Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online is one of the most popular Japanese light novel series worldwide. It combines elements of science fiction and fantasy, captivating a broad and diverse audience, and has been turned into various forms of entertainment like anime, manga, and video games. This light novel, which began in 2009, consists of five main parts: Aincrad, Fairy Dance, Phantom Bullet, Alicization, and Unital Ring.
Sword Art Online is set in a made-up world in 2022, where a super-advanced online game called Sword Art Online is created. The revolutionary FullDive technology lets players dive entirely into the VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game).
The story starts when players of Sword Art Online find themselves stuck in the game world and can't log out. Throughout the series, a group of unforgettable characters takes the leading roles, with Kirito (Kazuto Kirigaya) and Asuna Yuuki as the central characters. As the story unfolds, they meet other players, some as friends and some as foes, in the virtual worlds they explore.
The light novels have been successfully turned into an exciting anime series, beginning with the Aincrad storyline and covering multiple story segments. There are also manga versions, video games, and even a movie called "Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale." This multi-dimensional saga continues to be celebrated by fans of light novels and anime, showing its enduring popularity.
Detailed information:
- Author: Reki Kawahara
- Illustrator: abec
- Published: from 2009
- Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
