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Welcome to Otapedia! an Otaku encyclopedia which compiles topics, themes and terms of Japanese Otaku culture from the classics to the newest anime, manga, games series and more!
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Gun Gale Online (Japanese name, ガンゲイル・オンライン), is a VR MMORPG developed and operated by US developer, Zaskar. Emphasising gunplay for its combat system, it is known for the incredibly fierce Player vs. Player tournament, Bullet of Bullets (BoB).

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

ALfheim Online (アルヴヘイム・オンライン aruvuheimu onrain) is a Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game (VRMMORPG) in the Sword Art Online series released a year after SAO had been beaten. Compatible with all FullDive systems, and allowed transferring player character...

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| | || --- | --- || Director | Tomohiko Itō || Screenplay | Reki KawaharaTomohiko Itō || Music | Yuki Kajiura || Editor | Shigeru Nishiyama || Production | A-1 Pictures || Distributor | Aniplex |

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Sword Art Online was originally a web novel series that was self-published online, starting in 2002, by Reki Kawahara, who published them using his pseudonym, Fumio Kunori. In April 2009, after winning a writing competition for Accel World, Reki worked with Dengeki Bunko to publi...

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The anime score consists of over 50 soundtrack, remixes, and single releases starting 2012, and more coming as for February, 2020 as the anime sequels and games keep expanding the already-vast SAOverse. The discs are sold separately as well as bundled with the Blurays.

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The Sword Art Online series has been adapted into manga format and has been serialised in various manga magazines published by ASCII Media Works. All volumes of the manga are written by Reki Kawahara, but the illustrators vary.

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The Sword Art Online animated series is animated by A-1 Pictures, produced by Aniplex and Genco, and is directed by Tomohiko Ito. The first season aired in Japan in 2012, running from July 7 through to December 22. Season one aired in English starting in July 2013. The series is ...

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This article details the particularities of Underworld. For the background and behind-the-scenes details, please refer to Project Alicization 1/4.

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This article details the particularities of Underworld. For the background and behind-the-scenes details, please refer to Project Alicization 1/4.

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This article details the particularities of Underworld. For the background and behind-the-scenes details, please refer to Project Alicization 1/4.

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This article details the particularities of Underworld. For the background and behind-the-scenes details, please refer to Project Alicization 1/4.

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This article details the particularities of Underworld. For the background and behind-the-scenes details, please refer to Project Alicization 1/4.

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The North Centoria Imperial Sword Mastery Academy (修剣学院 shūken gakuin) in Underworld is the most renowned fighting academy of Norlangarth Empire, and it is assumed the other three empires have their own in the other sides of Centoria. Only a fifth of its students are common peopl...

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The Central Cathedral, officially known as Axiom Church Central Cathedral (公理教会セントラル・カセドラル kōrikyōkai sentoraru kasedoraru) is the ancient and enormous tower of white marble exactly in the center of Centoria and the Human Empire of Underworld. Home to Administrator and her cohort...

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ALfheim is the name given to the original continent in the VRMMORPG ALfheim Online (ALO). It's name and origin can be traced from Norse mythology, where it is known as "Land of the Elves."

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Aincrad, and New Aincrad, is the setting of the VRMMORPGs Sword Art Online (SAO) and ALfheim Online (ALO). It gets it's name from a concept called An Incarnating Radius and is an abbreviation of that concept.

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A Guild is a game engine-managed group of players in MMO games with a structure, a leader, and usually clearly set goals. Known Sword Art Online series worlds that have guilds are SAO, ALfheim Online, and Gun Gale Online (these are called Squadrons). There can be any number of gu...

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Integrity Knights (整合騎士 seigō kishi), designated on the system level as Integrator (インテグレータ integurēta), are dragon knights, the commanding generals of the Axiom Church and the personal guard of its pontifex Quinella. They are former dissidents, rogues, and the crema-de-la-crema ...

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Members: * Shinkawa Shouichi [新川 昌一]/ Sterben [ステルベン] * Shinkawa Kyouji [新川 恭二] / Spiegel [シュピーゲル] * Kanamoto Atsuishi [金本 敦] / Johnny Black [ジョニーブラック]

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Accel World vs. Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight is an action role-playing game based on the Accel World and [Sword Art Onlkone light novel] series. It was released for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on March 16, 2017 for Japan, and July 7, 2017 for other territories...

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Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag is a free-to-play side-scrolling RPG with a character collection element, often referred to as Gacha games. It was released on August 28, 2016 for Apple iOS and Android devices by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

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Sword Art Online: Lost Song is an action role-playing game that is based on the Sword Art Online light novel series. It was released for the PlayStation 3, Playstation Vita, PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows platforms. In Japan, it was released on March 26, 2015. It launched ac...

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Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment is a role-playing game for the PlayStation Portable, and is based on the Sword Art Online light novel series. It was released in Japan on March 14, 2013, and recieved a North American release bundled with its sequel Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragm...

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Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization is a role-playing game based on the [Sword Art Online light novel series] for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC. It was released for Playsation 4 and the PS Vita on October 27, 2016 in Japan and on November 8,...

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Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment is the second role-playing game adaptation of SAO series released by Namco Bandai Games (Re: HF).

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Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet is a third-person action game based on the Sword Art Online light novel series for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC. It was released initially on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC on February 23, 2018. The Nintend...

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Phantom Bullet is the 3rd Arc in the Sword Art Online series. It covers the Gun Gale Online-related events occurring between November 9 and December 6, 2025, which corresponds to the SAO novel's Volumes 5 and 6, the Phantom Bullet manga, and episodes 1 to 14.5 of the anime...

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Mother's Rosario is a side story of Asuna and Konno Yuuki set in the new ALfheim Online hosted by Ymir. It covers January 6 to April 4, 2026, corresponding to the Sword Art Online novel Volume 7, manga Mother's Rosario, and Season 2 Episodes 18 to 24 of the anime.

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