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Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online (2018)
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Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online (2018)
Original name: 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
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Karen Kohiruimaki always felt out of place in the real world. Due to her extreme height, she found it hard to make friends with other girls her age. Everything changes when she's introduced to VR and Gun Gale Online. In GGO, Karen is free to play the cute, chibi avatar of her dreams! Can Karen find friendship in this bullet-ridden MMO...?
Style: anime, tense, captivating, touching, bleak, disturbing, mecha, manga
Audience: teens
Plot: military, friendship, fight, virtual reality, video game, love and romance, society, friends, role playing, escape from reality, dystopian future, computer game, battles, alternate reality, escapades, rivalry, ambition, showdown, child with gun, super weapon, fight for supremacy, gunfight, game, death, singer ...
Time: near future
Place: japan

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