List of Sword Art Online episodes

Sword Art Online
Cover of the first DVD volume released by Aniplex of America.
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	25
Release
Original network	Tokyo MX
Original release	July 8 – December 23, 2012
Season chronology

Sword Art Online is a science fantasy anime series adapted from the light novel series of the same title written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by Abec. It was produced by A-1 Pictures and the SAO Project, and directed by Tomohiko Itō.^[1] It is divided into the "Aincrad" and "Fairy Dance" arcs. The story of the first season follows the adventures of Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya, a beta tester for the titular Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (VRMMORPG) where it takes place on the game's first day out of the beta testing period. The players discover that they cannot log out when the creator of the game, Akihiko Kayaba, issues them an ultimatum: if they die in the game, so will their bodies in the real world, and if they wish to be freed from the game, they must reach the 100th floor and defeat the final boss. As the players try to face their new deadly predicament, two skilled swordsmen, Kirito and Asuna Yuuki, are determined to win.^[2][3] Three months after the death game, Kazuto discovers that Asuna is being held captive in "Alfheim Online (ALO)", a spiritual successor to SAO, where the players assume the roles of fairies. Kazuto enters the game and makes new allies to rescue Asuna.^[4]

The series aired from July 8 to December 23, 2012, on Tokyo Metropolitan Television, spanning 25 episodes. It was later broadcast by 12 other stations.^[5] Aniplex of America announced that the English dubbed version will air on Adult Swim's Toonami block starting from July 27, 2013.^[6][7] The first DVD and Blu-ray Disc volumes were released in Japan on October 24, 2012, and it concluded on June 26, 2013, with all nine volumes containing a bonus Sword Art Offline (ソードアート・オフライン Sōdo Āto Ofurain) episode.^[8][9][10] Four volumes of English dubbed episodes was released in North America on August 13, 2013, with the series licensed by Aniplex of America.^[11] In Australasia, Madman Entertainment distributed the four volumes in DVD and Blu-ray format.^[12] In Europe, Manga Entertainment first released all four volumes on December 16, 2013.^[13][14] A special episode of the anime titled Sword Art Online: Extra Edition (ソードアート・オンライン Extra Edition Sōdo Āto Onrain Ekisutora Edikushon) was globally released on December 31, 2013.^[15] A second season, Sword Art Online II began in July 2014.^[16]

Five pieces of theme music were used for the series: two opening themes and three ending themes. For the first 14 episodes, the opening theme song is "Crossing Field" performed by LiSA,^[17] and the ending theme is "Yume Sekai" (ユメセカイ, lit. "Dream World") performed by Haruka Tomatsu.^[18] The second opening theme, used from episode 15 onwards, is "Innocence" performed by Eir Aoi.^[19] While its second ending theme, used from episodes 15 to 24, is "Overfly" sung by Luna Haruna.^[20] The third ending theme, "Crossing Field" was used for the final episode. The extra edition's main theme is "Niji no Oto" (虹の音 Sound of the Rainbow) by Eir Aoi.^[21] The original score for the series is composed by Yuki Kajiura.

Episode list

Sword Art Online (Season 1: 2012)

