SAO Author Reki Kawahara Visiting USA
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Mar 20, 2013 16:20 JST
- Tags: Accel World, Events, Light Novels, Reki Kawahara, Sword Art Online, USA
Reki Kawahara, the exalted author of the massively popular series Sword Art Online and Accel World and self-proclaimed “solo player in the game of life,” is soon to be making his first high-profile appearance for the benefit of western audiences.
Kawahara has been announced as a Guest of Honor for Sakura-Con 2013, one of America’s more popular anime conventions, taking place from March 29 to 31 in Seattle, Washington.
The 38-year-old writer broke into the Japanese light novel industry in 2008, and has seen both of his works receive recent anime and game adaptations.
Kawahara’s scheduled presence at Sakura-Con along with other Sword Art Online-related guests, including the songstresses of SAO’s 2nd OP and ED themes, Eir Aoi and Luna Haruna, has led the convention to be unofficially labeled “SAOkura-Con.”
Indeed, the convention’s Saturday event lineup also boasts a SAO-themed concert and the exclusive English dub premiere of SAO.
A Q&A session with Kawahara is to follow the premiere, where the audience may ask the most pressing issues concerning his masterpiece, such as the reasons behind the top-selling status of the light novels, various episodes of females in distress, dubious termination of Aincrad, and possiblity of an anime sequel to SAO.
Sankaku Complex should also have the opportunity to pose the author some questions, so some light may finally be shed on what Kawahara’s stance is towards all the gaping plotholes in the anime fans keep moaning about.
Other guests of Sakura-Con 2013, overshadowed by the headliner Kawahara, include Katsuyuki Motohiro, Naoyoshi Shiotani, and Joji Wada, the directors and producer of the dystopian anime Psycho-Pass, which was written by Gen Urobuchi of Madoka fame.
Also in attendance will be Atsuko Ishizuka, the director of Korean food anime Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo, although it seems doubtful she will be keen on fielding any questions about Korean food…
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He has to meet his IRL waifu.
http://youtu.be/fPOuO-GiH30?t=2m54s
Better not be self-proclaimed solo player in any JMMOs or he's fucked.
Very quick edit note for the last sentence: Ishizuka Atsuko is a she, not a he.
Guy with no talent that made it big because he writes stories for lonely male otaku to self insert. A good example of why the anime industry is so shitty nowadays.
Even bad writing takes talent. Someone without any talent wouldn't be able to write at all.
What kind of fiction doesn't have some degree of wish-fulfillment fantasy in it?
Yeah. It definitely takes a lot of talent to write a terrible story.
Ironically, you are correct. Someone with no talent at all cannot make either a good story or a terrible story; it would be a plain, boring story with no value.
Ever heard the term "guilty pleasure"...? Well, SAO can be qualified as such for many, and, seeing how ALL OF US have guilty pleasures (you included), I see nothing wrong with that.
Besides, the "terrible" part seems to be only true for the anime adaptation, and that comes as no surprise: many anime adaptations fail to do honors to their original source, be it a manga, novel, etc., so you cannot say SAO's story is terrible based only on that, at least in comparative terms.
DON'T FORGET CAUSE OF THE NEED TO JERK OFF TO SATAN SO MORE OF THE JERKING OFF IN ANIME COMES TO THEM!
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/007/3/c/132056471450_by_lovgir7-d4ln53p.gif
I love the looks of those SAO fags every single time a NTR doujin pops up.
Solo-player in the game of life? Load of crap.
it meant that he's singgle
Overrated piece of trash.
The guy may be trash, but his works are NOT.
And unfortunately for you, you aren't even worthy the title of trash. You are just garbage.
LOLZ! a typical retarded SAO fanboi.
Says the guy who can’t even write proper English.
trash and garbage are the same thing....
You have that backwards.
Well his trash works sure panders to fellow trash such as yourselves.
Obviously his work doesn't pander to me because as you said I am garbage and totally different from trash. Huehuehue.
that piece of trash makes millions of cash
and we're still here masturbating....
how do u feel as a fellow 'lower-than-a-piece-of-trash'?
