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Sword Art Online
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #344
- IMDb #197
- RatingGraph #52
- Criticker #92
- Trakt #196
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 38, highest is RatingGraph on 77.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →In the year 2022, thousands of people get trapped in a new virtual MMORPG and the lone wolf player, Kirito, works to escape.
Details
- Based on
- Sword Art Online by Reki Kawahara
- Studio
- A-1 Pictures, Aniplex, GENCO, EGG FIRM
- Released
- 8 July 2012
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese, English
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 96 across 4 seasons
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Attacker (voice) / Robber (voice) / Player (voice) / Self-Defense Official (voice) / Chief Guard (voice) / Hiraki (voice) / Messenger (voice) / Subjugation Corps (voice) / Goblin (voice) / Deliveryman (voice) / Gabriel's Father (voice) / Salamander Swordsman (voice) +7 more
Questioner (voice) / Goblin (voice) / Mage (voice) / Swordfighter (voice) / Knight of the Blood (voice) / Subjugation Crops (voice) / Dark Knight (voice) / Patrol (voice) / Salamander (voice) / Restaurant Customer (voice)
Rubbernecking (voice) / Salamander (voice) / Cait Sith (voice) / Fuurinkazan Member (voice) / Player (voice) / Army Soldier (voice) / Restaurant Customer (voice) / Swordfighter (voice)
Uemaru (voice) / Player (voice) / Mysterious Face (voice) / Subjugation Corps (voice) / Gasupht (voice)
Elder (voice) / Player (Military Uniform) (voice) / Goblin (voice) / Commentator (voice) / Player (voice)
Fuurinkazan Member (voice) / Player (voice) / Swordfighter (voice) / Restaurant Customer (voice) / Army Soldier (voice)
Dark Knight (voice) / Player (voice) / American Player (voice) / American Gamer (voice)
