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NEWS: Sword Art Online to Air on Toonami Starting in August

Wasn't that the whole point of it being a game that could kill you?

Wait, are you implying that buying a series you hate, just for the sole purpose of writing a review explaining how much you hate it, is somehow a sign of maturity? Or that deciding not to buy a series you hate is somehow immature?

Or maybe you think there was something insulting about Key's statement that Fencedude, who is already annoyed at comments Key made regarding the quality of Horizon, would probably be even more angry if Key wrote a full review going into depth about how much he dislikes the series?

I'm honestly not sure what the issue you have here is.

roseversailles wrote:

As for another AoA title, I'd just about die from awesome if Toonami aired Madoka Magica. Good god that would be something!

Wouldn't ever happen. As big at title as Madoka Magica was, it was really only a crossover hit within anime fandom. It isn't a general crossover title, and it's definitely not aimed at Toonami's primary demographic.

Key wrote:

Wasn't that the whole point of it being a game that could kill you?

Well yeah they play with that idea for a little bit but not much comes of it beyond that first quarter or so and again most people would agree the first quarter of that show despite being largely disjointed because of it's side story nature (Accel World did a lot better job in integrating it's side story arcs into the narrative to the point where I honestly didn't even know those episodes were side stories until somebody told me while I knew SAO's had to be nearly right away) is arguably the strongest part of the entire series before it becomes mostly about the romance between Kirito and Asuna (and later I guess Suguha) where I'm sure many people would agree YMMV.

By the time of the second half of the show the killing you aspect of the game seems to have gone the way of the dodo and the show becomes more about vaguely defined mind control conspiracies of ham-fisted villains.

Key's comment just seemed like the sort of thing I'd expect to see from a butthurt fanboy on MAL or something basically saying, "Oh yeah well I'll write a shitty review of a show I clearly don't even like anyway just to spite you for sharing your critical thoughts on a show I like", which strikes me as a little silly for an ANN staffer to do, though I'd hope at least they'd never go through with something like that.