Reki Kawahara Explained

Reki Kawahara
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:17 August 1974[1] [2]
Birth Place:Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
Occupation:Novelist
Signature:Reki Kawahara sign.svg

is a Japanese novelist. He is best known as the creator of Sword Art Online and Accel World, both of which have been adapted into anime series.

Career

Kawahara wrote the first volume of Sword Art Online in 2001 as a competition entry for the 2002 ASCII Media Works, but refrained from submitting it as he had exceeded the page limit; he instead published it as a web novel under the pen name .[3] Over time, he wrote more main arcs and side stories, which were later updated for light novel publication.[4] [5] [6]

Kawahara entered the first Accel World novel into ASCII Media Works' 15th Dengeki Novel Prize in 2008 and the novel won the Grand Prize.[7] The first novel was published by ASCII Media Works on February 10, 2009 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint.[8] As of March 8, 2024, 27 volumes have been published.[9] An anime series debuted in April 2012.[10] After gaining fame from the Dengeki award, Kawahara republished Sword Art Online in print. 28 volumes have been published as of August 2024,[11] as well as 8 volumes of Sword Art Online: Progressive.[12] An anime series premiered in July 2012,[13] and was followed by a for-TV movie Sword Art Online Extra Edition on December 31, 2013[14] a second anime series, Sword Art Online II, in July 2014,[15] a theatrical film adaptation, , in February 2017,[16] and the first of two seasons for the third anime series, , in October 2018.[17] Sword Art Online: Progressive was given an anime film adaptation in the form of , released in Japan on October 30, 2021.[18] A second Progressive film was released in October 2022.[19]

The Isolator was serialized online starting in 2004,[20] and began publishing in print in June 2014.[21] 5 light novel volumes have been released as of August 2024.[22]

In 2022, Kawahara started publishing a new light novel series, titled Demons' Crest, with illustrations by Yukiko Horiguchi.[23]

Inspirations

Reki Kawahara has many inspirations growing up, from reading manga to online games. Reki Kawahara also stated in a Q&A session[24] between the author Reki Kawahara and Heathcliff (Akihiko Kayaba) in 2005. "If I were to ask for you to mention one of the games you like best, which would it be?", Reki Kawahara stated the following "If you mean aside from SAO, it would be Wizardry, a game from long ago. I acquired a lot of inspiration from it".[25]

Works

Light novels

Film

External links

Interviews
General

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reki Kawahara (川原 礫) Brief Biography . T-ono.net . September 17, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130918122828/http://t-ono.net/biographies/REKI-KAWAHARA-%E5%B7%9D%E5%8E%9F-%E7%A4%AB-Biography.html . September 18, 2013 . mdy-all .
  2. Web site: Personal Twitter . August 20, 2014 . February 23, 2015.
  3. Afterword of the first light novel volume
  4. Web site: Understanding Sword Art Online. Anime News Network. March 1, 2017. January 24, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190124152400/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2017-03-01/understanding-sword-art-online/.112843. January 24, 2019. live. mdy-all.
  5. Afterword of the sixth light novel volume
  6. Web site: web novel. Fumio Kunori (Reki Kawahara). WordGear. ja. July 7, 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130217135541/http://wordgear.x0.com/novel/. February 17, 2013.
  7. Web site: http://archive.asciimw.jp/award/taisyo/15/. ja:第15回 電撃大賞 入賞作品. 15th Dengeki Bunko Prize Winning Works. ASCII Media Works. October 1, 2011. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005221918/http://archive.asciimw.jp/award/taisyo/15/. October 5, 2011. mdy-all.
  8. Web site: http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/A0900370. ja:アクセル・ワールド1. Accel World 1. ASCII Media Works. August 10, 2023. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191020031553/http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/A0900370. October 20, 2019.
  9. Web site: https://dengekibunko.jp/product/accele_world/322307000332.html. ASCII Media Works. ja. ja:アクセル・ワールド27. January 12, 2024.
  10. Web site: Accel World, Natsuiro Kiseki, Zetman, Dusk maiden of Amnesia Premieres Listed. Anime News Network. February 29, 2012. 2012-03-10.
  11. Web site: https://dengekibunko.jp/product/322310000918.html. ja:ソードアート・オンライン28 ユナイタル・リングVII. ja. 2024-04-13.
  12. Web site: https://dengekibunko.jp/product/sao/322102000017.html. ja:ソードアート・オンライン プログレッシブ８. ja. 2022-06-07.
  13. Web site: Sword Art Online Light Novels About Virtual MMO Get Anime. Anime News Network. 2011-10-01. 2012-06-19.
  14. Web site: Sword Art Online Extra Edition to Air With New Footage. Anime News Network. 2013-08-12. 2013-09-28.
  15. Web site: Anime Expo to Host Sword Art Online II Premiere Event with Reki Kawahara, abec. Anime News Network. May 17, 2014. May 17, 2014.
  16. Web site: Sword Art Online Ordinal Scale Film to Open in 2017 (Updated). March 13, 2016. Anime News Network. March 27, 2016.
  17. Web site: 『ソードアート・オンライン アリシゼーション』『ソードアート・オンライン オルタナティブ ガンゲイル・オンライン』がTVアニメ化決定. May 13, 2019.
  18. Web site: Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night. Box Office Mojo. 2022-06-07.
  19. Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. 2nd Sword Art Online Progressive Anime Film Opens This Fall. Anime News Network. March 22, 2022. March 22, 2022.
  20. Web site: 絶対ナル孤独 連載ページ . Wordgear.x0.com . June 18, 2014.
  21. Web site: New License Announcements . . June 13, 2014 . June 18, 2014.
  22. Web site: 絶対ナル孤独者5 ―液化者 The Liquidizer―. Dengeki Bunko. May 13, 2019.
  23. Web site: Sword Art Online Creator Reki Kawahara to Launch New VRMMO Novel Series This November. September 4, 2022. Crunchyroll. September 5, 2022.
  24. Web site: 2005. Reki Kawahara Q&A Session 2005.
  25. Web site: 2020. The Inspiration Behind Sword Art Online. Rank Anime. August 10, 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210409083456/https://rankanime.com/anime-answers/the-mmorpg-that-inspired-sword-art-online/. April 9, 2021.

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