Story arc 1: Aincrad

No.	Official English title[22] Original Japanese title	Director	Writer	Original air date[23]	English air date	Refs.
1	"The World of Swords" "Ken no Sekai" (剣の世界)	Tomohiko Itō	Yukie Sugawara & Yukito Kizawa	July 8, 2012	July 27, 2013[24]	[25]
A virtual reality gaming system known as the "NerveGear" is finally released to the public alongside the world's first virtual reality game called "Sword Art Online" (SAO). Kirito, one of the game's beta-testers, logs-in to Aincrad, the world of SAO and quickly befriends novice player Klein, to whom he teaches the basics of the game. After a few hours, Kirito and Klein discover that they cannot log-out. Akihiko Kayaba, the game's creator and employee of the computer corporation Argus, announces to the players that he intentionally removed the log-out option and that players will die if their NerveGear is forcefully removed or their in-game health bar is depleted to zero. He informs them that he created this game as a way to become God over his own dominion. The only way to escape is to clear all 100 floors of Aincrad, the setting of the game.
2	"Beater" "Bītā" (ビーター)	Yoshiyuki Fujiwara	Munemasa Nakamoto	July 15, 2012	August 3, 2013[24]	[26]
One month since the start of SAO, 2,000 players are dead, and the first floor has yet to be cleared. Kirito attends a meeting organized by fellow beta-tester Diabel, who announces to the attendants that his party, a group of characters adventuring together in a role-playing game, has found Illfang the Kobold Lord, the boss of the first floor. Parties are formed to prepare for battle, and Kirito teams up with a young girl named Asuna. The next day, Diavel's raid group arrives at the boss' room and battles Illfang and his minions. When Illfang's health becomes low, Diavel goes for the finishing attack. However, Kirito recognises the weapon the boss is wielding, which Diavel identifies wrongly, and attempts to warn him, but Illfang attacks first and mortally wounds Diavel. As he dies, Diavel begs Kirito to defeat the boss and save the players. Though they destroy the boss, Kirito is accused of being a "beater"—a combination of a "beta-tester" and "cheater"—for Diavel's death.
3	"The Red-Nosed Reindeer" "Akahana no Tonakai" (赤鼻のトナカイ)	Yuuki Itoh	Yukie Sugawara	July 22, 2012	August 10, 2013[24]	[27]
After saving the Moonlit Black Cats guild from a monster attack, their leader, Keita, thanks Kirito and asks him to join their guild. Kirito accepts the invitation, but hides the fact that his level is twice the average level of the players in the Moonlight Black Cats guild. Kirito bonds with his new friends, especially Sachi, who confides in Kirito that she is afraid of death. Kirito assures her that he will protect her, and they will be free one day. On June 12, 2023, while Keita goes to buy a house for the guild, the other Moonlit Black Cats members decide to earn some money by going to the upper floor dungeons. However, they become trapped in a room with higher-level monsters. Unable to save them, Kirito watches as each of his friends are killed, including Sachi. When Keita learns of his guild's demise, and Kirito's high player level, he commits suicide in bitter anger. After realizing that there's a crystal capable to bringing a player back to life, Kirito sets off to a dungeon, defeating the boss which drops the crystal. Originally wanting to use the crystal to revive Sachi, Kirito gives the crystal to Klein instead after realizing that she needed to be revived within ten seconds, otherwise it is useless. In his room, Kirito then receives a pre-recorded message from Sachi telling Kirito not to blame himself for her death and live strong.
4	"The Black Swordsman" "Kuro no Kenshi" (黒の剣士)	Shinya Watada	Yoshikazu Mukai	July 29, 2012	August 17, 2013[24]	[28]
A beast tamer named Silica quits a guild after arguing with their leader, Rosalia. Later, Silica is ambushed by a group of monsters while making her way alone through the forest, and her dragon familiar, Pina, is killed while trying to protect her. Kirito arrives and saves Silica. He tells her of an item at the Hill of Memories on the 47th floor, which can revive her familiar within three days of its death, and offers to accompany her there. As they spend time together, Kirito warns Silica of "orange players", players who commit crimes, and "red players", players who kill other players. When they finally retrieve the item, the Pneuma Flower, they are confronted by Rosalia and her men, who are members of Titan's Hand, an orange-player guild, and are after the flower. Kirito then reveals that his true motivation for escorting Silica was to draw Rosalia out and arrest her. The guild then realizes Kirito is the infamous Beater, "The Black Swordsman" and get frightened but attack anyway. However, Kirito is revealed to be Level 78 with health point of 14500 plus an auto generation healing skill, and effortlessly outmatches and detains the members of Titan's Hand. After they retrieve the flower, Silica revives Pina and thanks Kirito gratefully.
5	"Murder in the Safe Zone" "Kennai Jiken" (圏内事件)	Yasuyuki Fuse	Yukito Kizawa	August 5, 2012	August 24, 2013[24]	[29]
During a meeting between guilds on the 56th floor, Asuna, who has become Vice-Commander of the Knights of the Blood Oath, the most powerful guild in SAO, proposes a plan to lure a boss they are fighting into a village. However, Kirito opposes the plan, as the non-player character villagers will be killed. A month later, on the 59th floor, Asuna finds Kirito taking a nap, and chastises him for being lazy. Kirito persuades her to relax, and she falls asleep. To repay him for guarding her while she was asleep, Asuna offers to buy dinner for him, but their meal is interrupted by a scream. They rush out of the restaurant to find a player, Caynz, hanging outside a church, impaled with a spear. He dies immediately after. Fearing there is an unknown player versus player skill, they began to investigate the murder. Later, Yolko, Caynz' girlfriend, mentions someone may have been spotted behind Caynz as he was impaled. After informing Yolko of their discovery, she explains to them how she and Caynz used to be part of a guild called Golden Apple, and they are related to an old blacksmith named Grimlock, who was the husband of their deceased leader, Griselda. But during her explanation, Yolko is abruptly killed by a dagger thrown from the window.