Justin Bieber also makes millions of cash and preteen girls masturbate to him. Does that make all of us that dislike him "lower-than-pieces-of-trash" because he is popular and makes millions...?
Proven fact: popularity is unrelated to quality EVEN if money is involved. Even in videogames this is true.
In any case, I am not defending Senjou's comment here, he clearly has problems accepting other people's tastes. You know, first world problems...
Ah, but clearly going by that logic surely they must all feel lower than Justin Bieber.
Also, I don't have anything against the author well in fact I am glad he managed to pander to so many "superior" taste people out there but my honest opinion that his works is really just mediocre and over hyped. The story is mediocre, the amount of plot holes is laughable and solo through an MMO. Typical overpower Gary STU. Really!? And I could probably rant on and on. But, SAO fanboys gonna ignore all that very fallacy of their "favourite" work of all time!!
And yes, I might have a problem accepting the "overwhelming" majority of "superior" taste, it seems....I need to see a shrink...yaoming.jpeg
Well, Senjou, do remember that SAO's popularity is mainly to be attributed to the fact that it used pop-culture elements as hook-ups to draw audience, these elements being the increasing videogaming world awareness and, of course, cute anime girls (this is more of a Japan-only pop culture element, but it still works on many levels for advertisement purposes).
This alone is a good reason to explain why SAO's quality, at least anime-wise, does not match up with its levels of popularity, as well as why the context does not match the plot one bit. It is simply cashing up as quick as possible using the ongoing trends of relating everything to videogames, cute girls and whatever else is popular right now; ergo, the common flaws like plot holes, stereotypes, unnecessary sequels, etc., which, in turn, partially explains why fans are so overly defensive about anything said against it, if you think about it.
Bottom line, what I want to say is: anything including the hook-up elements that SAO has could have become popular on its stead. SAO simply came first since there was already a light novel about it, saving the work of thinking about the details and letting the hook-ups do their work, thus, quickening the process. You know, like with bad movie rehashes that become popular only for their titles.
Tables and desks everywhere hate Justin Beiber.
you do know a lot of the plot holes are fixed by material in the lns which was skiped in the anime sadly and I'm sure your fav shows dont have any plot holes either give it a rest. simple fact is your likley pissed because you dont like this kind of story and im guesisng are mad something like this got published and animated while your fav storys likley are passed over for animation.
I don't give a shit about SAO, but people like you who hate on a person's success because they put in the time and effort to do something they love are much lower. Stay on the ground and keep barking while the world keeps moving forward.
Hate? Well, I am just stating the obvious. I just never understand the overhype of SAO that's all.
Well I also can't understand all the hate for Twilight....really because SAO is like Twilight except it's Twilight for teen boys instead of teen girls...*inserts sarcasm.
The hate for Twilight comes mainly from the effects of that movie; moreover, the damage it caused to both the literary world and the social world. Look it up: many persons have given their word on the matter and said this.
.Hack > SAO
but still, watching SAO doesn't make u feel as frustrated as watching btooom...
Agree. .Hack Did it first and better
.hack just boring words words words
not saying SAO is better
SAO's original source light novel (written on a cell phone) was being posted online while .hack//SIGN and the first set of PS2 games were in production.
They were made just about simultaneously. .hack//SIGN's anime then came out, and it took several years for SAO's novel to be released officially, gain popularity, and inspire the anime's creation.
Indeed .Hack was better but when you have something as good as .Hack inspired works are going to happen.
SAO story and plot may suck like a black hole but you do have to admit the art work is not bad.
Greed Island>SAO
Wow, look at all the people flaming at the popularity of a man's fictional stories.
Just Because It's Popular Doesn't Mean It's Good
Doesn't mean it's bad, either.
Thanks for the heads up, Captain. We wouldn't have figured that one without you.
