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Originally Posted by spike021
Makes sense.
Part of it, I think, is there were many similar animes before. So for people who've been into anime for a while, they probably saw them and prefer them as well. Like .Hack I think?
Something I didn't like about SAO after reading the light novels is that even though the translation to anime was almost 100%, they didn't include all the short stories.
There's one in particular in the beginning that actually somewhat better explains the main character and why he handles things a certain way. 
But by excluding character-building stories it kind of makes some stuff not as good. |
Yeah... anime will never win against LN. Like Hollywood will never win against the book. I've read SAO LN (in Japanese) and I do agree they should of added some of side and short story in the series... but they have limited episodes, so they had to cut those out. BUT they should of put it in as an extra feature in DVD/BD.