6	"Illusionary Avenger" "Maboroshi no Fukushū-sha" (幻の復讐者)	Kazuma Satō	Yukito Kizawa	August 12, 2012	September 7, 2013[24]	[30]
Kirito and Asuna continue to investigate the murder of Caynz and Yolko, who were members of a disbanded guild called Golden Apple. Kirito wonders how it is possible to kill someone in a safe zone. Schmitt, another former member of Golden Apple, declares that the killer is the ghost of Griselda, their deceased leader. After watching a dropped sandwich vanish, Kirito deduces how Yolko and Caynz "died", and later, who murdered Griselda. He explains to Asuna that Yolko and Caynz faked their deaths by using a teleport crystal when their armor broke from losing durability, which made them appear to have died. Yolko and Caynz confront Schmitt at Griselda's grave to investigate the identity of Griselda's killer. After Schmitt explains that he had only followed instructions given to him and had not expected Griselda's death, the three are surrounded by members of a notorious player killing guild, Laughing Coffin, who have come to kill them. Yolko, Caynz and Schmitt are rescued by Kirito, who intimidates the Laughing Coffin members into retreating and explains that Grimlock killed Griselda for an item which Griselda was going to sell.
7	"The Temperature of the Heart" "Kokoro no Ondo" (心の温度)	Makoto Hoshino	Yoshikazu Mukai	August 19, 2012	September 14, 2013[24]	[31]
At the 48th floor, Asuna visits her friend Lisbeth in her blacksmith shop before going off adventuring. The next day, Kirito arrives at Lisbeth's shop in search of a custom-made sword to buy. Much to Lisbeth's shock, Kirito's sword, Elucidator, irreparably breaks her strongest sword. Frustrated and with her pride hurt, Lisbeth persuades Kirito to let her accompany him to the Western Mountain on the 55th floor to get a rare mineral from a dragon that eats crystals, so that she can use the mineral to make a stronger sword. When they arrive at the Western Mountain, Kirito tells her to hide when he fights the dragon. However, she ignores his advice and emerges from hiding halfway through the battle. The dragon blasts Lisbeth into a deep pit with Kirito jumping in to rescue her. The next morning, Kirito discovers that the mineral they are seeking, a Crystallite Ingot, is under the snow as the hole is the dragon's nest. The dragon returns and Kirito grabs Lisbeth with him as he stabs the dragon's back, forcing it to carry them out. Now safe and with the mineral in hand, Lisbeth creates a new sword, Dark Repulser, for Kirito and denies the payment. She instead asks Kirito to make her Kirito's exclusive blacksmith and is about to confess her feelings to him, when a worried Asuna suddenly arrives and demonstrates her and Kirito's attraction to each other.
8	"The Sword Dance of Black and White" "Kuro to Shiro no Kenbu" (黒と白の剣舞)	Tatsumi Fujii	Shuji Iriyama	August 26, 2012	September 21, 2013[24]	[32]
After adventuring on the 74th floor, Kirito finds a Ragout Rabbit, a rare S-class animal with top grade meat. Unable to cook well, Kirito decides to sell it to Agil, but he changes his mind when Asuna arrives and tells them that she has mastered her cooking skills. Kirito asks her to cook the meat in exchange for a share of the meal. Asuna's escort Kuradeel, sent by the Knights of the Blood Oath, is against Asuna inviting Kirito to her home as he is the infamous "Beater", but Asuna ignores him. Over the meal, Asuna and Kirito agree to team up to explore the dungeons in the 74th floor and meet the following day. However, Kuradeel appears and challenges Kirito to a duel, promising to leave them alone if Kirito wins. Kirito defeats Kuradeel easily by breaking his sword but Kuradeel refuses to lose, until Asuna relieves him of his duties and orders him to return to the headquarters of the Knights of the Blood Oath.
9	"The Blue-Eyed Demon" "Seigan no Akuma" (青眼の悪魔)	Koichi Kikuta	Munemasa Nakamoto & Naoki Shōji	September 2, 2012	September 28, 2013[24]	[33]
Kirito teams with Asuna as they clear the dungeon and discover the boss' room on the 74th floor. The room contains a formidable beast - a humanoid chimera with ram's horns wielding a gigantic sword, and has a living snake for a tail - the Gleam Eyes. They flee from the room to another part of the dungeon, where they encounter Klein and his guild Fuurinkazan. Soon after, the Aincrad Liberation Force appear, visibly exhausted from exploring the floor. As the soldiers rest, their leader Kobatz demands for Kirito to give them the map he made of the floor. Despite Asuna and Klein's protests, Kirito complies with his request. Kobatz and the soldiers march on into the dungeon, and the others follow them to make sure that they do not engage the boss; however, they arrive to see the soldiers badly hurt and Kobatz dead. Not wanting to see more people die, they start to charge at the boss to protect the survivors. Kirito is forced to use his unique Dual Blades skill to slay the boss with his Starbust Stream combo of 16 hits. Shortly after the battle, Kirito's unique skill becomes the talk of Aincrad, which attracts the attention of Heathcliff, the Commander of the Knights of the Blood Oath. He then challenges Kirito to a duel. If Kirito wins, Asuna is allowed to leave the guild and join his side, but if he loses, Kirito must join the Knights of the Blood Oath. Kirito agrees to the terms and accepts Heathcliff's challenge.
10	"Crimson Killing Intent" "Kurenai no Satsui" (紅の殺意)	Hideya Takahashi	Yukito Kizawa	September 9, 2012	October 5, 2013[24]	[34]
The duel, which is a battle of two players between Kirito and Heathcliff is held at an arena where a large crowd is gathered. Asuna warns Kirito to be careful about fighting Heathcliff, as he has also a unique skill called Holy Sword, which grants him maximum strength and defense. Just as Kirito is about to deal the winning strike, Heathcliff mysteriously manages to parry it and defeats Kirito. Now a member of the Knights of the Blood Oath, Kirito is questioned by Asuna about the reason for his strong aversion to joining guilds. After he confides in her about what happened to the Moonlit Black Cats, Asuna comforts Kirito and says she will protect him. Later, Kirito is asked by a fellow member, Godfree, to follow him and a seemingly remorseful Kuradeel to the 55th floor dungeons for a skill assessment. As they stop for a break, Kirito notices too late that the water he and Godfree drank causes a paralyzing effect. Kuradeel reveals that he is a member of Laughing Coffin and he intends to kill both Godfree and Kirito, and kills Godfree. However, the latter is rescued by Asuna, who was tracking them on her map. Kuradeel surrenders to Asuna, but then attacks her by surprise. Kirito defends Asuna and kills Kuradeel, injuring his arm in the process. Asuna apologizes to Kirito, saying that she should now stay away from him, but Kirito kisses her instead, and telling her that she means the world to him to which Asuna replies by saying the same thing. Later in Asuna's home, Kirito proposes marriage to Asuna.
