Sword Art Online

sexual violence

Director(s)Tomohiko Ito

Production year2012

Genre(s)Animation

Approx. running minutes159m

CastBryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh

Sword Art Online

moderate violence, nudity

Classified Date:

21/02/2016

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Anime Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

Part 3 Episodes 15-19

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Contains moderate violence and injury detail

Classified Date:

14/11/2013

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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EPISODES 1-7

Contains moderate violence, threat and language

Classified Date:

14/11/2013

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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EPISODES 8-14

Contains moderate violence, threat and discriminatory language

Classified Date:

14/11/2013

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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Episodes 13-19

Contains moderate sexualised threat and moderate violence

Classified Date:

14/11/2013

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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EPISODES 20-25

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strong bloody violence

Classified Date:

20/06/2015

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Paperwork Remarks:

Season 2 Part 1

strong violence, threat

Classified Date:

21/11/2015

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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Season 2 Part 2

moderate fantasy violence

Classified Date:

04/05/2016

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Paperwork Remarks:

Part 4 Episodes 20-24

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threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

mild violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF UNDERWORLD is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Alex awakens with all of her memories wiped from her mind.

violence

There is mild violence in which characters engage in sword fighting.

injury detail

There are brief bloody images.

additional issues

There is very mild bad language ('damn') and very mild threat.

moderate bloody images, violence, threat

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is an anime series; in this episode Alice accidentally steps into the dark realm, a group of VR fighters terrorize other gamers and one teams' rivalry with another occurs offline.

violence

Moderate violence includes fight sequences involving the use of machine guns, smoke bombs, laser swords, arrows and swords.

threat and horror

A deranged man approaches two characters in a dark alley.

injury detail

A character is struck with an arrow in the chest.

additional issues

There is use of mild bad language ('ass') and milder terms ('damn').

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

strong violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALCIZATION - WAR OF UNDERWORLD is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Alice promises to rescue the others and come back for Kito.

violence

There is strong battle violence including stabbings and sword fighting with blood spurts.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass').

very mild bad language

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese animated fantasy series; in this episode, Kiriko wakes up in a strange virtual reality world.

language

There is very mild bad language ('hell', 'damn', 'God').

additional issues

N/A

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

moderate violence, language

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD is a fantasy animation series; in this episode, Gabriel accepts an assignment to capture the STL and the lightcube cluster.

violence

Moderate violence includes shootings, choke-holds and a bloodless stabbing. There is also mild violence with characters engaging in battle with fantastical weapons.

language

There is moderate bad language ('pussy'), as well as milder terms such as 'ass', 'bastard', 'balls', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.

additional issues

There is brief, partial nudity.

mild threat, language

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese fantasy series; in this episode, Eugyo and Kirito enter the End Mountains to rescue Selka.

threat and horror

There are scenes of mild threat as two characters come face-to-face with a group of armed goblins who have kidnapped their friend.

language

There is mild bad language ('crap'), as well as milder terms, such as 'damn'.

additional issues

There is some minor bloody detail visible on a sword carried by a goblin.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

strong violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD is a fantasy animation series; in this episode, Vector and Lipia hatch a plot to kill the Emperor.

violence

A young girl dies in the arms of a young boy who has stabbed her in the ear off-screen with a pointed tool; the ear is bloody and blood spurts from it when the boy extracts the tool. The adult version of the boy is also seen straddling the body of a woman he has killed in painful, but undetailed fashion. Her severed head is seen later encased in a block of ice.

additional issues

There is moderate knife threat. There is focus on a woman's cleavage in revealing nightwear. There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass', 'screw', 'God').

strong fantasy violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Eugyo and Kirito battle goblins to save their friend, Selka.

violence

There are scenes of strong fantasy violence in which characters use swords to battle a group of goblins. There is focus on blood spurts upon impact, as well as limbs being chopped from a goblin's body.

injury detail

There is also strong focus on blood pooling around the body of an injured character in the aftermath of violence.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

moderate violence, occasional bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALCIZATION - WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, the team are stretched far too thin as they prepare for battle.

violence

There are intense scenes of battle violence which features sword fighting. There are occasional bloody images in the aftermath of violence.

moderate fantasy violence

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART: ALICIZATION is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, an unconscious Kirito is taken to another medical facility and Asuna attempts to track him down.

