Accel World

Accel World
First light novel volume cover, featuring Kuroyukihime
アクセル・ワールド (Akuseru Wārudo)
Genre	Adventure[1] Science fantasy[1]
Light novel
Written by	Reki Kawahara
Illustrated by	HIMA [ja]
Published by	ASCII Media Works
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
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 [ja]
Published by	ASCII Media Works
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
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 [ja]
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	Hiroyuki Oshima MintJam Onoken
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	AUS: Hanabee NA: Viz Media SEA: Muse Communication UK: MVM Films
Original network	Tokyo MX, TV Saitama, Chiba TV, tvk, TV Aichi, MBS, AT-X, HBC, RKB, BS11
English network	NA: Neon Alley SEA: Animax Asia
Original run	April 7, 2012 – September 22, 2012
Episodes	24 (+ 2 OVA episodes) (List of episodes)
Film
Accel World: Infinite Burst
Video games
Accel World: Ginyoku no Kakusei (2012) Accel World: Kasoku no Chōten (2013)
Anime and manga portal

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 [ja]. 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 [ja], published in Dengeki Bunko Magazine from April 2010 to June 2017; Acchel World by Ryuryū Akari [ja], 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.