Sword Art Online - Anime General Discussion [NO SPOILERS]

[JohnNiles]

Ah, she does look like Haruka!

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by Aphrah

My bad. Yeah, you're right. I misread 'pink-clad' as 'pink-haired'.

Ugh, she reminds me of Haruka (IM@S); and that's not a good thing because I hate Haruka.

Actually Sachi looks like Chiyaha + Haruka mix.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Wilfriback

Actually Sachi looks like Chiyaha + Haruka mix.

That she does. I blame A-1. Ah well, both Chiyaha and Sacchi are cuties so it’s all good.

[Fallen3dge]

Oh yay cv doing ed. Hope May'n or Kalafina doing Op

[Dr. Casey]

Originally Posted by Aphrah

My bad. Yeah, you're right. I misread 'pink-clad' as 'pink-haired'.

Yep, that's the one.

Now that we've got the identity of Hot Chick down, I've another question: TVTropes says that Sword Art Online features quite a few time skips in the story, which sounds awesome because I love timeskips. I'm pretty sure that the entire story so far has taken place during the 2020s... what year does the story begin, and how many years have passed since the start?

[zeniselv]

^better addres that in the LN section.

[Fallen3dge]

Originally Posted by Dr. Casey

Yep, that's the one.

Now that we've got the identity of Hot Chick down, I've another question: TVTropes says that Sword Art Online features quite a few time skips in the story, which sounds awesome because I love timeskips. I'm pretty sure that the entire story so far has taken place during the 2020s... what year does the story begin, and how many years have passed since the start?

Its in the timeline section in baka-tsuki

[FlameSparkZ]

Originally Posted by Dr. Casey

Yep, that's the one.

Now that we've got the identity of Hot Chick down, I've another question: TVTropes says that Sword Art Online features quite a few time skips in the story, which sounds awesome because I love timeskips. I'm pretty sure that the entire story so far has taken place during the 2020s... what year does the story begin, and how many years have passed since the start?

Yea, the author has to do time skips, because:

Spoiler for Minor spoiler, but still...:

The players get stuck in SAO for 2 years.

Though, also looking forward to seeing the winning original characters/weapons of the (ongoing) "SAO avatar & sword art" design contest in the anime :3
Already drew mine (+ a few weapons) and posted them.

[Ravenblitz]

Spoiler for Dengeki G:

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Ravenblitz

Spoiler for Dengeki G:

Oooooooh, hell yes! Dem sexy, sexy legs ~ <3

[tsunade666]

looks awesome and sexy. But really, they should have taken off that breastplate. It felt flat -_-

[Kismet-chan]

Slightly odd perspective on that foot, imo... But I'll take it.

[sky black swordman]

Nice! Asuna is so sexy!
Ravenblitz Thank you.

tsunade666 I am with you .

[Hell_ping]

You guys into a foot fetish or something?

Well, after previous seasons, this upcoming season seem a little 'flat'.

[tsunade666]

see, I told you saw "flat". That breastplate armor should be remove. Who will wear an armor equipment when taking a rest/dip on a water.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Teh_Ping

You guys into a foot fetish or something?

I'm more of a legs person myself, but feet can be nice too; and liking feet doesn't necessarily mean that one has a foot fetish.

[Hell_ping]

Originally Posted by Aphrah

I'm more of a legs person myself, but feet can be nice too; and liking feet doesn't necessarily mean that one has a foot fetish.

And I'm trying to explain to my colleagues what's with the readers' supposed foot fetish when I was surfing here at work. (It's a corporate company, so yeah, it's kinda embarrassing. Yeah, that included your sigs, Aphrah and Tsunade...)

*Ahem* I'm not so sure of what to expect from the fans this time when the LNs are going to be fully translated before the anime even begins (a first even for Baka Tsuki).

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Teh_Ping

And I'm trying to explain to my colleagues what's with the readers' supposed foot fetish when I was surfing here at work. (It's a corporate company, so yeah, it's kinda embarrassing. Yeah, that included your sigs, Aphrah and Tsunade...)

*Ahem* I'm not so sure of what to expect from the fans this time when the LNs are going to be fully translated before the anime even begins (a first even for Baka Tsuki).

Ah, ehehe. Sorry about that. :<

Well, there should be no complaints, as the L/Ns will be fully translated. But really, I don't know; only time will tell, I suppose.

[Hell_ping]

Originally Posted by Aphrah

Ah, ehehe. Sorry about that. :<

Well, there should be no complaints, as the L/Ns will be fully translated. But really, I don't know; only time will tell, I suppose.

Yeah, and one of my Japanese superiors (in his 50s) is like, 何か? It's a part-Japanese company, actually, so yeah...

Personal experience from the Index II season (Tsunade can vouch for that) is that a lot of people were grumbling about how the adaptation was so different from the novel at times (to be fair, it was a relatively good adaptation, just that the medium's unable to contain a lot of the terminology explanations that could have explained the story better. It's the same case with SAO here with all the game terms, so I'm kinda sweating over this.)

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Teh_Ping

Personal experience from the Index II season (Tsunade can vouch for that) is that a lot of people were grumbling about how the adaptation was so different from the novel at times (to be fair, it was a relatively good adaptation, just that the medium's unable to contain a lot of the terminology explanations that could have explained the story better. It's the same case with SAO here with all the game terms, so I'm kinda sweating over this.)

Blah. Fans will always find something to complain about. It'd be best to view the L/N series and the anime adaptation as two different forms of entertainment. But it's as you said, it goes without say that anime, as a visual medium, is usually unable to contain as much of the explanations the L/Ns have.