Accel World | |
アクセル・ワールド (Akuseru Wārudo) | |
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Genre | |
Light novel | |
Written by | Reki Kawahara |
Illustrated by | HIMA |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
Magazine | Dengeki Bunko Magazine |
Demographic | Male |
Original run | February 10, 2009 – present |
Volumes | 27 |
Manga | |
Written by | Reki Kawahara |
Illustrated by | Hiroyuki Aigamo |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Dengeki Bunko Magazine |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | April 10, 2010 – June 9, 2017 |
Volumes | 8 |
Manga | |
Acchel World | |
Written by | Reki Kawahara |
Illustrated by | Ryuryū Akari |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Magazine | Dengeki Bunko Magazine |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | April 10, 2010 – June 10, 2016 |
Volumes | 5 |
Manga | |
Accel World / Dural: Magisa Garden | |
Written by | Ayato Sasakura |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | January 27, 2012 – June 27, 2017 |
Volumes | 8 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Masakazu Obara |
Written by | Hiroyuki Yoshino |
Music by |
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Studio | Sunrise |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Tokyo MX, TV Saitama, Chiba TV, tvk, TV Aichi, MBS, AT-X, HBC, RKB, BS11 |
English network | |
Original run | April 7, 2012 – September 22, 2012 |
Episodes | 24 (+ 2 OVA episodes) |
Film | |
Video games | |
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Accel World (Japanese: アクセル・ワールド, Hepburn: Akuseru Wārudo) is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by HIMA . It has been published by ASCII Media Works under its Dengeki Bunko imprint since February 2009. The series has spawned three manga series; Accel World by Hiroyuki Aigamo , published in Dengeki Bunko Magazine from April 2010 to June 2017; Acchel World by Ryuryū Akari , published in the same magazine from April 2010 to June 2016; and Accel World / Dural: Magisa Garden by Ayato Sasakura, published in Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh from January 2012 to June 2017. The light novel series and its manga adaptation of the same name have been licensed for English release in North America by Yen Press.
A 24-episode anime adaptation produced by Sunrise aired between April and September 2012. It was licensed by Viz Media and began streaming in English on its Neon Alley service in April 2013. Two video games were released for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 in September 2012 and January 2013, each containing an original video animation (OVA) episode. An anime film titled Accel World: Infinite Burst featuring an original story by Kawahara premiered in Japan in July 2016.