violence

There are scenes of moderate fantasy violence, consisting of sword fights. There is focus on impact as swords are slashed but injury detail is fantastical and not bloody.

additional issues

There is mild language ('bastard'), as well as even milder terms, such as 'God'.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

strong violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD is a Japanese fantasy animation series; in this episode, enemy ground troops start to close in on the heroes.

violence

The episode features strong violence with focus on blood as characters are slashed and cut in half on the battlefield.

mild bad language, violence, brief bloody images

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is an animated fantasy sci-fi series; in this episode, Asuna and Rinko confront Kikuoka and learn about Kirito's fate.

violence

There is a brief flashback to a scene in which a man is forcibly injected with a substance and blood sprays onto the floor.

language

There is mild bad language, including 'son of a bitch'.

additional issues

In one scene, a woman unbuttons her blouse to show a scar on her chest.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

strong bloody violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALCIZATION is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Alice is counting on the team to avenge her.

violence

There is strong bloody battle scenes that feature decapitations, stabbings and sword fighting.

moderate bloody images

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Kirito and Eugeo are trainees at the North Centoria Imperial Sword Mastery Academy.

injury detail

There are moderate bloody images, including a flashback to a scene in which a young man lies in a pool of blood while his friends attempt to save him.

additional issues

There is partial breast and buttock nudity in the opening credit sequence, including a woman crouching over on top of a bed. Any more explicit detail is masked or obscured. Language is very mild, including 'hell', 'jerk' and 'damn'.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

moderate fantasy violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALCIZATION - WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, the underworld marvel at who would have cast a spell to counter their advances.

violence

There are scenes of intense action and violence, but it's all fantastical.

injury detail

In the aftermath of violence, bloody detail is seen on characters' bodies. There are also occasional blood spurts, but these are all stylized.

mild bad language

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is an animated fantasy series; in this episode, Kirito enters into a duel with Uolo, and proves a match for him, before Sortiliena also fights and defeats him.

language

There is mild bad language ('crap').

additional issues

There are some fantastical swordfighting duels but nobody is injured.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

strong violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD is a Japanese fantasy animation series; in this episode, Gabriel orders his entire army to capture Alice.

violence

The episode features strong violence with focus on blood as characters are slashed and stabbed during sword fights.

references to sexual harassment

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Eugeo and Kirito confront a superior disciple about his inappropriate behaviour towards a female student.

sexual violence and sexual threat

There are references to sexual harassment, including a scene in which two characters confront a man who is known to have acted inappropriately towards one of his female servants. The man admits to making his student massage him whilst he bathed, wearing only her underwear. This behaviour is not endorsed by the work as a whole.

additional issues

There is partial breast and buttock nudity as part of the opening credit sequence, including a scene in which a woman is kneeling across a bed. Stronger details, however, are masked or obscured.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

mild bad language

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF UNDERWORLD is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Asuna is reunited with Kirito, but finds she has a rival for his affections in the shape of Alice.

language

There is mild bad language ('ass').

additional issues

There is very mild fantasy violence.

sexual violence

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is Japanese anime series; in this episode, Eugeo is forced to take action against his superiors for their crimes against their female students.

sexual violence and sexual threat

There is a protracted scene of sexual violence as two young women are bound and sexually abused by two men - who are their mentors - in the presence of another man who attempts to help them.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

moderate violence, occasional bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD is a fantasy animation series; in this episode, players around the world are tricked into signing up to a deadly version of the VR game.

violence

There is moderate violence, set in a fantasy context, with sword battles and occasional sight of stylised blood spurts. Characters are flung to their deaths off ropes into a deep canyon, but without strong detail.

additional issues

There is brief, partial nudity. There is mild bad language (''crap', 'ass', 'screw', 'jerk', 'damn', 'hell').

mild violence, nudity

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese English-language anime series; in this episode, Eugeo and Kitiro confront an Integrity Knight.

violence

There is mild swordfight violence.

nudity

There is partial nudity in an non-sexualised context.

additional issues

There is use of very mild bad language ('damn', 'hell', 'screw').

