Sword Art Online

Yeah I'm not going to sugarcoat anything SAO isn't a good show. A-1 has made other shows in the past like Erased, Blue Exorcist and Your Lie in April but this one was really weak. The main protagonist Kirito is about as interesting as a piece of cardboard and Asuna while somewhat redeemable is ruined in the second ark. Silica, Lizabeth, and Leafa are all the same for the most part and all they do is hang around Kirito as part of his 'harem'. Yui is also beyond boring and Oberon...what can I say? The guys a complete and utter scumbag who is beyond unlikable. Todd Haberkorn and Takehito Koyasu both make him somewhat redeemable, but even they can't save such an awful character. As far as I'm concerned the show's only three redeemable main characters are Klein, Sinon and Yuki and one of said characters is only good because you never would've guessed the VAs age while the other two debut in the second season! I'd definitely skip it if I were you.

Unlike Littlepaul's claims the dub isn't worse. It's actually kind of better. Granted I can't pretend that Oberon is the manifestation of the way Joseph (Joestar) views Dio but it still has some great moments. It is a shame however that most people (cough cough Anisins cough cough) confuse their dislike for Kirito for their dislike for Papenbrook, since he actually does a great job here. He also has great chemistry with Cherami Leigh, who is very enduring as Asuna. But even that can't save it...

I only ever watched 5 episodes of this show, and I thought it was... okay? Nothing particularly memorable or great mind you. It is nice that it has gotten some people into anime however, can't hate that I suppose.

No offense to those who like Sword Art Online and A-1 Pictures, but, when I watched it on Netflix, I was frightened, upset, and confused by that show because of it's plot of cowardly female characters.

In the subbed version (only watched a few episodes), most of the female characters (minus Yui) scream too much in almost every episode (whether it's for no reason, falling off, about to get killed, or because the male character is killed), and that kind of stuff was way too uncomfortable for me on an empty stomach. The male characters screaming aren't that bad though.

For Example: In episode 7, Lisbeth screams because Kirito broke an expensive sword (I think). In the other scene, she screams as she and Kirito fall off into an hole, but actually they survived (it was very difficult and confusing because I thought she was dead).

In the English version (watched all 25 episodes), it was so much worse than the subbed version, and good actresses such as Cherami Leigh, Sarah Williams, and Christine Marie Cabanos, really frightened me in the English version.

To be fair though, it is not the Japanese and English voice actresses who are to blame, because they are just following directions. However, it was the show's plot that made me uncomfortable and difficult to watch.

There's also 2 other shows produced by the same studio behind SAO, Blue Exorcist and
Seven Deadly Sins. Starting with Blue Exorcist, I was wondering, it couldn't be much worse than SAO. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Blue Exorcist has the same difficult plot as SAO, in both subbed and dubbed, and I stopped watching Blue Exorcist after watching the first 12 episodes of the subbed version. Next is Seven Deadly Sins, which was so much worse than SAO and Blue Exorcist as it has the same difficult plot as these shows, which I watched all the episodes of the first season.

Therefore, because of it's plot on Sword Art Online and other A-1 Pictures shows, it caused me to not watch all anime shows produced by that company, except for Fairy Tail and Black Butler.

I guess Sinon doesn't exist.

Disappointed in this anime. It sounded good on paper but then someone messed it all up. I never read the source material its based on but the anime was very underwhelming.

SAO was the 3rd anime I've ever watched and I really enjoyed it because it had action and some romance! But now that I've watched way more better anime this one doesn't come close to the others. I will admit that it is good for beginners, but once you've seen more anime you'll see why people don't really like it. Personally I like it still but not as much as others. He voice acting was alright but I think that people should give this anime more potential than what it gets!

A very underrated show. I feel like it deserves more respect.

I like both parts to SAO. But I prefer the first part just the slightest bit more. Also, when Kirito screams when fighting, he sounds like like from Legend of Zelda. Lol!

"WHICH ONE WAS CHARLIE?!"

*Guy who was charlie dies*

"I GUESSING HE WAS CHARLIE."

People who watched Sword Art Abridged would get what i'm saying.

