ocknu Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Hello all, I like SWO but it was rushed and too general. For a copycat series of .hack the graphics was good and new charcters. ocknu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabbi Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 is it true that there are coming a seson 2 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmingllama Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 is it true that there are coming a seson 2 ? Yes. It starts airing on July 5th. Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamEve Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Yes Season 2 has been in production for quite a while. I love SAO, in so many ways. It is one of the best fantasy series that has come along for anime in a long time and the character design and the art is superb. It is well designed and flows very smoothly and I think interprets the manga even better as a powerful story. It is classic anime at its best..and I look forward to much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† LimitLess Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 I've only watched a couple eps, I don't like it so much. But I'll watch the whole thing, then see what SAO2 will be like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newraze Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 (edited) Will sword art online II be a world wide dub or not? Edited July 5, 2014 by newraze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Synopsis: One year after the SAO incident, Kirito is approached by Seijiro Kikuoka from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Department "VR Division" with a rather peculiar request.That was an investigation on the "Death Gun" incident that occurred in the gun and steel filled VRMMO called Gun Gale Online (GGO). "Players who are shot by a mysterious avatar with a jet black gun lose their lives even in the real world..." Failing to turn down Kikuoka's bizarre request, Kirito logs in to GGO even though he is not completely convinced that the virtual world could physically affect the real world.Kirito wanders in an unfamiliar world in order to gain any clues about the "Death Gun." Then, a female sniper named Sinon who owns a gigantic "Hecate II" rifle extends Kirito a helping hand. With Sinon's help, Kirito decides to enter the "Bullet of Bullets," a large tournament to choose the most powerful gunner within the realm of GGO, in hopes to become the target of the "Death Gun" and make direct contact with the mysterious avatar. This week, SAOII Episode 3 has Sinon reduced from a potentially interesting figure to a gibbering wreck at the sight of a delinquent girl making her fingers into a gun, proving that Sword Art Online is the best at rendering otherwise fine concepts offensive to all sensibilities when filtered through the lens of Kawahara Reki. Trauma, and using a sort of immersion therapy to ease it, is a concept that I could see a show like Sword Art Online handling with a degree of skill. Definitely not hard sci-fi, but this is the kind of development that Sword Art Online was tailor-made for, alongside showing all the girls lusting after Kirito. And, to its credit, its heart is definitely in the right place, even if the actual execution is insulting on a primal level. Unlike with Asuna, SAO does a surprisingly competent job at making Sinon into something more than a walking, talking brick—not exceptional, but she’s somebody whose personality thus far feels like more than a pre-baked archetype, and whose motives are deeper than wanting to fuck the generic male lead. She’s still saved by a male at almost every opportunity, but her actually having agency of some kind is fucking revolutionary for SAO. If the narrative handled Sinon’s traumatic past with tact, and without having her spaz out at everything and anything resembling a gun, it would give her taking to Gun Gale Online some dimension, and make her seem like an actual human being. But this /is/ SAO, and it wouldn’t be SAO if it didn’t implement tragedy with the precision of a sledgehammer. A really, really inconsistently-applied sledgehammer made of guns, dramatic screaming, bad camera-work, and an inexplicable lack of pants when combined. A depiction of trauma should be a serious matter, used to flesh out a character and their fears, or any toxic personality traits. It should not be overly-dramatic or butchered to the point of being unintentionally amusing. And so long as it’s applied consistently and with a degree of realism, it’s hard to fuck this up. But by starting out with Sinon spasming in fear at a finger-gun, and later a model that she keeps around, it sets the bullshit threshold too low too early, to the point where her fear feels too pronounced for her to function in a game around virtual guns. To have guns pointed at her in a semi-realistic setting without her combusting out of fear feels like too much of a stretch when she’s stopped in her tracks by some back-alley delinquent essentially just pointing at her. It isn’t difficult to make the results of trauma reasonable within certain contexts, since people are bothered by different things to differing degrees. Sword Art Online is so bad at depicting actual, legitimately understandable fear. Courtesy of The Cart Driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRUNKSvsCELL Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 It just started in Japan so it will probably be a while. N ik i'm just as anxious to watch as you are. I just finished the first two seasons. This would technically be season 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRUNKSvsCELL Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 I just finished the first two seasons. SAO 1I'm waiting for the SAO II or season 3 to be dubbed. THIS ANIME WAS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE WATCHED IN A LONG TIME. IT HAD ME ON SUCH AN EMOTIONAL RIDE THAT I WAS NOT EXPECTING. OMG! I'VE RECOMMENDING THIS TO LOTZ OF PEOPLE. SOOOOO GREAT!!! AS YOU CAN SEE I JUST MADE MY AVATAR AND SIG SAO LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Closed. Refer to the original SAO2 topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karinama Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 I told myself I wasn't going to watch this! I didn't think I was really going to enjoy the premise of SAO. I kept hearing hype about it and then this topic sent me over the edge, so I started watching season 1. Wow! Very entertaining. Definitely glad everyone kept talking about it to make me satisfy curiosity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinoiri Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 So far unlike Season 1, the first part of Season 2 seems very boring. It looks like things are about to get more interesting but I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcv1979 Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 im almost done with Season 1watching it with my son Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerbrarunner Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Overall the show so far is a huge let down for me. On paper the story is pretty good especially with the way it all connects and the depth of what the characters are going through but it's ruined by the show's pacing. However, I recommend that you watch it. While it's definitely not on my rewatch list you may find that you either love really slow story progression based anime seri.s or aren't bothered by it. If that's the case, I reckon you'll enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaticX Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 uhh..welcome to kametsu? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenshiKeizu Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Welcome! SAO and SAOII suck ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† LimitLess Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Heh, are we doing reviews for our intro's? Welcome to Kametsu. I have yet to judge whether the show is great or complete crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renzourin Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 welcome to kametsu ill be moving this to the anime subforum now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenzou Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 I have SAO but I'll haven't watched it yet due to downloading other anime shows, also welcome to kametsu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostsoul111 Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Is this any good? I enjoyed the season 1 completely for different reasons but not too sure how it can continue to be as good with different characters popping up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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