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Sword Art Online (ソードアート・オンライン) (TV series)
Sword Art Online (ソードアート・オンライン) is the 2012 A-1 Pictures TV anime directed by Tomohiko Itō, adapting Reki Kawahara's light novels about 10,000 players trapped in a deadly VRMMORPG; it spans the Aincrad and Fairy Dance arcs and spawned a large franchise.
Sword Art Online Abridged
Sword Art Online: Abridged (SAOA, SAO Abridged Parody) is a fan-made YouTube abridged parody of the Sword Art Online anime by Something Witty Entertainment, running since March 29, 2013, with 20 episodes across two seasons and a rewritten Kayaba motive.
Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night (劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン -プログレッシブ- 星なき夜のアリア)
Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night (星なき夜のアリア) is a 2021 A-1 Pictures anime film directed by Ayako Kono, retelling SAO's first floor from Asuna's viewpoint, opening #1 in Japan and followed by Scherzo of Deep Night.
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン -オーディナル・スケール-)
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン -オーディナル・スケール-) is a 2017 A-1 Pictures anime film, an original story by Reki Kawahara set in 2026 around the Augma AR device, released February 18, 2017.
Sword Art Online: Alicization (ソードアート・オンライン アリシゼーション)
Sword Art Online: Alicization (ソードアート・オンライン アリシゼーション) is the SAO franchise's third TV anime season (A-1 Pictures, 2018–2020), adapting light novel volumes 9–18 and the 47-episode Underworld arc about Rath's Bottom-up AI project; also a July 2020 action RPG, Alicization Lycoris.
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization (ソードアート・オンライン -ホロウ・リアリゼーション-)
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization (ソードアート・オンライン -ホロウ・リアリゼーション-) is a 2016 Aquria action RPG for PS4/Vita, later PC and Switch, set in the VRMMORPG Sword Art: Origin; Metacritic 69.
Sword Ban Edict
The Sword Ban Edict (廃刀令, Haitōrei) was an 1876 Meiji decree forbidding samurai to wear swords, helping provoke the 1876 shizoku uprisings and the Satsuma Rebellion.
Sword Beach
Sword Beach was the easternmost of the five Normandy D-Day landing beaches, assaulted on 6 June 1944 by the British 3rd Infantry Division at H-Hour 0725, with about 29,000 troops landed and 630 casualties.
Sword Gai (ソードガイ)
Sword Gai (ソードガイ, ソードガイ 装刀凱) is a dark fantasy manga by Toshiki Inoue, Keita Amemiya, and Osamu Kine, serialized in Monthly Hero's 2012–2015 (6 volumes) with sequel Evolve (7 volumes, 2019), adapted as the 2018 Netflix anime SWORDGAI The Animation about cursed weapons turning hosts into Busoma.
Sword Health
Sword Health is a digital health company providing virtual musculoskeletal care through wearable motion sensors, AI-guided exercise, and licensed physical therapists, founded in Portugal in 2015.
Sword Hunt edict
The Sword Hunt edict (刀狩令, katanagari rei) was a 1588 order by Toyotomi Hideyoshi forbidding peasants throughout Japan to possess swords, bows, spears, and firearms, collected village by village.
Sword in the Moon (청풍명월)
Sword in the Moon (청풍명월, Cheongpungmyeongwol) is a 2003 Korean muhyeop period action film by Kim Ui-seok, starring Choi Min-soo and Cho Jae-hyun as sworn friends split by the 1623 Injo coup; Cannes 2004, 536,258 admissions.
Sword of Destiny
Sword of Destiny (Miecz przeznaczenia) is Andrzej Sapkowski's Polish short story collection, second Witcher book in story chronology, introducing Ciri; English translation by David French appeared 2015 via Gollancz.
Sword of Goujian (越王勾践剑)
Sword of Goujian (越王勾践剑), also called Yue Wang Goujian Jian, a 55.6 cm bronze jian of King Goujian of Yue, excavated 1965 from Wangshan Chu Tomb M1, Jiangling, Hubei; uncorroded blade, blue glass and turquoise inlay, held at Hubei Provincial Museum.
