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The Sword Art Online anime is an anime adaptation of the original Sword Art Online light novel series, written by Kawahara Reki. The anime is produced by A-1 Pictures, with the direction of Itou Tomohiko (season 1, Extra Edition, season 2, Ordinal Scale) and Ono Manabe (season 3). The first season began airing on July 7, 2012 in Japan, while an English dub version began airing on July 27, 2013. A second season, titled Sword Art Online II, started airing on July 5, 2014. An original Sword Art Online movie, titled Sword Art Online The Movie -Ordinal Scale-, was released on February 18, 2017 in Japan, as well as various other countries. A third season, titled Sword Art Online Alicization, started airing on October 6, 2018. An anime for the Sword Art Online Alternative "Gun Gale Online" spin-off began airing on April 7, 2018 in Japan, with an English dub in production.

Companies

 * Animation Production: A-1 Pictures (main series), Studio 3Hz (AGGO)
 * Project Generalization: GENCO
 * Sound Production: Dax Production

Fairy Dance Arc

 * Kazuhiro Yamaji as Yuuki Shouzou
 * Takehito Koyasu as Oberon (Sugou Nobuyuki)
 * Taketatsu Ayana as Leafa (Kirigaya Suguha)
 * Aya Endou as Kirigaya Midori
 * Ayumu Murase as Recon (Nagata Shinichi)
 * Mitsuaki Madono as Kagemune
 * Takuya Kirimoto as Sigurd
 * Kenta Miyake as Eugene
 * Sayuri Yahagi as Sakuya
 * Chiwa Saito as Alicia Rue
 * Tanaka Kazunari as Gtacs

Extra Edition

 * Morikawa Toshiyuki as Kikuoka Seijirou
 * Hazama Michio as Nerakk/Kraken the Abyss Lord
 * Saka Osamu as Leviathan

Phantom Bullet Arc

 * Sawashiro Miyuki as Sinon (Asada Shino)
 * Kamiya Hiroshi as XeXeeD (Shigemura Tamotsu)
 * Shinomiya Gou as Yamikaze
 * Tsuruoka Satoshi as Dyne
 * Katsu Anri as Ginrou
 * Kenichirou Matsuda as Behemoth
 * Yōko Hikasa as Endou
 * Natsuki Hanae as Spiegel (Shinkawa Kyouji)
 * Ayako Kawasumi as Nurse Aki (Aki Natsuki)
 * Hoshi Souichirou as Death Gun/Sterben

Calibur

 * Kuwashima Houko as Urðr
 * Minaguchi Yūko as Freyja
 * Iizuka Shōzō as Thrym
 * Genda Tesshō as Thor
 * Nakahara Mai as Verðandi
 * Fujita Saki as Skuld

Mother's Rosario

 * Yuuki Aoi as Yuuki (Konno Yuuki)
 * Hayashibara Megumi as Yuuki Kyouko
 * Kobayashi Sayaka as Sada Akiyo
 * Shimamura Yū as Siune (An Si-eun)
 * Yamashita Daiki as Jun
 * Kobushi Nobuyuki as Tecchi
 * Tano Asami as Nori
 * Tamaru Atsushi as Talken

Ordinal Scale

 * Kanada Sayaka as Yuna
 * Kaga Takeshi as Professor Shigemura Tetsuhiro
 * Inoue Yoshio as Eiji (Nochizawa Eiji)

Alternative "Gun Gale Online"

 * Kusunoki Tomori as LLENN (Kohiruimaki Karen), P-chan
 * Okitsu Kazuyuki as M (Asougi Goushi)
 * Hikasa Youko as Pitohui (Kanzaki Elsa), Satou Rei
 * Koyanagi Ryoukan as Bold
 * Majima Junji as David
 * Murata Taishi as Jake
 * Ichikawa Aoi as Kenta
 * Mizunaka Masaaki as Lax
 * Yamamoto Itaru as Summon
 * M・A・O as Anna (Annaka Moe)
 * Asai Ayaka as Eva (Nitobe Saki)
 * Tanezaki Atsumi as Roza (Noguchi Shiori)
 * Uchiyama Yumi as Sophie (Fujisawa Kana)
 * Shiraishi Haruka as Tanya (Kusunoki Risa)
 * Morinaga Chitose as Toma (Milana Sidorova)
 * Akasaki Chinatsu as Fukaziroh (Shinohara Miyu)
 * Maeda Hiroki as Alphon
 * Nose Ikuji as Borno
 * Nishitani Shuuichi as Clint
 * Murakami Yuuya as Dominic
 * Komatsu Mikako as Clarence
 * Kouno Marika as Shirley (Kirishima Mai)

