All 25 episodes from the first season of the animated series based on the light novel by Reki Kawahara. It is 2022 and technology has advanced to the stage where specially equipped helmets can carry players into an immersive virtual world. As an avid gamer, Kirito (voice of Yoshitsugu Matsuoka) is desperate to participate in an exciting new project called 'Sword Art Online'. However, once inside the game, Kirito and his fellow players learn that the only way to escape is by completing it - and that death in the game means death in real life.