TRON meets fantasy MMORPG in this flawed but consistently entertaining series from A-1 Pictures. My opinion: the first half is terrific. The second half isn't quite as good, but it's not terrible either. It just has some disconcerting issues that prevent it from being as effective. But it's nowhere nearly as unbearable as the island/Africa arc from NADIA. For all its faults, I ultimately enjoyed my time with SWORD ART ONLINE. It's great fun for JRPG fans, offers some heartwarming moments, romantic bits, and funny bits. The first fourteen episodes are a 9/10, while the second is a lesser but still competent 7/10. 8/10 for me.

The dub is fantastic, with TERRIFIC performances from Bryce Papenbrook and Cherami Leigh as protagonists Kirito and Asuna, respectively. The chemistry between the two is absolutely fantastic, and makes their love story come alive. Everyone else is excellently voiced as well. Great series (despite its shortcomings), even better dub.

The first part is alright and had a fair amount of good moments but the second one is pretty weird(that damn Sugou creep)

But anyway from what I heard of the dub(I saw the Japanese one) I'm not fond of Kirito and Asuna's voice but Akihiko sounds fantastic. Kudos Marc Diraison

If only all of the episodes was Sword Art Online instead of the last 11 being Aincrad it would have been better

I liked the first part of this anime, the part where "Sword Art Online" was the right title. The second half isn't bad per say but I felt it lacked the something the other part did.
The fact this'll get another season annoys me since it ended on a good note.

SAO: An anime that's not even close to seven years old, yet is vastly overrated! Not that that little nitpick can hamper its success and whatnot, mind you; to me, it was only ever great with the Aincrad arc. Once it got to the second part of the series, I really wonder why A-1 Pictures couldn't have titled this "Alfheim Online"...

I'm expecting a lot better from the second season.

Is there confirmation on who voiced Midori Kirigaya in english? It does sound like Caitlin Glass, unless there's an actress in L.A that can deliver similarly to Caitlin?

I believe that Kuradeel, Sakuya and Alicia Rue are voiced by Doug Erholtz, Lauren Landa and Cristina Valenzuela respectively.

In case anyone is wondering, Kevin M. Connolly is Heathcliff.

http://www.315studio.net/2.html

Midori Kirigaya sounds exactly like Caitlin Glass. Is that her? I'm sure it is but I can't guarantee since she doesn't love in California where this anime was recorded at.

Cherami Leigh, Kaiji Tang and Marc Diraison in the same anime? I don't believe it.

Is Todd really cast as Oberon? He didn't appear yet in the dub.

cough cough stinks cough cough

I watched the entire series in Japanese a good while back, and I can honestly say that this series is amazing; it quickly became my all-time favorite.

For those who prefer battle and action, though, many will tire of the series from episode sixteen onward. For those who don't mind slow-downs and build-up of character interactions, and love story-driven plots, I believe many will absolutely love Sword Art Online in its entirety. I highly recommend reading the light novels as well (for those who can read Japanese or find fan-translations); they continue past the current anime series, and are quite amazing!

Here's to hoping the English voice actors will do as good a job as the Japanese seiyuu!

I give Sword Art Online a 10/10; excellent anime, manga, and light novels!

A majority of the voice cast for the english dub of Sword Art Online is quite underwhelming granted Cherami Leigh, Bryce Papenbrook, Patrick Seitz & Cassandra Lee Morris will all give well rounded performances as they usually do but I don't have much faith in the lot of new comers that fill up the rest of the remaining cast.
I haven't been impressed with their voice work they lack the great presence that many rookie VAs from Sentai Filmworks & Funimation have from the start but that aside I'm curious to see how Alex Von David(an ADR director that I find to be average at best) will handle the dub.

you know when i first watched this show. I really thought it was going to suck and didn't think it was going to be good at all. Wait good?? Who am I kidding. I did know it was going to be AMAZING. Something told me to keep watching it and as soon as I watched 5 episode I was blown away on how the the story and the characters sucked you in really Great! I'm really excited to see it in dub and I'm also super exited that Cherami Leigh my favorite voice actress is Going to be the voice of Asuna.