The Sword Art Online anime is an anime adaptation of the original Sword Art Online light novel series, written by Kawahara Reki. The anime is produced by A-1 Pictures, with the direction of Tomohiko Ito. It began airing on July 7, 2012 in Japan, while an English dub version began airing on July 27, 2013. A second season, titled Sword Art Online II, started airing on July 5, 2014. An original Sword Art Online movie, titled Sword Art Online The Movie -Ordinal Scale-, was released on February 18, 2017 in Japan, as well as various other countries. __TOC__