (2017)

•  Anime and manga portal
• Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet (2018)

• Sword Art Online VR: Lovely Honey Days (2018)

• Sword Art Online Arcade: Deep Explorer (2019)

• Sword Art Online Alicization: Rising Steel (2019)

• Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris (2020)

• Sword Art Online: Black Swordsman Ace (2021)

• Sword Art Online: Variant Showdown (2022)



Media

There are ten manga adaptations of the series, all written by Reki Kawahara and published by ASCII Media Works. Sword Art Online: Aincrad......... click here