Sword of Honour
Sword of Honour is Evelyn Waugh's trilogy of Second World War novels, Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, and Unconditional Surrender, following the disillusioned Catholic officer Guy Crouchback.
Sword of Justice (video game)
Sword of Justice (逆水寒), also marketed as Justice Online, is a free-to-play open-world wuxia MMORPG by NetEase set in 12th-century Song Dynasty China, launched worldwide in 2025.
Sword of Mana (新約 聖剣伝説)
Sword of Mana (新約 聖剣伝説, Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu) is a 2004 Game Boy Advance action RPG by Brownie Brown and Square Enix, a remake of Final Fantasy Adventure, the first Mana game, with dual protagonists, Ring Command combat, and class change.
Sword of Saint Stephen
The Sword of Saint Stephen (Szent István kardja) is a medieval sword in St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, attributed by Hungarian tradition to Saint Stephen I.
Sword of the Samurai (2002 video game)
Sword of the Samurai (剣豪２, aka Kengo 2) is a 2002 LightWeight/Genki PlayStation 2 action-RPG about a ronin dueling his way to Shogun-held swordsman supremacy; unrelated to the 1989 MicroProse DOS game.
Sword of the Sea
Sword of the Sea is a 2025 hoverboarding adventure game by Giant Squid, self-published August 19, 2025 on PS5/PS5 Pro and PC, day-one on PlayStation Plus at $29.99; Hoversword surfing, Wraith protagonist, Unreal Engine 5, Austin Wintory score, 85% critic average.
Sword of the Stranger
Sword of the Stranger (ストレンヂア 無皇刃譚, Stranger: Mukou Hadan) is a 2007 Bones anime film directed by Masahiro Ando: a Sengoku-era ronin, Nanashi, guards the boy Kotaro and his dog from Ming Dynasty assassins led by Luo-Lang.
Sword Rose (利刃玫瑰)
Sword Rose (利剑·玫瑰) is a 2025 Chinese CCTV-8 crime drama starring Dilraba Dilmurat as anti-trafficking officer Deng Yan, adapted from 37 real Ministry of Public Security trafficking cases (2018–2023), with missing-children notices after each episode.
Swordfish
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also broadbill or espada: a large migratory billfish of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans with a sword-like bill, up to 50 mph speed, no adult scales or teeth, and major ICCAT-managed fisheries.
Swordfish (film)
Swordfish is a 2001 American action thriller directed by Dominic Sena, in which John Travolta recruits hacker Hugh Jackman to steal billions from a secret government fund.
Swordheart
Swordheart is a 2018 fantasy romance novel by T. Kingfisher, pen name of Ursula Vernon, about a widow who inherits an enchanted sword holding an immortal warrior.
Swords Into Plowshares (太平年) (TV series)
Swords Into Plowshares (太平年) is a 2026 Chinese 48-episode historical drama by Huace Group, directed by Yang Lei, starring Bai Yu as Wuyue king Qian Hongchu; it premiered January 23, 2026 on CCTV-1 and won the Magnolia Best Chinese TV Series award.
Swords of Legends (古剑奇谭)
Swords of Legends (古剑奇谭, Gujian Qitan) is a Chinese xianxia RPG series and its 2014 52-episode Hunan TV drama adaptation starring Yang Mi and Li Yifeng, a ratings hit that popularized game-to-drama IP adaptation.
Swordsman (笑傲江湖)
Swordsman (笑傲江湖, Xiao Ao Jiang Hu) is the 1990 Hong Kong wuxia film adapted from Jin Yong's novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, begun by King Hu, completed under Tsui Hark, starring Sam Hui, and spawning the Swordsman trilogy.
Swordsman II (笑傲江湖II东方不败)
Swordsman II (笑傲江湖II東方不敗), aka The Legend of the Swordsman, is a 1992 Hong Kong wuxia film by Ching Siu-tung and Tsui Hark, starring Jet Li and Brigitte Lin as Dongfang Bubai, adapted from Jin Yong's novel.
Swordsmanship
Swordsmanship, the skill of fighting with a sword, spans European dueling and rapier schools, Japanese kenjutsu and kendo, modern Olympic fencing, and reconstructed HEMA practiced in over 900 affiliated clubs.