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

strong bloody violence, gore

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF UNDERWORLD is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Alex prepares for battle.

violence

There is strong battle violence featuring characters being sliced in half, stabbed and otherwise slain. There is an emphasis on severed limbs and bloody violence.

injury detail

There are stylised gory images during battle sequences; in one scene, a character gouges out his own eye and squashes it in the palm of his hand.

additional issues

There is moderate ('bitch') and mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass', 'son of a bitch').

strong violence

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

sexualised violence, strong violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALCIZATION - WAR OF UNDERWORLD is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Asuna loses all memory of his friends.

violence

A female character is grabbed by a villain's tentacles which suck her 'life force' out of her; there is a brief emphasis on the victim's cleavage and it's implied she is vaginally penetrated, although there is no sight of this. There is also strong bloody violence when characters are stabbed and killed.

brief bloody images

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE is an English dubbed Japanese language fantasy animated series.

injury detail

There are brief bloody images when dead bodies lie on the ground of a burning city.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('damn'). Women throw fire balls at each other and battle using fantastical weapons.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

moderate violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF UNDERWORLD is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Asuna is joined by hundreds of allies from ALO, while Bercoulli engages in a deadly battle with Vector.

violence

Violence occurs in a fantastical context, and includes sword fighting, as well as kicks and punches. A man's arm is severed with a sword, and another man is bitten by a dragon - both result in bloody injuries.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass', 'frig') and very mild terms including 'damn'.

mild fantasy violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese animated series; in this episode Eugeo and Kirito confront the Crimson Knight and learn of the Integrity Knights plan to kill them both.

violence

Characters with swords battle against a knight with a bow and arrow. They use fantastical blasts of fire and ice to fight. One character is struck off-screen and is left with a small dribble of blood at the corner of his mouth.

additional issues

There is a comic very mild sex reference as a man teases his friend, asking if he needs a few minutes alone with his sword as they are reunited. There is some very mild bad language with uses of 'hell'.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

strong bloody violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF UNDERWORLD is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, battle rages on.

violence

There are scenes of strong violence, including bloody stabbings. Slow-motion effects often emphasise bloody images as characters are stabbed. Other scenes of violence are moderate and fantastical as characters are sliced in half in a bloodless, computerised fashion.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('crap'), accompanied by other milder terms ('jerk', 'God', 'screwed' and 'damn').

moderate bloody violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Eugeo and Kirito find themselves at the mercy of a paralysing potion.

violence

Characters are stabbed, with the knife impact below frame, and left with bloodied clothing and blades. Blasts of light hit a man like bullets and there are some blood spurts from the impacts. Blurry, watercolour outline images depict a decapitation and stabbing.

additional issues

There are some fantastical sword fights. There are a few uses of very mild bad language, including 'hell'.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

strong bloody violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALCIZATION - WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, the traitor inside Rath turns out to be a researcher named Yanai.

violence

There are bloody stabbings and shootings.

moderate bloody images

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Kirito and Eugeo make it to the 80th floor to confront Alice.

injury detail

Several characters are seen to have large bloody holes in their clothing as others try to heal them.

additional issues

There are some scenes of mild fantasy violence as characters battle with swords and blasts of light and fire. There is some mild bad language with a use of 'crap'.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

strong bloody violence, gore

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF UNDERWORLD is an animated fantasy series in which a human army battles a rival empire; in this episode, there is an unexpected arrival.

violence

There are several fight scenes which include stabbings and slashing, accompanied by blood spurts. In one scene, a warrior's arm is cut off, accompanied by a blood spurt and subsequent sight of severed limbs.

additional issues

There is also mild bad language (for example, 'son of a bitch', 'bastard', 'ass', 'God', 'damn').

sexual threat, sexual violence references, strong violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Alice and Kirigaya reach a temporariy truce in order to save themselves.

violence

There is bloody violence.

sexual violence and sexual threat

There are brief images of a man standing in between a woman's legs and licking her knee, before an additional shot shows him undoing her blouse. There is an undetailed verbal reference to rape.

additional issues

There is moderate threat.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

strong bloody violence, injury detail

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF UNDERWORLD is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, one of the warriors dreams about a rival warrior.

violence

People are stabbed and slashed, with some accompanying blood spurts.

injury detail

A fighter's arm is cut off before he is decapitated and his head held aloft. There is also close-up sight of a bloodied chest wound.

additional issues

There is also moderate threat and language ('frickin').

brief moderate fantasy violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Eugeo battles Bercouli and tries to make him remember his life before he became an Integrity Knight.

violence

There's a spray of blood from a sword impact as a man is struck. He quickly heals himself.

