• Director(s)

    Tomohiko Ito

  • Production Year

    2012

  • Genre(s)

    Animation

  • Cast

    Bryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh

TV Show

Sword Art Online

sexual violence

  • Director(s)

    Tomohiko Ito

  • Production Year

    2012

  • Genre(s)

    Animation

  • Cast

    Bryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh

moderate violence, nudity
Classified Date:
21/02/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Anime Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Part 3 Episodes 15-19
These ratings reflect the overall classification of the season, and not classifications for individual episodes.
Contains moderate violence and injury detail
Classified Date:
14/11/2013
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
EPISODES 1-7
Contains moderate violence, threat and language
Classified Date:
14/11/2013
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
EPISODES 8-14
Contains moderate violence, threat and discriminatory language
Classified Date:
14/11/2013
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Episodes 13-19
Contains moderate sexualised threat and moderate violence
Classified Date:
14/11/2013
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
EPISODES 20-25
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These ratings reflect the overall classification of the season, and not classifications for individual episodes.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
20/06/2015
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 2 Part 1
strong violence, threat
Classified Date:
21/11/2015
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 2 Part 2
moderate fantasy violence
Classified Date:
04/05/2016
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Part 4 Episodes 20-24
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.
These ratings reflect the overall classification of the season, and not classifications for individual episodes.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
mild violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is mild violence in which characters engage in sword fighting.
injury detail
There are brief bloody images.
additional issues
There is very mild bad language ('damn') and very mild threat.
moderate bloody images, violence, threat
Classified Date:
23/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Moderate violence includes fight sequences involving the use of machine guns, smoke bombs, laser swords, arrows and swords.
threat and horror
A deranged man approaches two characters in a dark alley.
injury detail
A character is struck with an arrow in the chest.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('ass') and milder terms ('damn').
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong violence
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong battle violence including stabbings and sword fighting with blood spurts.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass').
very mild bad language
Classified Date:
23/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is very mild bad language ('hell', 'damn', 'God').
additional issues
N/A
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
moderate violence, language
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Moderate violence includes shootings, choke-holds and a bloodless stabbing. There is also mild violence with characters engaging in battle with fantastical weapons.
language
There is moderate bad language ('pussy'), as well as milder terms such as 'ass', 'bastard', 'balls', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
additional issues
There is brief, partial nudity.
mild threat, language
Classified Date:
23/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are scenes of mild threat as two characters come face-to-face with a group of armed goblins who have kidnapped their friend.
language
There is mild bad language ('crap'), as well as milder terms, such as 'damn'.
additional issues
There is some minor bloody detail visible on a sword carried by a goblin.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A young girl dies in the arms of a young boy who has stabbed her in the ear off-screen with a pointed tool; the ear is bloody and blood spurts from it when the boy extracts the tool. The adult version of the boy is also seen straddling the body of a woman he has killed in painful, but undetailed fashion. Her severed head is seen later encased in a block of ice.
additional issues
There is moderate knife threat. There is focus on a woman's cleavage in revealing nightwear. There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass', 'screw', 'God').
strong fantasy violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
23/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of strong fantasy violence in which characters use swords to battle a group of goblins. There is focus on blood spurts upon impact, as well as limbs being chopped from a goblin's body.
injury detail
There is also strong focus on blood pooling around the body of an injured character in the aftermath of violence.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
moderate violence, occasional bloody images
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are intense scenes of battle violence which features sword fighting. There are occasional bloody images in the aftermath of violence.
moderate fantasy violence
Classified Date:
23/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of moderate fantasy violence, consisting of sword fights. There is focus on impact as swords are slashed but injury detail is fantastical and not bloody.
additional issues
There is mild language ('bastard'), as well as even milder terms, such as 'God'.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong violence
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
The episode features strong violence with focus on blood as characters are slashed and cut in half on the battlefield.
mild bad language, violence, brief bloody images
Classified Date:
23/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a brief flashback to a scene in which a man is forcibly injected with a substance and blood sprays onto the floor.
language
There is mild bad language, including 'son of a bitch'.
additional issues
In one scene, a woman unbuttons her blouse to show a scar on her chest.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong bloody battle scenes that feature decapitations, stabbings and sword fighting.
moderate bloody images
Classified Date:
23/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
There are moderate bloody images, including a flashback to a scene in which a young man lies in a pool of blood while his friends attempt to save him.
additional issues
There is partial breast and buttock nudity in the opening credit sequence, including a woman crouching over on top of a bed. Any more explicit detail is masked or obscured. Language is very mild, including 'hell', 'jerk' and 'damn'.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
moderate fantasy violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of intense action and violence, but it's all fantastical.
injury detail
In the aftermath of violence, bloody detail is seen on characters' bodies. There are also occasional blood spurts, but these are all stylized.
mild bad language
Classified Date:
23/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is mild bad language ('crap').
additional issues
There are some fantastical swordfighting duels but nobody is injured.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong violence
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
The episode features strong violence with focus on blood as characters are slashed and stabbed during sword fights.
references to sexual harassment
Classified Date:
23/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to sexual harassment, including a scene in which two characters confront a man who is known to have acted inappropriately towards one of his female servants. The man admits to making his student massage him whilst he bathed, wearing only her underwear. This behaviour is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
additional issues
There is partial breast and buttock nudity as part of the opening credit sequence, including a scene in which a woman is kneeling across a bed. Stronger details, however, are masked or obscured.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
mild bad language
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is mild bad language ('ass').
additional issues
There is very mild fantasy violence.
sexual violence
Classified Date:
23/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a protracted scene of sexual violence as two young women are bound and sexually abused by two men - who are their mentors - in the presence of another man who attempts to help them.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
moderate violence, occasional bloody images
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is moderate violence, set in a fantasy context, with sword battles and occasional sight of stylised blood spurts. Characters are flung to their deaths off ropes into a deep canyon, but without strong detail.
additional issues
There is brief, partial nudity. There is mild bad language (''crap', 'ass', 'screw', 'jerk', 'damn', 'hell').
mild violence, nudity
Classified Date:
23/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is mild swordfight violence.
nudity
There is partial nudity in an non-sexualised context.
additional issues
There is use of very mild bad language ('damn', 'hell', 'screw').
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong battle violence featuring characters being sliced in half, stabbed and otherwise slain. There is an emphasis on severed limbs and bloody violence.
injury detail
There are stylised gory images during battle sequences; in one scene, a character gouges out his own eye and squashes it in the palm of his hand.
additional issues
There is moderate ('bitch') and mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass', 'son of a bitch').
strong violence
Classified Date:
23/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexualised violence, strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A female character is grabbed by a villain's tentacles which suck her 'life force' out of her; there is a brief emphasis on the victim's cleavage and it's implied she is vaginally penetrated, although there is no sight of this. There is also strong bloody violence when characters are stabbed and killed.
brief bloody images
Classified Date:
23/09/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
There are brief bloody images when dead bodies lie on the ground of a burning city.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('damn'). Women throw fire balls at each other and battle using fantastical weapons.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
moderate violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Violence occurs in a fantastical context, and includes sword fighting, as well as kicks and punches. A man's arm is severed with a sword, and another man is bitten by a dragon - both result in bloody injuries.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass', 'frig') and very mild terms including 'damn'.
mild fantasy violence
Classified Date:
16/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Characters with swords battle against a knight with a bow and arrow. They use fantastical blasts of fire and ice to fight. One character is struck off-screen and is left with a small dribble of blood at the corner of his mouth.
additional issues
There is a comic very mild sex reference as a man teases his friend, asking if he needs a few minutes alone with his sword as they are reunited. There is some very mild bad language with uses of 'hell'.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of strong violence, including bloody stabbings. Slow-motion effects often emphasise bloody images as characters are stabbed. Other scenes of violence are moderate and fantastical as characters are sliced in half in a bloodless, computerised fashion.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap'), accompanied by other milder terms ('jerk', 'God', 'screwed' and 'damn').