11	"The Girl of the Morning Dew" "Asatsuyu no Shōjo" (朝露の少女)	Pyeon-Gang Ho	Yukie Sugawara	September 16, 2012	October 12, 2013[24]	[35]
After Kuradeel's demise, Kirito and Asuna's friendship has grown stronger and they marry in-game. Asuna is granted a temporary leave from her guild. They go on a vacation and stay at their new home in a village on the 22nd floor. The couple later find a lost girl in the forest and see her suddenly collapse. As they approach the unconscious girl, they discover that she does not have a cursor above her, suggesting a glitch meaning a software error. They take the girl to their home and she wakes up the following day. However, upon questioning from Asuna and Kirito, the girl is able to remember her name, Yui. Yui calls Asuna and Kirito "Mama" and "Papa", respectively, which Asuna and Kirito happily agree to. They decide to go to the Town of Beginnings on the 1st floor to see if they can find anybody that knows Yui. Instead, they find a young woman named Sasha and the children she's taking care of being extorted by the Aincrad Liberation Force for taxes. Asuna attacks their leader, scaring him and the rest of the soldiers away. While Sasha thanks Asuna for defending them, Yui starts to panic suddenly, causing a glitch-like occurrence before being rendered unconscious again.
12	"Yui's Heart" "Yui no Kokoro" (ユイの心)	Tamaki Nakatsu	Yukie Sugawara	September 23, 2012	October 19, 2013[24]	[36]
Kirito, Asuna and Yui are resting at a church where Sasha takes care of the younger children, until Yulier, second-in-command from the Army, suddenly arrives. Yulier explains that the Army under their leader, Thinker, had good intentions of helping players but as the Army grew, its members began abusing their powers. Thinker was going to expel Kibaou over the Gleam Eyes incident, but the latter trapped him in a secret dungeon on the first floor. Yulier asks Kirito and Asuna for help in the rescue. They arrive at Thinker's location in the dungeon, and are attacked by a boss called the "Fatal Scythe". As the boss is about to strike down Kirito, Yui jumps in between them. The boss attacks, but is unable to damage her because she is an "Immortal Object", which means the system will not allow her to take any critical damage. Yui recovers her memories, and reveals herself as artificial intelligence, a simulation of human-like intelligence and behaviors. She was designed to aid the players of Sword Art Online, but for unknown reasons, was banned from interacting with them as soon as the game launches, forced to witness the players collapse. After seeing Asuna and Kirito in a much happier state, Yui wanted to get as close as possible to them. Despite the revelation, Asuna and Kirito still accept Yui as their "daughter", but Yui bids them farewell when she realizes that she is going to be deleted for her interference in the game. Refusing to accept her deletion, Kirito uses the Gamemaster console Yui left behind to save Yui's data to a game item, "Yui's Heart".
13	"Edge of Hell's Abyss" "Naraku no Fuchi" (奈落の淵)	Takahiro Shikama	Yoshikazu Mukai	September 30, 2012	October 26, 2013[24]	[37]
While fishing near a lake, Kirito encounters Nishida, an avid fisherman. He remarks that, despite honing his fisherman skills, he is unable to cook delicious dishes with what he catches. Kirito invites him to his home for Asuna to cook the fish he caught for them. During their meal, Nishida mentions a huge fish he tried to catch many times before but failed, and he asks Kirito to help him. Later, Nishida manages to hook the fish and passes the rod to Kirito to pull it in. The fish is revealed to be a huge monster, which Asuna slays. Soon after, Kirito receives a message from Heathcliff. Kirito and Asuna leave the fishing place to meet up at the Knights of the Blood Oath headquarters, where they learn that a party had been trapped and killed in the 75th leveled boss' room. A team of players from several guilds, including Kirito and Asuna, is being assembled to fight the boss. Once inside, the group is greeted by a terrifying sight - the massive, skeletal form of The Skull Reaper.
14	"The End of the World" "Sekai no Shūen" (世界の終焉)	Tomohiko Itō	Yukito Kizawa	October 7, 2012	November 2, 2013[24]	[38]
After a hard fought battle and many losses, the Knights of Blood Oath and other allies defeat the Skull Reaper, boss of the 75th floor. While resting, Kirito deduces that Heathcliff is, in fact, Akihiko Kayaba himself, by exposing him as an "Immortal Object". Akihiko paralyzes everyone except Kirito, and reveals that he would have been the final floor's boss. He offers Kirito the chance to face him in a one-on-one duel as a reward for finding out his true identity. If Kirito wins, Akihiko will consider the game cleared and log out all the remaining players. After giving his best wishes to the others, Kirito accepts the challenge. During the battle, Asuna sacrifices herself to save Kirito, despite the fact that she is paralyzed and so should be unable to move. After Asuna dies, Kirito is stricken by grief, and attacks Heathcliff with little will. Heathcliff easily kills Kirito, but Kirito overrides the Death system, recovering at zero health and killing Heathcliff. By doing this, Kirito clears the game. Suddenly, Kirito and Asuna find themselves on a mysterious platform high over Aincrad. Kayaba tells Kirito and Asuna that he just wanted to create a world that everyone imagined in their hearts. He then bids farewell to the couple, and congratulates them on clearing the game. Kirito and Asuna tell one another their real names, Kazuto Kirigaya and Asuna Yuuki, and embrace each other as the world falls apart. In the real world, Kazuto awakes in a hospital. Despite being physically weak, he sets off in search of the real Asuna.

