Sword Art Online
I stumbled across this on Netflix a couple of days ago. It's an Anime about people who get trapped inside a Virtual Reality MMORPG, where if they die in game they die in real life too and the only way to escape is to get to floor 100 and beat the boss to clear the game. If the VR headsets are removed by anyone it also causes the player to die. It's a pretty interesting concept, and it really nails some of the jokes and cliches about MMORPGs and what people get up too once they realise that they actually are trapped inside a virtual world.
The Anime is pretty solid up until episode 15 where it veers off course somewhat and begins entering Japanese fetish territory.
It's based off a Manga I believe, with the first 14 episodes supposedly being like 50 episodes worth of content condensed into 14 episodes.
Either way I'd recommend checking it out. It's by no means the greatest anime ever made, and it certainly has a fair few flaws. But if you want some switch off entertainment, especially if you play MMOs, it's worth a look. I plan on actually making an effort to dig out the manga from somewhere.
It also has a pretty cool opening credits roll:
There's a 2nd season too which isn't on Netflix yet, so I haven't watched it and apparently a 3rd season has been commissioned too.
Has anyone else here seen it?
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