giftbox24
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| 01 Jun 2014 12:01 AM |
That's right. Let me explain to you why. First of all, let's talk about the trapped in a video game theme. The fact is that I don't have enough effort to do research, but I can still say a few things. The trapped in a video game theme is very common, but it probably didn't start back too far in time as multiplayer games are an almost relatively new thing. Now, let's talk about SAO. I've only read the LN's by the way. Sword Art Online started off as a web novel, probably posted on Kawahara Reki's blog. It later became an LN and a television series that is very popular today.
IMPORTANT SENTENCE HERE: The web novel version of SAO dates back to 2002. (Which probably explains the references to Tolkien's films)
Now let's think about another series with a trapped in a video game theme. Wait! There's a whole franchise! The .hack series! When did they come out? Roughly at the same time, 2002.
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT SENTENCE: .hack, while release in 2002, came out a few months after SAO.
Later pieces involving imprisonment in video games include Spy Kids 3 (2003) and Log Horizon (2010).
IN CONCLUSION: SAO came before the .hack franchise. However, we do not know which idea came first. Reki could have been inspired by a trailer of .hack's video game. But that is unlikely, since one should take a long time to plan and write out a web novel.
LAST IMPORTANT THING: Replies by me will be made later, as this was all typed up on mobile and it is a pain to forum with an iphone. |
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| 01 Jun 2014 05:48 PM |
| all anime series about being trapped in a game suck |
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UNMET
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| 01 Jun 2014 06:58 PM |
I thought SAO was a good series
I liked it. |
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Briarroze
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| 01 Jun 2014 07:13 PM |
| Actually, 1982's Tron had the same concept, abeit trapped in a computer mainframe as opposed to a game. Plus, loads of TV shows since the 80s have had episodes featuring a trapped in a video theme. So it's actually been around for a while now. |
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UNMET
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| 01 Jun 2014 07:30 PM |
Cool I forgot about that. it is true
i think there was also this one spy kids movie that had a trapped in a video game theme too.
but this was like in the 90s or 2000s |
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Astrellyx
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| 02 Jun 2014 04:59 PM |
Ooh! SAO thread.
It doesn't matter if the concept is good or not. It all matters whether the SHOW [itself] is good. Which it wasn't. Bad characters. Bad storyline. And season two was a joke. |
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tahu157
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| 02 Jun 2014 08:58 PM |
| Season two hasn't aired yet. |
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Astrellyx
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| 02 Jun 2014 09:28 PM |
| By season two, I mean the ALO arc. |
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| 03 Jun 2014 09:12 PM |
| It was ok.. :P definitely not the best, though. |
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Astrellyx
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| 04 Jun 2014 08:03 PM |
| Okay? OKAY?! No, it was a horrendous show with a terrible plot and terrible characters. |
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| 05 Jun 2014 09:36 AM |
fullmetal alchemist was a horrendous show with a terrible plot and terrible characters. dragonball z was a horrendous show with a terrible plot and terrible characters. .hack was a horrendous show with a terrible plot and terrible characters. gundam was a horrendous show with a terrible plot and terrible characters. gurren lagann was a horrendous show with a terrible plot and terrible characters. game of thrones was a horrendous show with a terrible plot and terrible characters. the walking dead was a horrendous show with a terrible plot and terrible characters. attack on titan was a horrendous show with a terrible plot and terrible characters. code geass was a horrendous show with a terrible plot and terrible characters. supernatural was a horrendous show with a terrible plot and terrible characters.
you can literally say that about any series. |
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Astrellyx
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| 05 Jun 2014 12:21 PM |
Of course you can, but you don't mean it. You're just saying that to prove a point. Most of those show, people consider them good. Except for .hack and DBZ and Gundam Wing, those suck. |
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