Alicization

 * Shimazaki Nobunaga as Eugeo
 * Kayano Ai as Alice
 * Hanada Hikaru as Deusolbert
 * Yamamoto Kanehira as Gasupht Zuberg
 * Ishida Akira as Subtilizer
 * Maeda Kaori as Selka
 * Ishiya Haruki as Jink
 * Nakane Kumiko as Sister Azariya
 * Takaguchi Kousuke as Ugachi

Aincrad Arc

 * Bryce Papenbrook as Kirito (Kirigaya Kazuto)
 * Cherami Leigh as Asuna (Yuuki Asuna)
 * Stephanie Sheh as Yui
 * Sarah Anne Williams as Lisbeth (Shinozaki Rika)
 * Christine Marie Cabanos as Silica (Ayano Keiko)
 * Kevin M. Connolly as Heathcliff
 * Mark Diraison as Kayaba Akihiko
 * Kirk Thornton as Klein (Tsuboi Ryoutarou)
 * Patrick Seitz as Agil (Andrew Gilbert Mills)
 * Sean Chiplock as Diavel
 * Xanthe Huynh as Sachi

Fairy Dance Arc

 * Cassandra Lee as Leafa (Kirigaya Suguha)
 * Todd Haberkorn as Oberon (Sugou Nobuyuki)
 * Keith Silverstein as Yuuki Shouzou
 * Caitlin Grass as Kirigaya Midori
 * Marianne Miller as Recon (Nagata Shinichi)
 * Keith Silverstein as Kagemune
 * Joshua Tomar as Eugene
 * Lauren Landa as Sakuya
 * Cristina Vee as Alicia Rue

Extra Edition

 * Matthew Mercer as Kikuoka Seijirou

Phantom Bullet Arc

 * Michelle Ruff as Sinon (Asada Shino)
 * Grant Geroge as XeXeeD (Shigemura Tamotsu)
 * Chris Tergilafera as Yamikaze
 * Benjamin Diskin as Ginrou
 * Yōko Hikasa as Endou
 * Johnny Yong Bosch as Spiegel (Shinkawa Kyouji)
 * Benjamin Diskin as Death Gun/Sterben

Calibur

 * Karen Strassmen as Urðr
 * Mela Lee as Freyja
 * John Synder as Thrym

Mother's Rosario

 * Erica Mendez as Yuuki (Konno Yuuki)
 * Johanna Luis as Erika (Yuuki Kyouko)
 * Erika Harlacher as Siune (An Si-eun)
 * Max Mittelman as Jun
 * Chris Cason as Tecchi
 * Erica Lindbeck as Nori
 * Zach Aguilar as Talken

Ordinal Scale

 * Ryan Bartley as Yuna
 * Chris Patton as Nochizawa Eiji
 * Taylor Henry as Doctor Shigemura Tetsuhiro

Alternative "Gun Gale Online"

 * Reba Buhr as LLENN (Kohiruimaki Karen)
 * Ray Chase as M (Asougi Goushi)
 * Allegra Clark as Pitohui (Kanzaki Elsa)
 * Faye Mata as Fukaziroh (Shinohara Miyu)

Aincrad Arc

 * Opening Theme: crossing field by LiSA
 * Closing Theme : Yume Sekai by Tomatsu Haruka

Fairy Dance Arc

 * Opening Theme: INNOCENCE by Aoi Eir
 * Closing Theme : Overfly  by Haruna Luna

Extra Edition

 * Closing Theme: Niji no Oto by Aoi Eir

Phantom Bullet Arc

 * Opening Theme: IGNITE by Aoi Eir
 * Closing Theme: Startear by Haruna Luna

Calibur/Mother's Rosario

 * Opening Theme: courage by Tomatsu Haruka
 * Closing Theme: No More Time Machine (Calibur), Shirushi (Mother's Rosario) by LiSA

Ordinal Scale

 * Ending Theme: Catch the Moment by LiSA

Alternative "Gun Gale Online"

