Sword Art Online (series)


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Sword Art Online (ソードアート・オンライン) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kawahara Reki and illustrated by abec. The series is published by ASCII Media Works under Dengeki Bunko.

It will be adapted into an anime series by A-1 Pictures and will air on July 2012. The series has also been adapted into a manga series, with illustrations by Nakamura Tamako. A game has been announced to be in the works.

Light Novels

 * Sword Art Online Volume 1 - Aincrad
 * Sword Art Online Volume 2 - Aincrad SS
 * Sword Art Online Volume 3 - Fairy Dance
 * Sword Art Online Volume 4 - Fairy Dance
 * Sword Art Online Volume 5 - Phantom Bullet
 * Sword Art Online Volume 6 - Phantom Bullet
 * Sword Art Online Volume 7 - Mother's Rosario
 * Sword Art Online Volume 8 - Early Late
 * Sword Art Online Volume 9 - Alicization Beginning

Others

 * Sword Art Online Side Story - Aria in the Starless Night
 * Accel World Volume 10 Chapter 3 - Versus: Accel World & Sword Art Online cross-over

Staff

 * Director: Ito Tomohiko
 * Music: Kajiura Yuki
 * Character Design: Adachi Shingo
 * Art Director: Nagashima Takayuki, Takeda Yusuke
 * Chief Animation Director: Adachi Shingo, Kawakami Tetsuya
 * Sound Director: Iwanami Yoshikazu
 * Director of Photography: Hirooka Takeshi
 * Action Animation Director: Yanagi Ryuuta, Shikama Takahiro
 * Art Setting: Taniuchi Yuuho
 * Color design: Nakajima Kazuko
 * Effects: Konno Yasuyuki
 * Main Animator: Saito Atsushi
 * Monster Design: Yanagi Ryuuta
 * Prop Design: Shikama Takahiro, Tsuchiya Yuta
 * Sub-Character Design: Kawakami Tetsuya

Companies

 * Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
 * Project Generalisation: GENCO
 * Sound Production: Dax Production

Cast

 * Tomatsu Haruka as Asuna


 * Itou Kanae as Yui


 * Matsuoka Yoshitsugu as Kirito


 * Taketatsu Ayana as Lyfa


 * Takagaki Ayahi as Lisbeth


 * Hidaka Rina as Silica

Manga
The Sword Art Online series has had at least two manga adaptations. One by Nakamura Tamako and the other by Minami Juusei. There is also a 4-koma comedy related to some parts of the light novels.