Story arc 2: Fairy Dance

No.	Official English title[22] Original Japanese title	Director	Writer	Original air date[23]	English air date	Refs.
15	"Return" "Kikan" (帰還)	Shigetaka Ikeda	Munemasa Nakamoto	October 14, 2012	November 9, 2013[24]	[39]
Two months after the end of the original SAO incident, Kazuto's sister, Suguha, continues to worry about him. Kazuto goes to the hospital to visit Asuna who, along with 300 other players, has yet to wake up after the SAO incident. It is there that he meets an associate of Asuna's father, Shouzou; and Nobuyuki Sugou, who works for him. Much to Kazuto's fury, Sugou tells him that he intends to be adopted into Asuna's family, while she is still in a coma, as a precursor to marriage. Later at home, Kazuto breaks down before Suguha, who tells him not to lose, despite knowing Kazuto is actually her cousin and harboring her own feelings for him. The next morning, Kazuto receives an e-mail from Andrew Gilbert Mills, Agil's real-life persona, with a screenshot from another game of an avatar, a graphical representation, which resembles Asuna.
16	"Land of the Fairies" "Yōsei-tachi no Kuni" (妖精たちの国)	Yasuyuki Fuse	Yukie Sugawara	October 21, 2012	November 16, 2013[24]	[40]
Kazuto visits Andrew, who explains that the screenshot he sent originated from "Alfheim Online" (ALO), a VRMMORPG where players take the role of fairies capable of flight. He explains that the duplicate resembling Asuna was spotted somewhere on the game's World Tree. Discovering that RECTO (the computer corporation for which Sugou works) created the game, Kazuto is convinced that Asuna is trapped in the game. Wasting no time, Kazuto logs-in to ALO as "Kirito". He discovers that he still has his SAO game data, including skill levels and the SAO in-game item containing Yui's data, which he activates to bring Yui into ALfheim as a Navigation Pixie. Yui deduces that the game is made using a copy of SAO's servers, explaining why Kirito's statistics, a piece of data from SAO had been carried over to Kirito's ALO avatar.
17	"Imprisoned Queen" "Toraware no Joō" (囚われの女王)	Yoshiyuki Fujiwara	Yoshikazu Mukai	October 28, 2012	November 23, 2013[24]	[41]
Leafa, a Sylph player, thanks Kirito for saving her from the attack of player-hunting Salamanders and teaches him how to fly properly. They travel to the Sylph Territory (Sylvein), where they meet one of Leafa's party members, Recon. Leafa and Kirito go to an inn and have a conversation about how he can get to the top of the World Tree. Seeing Kirito's determination to reach the top of the tree, Leafa decides to help and asks him to meet her at the inn the next day. In the real world, when Leafa logs-out, it is revealed that she is actually Suguha. Meanwhile, Asuna is seen in a gigantic bird cage at the World Tree, held by the Gamemaster, Oberon the Fairy King.
18	"To the World Tree" "Sekaiju e" (世界樹へ)	Takayoshi Morimiya	Yukito Kizawa	November 4, 2012	November 30, 2013[24]	[42]
In the real world, Suguha reminisces about how she started virtual reality gaming, and meets up with Recon's real-life persona, Shin'ichi Nagata. She informs him that she will be leaving their party to join Kirito. Later, she logs-in as Leafa and begins to lead Kirito to the World Tree, which stands in the center of Alfheim. However, before their departure, a member of Leafa's party, Sigurd, is disappointed that she "betrayed" her other members. Annoyed about how they treat Kirito, Leafa announces that Kirito is her new partner. Later during their travels, Kirito and Leafa arrive at a landing point, where they take turns logging out to refresh themselves. Meanwhile, Asuna learns from Oberon (revealed to be Sugou in the real world) that Kirito is still alive, and secretly obtains the key code for her cage's lock.
19	"The Lugru Corridor" "Rugurū Kairō" (ルグルー回廊)	Pyeon-Gang Ho	Shuji Iriyama	November 11, 2012	January 4, 2014[upper-alpha 1][44]	[45]
While en route to the World Tree, the pair first pass through a large cave. Leafa receives a message from Recon cautioning her to take care. She and Kirito realize that they are being followed, only to be cornered by a large group of Salamander players. Kirito asks Leafa to support him with her magic while he fights the group by himself. However, he is unable to break their formation until Yui comes up with a plan to have Leafa cast some protective magic on Kirito, while he conjures a spell that temporarily transforms him into a representation of Gleam Eyes. In his new form, Kirito obliterates his enemies, but spares one whom Kirito bribes in exchange for information. The Salamander player reveals that his party was ordered to attack Kirito and Leafa by the same group which attacked them during their first encounter.
20	"General of the Blazing Flame" "Mōen no Shō" (猛炎の将)	Makoto Hoshino & Takahiro Shikama	Naoki Shōji	November 18, 2012	January 11, 2014[46]	[47]
The Sylphs and the Cat Siths are holding a secret meeting, with the goal of forming an alliance in order to clear the Grand Quest, completion of which grants entry into the World Tree. A force of Salamanders plans to attack the meeting and Kirito and Leafa reach the meeting place just before the Salamanders attack. Seeing that they have no chance against them in a direct confrontation, Kirito rushes forward and addresses the Salamander General, Eugene. Kirito bluffs that he is an ambassador for a Spriggan-Undine alliance, and cautions him that to attack them would be tantamount to declaring war on all four races. Eugene does not believe him and challenges him to a duel, which Kirito wins and the Salamanders retreat. After learning that the now-allied Sylphs and Cait Siths are going to assault the World Tree in a couple of days, Kirito donates a large sum of money to Alicia, leader of the Cait Siths.