additional issues

There is mild fantasy violence as characters battle with swords and blasts of light and ice. There is some mild bad language with uses of 'ass' and 'shit'.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

strong injury detail

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF UNDERWORLD is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, female warriors are wounded whilst a male warrior is beset by dreams of a rival swordsman.

injury detail

A warrior is impaled by a sword that leaves a gaping hole in his body; blood drips from the wound.

additional issues

There is also moderate violence, threat and mild bad language (for example, 'son of a bitch', 'bastard', 'ass', damn', 'crap', 'hell')

brief sexualised nudity, sex references

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Kirito tells Alice the truth about herself and Eugeo is tempted by the Pontifex.

sex

A woman holds a man against her naked body as she tells him that she knows he wants to make love to her.

nudity

A woman removes her clothing in front of a man - there is only partial nudity.

additional issues

There is mild threat when a man extracts a blade. There is also use very mild bad language ('hell').

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

strong bloody violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALCIZATION - WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, the Sylphs and the Cat Sidhes have a top-secret meeting, but are attacked by a massive force of Salamanders.

violence

There are bloody shootings and stabbings, as well as intense fight scenes.

mild fantasy violence, threat

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Kirito and Alice travel to a secret room on the 100th floor of the church.

violence

Characters battle each other with swords, as well as blasts of light and ice. One character is roughly grabbed around the throat.

threat and horror

There's some threat as characters run at each other with swords drawn at the start of a battle. One character threatens to cut out the tongue of an enemy.

additional issues

There are some very mild horror images as a room is discovered to be full of pods holding white-faced men. Only the heads are visible as the men chant and are fed by tube. There is some very mild bad language with uses of 'damn'.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

strong bloody violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALCIZATION - WAR OF THE UNDERWORLD is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Alice successfully logs out of the Underworld, but Kirito doesn't make it in time.

violence

There are bloody shootings and stabbings.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass').

strong violence, sexualised nudity

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Kirito and Eugeo clash and the Pontifex shows her power.

violence

There is a focus on blood spurts and floating drops of blood when two men fight with swords.

nudity

There are sexualised images of a woman's partially nude body.

additional issues

There is moderate threat.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

moderate violence, occasional bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALCIZATION - WAR OF UNDERWORLD is an animated series; in this episode, the 'Rath Atack Incident', masterminded by the ANSA, comes to an end.

violence

There are stabbings and sword fights which are occasional bloody.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('ass', 'screw').

strong fantasy violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Kirio, Alice and Eugeo have a showdown with Quinella's newest creation.

violence

A giant mechanized sword stabs a woman multiple times with bloody detail.

additional issues

There is are brief sexualised images of a partially nude woman and scenes of moderate threat when a flames monster heroes.

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

moderate fantasy violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION - WAR OF UNDERWORLD is an animated series; in this episode, Alice travels unconventionally to question Rinko about his careless actions.

violence

There are intense scenes of fantasy violence in which characters battle monsters.

strong fantasy violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese anime series; in this episode Cardinal leads the heroes in a fight against Administrator.

violence

There is frequent sight of blood during scenes of violence. There is brief sight of a dismembered lower leg still in its boot.

additional issues

There is also brief sexualised nudity.

strong violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

SWORD ART ONLINE: ALICIZATION is a Japanese anime series; in this episode Kirito has a final battle with Administrator.

violence

There is strong violence, such as large blood spurts when characters stab and cut limbs off each other with swords.

additional issues

There is brief sexualised nudity and mild bad language ('crap', 'badass', 'son of a bitch', 'hell', 'dammit').

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Classified date14/11/2013

Languageja

Contains moderate sexualised threat and moderate violence

Classified Date:

14/11/2013

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Paperwork Remarks:

EPISODES 20-25

Contains moderate violence, threat and language

Classified Date:

14/11/2013

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Paperwork Remarks:

EPISODES 8-14

Contains moderate violence, threat and discriminatory language

Classified Date:

14/11/2013

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Paperwork Remarks:

Episodes 13-19

Contains moderate violence and injury detail

Classified Date:

14/11/2013

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Paperwork Remarks:

EPISODES 1-7

moderate fantasy violence

Classified Date:

04/05/2016

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Paperwork Remarks:

Part 4 Episodes 20-24

strong violence, threat

Classified Date:

21/11/2015

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Paperwork Remarks:

Season 2 Part 2

strong bloody violence

Classified Date:

20/06/2015

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Paperwork Remarks:

Season 2 Part 1

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

threat, violence

Classified Date:

23/05/2022

Use:

VOD/Streaming

mild violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There is mild violence in which characters engage in sword fighting.

injury detail

There are brief bloody images.

additional issues

There is very mild bad language ('damn') and very mild threat.

strong violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There is strong battle violence including stabbings and sword fighting with blood spurts.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass').

moderate violence, language

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

Moderate violence includes shootings, choke-holds and a bloodless stabbing. There is also mild violence with characters engaging in battle with fantastical weapons.

language

There is moderate bad language ('pussy'), as well as milder terms such as 'ass', 'bastard', 'balls', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.

additional issues

There is brief, partial nudity.

strong violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

additional issues

There is moderate knife threat. There is focus on a woman's cleavage in revealing nightwear. There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass', 'screw', 'God').

moderate violence, occasional bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There are intense scenes of battle violence which features sword fighting. There are occasional bloody images in the aftermath of violence.

strong violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

The episode features strong violence with focus on blood as characters are slashed and cut in half on the battlefield.

strong bloody violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There is strong bloody battle scenes that feature decapitations, stabbings and sword fighting.

moderate fantasy violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There are scenes of intense action and violence, but it's all fantastical.

injury detail

In the aftermath of violence, bloody detail is seen on characters' bodies. There are also occasional blood spurts, but these are all stylized.

strong violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

The episode features strong violence with focus on blood as characters are slashed and stabbed during sword fights.

mild bad language

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

There is mild bad language ('ass').

additional issues

There is very mild fantasy violence.

moderate violence, occasional bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

additional issues

There is brief, partial nudity. There is mild bad language (''crap', 'ass', 'screw', 'jerk', 'damn', 'hell').

strong bloody violence, gore

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There is strong battle violence featuring characters being sliced in half, stabbed and otherwise slain. There is an emphasis on severed limbs and bloody violence.

injury detail

There are stylised gory images during battle sequences; in one scene, a character gouges out his own eye and squashes it in the palm of his hand.

additional issues

There is moderate ('bitch') and mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass', 'son of a bitch').

sexualised violence, strong violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

moderate violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass', 'frig') and very mild terms including 'damn'.

strong bloody violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('crap'), accompanied by other milder terms ('jerk', 'God', 'screwed' and 'damn').

strong bloody violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There are bloody stabbings and shootings.

strong bloody violence, gore

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

additional issues

There is also mild bad language (for example, 'son of a bitch', 'bastard', 'ass', 'God', 'damn').

strong bloody violence, injury detail

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

People are stabbed and slashed, with some accompanying blood spurts.

injury detail

A fighter's arm is cut off before he is decapitated and his head held aloft. There is also close-up sight of a bloodied chest wound.

additional issues

There is also moderate threat and language ('frickin').

strong injury detail

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

injury detail

A warrior is impaled by a sword that leaves a gaping hole in his body; blood drips from the wound.

additional issues

There is also moderate violence, threat and mild bad language (for example, 'son of a bitch', 'bastard', 'ass', damn', 'crap', 'hell')

strong bloody violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There are bloody shootings and stabbings, as well as intense fight scenes.

strong bloody violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There are bloody shootings and stabbings.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'ass').

moderate violence, occasional bloody images

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There are stabbings and sword fights which are occasional bloody.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('ass', 'screw').

moderate fantasy violence

Classified Date:

13/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There are intense scenes of fantasy violence in which characters battle monsters.

moderate bloody violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

additional issues

There are some fantastical sword fights. There are a few uses of very mild bad language, including 'hell'.

mild fantasy violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

additional issues

moderate bloody images

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

injury detail

Several characters are seen to have large bloody holes in their clothing as others try to heal them.

additional issues

There are some scenes of mild fantasy violence as characters battle with swords and blasts of light and fire. There is some mild bad language with a use of 'crap'.

sexual threat, sexual violence references, strong violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There is bloody violence.

sexual violence and sexual threat

There are brief images of a man standing in between a woman's legs and licking her knee, before an additional shot shows him undoing her blouse. There is an undetailed verbal reference to rape.

additional issues

There is moderate threat.

brief moderate fantasy violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There's a spray of blood from a sword impact as a man is struck. He quickly heals himself.