Exactly this. I have yet to watch nor do I really have any desire but its all ones own opinion that matters, but one could deduce by its popularity that it has to have something good about it, whether someone who doesn't like it has something negative to say about it or not.
why is it popular? because it's good to majority
Justin Beiber is popular. The argument that popularity=quality fails right there.
The larger the sample population, the lower the collective standards.
This is why anime is good as a niche - the general community has terrible tastes when it comes to anime.
@Anon 19:59
The Beetles are popular. The arguement that popularity != quality fails right there.
It goes both way honestly, but everyone is entitled to their own opinions whether one likes it or not.
Except Bieber isn't a bad singer. And his songs aren't poorly written. You just don't care for the idea of the music rather than the music itself. Because it ACTUALLY IS GOOD. And musically competent
> 19:59
"Justin Beiber is popular. The argument that popularity=quality fails right there."
This, dear anon, is a prime example of a straw man argument in its purest form.
13 year old girls will listen to any music with a boy they think is cute in it regardless of if its good or not
It is not related sometimes popular=good, sometimes extremely good can be unpopular, it used to be tied to promotion and distribution nowadays with the internet is completely ramdom
People's opinions have no bearing on the artistic value of a given work. This is a well known red herring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_entitled_to_my_opinion
No it's not. The original premise is that popularity is not a proof of quality. If the rebuttal isn't trying to prove the premise false, then that by itself would be a strawman.
>10:10
"No it's not."
Yes it is. A straw man argument mis-represents the opponent's position so that it's easier to argue against. The original premise holds no relevance, as 19:59 was specifically responding to 18:04. 19:59 argued that it's popular because a lot of people think it's good. This is somewhat semantically ambiguous and might be debatable depending on how you interpret it, but "popularity=quality" is certainly not 18:04's position any way you look at it.
In your words, 19:59 wasn't trying to prove false the premise of the comment he was replying to -> straw man.
Also, you don't have to label every side-comment a red herring. It can't be a fallacy if it isn't part of the argument.
Missing the point. The original premise gives context to the response.
Surely you mean the opposite...
He isn't? Admittedly, it is a bit hard to make out, but it looks a lot like "something is popular because a lot of people find it good" to me.
If you interpret it as "popularity is the result of a lot of people liking the show", then, it's completely irrelevant response to 17:38.
Is there another way to interpret it?
First of all, a fallacy needs not be argument. A fallacy is a form of faulty reasoning.
Second, the entire point of a red herring is that it's not an argument, but a detraction to one.
Lastly, no explicit conclusion does not mean there is no conclusion.
"The original premise gives context to the response."
Assuming I interpreted 18:04's intended meaning correctly, how does this invalidate 19:59 arguing against a point 18:04 did not make?
"Surely you mean the opposite..."
No, I was just mixing up anon posting times. That was supposed to be referring to 18:04.
"something is popular because a lot of people find it good"
vs.
"it's popular because a lot of people think it's good"
English is not my first language so I might be missing something here, but... where's the difference? As far as I can tell, we're both interpreting 18:04 the same way. So how can this be interpreted as popularity=quality ('=' here really referring to '=>')? Last time I checked, people thinking something is good does not mean it's objectively good. popularity=>quality certainly seems to refer to actual objective quality. This, by the way, never was the original premise anyway. The original premise was popularity!=>quality. Nobody here is actually denying this, which might be the real issue.
"then, it's completely irrelevant response to 17:38"
True, but doesn't change the fact that 19:59 was building a straw man in relation to 18:04.
"A fallacy is a form of faulty reasoning"
Alright, let me rephrase. It can't be a fallacy if it's not part of any attempt at reasoning. Viewing Noodlestein's remark as an unrelated side comment, there is no premise and conclusion, therefore no faulty reasoning.
@Onanymouse
You are such a hypocrite.
Is that the title of a new Light Novel series?
Lol. It's not my fault my novel is good and not popular!
same token just because its popular doenst mean its bad. simple you like what you like ill like what i like. having said that though the anime while ok is a little meh if you have read the lns just because of the lack of time in the anime to tell the stuff in the lns completely.