21	"The Truth of Alfheim" "Aruvuheimu no Shinjitsu" (アルヴヘイムの真実)	Pyeon-Gang Ho	Munemasa Nakamoto	November 25, 2012	January 18, 2014[48]	[49]
Kirito and Leafa finally reach Central Arun, the capital of Alfheim, located directly beneath the World Tree. However, an emergency shutdown for server maintenance prompts the two to find a nearby inn and log out. The next day, Suguha accompanies Kazuto to visit Asuna at the hospital. Meanwhile, in the World Tree, Asuna escapes and stumbles upon a room where experiments are being conducted with the brains of the 300 SAO players trapped in ALO. She attempts to log out of the game by using the GM console inside the room, but is captured by two of Sugou's assistants. However, she manages to snatch a key card before she is thrown back into her cell.
22	"Grand Quest" "Gurando Kuesuto" (グランド・クエスト)	Kazuhisa Ouno	Yukito Kizawa	December 2, 2012	January 25, 2014[50]	[51]
Upon hearing from Yui that Asuna is at the top of the World Tree, Kirito rushes up but finds it blocked by a barrier. Desperate, Yui calls out to Asuna, who hears her cry and throws down the administrator's key card, which Kirito catches. Resolving to get to Asuna's location, Kirito bids farewell to Leafa and embarks on the Grand Quest by himself. Despite his best efforts, Kirito is overwhelmed and runs out of health. Shortly afterwards, Leafa enters the dome and grabs Kirito's flame, which contains his soul, before successfully escaping to revive him. Leafa attempts to talk Kirito out of re-entering the dome alone, but he remains determined. Upon discovering one another's identities, they log out. In the real world, Kazuto approaches Suguha, who reveals in great anguish that she knew they were not true siblings and that she has fallen in love with both him and his avatar.
23	"Bonds" "Kizuna" (絆)	Shigetaka Ikeda	Yoshikazu Mukai	December 9, 2012	February 1, 2014[52]	[53]
Kazuto thinks back to the time when he was 10 years old and learned that he was not related to Suguha, which resulted in him becoming detached from his family and increasingly engrossed with online gaming. Wanting to sort things out, Kazuto asks Suguha to meet him in ALO. As Leafa contemplates whether she should stop seeing her brother in-game, she challenges Kirito to a one-on-one duel. They both end up throwing away their swords and apologize to each other. After Kazuto explains that he is unable to say what he thinks of Suguha until Asuna is rescued, Leafa agrees to help him in his quest, dragging Recon along with her. Just as things begin to look dire, Sakuya and Alicia arrive with their armies to back them up.
24	"Gilded Hero" "Mekki no Yūsha" (鍍金の勇者)	Tomohiko Itō	Yukie Sugawara	December 16, 2012	February 8, 2014[54]	[55]
Arriving at the top of the World Tree, Kirito and Yui finally reunite with Asuna. However, they are suddenly hit by high gravity magic, which forces Yui to retreat, and they are confronted by Oberon. As Oberon reveals that his plans to control the human mind are almost complete, he chains Asuna and molests her in front of Kirito. Falling into despair, Kirito hears the voice of Akihiko, who encourages him to stand up and fight. Using Akihiko's administrative functions, Kirito removes Oberon's powers and challenges him to a fight with no pain absorption, and shows Oberon what true pain is before destroying him. After logging Asuna out to ensure her safety in the real world, Kirito meets with a remnant of Akihiko's memory, who gives him an item called "The Seed" before leaving. Kirito respawns back at the World Tree, where Yui returns after hiding inside of Kirito's Nerve Gear storage. He logs out of ALO, and in the real world, he heads to the hospital where Asuna is waiting.
25	"The World Seed" "Sekai no Shushi" (世界の種子)	Tomohiko Itō	Munemasa Nakamoto	December 23, 2012	February 15, 2014[56]	[57]
Rushing to the hospital, Kazuto is attacked by an injured Sugou wielding a knife. The latter attempts to kill Kazuto, but his poor eyesight prevented him from doing so. Kazuto disarms him and, considering Sugou's actions, ultimately spares his life. Kazuto finally meets with Asuna, and they have a tearful reunion. On May 16, 2025, Kazuto and Asuna attend a special school for students who were trapped in SAO. As they have lunch, Kazuto reveals that Sugou was captured by the police after their fight and that his crimes have been exposed by one of his employees. The 300 players that were trapped by Sugou have been released, but his experiments shocked the public, resulting in other VRMMO titles to be shut down in fear of more cybercrimes being committed, and fall of the genre as a whole. It is also revealed that after SAO collapsed, Akihiko committed suicide by using his Nerve Gear. Later, Asuna, Kazuto, and Suguha head to Andrew's bar, along with Liz/Rika Shinozaki, Silica/Keiko Ayano, Yolko, Kains, Sasha, Yulier, Thinker, Klein/Ryōtarō Tsuboi, and his guild, where they finally have a proper celebration for clearing SAO and ALO. Kazuto explains that the World Seed was built by Akihiko, using the same engine made to create Sword Art Online and ALfheim Online. When Kirito uploaded the World Seed to the Internet, hundreds of people, ranging from normal players to small game companies, built their own worlds using the World Seed, effectively reviving the VRMMO gaming genre. Later that night, Suguha returns to a World Seed version of ALO, flying to the moon and falling back, but was caught by Kazuto mid-air. The latter then takes Suguha (along with the rest of the players he met through the series) to Aincrad, telling her that he's going back to the floating castle to finish all 100 stages of it, while starting from scratch by resetting his stats.