additional issues

There is mild fantasy violence as characters battle with swords and blasts of light and ice. There is some mild bad language with uses of 'ass' and 'shit'.

brief sexualised nudity, sex references

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

sex

A woman holds a man against her naked body as she tells him that she knows he wants to make love to her.

nudity

A woman removes her clothing in front of a man - there is only partial nudity.

additional issues

There is mild threat when a man extracts a blade. There is also use very mild bad language ('hell').

mild fantasy violence, threat

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

Characters battle each other with swords, as well as blasts of light and ice. One character is roughly grabbed around the throat.

threat and horror

There's some threat as characters run at each other with swords drawn at the start of a battle. One character threatens to cut out the tongue of an enemy.

additional issues

strong violence, sexualised nudity

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There is a focus on blood spurts and floating drops of blood when two men fight with swords.

nudity

There are sexualised images of a woman's partially nude body.

additional issues

There is moderate threat.

strong fantasy violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There is frequent sight of blood during scenes of violence. There is brief sight of a dismembered lower leg still in its boot.

additional issues

There is also brief sexualised nudity.

strong fantasy violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

A giant mechanized sword stabs a woman multiple times with bloody detail.

additional issues

There is are brief sexualised images of a partially nude woman and scenes of moderate threat when a flames monster heroes.

strong violence

Classified Date:

16/11/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There is strong violence, such as large blood spurts when characters stab and cut limbs off each other with swords.

additional issues

There is brief sexualised nudity and mild bad language ('crap', 'badass', 'son of a bitch', 'hell', 'dammit').

moderate bloody images, violence, threat

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

Moderate violence includes fight sequences involving the use of machine guns, smoke bombs, laser swords, arrows and swords.

threat and horror

A deranged man approaches two characters in a dark alley.

injury detail

A character is struck with an arrow in the chest.

additional issues

There is use of mild bad language ('ass') and milder terms ('damn').

mild threat, language

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

threat and horror

There are scenes of mild threat as two characters come face-to-face with a group of armed goblins who have kidnapped their friend.

language

There is mild bad language ('crap'), as well as milder terms, such as 'damn'.

additional issues

There is some minor bloody detail visible on a sword carried by a goblin.

moderate fantasy violence

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There are scenes of moderate fantasy violence, consisting of sword fights. There is focus on impact as swords are slashed but injury detail is fantastical and not bloody.

additional issues

There is mild language ('bastard'), as well as even milder terms, such as 'God'.

mild bad language, violence, brief bloody images

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There is a brief flashback to a scene in which a man is forcibly injected with a substance and blood sprays onto the floor.

language

There is mild bad language, including 'son of a bitch'.

additional issues

In one scene, a woman unbuttons her blouse to show a scar on her chest.

mild bad language

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

There is mild bad language ('crap').

additional issues

There are some fantastical swordfighting duels but nobody is injured.

very mild bad language

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

language

There is very mild bad language ('hell', 'damn', 'God').

additional issues

N/A

strong fantasy violence, bloody images

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

injury detail

There is also strong focus on blood pooling around the body of an injured character in the aftermath of violence.

moderate bloody images

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

injury detail

There are moderate bloody images, including a flashback to a scene in which a young man lies in a pool of blood while his friends attempt to save him.

additional issues

sexual violence

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

sexual violence and sexual threat

There is a protracted scene of sexual violence as two young women are bound and sexually abused by two men - who are their mentors - in the presence of another man who attempts to help them.

mild violence, nudity

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

violence

There is mild swordfight violence.

nudity

There is partial nudity in an non-sexualised context.

additional issues

There is use of very mild bad language ('damn', 'hell', 'screw').

references to sexual harassment

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

sexual violence and sexual threat

additional issues

There is partial breast and buttock nudity as part of the opening credit sequence, including a scene in which a woman is kneeling across a bed. Stronger details, however, are masked or obscured.

strong violence

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

brief bloody images

Classified Date:

23/09/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

injury detail

There are brief bloody images when dead bodies lie on the ground of a burning city.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('damn'). Women throw fire balls at each other and battle using fantastical weapons.

Director(s)Tomohiko Ito

Production year2012

Genre(s)Animation

Approx. running minutes159m

CastBryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh

moderate violence, nudity

Classified Date:

21/02/2016

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Anime Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

Part 3 Episodes 15-19

Classified date14/11/2013

Languageja