moderate bloody violence
Classified Date:
16/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Characters are stabbed, with the knife impact below frame, and left with bloodied clothing and blades. Blasts of light hit a man like bullets and there are some blood spurts from the impacts. Blurry, watercolour outline images depict a decapitation and stabbing.
additional issues
There are some fantastical sword fights. There are a few uses of very mild bad language, including 'hell'.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody stabbings and shootings.
moderate bloody images
Classified Date:
16/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
Several characters are seen to have large bloody holes in their clothing as others try to heal them.
additional issues
There are some scenes of mild fantasy violence as characters battle with swords and blasts of light and fire. There is some mild bad language with a use of 'crap'.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are several fight scenes which include stabbings and slashing, accompanied by blood spurts. In one scene, a warrior's arm is cut off, accompanied by a blood spurt and subsequent sight of severed limbs.
additional issues
There is also mild bad language (for example, 'son of a bitch', 'bastard', 'ass', 'God', 'damn').
sexual threat, sexual violence references, strong violence
Classified Date:
16/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is bloody violence.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are brief images of a man standing in between a woman's legs and licking her knee, before an additional shot shows him undoing her blouse. There is an undetailed verbal reference to rape.
additional issues
There is moderate threat.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong bloody violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
People are stabbed and slashed, with some accompanying blood spurts.
injury detail
A fighter's arm is cut off before he is decapitated and his head held aloft. There is also close-up sight of a bloodied chest wound.
additional issues
There is also moderate threat and language ('frickin').
brief moderate fantasy violence
Classified Date:
16/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There's a spray of blood from a sword impact as a man is struck. He quickly heals himself.
additional issues
There is mild fantasy violence as characters battle with swords and blasts of light and ice. There is some mild bad language with uses of 'ass' and 'shit'.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A warrior is impaled by a sword that leaves a gaping hole in his body; blood drips from the wound.
additional issues
There is also moderate violence, threat and mild bad language (for example, 'son of a bitch', 'bastard', 'ass', damn', 'crap', 'hell')
brief sexualised nudity, sex references
Classified Date:
16/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A woman holds a man against her naked body as she tells him that she knows he wants to make love to her.
nudity
A woman removes her clothing in front of a man - there is only partial nudity.
additional issues
There is mild threat when a man extracts a blade. There is also use very mild bad language ('hell').
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody shootings and stabbings, as well as intense fight scenes.
mild fantasy violence, threat
Classified Date:
16/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Characters battle each other with swords, as well as blasts of light and ice. One character is roughly grabbed around the throat.
threat and horror
There's some threat as characters run at each other with swords drawn at the start of a battle. One character threatens to cut out the tongue of an enemy.
additional issues
There are some very mild horror images as a room is discovered to be full of pods holding white-faced men. Only the heads are visible as the men chant and are fed by tube. There is some very mild bad language with uses of 'damn'.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody shootings and stabbings.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass').
strong violence, sexualised nudity
Classified Date:
16/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a focus on blood spurts and floating drops of blood when two men fight with swords.
nudity
There are sexualised images of a woman's partially nude body.
additional issues
There is moderate threat.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
moderate violence, occasional bloody images
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are stabbings and sword fights which are occasional bloody.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('ass', 'screw').
strong fantasy violence
Classified Date:
16/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A giant mechanized sword stabs a woman multiple times with bloody detail.
additional issues
There is are brief sexualised images of a partially nude woman and scenes of moderate threat when a flames monster heroes.
threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
moderate fantasy violence
Classified Date:
13/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are intense scenes of fantasy violence in which characters battle monsters.
strong fantasy violence
Classified Date:
16/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is frequent sight of blood during scenes of violence. There is brief sight of a dismembered lower leg still in its boot.
additional issues
There is also brief sexualised nudity.
strong violence
Classified Date:
16/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong violence, such as large blood spurts when characters stab and cut limbs off each other with swords.
additional issues
There is brief sexualised nudity and mild bad language ('crap', 'badass', 'son of a bitch', 'hell', 'dammit').
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.

  • Classified date

    14/11/2013

  • BBFC reference

    AVV306360

  • Distributor

    NETFLIX, INC

  • Language

    ja