Sword Art Online: Extra Edition

Sword Art Online: Extra Edition is a special anime episode which was simulcast worldwide on December 31, 2013.^[15] In Japan, it was premiered on two broadcast channels: Tokyo MX and BS 11. While in other countries, the special was streamed via the Internet on Daisuki and Crunchyroll.^[58] The extra edition was directed by Tomohiko Itō and screenplayed by the creator, Reki Kawahara and Munemasa Nakamoto.^[59] It recounts the events of the original Sword Art Online anime, told in retrospect by the series characters and features new footage.^[60][61]

The main theme song is "Niji no Oto" (虹の音 Sound of the Rainbow) by Eir Aoi.^[21] "Crossing Field" by LiSA, "Overfly" by Luna Haruna, and "Innocence" by Eir Aoi are all insert songs.

Official English title Original Japanese title	Director	Writer	Original air date	English release
"Sword Art Online: Extra Edition" "Sōdo Āto Onrain Ekisutora Edikushon" (ソードアート・オンライン Extra Edition)	Tomohiko Itō	Reki Kawahara & Munemasa Nakamoto	December 31, 2013	December 23, 2014[62]
Kazuto and Suguha meet Asuna, Rika, and Keiko at their high school, where the trio have agreed to teach Suguha how to swim, in preparation for a quest in ALO so that Yui can see a whale for the first time. Meanwhile, Kazuto makes his way to the counseling office, where he meets Kikuoka Seijiro—a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. While investigating the SAO incident, Kazuto relates his experiences and previous actions in the game to Kikouka, so he can grasp Akihiko Kayaba's motives while also forcing Kazuto to reflect on his actions throughout the death game. After Kirito defeats Kayaba and gains no insight into his goal, Kazuto's story enters the ALFheim stage, rescuing Asuna and freeing all captive players with the help of his new-found friends. As Suguha eventually learns how to swim, Kazuto concludes his story by explaining the cost of power and leaves Kikouka. Later, Kirito, Asuna, Leafa, Silica, Lizbeth with Klein and Agil went to Turtle Island. They dive into the ocean and arrive at an undersea temple where they met Nerakk, a non-player character. The group begins the quest where they will retrieve a stolen pearl from the temple and return it to Nerakk. The group then found the pearl after exploring, but Asuna notices that it is an egg all along. Nerakk starts to reveal his true form that he is originally Krakken—The Abyss Lord, a very powerful monster which attacks and gives them severe damage. Just when all begins to be lost, Leviathan, the Sea King stops the Krakken and after a brief talk, the Krakken retreats. Leviathan then retrieves the egg, clearing the quest and returns the group to the surface on the back of a giant whale—their reward.

