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Sword Art Online
★★★★ People have very strong opinions about this show. Among popular anime, I see the most variation of opinion about this show. Some people totally love it and…
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Review: SWORD ART ONLINE PROGRESSIVE
It's been too long since we've done a round-up of some of the many manga sequels, prequels, and spinoffs out there around here. Let's rect...
Sword Art Online: Alicization | Anime Review
The Soul Translator is a state-of-the-art full-dive interface which interacts with the user’s Fluctlight—the technological equivalent of a human soul—and fundamentally differs from the orthod…
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Sword Art Online: Alicization
SAO goes back to its roots and slows the pace down for a more comfortable, immersive experience. Does still suffer from some SAO sins.
Sword Art Online Alicization
Sword Art Online Alicization is by far the largest arc in SAO so far, being about as long as everything before it combined. Because of it’s length, it…
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Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online Review — C
We’re back to having fun brutalizing our friends.
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Sword Art Online: A Series of Retcons
Right from the very start, Sword Art Online was a work of compromise. Its constant self-revisions are the source of its biggest storytelling flaws, but also its most…
Sword Art Online: Alicization (2018-19) Review
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of a scene involving sexual abuse is included. It’s been clearly marked, in case you wish to skip it.Sword Art Online continues to be an…
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
This is a spin-off to the incredibly well known VRMMO series Sword Art Online that’s specifically centered around the game focused on in the second season, Gun Gale…
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Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
This is the manga adaptation to a light novel series that is a spinoff of Sword Art Online, specifically of the third arc Phantom Bullet. Plot wise the…
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Sword Art Online after Alicization
My relationship with Sword Art Online after watching the majority of Alicization has changed.
Sword Art Online Summer Festival!
Hey guys! Back here again for another Anime Expo post, and today I want to discuss the SAO Summer Festival.
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet is the fourth game in the SAO gameverse, well fifth if you include Accel World vs Sword Art Online. For those that are…
Episode 2: Sword Art Online
Shaun attempts to explains to Remington the Romance/Comedy/Action/Fantasy/Video Game/Dating Sim that is Sword Art Online. Meanwhile Remington questions how it was one of the most popular anime of the…
Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris
I wanted to like this game, I really did. But as I write this review, I'm just glad I never have to spend another moment with it. And…
Anime Playlist – Sword Art Online
This upcoming weekend we get to see Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night… So I’m inspired to write a new entry in my Anime Playlist…
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SAO aka Sword Art Online is one of the most popular anime since its release in summer of 2012, it is still until now. Not even one anime…
Sword Art Online: Extra Edition
This will be a first for Shallow Dives in Anime. While I’ve reviewed all different types of anime, manga and the like. I’ve never really talked about something…
New Video Content – Earth Vs. Mars Review
Hey everyone, just a quick and easy update – Earth Vs. Mars is an Advance Wars clone that was shadowdropped on Steam recently, and I liked it enough…
Sword Art Online Progress: Aria of a Starless Night Review
It’s Asuna’s side of the original Sword Art Online story.
Anime Review #134: Sword Art Online – Ordinal Scale
If you’re at all familiar with the timeline of Sword Art Online, here it is. On 6 November 2022 – two years and two days ago – the…
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II
Have you SAO fans been tirelessly waiting for the next sequel in the saga? Well folks, keep waiting because this year is still not that year for an…
New Video Content – Super Robot Wars Y Review
Hey everyone! I think the fact that I’ve at least two SRW Fangames under my belt makes it evident that I have a keen interest in the subject.…
Sword Art Online: Alicization | First Impressions
I must say, getting back into watching Sword Art Online again has been refreshing. Being able to watch something else that isn’t ‘current’ and doesn’t feel like an…
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Sword Art Online: Progressive, Vol. 7
By Reki Kawahara and abec. Released in Japan by Dengeki Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Stephen Paul. As I was reading this volume…
Sword Art Online: Progressive, Vol. 8
By Reki Kawahara and abec. Released in Japan by Dengeki Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Stephen Paul. (This review spoils the end of…
OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #612) Sword Art Online
Shownotes :: (show 612) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Sword Art Online, recorded live February 26th, 2017. This…
Episode 92 - Sword Art Online... Abridged!
In this episode; Shaun shows Remington some SAO: Abriged, and keeping in line with this weeks theme. I am going to be abridging my [NOTE ENDS] If you'd like…
Episode 35: Sword Art Online - Revisited!
In this episode, Shaun puts on his NerveGear and equips his avatar to become Krampus incarnate with the noteworthy 2012 isekai, Sword Art Online. Meanwhile; Remington paints his skin…
Sword Art Online Alicization: Alicization Beginning
Our look at Sword Art Online continues! Man it has been a ride so far. We’ve discussed the first two seasons and the movie. I’ve given plenty of…
Final Thoughts on Sword Art Online
It was a scapegoat for an entire anime generation, the punching bag for so many hang ups for the industry. A lightning in a bottle series that struck…
Sword Art Online: Impasses and Love
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Episode 66 - Sword Art Online II
In this episode: Shaun goes right back to tormenting Remington in hopes of breaking him and convincing him to join the Discord. This week, Shaun whips out his…
Sword Art Online (Volume 1) – Aincrad
Ten thousand people logged in on day one of the new VRMMORPG – Sword Art Online, however, there was no way to log out. Complete the game or…
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The second season of Sword Art Online is one of the proofs of Japanese culture and anime industry in the eyes of around the world. Even so, SAO…
Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night
Rating: 4.5 In 2012, the anime series Sword Art Online debuted. Despite nitpicking about its shaky logical foundations, the compelling dual gimmicks of its premise – players trapped…
Sword Art Online Alicization — A Big Bundle of Disappointment
I take a look at the disappointment that was Sword Art Online Alicization. Warning: Contains Spoilers.
Episode 189 - Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
This week; Shaun feels that we haven't truly acknowledged 2022 without bringing up the fact that it's the year Sword Art Online takes place, but why watch that…
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Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online: Five Ordeals
By Keiichi Sigsawa and Kouhaku Kuroboshi, based on the series created by Reki Kawahara. Released in Japan by Dengeki Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated…
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Sword Art Online Alicization – War of the Underworld Review
This one won’t be spoiler free, because there are things I wanted to write about in this one. I’ll try to spoil as little as possible, but I…
Anime Review | Sword Art Online: Alicization | Episode 1 – Underworld
As a huge Sword Art Online fan… I’ve been waiting TOO long for this! SPOILERS
Sword Art Online: Alicization | Episode 3 and 4 Review
It’s crazy how some of the supporting cast resemble those from Kirito’s reality, like Selka looks weirdly similar to Asuna. But at this point, I do not know…
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Sword Art Online: Alicization | Episode 7 and 8 Review
Right so I will admit, it’s been awhile since I’ve watched SAO: Alicization. It’s probably maybe a week, week and a half. I decided to be unwise this…
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Anime Review #81: Sword Art Online II, Part 2
NOTE TO READERS: Just as I had finished the first draft of my seventeenth East Meets West article, unfortunately I had to delay it once again to next week;…
Sword Art Online: Alicization | Episode 5 and 6 Review
I always knew that Kirito was a valuable person, but I never thought that he would be this valuable. Who would have thought that they (Seijirou Kikuoka) would…
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Sword Art Online: Alicization | Episode 1 and 2 Review
Goddamnit I still remember too much. Episode one despite it’s length was everything I read in the light novel all those years ago. If you don’t know what…
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Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale Movie Review
Okie, I’ve just come back from seeing the Sword Art Online movie so let’s talk about it. But before that, because of the nature of the “fanbase”, I…
