The story and character might be that good. But SAO has top-notch the animation, designs, concepts, settings and music. It has one of the best world building in anime.
Also, apprently IBM's NERVEGEAR Prototype is currently in alpha testing stage.
>>138744619
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgxRSgoDkAc
Looks so damn weird.
How many anime have you seen, OP? Just curious.
>>138744845
Sorry, I don't count how many slices of bread I have eaten my whole life.
>>138744619
>It has one of the best world building in anime
You're making it too obvious, was almost good up to that point.
>>138745056
That many, huh?
>>138745908
There's a lot of detail that goes into it. A lot more than many fantasy worlds. That's, I guess, to be expected given the premise, but it has certainly stuck in the minds of more than a few VR developers and engineers.
>>138747035
Yes, because otherwise people will accuse the OP of being me.
Duh.
>>138746964
>There's a lot of detail that goes into it. A lot more than many fantasy worlds.
It was so devoid of substance they had to completely skip 75% of the progression. There's no story to be had in SAO outside of Kirito and his bitches.
Also your a fag who needs to fuck off, but you probably enjoy being told that so what am I to do?
>>138744619
>Make an Oculous Rift copycat, throw in an omnidirectional movement rig and motion controls
>Call it NerveGear
Pathetic. Call me when they have actually made progress on a direct brain interface.
>watch first episode
>pretty hype after it
>next episode has timeskip, okay this could still be good
>end of the episode has him symbolically put on edgelord jacket
>series is plagued with timeskips, hardly any character development, and the plot is hijacked and turned into a love story
I still watch it, but goddamn they fucked what could have been amazing. It would have been nice if the mc just had an edge on other people for a while and had to work to level up. Instead three episodes in and he's a fucking god compared to everyone else
>>138747414
>Tfw we'll probably be dead before that ever happens
>>138747423
Blame Reki for writing the story little bits at a time. Most of Aincrad is short stories he wrote after the fact.
In fact, most of it is true cancer until Alicization.
>>138747423
Also the anime skips most of Kirito's progression.
Because it's an MMO, naturally Kirito isn't all talent. He grinded like a mother fucker, and had an advantage in doing so because he had prior knowledge of game mechanics.
>>138746964
It's funny that you're always one of the first posters in SAO threads. Almost like you make the threads or something.