Sword Art Online Is Getting A Live-Action American TV Series

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Originally Posted by Sylontack

Welp. I'm out.
(Although they're stuck between catering to a small pre-existing fanbase, most of whom probably wouldn't touch a live action- and completely changing the writing and some plot elements to make it palatable for western audiences and losing the fans in the process)
I mean if this makes it through when Noir didn't I'm honestly going to be salty as all heck (outside of that I don't have to watch it and it won't damage my view of a show I don't care about or anything so I don't mind).

But seriously, Noir would have totally killed a good US TV adaptation. SAO might fare alright if it aims for the teen crowd and fans of stuff like The 100 (or on the other side of the spectrum, GoT). Getting such fans will require major rewrites of the cast re:women though, which I'm all for.

I thought the first season (presented as first half of season 1 on Netflix) is actually excellent, turning quite a few Online Multiplayer Game tropes on their heads or bringing in a lot of thought and emotions into them.
Episode 3 "The Red Nosed Reindeer" is when I knew the show was something special in particular.

And then, the Alfheim arc happened and SAO sh*t the bed...

Hopefully the Live TV series is far more geared toward the first half.