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Accel World

TV animeFilm2012–20161 season24 episodesOriginal: light novelReki Kawahara, HIMA

Debut work, Grand Prize at the 15th Dengeki Novel Prize

A short, overweight student uses the Neuro-Linker, an evolution of the Nerve Gear, to escape himself from the reality. But his skills in the virtual world brings him to the attention of Kuroyukihime, a popular student who introduces him to the Brain Burst.

After Season 1, continue with Vol. 5

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EditionYen On
Accel World Season 1 anime poster

Season 1

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24 episodesApr 2012 – Sep 2012

Anime ends at
Ep 24

The TV series also includes short stories collected in novel volume 10.

Accel World, Vol. 5 (light novel): The Floating Starlight Bridge

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Also in other languages:

Also in manga:

  • Accel World · Vol. 6The manga adaptation ends at volume 8, covering only through novel volume 5.Buy on Amazon

Where it stops:

1 side entryOVAreading notes
  1. Accel World EXOVA2 episodesSep 2012 – Jan 2013The two game-bundled OVAs tell original stories and have no separate book continuation.
Accel World Accel World: Infinite Burst anime poster

Accel World: Infinite Burst

Jul 2016

The film combines a TV recap with an original story set beyond the novels available when it premiered; it has no direct book continuation.

Original · Light novel

Accel World

アクセル・ワールド

Reki Kawahara, HIMAKadokawaOngoing28 volumes so far

  • JapaneseKadokawa28 volumes so farsince Feb 2009
  • EnglishYen On27 volumes so farsince Jul 2014
  • SpanishPlaneta Cómic2 volumes so farsince Jan 2019

Awards

  1. 2008

    Debut work, Grand Prize at the 15th Dengeki Novel Prize

All volumes

  • AdaptationmangaKadokawa

Before you read

Suggested reading (English · Yen On): Season 1 ends at Ep 24. Continue with Vol. 5. Reading notes: The TV series also includes short stories collected in novel volume 10.

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