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NEWS: Sword Art Online Light Novels About Virtual MMO Get Anime




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1945113



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:49 am Reply with quote
Gonna watch, the whole aspect of the RPG thing is kinda a first to me, I've played a few games myself. Plus the character designs look for the Light Novel look really nice.
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Snape



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:10 pm Reply with quote
YEEEESSSS, I love this novel, couldn't stop reading for two days, GREAT to see this getting an anime!
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:27 pm Reply with quote
Gonna be awfully hard watching this without comparing it to .hack.

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Running Wild





PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:38 pm Reply with quote
Hmmmm where have I seen this idea used before now...
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:28 pm Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
Gonna be awfully hard watching this without comparing it to .hack.

Emerje


Well if the books are anything to go by only the premise is comparable. I actually enjoy SAO more than .hack as it is less obtuse than it. The world and peoples motivations etc are more accessible.

Only the first book sticks with the tired 'stuck in the game' gimmick, after that it deals with events both in and outside of a couple of different games. I am wondering what they will adapt, if it goes the more common route it seems these days of the 1 cour, then it will likely only be the first book.

In which case this is more a romance story than anything else.
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 11:01 am Reply with quote
Actually, I was thinking about this after watching the new HxH.

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The story of Sword Art Online revolves around a genius programmer named Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya who enters a virtual-reality, massively multi-player online (MMO) world called "Sword Art Online." There is no escape from this world unless the player clears the game, but "game over" means the death of the player.


All this needs is to mention card collecting and it's Greed Island from Hunter X Hunter
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