 * Opening: Ryuusei by Aoi Eir
 * Ending: To see the future by Kusunoki Tomori

Alicization Arc

 * Opening Theme: ADAMAS by LiSA
 * Ending Theme: Iris by Aoi Eir

Character Songs

 * Asuna: My Independent Destiny by Tomatsu Haruka
 * Sachi: Memory Heart Message by Hayami Saori
 * Silica: ☆Lovely Super Idol☆ by Hidaka Rina
 * Lisbeth: Cheer! Tear? Cheer!! by Takagaki Ayahi
 * Yui: I Know "Ai" by Itou Kanae
 * Suguha: Face To You by Taketatsu Ayana
 * Leafa: Sky The Graffiti by Taketatsu Ayana
 * Kirito: Sword & Soul by Matsuoka Yoshitsugu.
 * Sing All Overtures by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Ayana Taketatsu, Kanae Itō, Rina Hidaka, and Ayahi Takagaki.
 * Yui: Heart Sweet Heart by Itou Kanae
 * Asuna: white flower garden by Tomatsu Haruka
 * Silica and Lisbeth: Party-go-round by Hidaka Rina and Takagaki Ayahi
 * Sinon: SOLITARY BULLET by Sawashiro Miyuki
 * Sinon and Kirito: BLAZING BULLET by Sawashiro Miyuki and Matsuoka Yoshitsugu
 * Shinkawa Shouichi and Kyouji: MAD BULLET"S" by Hoshi Souichirou and Hanae Natsuki
 * Asada Shino: RELIEF BULLET by Sawashiro Miyuki
 * Leafa, Yui, Silica, and Lisbeth: Memorial Calibur by Taketatsu Ayana, Itou Kanae, Hidaka Rina and Takagaki Ayahi
 * Yuuki: Liberty Rosario by Yuuki Aoi
 * Asuna: Tomorrow's Rosario by Tomatsu Haruka
 * Asuna and Yuuki: Sora e to Ateta Tegami by Tomatsu Haruka and Yuuki Aoi
 * Asuna, Yuuki, Siune, Jun, Nori, Tecchi, and Talken: Sleepless Legend by Tomatsu Haruka, Yuuki Aoi, Shimamura Yū, Yamashita Daiki, Kobushi Nobuyuki, Tamaru Atsushi, and Tano Asami

Soundtracks

 * Sword Art Online Original Soundtrack vol.1
 * Sword Art Online Original Soundtrack vol.2
 * Sword Art Online II Original Soundtrack vol.1
 * Sword Art Online II Original Soundtrack vol.2

Blu-ray/DVD
In Japan, all 9 volumes of season 1 discs were released between October 24, 2012 and June 26, 2013, while the Extra Edition volume was released on April 23, 2014. Each volume is divided into 3 versions: Limited edition Blu-ray Discs, Limited edition DVDs, and Regular Edition DVDs.

Limited edition versions include a character commentary special episode, called "Sword Art Offline" for each volume, a non-credit opening song for volumes 1 and 6, a non-credit ending song for volumes 5 and 9, and an original soundtrack for volumes 4 and 7, respectively. Volume 1 and 9, as well as the Extra Edition volume special editions were also bundled with a short story novel, called The Day Before, The Day After and Rainbow Bridge respectively. Each volume also has an episode given with an audio commentary by the creators and Japanese casts. There are also specials, for example, 16-page deluxe booklets, included.



Those who purchase Volume 1 and Volume 6 BD/DVD from specified shops can get a collection box that can store discs of that arc, with an illustration drawn by abec wrapped around it. Those who buy all volumes together from these shops can get a cast symposium CD. There are also many different shop-specific specials that can be obtained by buying these discs, the content included in these specials varying based on the shop the discs are purchased from.

Discs for the Extra Edition are also available separately in April 2014, with a limited edition version featuring bonuses similar to those in season 1, including a Sword Art Offline episode, a short story novel, a 16-page deluxe booklet, digital character design and so on.

Unlike the Japanese Blu-ray disc version, the American Blu-ray discs for season 1 are packed in 4 BD-BOX sets/DVD Volumes, 2 sets for each arc. Original Soundtracks, audio commentary and special episodes are also included in BD box sets. Both BD box sets and DVD volumes have a non-credit opening/ending song included. Numerous other material are also included in both versions, although the BD boxset has more such material, including a 16-page deluxe booklet, English cast interviews and so on.

The season 2 disc release in Japan will be starting from October 22, 2014. Like the season 1 discs, limited version BDs and DVDs will include Sword Art Offline, commentary audio channels, booklets, and so on. The original soundtracks of SAOII come with BD Volume 3 and 7.

Sword Art Online The Movie -Ordinal Scale- was released on DVD/Blu-Ray in Japan on September 27, 2018, with the North American release the following February. The limited edition versions of the Japanese DVDs/Blu-Rays come with an Ordinal Scale epilogue story, titled Cordial Chords.



Blu-ray Bonus Episodes
The following episodes are produced by I was a Ballerina co.,ltd..

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