Media release

Japanese release

Aniplex, in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment Japan, distributed the episodes in nine volumes in DVD and Blu-ray format across Japan.^[9][63] Sword Art Online: Extra Edition was released on April 23, 2014, in DVD and Blu-ray limited editions, including a bonus Sword Art Offline: Extra Edition episode.^[64]

Aniplex (Japan, Region 2)^[9]

Volume		Episodes	DVD release date	Blu-ray release date
	Volume 1[10]	1–2	October 24, 2012	October 24, 2012
	Volume 2[65]	3–5	November 21, 2012	November 21, 2012
	Volume 3[66]	6–8	December 26, 2012	December 26, 2012
	Volume 4[67]	9–11	January 23, 2013	January 23, 2013
	Volume 5[68]	12–14	February 27, 2013	February 27, 2013
	Volume 6[69]	15–16	March 27, 2013	March 27, 2013
	Volume 7[70]	17–19	April 24, 2013	April 24, 2013
	Volume 8[71]	20–22	May 22, 2013	May 22, 2013
	Volume 9[8]	23–25	June 26, 2013	June 26, 2013

English release

In North America, Aniplex of America released the series in four DVD and Blu-ray volumes beginning on August 13, 2013. In Australasia, Madman Entertainment released volume one in DVD and Blu-ray on December 18, 2013, and concluded with volume four on March 19, 2014. In Europe, Manga Entertainment began to release the anime on December 16, 2013.^[72] Sword Art Online: Extra Edition was licensed by Aniplex of America and released by Blu-ray and DVD in North America on December 23, 2014.^[62]

Aniplex of America (North America, Region 1)

Volume		Episodes	DVD Release date	Blu-ray release date
	Part 1	1–7	August 13, 2013[11]	August 13, 2013[73]
	Part 2	8–14	September 17, 2013[74]	September 17, 2013[75]
	Part 3	15–19	October 15, 2013[76]	October 15, 2013[77]
	Part 4	20–25	November 19, 2013[78]	November 19, 2013[79]

Manga Entertainment (Europe, Region 2)

Volume		Episodes	DVD Release date	Blu-ray release date
	Part 1	1–7	December 16, 2013[13]	December 16, 2013[14]
	Part 2	8–14	January 27, 2014[80]	January 27, 2014[81]
	Part 3	15–19	February 24, 2014[82]	February 24, 2014[83]
	Part 4	20–25	March 31, 2014[84]	March 31, 2014[85]

Madman Entertainment (Australasia, Region 4)^[12]

Volume		Episodes	DVD Release date	Blu-ray release date
	Part 1	1–7	December 18, 2013[86]	December 18, 2013[87]
	Part 2	8–14	January 15, 2014[88]	January 15, 2014[89]
	Part 3	15–19	February 19, 2014[90]	February 19, 2014[91]
	Part 4	20–25	March 19, 2014[92]	March 19, 2014[93]

Sword Art Offline

Sword Art Offline is a series of bonus episodes released in their own DVD and Blu-ray volumes in Japan. The show has 10 episodes, including the extra edition.^[9] Aniplex of America announced that they will include those episodes in the English version of the volumes with English subtitles.^[94]

Sword Art Online episode list^[9]

Title	Packaged in Japan with
"Sword Art Offline 1"	Volume 1
Features some highlights of Episodes 1 and 2, with Klein as a special guest, life counsel section held by Kirito, and trivia sections led by Yui.
"Sword Art Offline 2"	Volume 2
Features some highlights of Episodes 3, 4, and 5, with Klein replacing Kirito as life counsel host, and Silica as the special guest.
"Sword Art Offline 3"	Volume 3
Features some highlights of Episodes 6, 7, and 8, with Lisbeth as the special guest.
"Sword Art Offline 4"	Volume 4
Features some highlights of Episodes 9, 10, and 11, with Yui as the special guest. Heathcliff substitutes for Yui as trivia guide.
"Sword Art Offline 5"	Volume 5
Features some highlights of Episodes 12, 13, and 14, with Heathcliff as the special guest.
"Sword Art Offline 6"	Volume 6
The show received a major overhaul due to the Fairy Dance arc, with Leafa replaced Asuna as main anchor, and a new section titled "Slot Talk" replacing Klein's Life Counsel. There was no special guest and it highlighted Episodes 15 and 16.
"Sword Art Offline 7"	Volume 7
Features some highlights of Episodes 17, 18, and 19, with Yui once again the special guest. Oberon substitutes for Yui as trivia guide.
"Sword Art Offline 8"	Volume 8
Features some highlights of Episodes 20, 21, and 22.
"Sword Art Offline 9"	Volume 9
Features some highlights of Episodes 23, 24, and 25.
"Sword Art Offline: Extra Edition"	Sword Art Online: Extra Edition DVD/Blu-ray
Features some highlights of the special episode, with Leafa and Asuna as hosts, Kirito as the commentator, and Yui as the special guest.

Notes

1. TV Guide said that the English version of "The Lugru Corridor" was originally aired on December 28, 2013,^[24] but Toonami did not air this episode during their block on Adult Swim.^[43]

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External links

• Sword Art Online Official anime website (Japanese)
• Sword Art Online Official anime website