Best Sword Art Online Intro Songs

The intro song used for the arcs in the second half of the second season, Calibur and Mother's Rosario, is without a doubt the best intro song in Sword Art Online. Not just in the anime, but one of my favorite songs of all time. It has such a different tone from the rest of the intros. It really reminds me of the greatest arc in the series, Mother's Rosario. So emotional and powerful.

The piano at the beginning, the guitar, the chorus, and the fact that it's sung by Asuna's voice actor make it interesting. This song is actually both badass and nostalgic, as well as emotional and sad, depending on which arc it's associated with. The Calibur intro is about Kirito and his friends on a badass adventure, while the Mother's Rosario arc is about Yuuki spending the last moments of her life having fun. This is one of the greatest songs ever heard by human ears.

The original, the classic, the one we all love. It plays as the intro for the first arc, the original, and the best arc of Sword Art Online (okay, Mother's Rosario arc is still better, sorry SAO haters).

This song is the start of an adventure, one not to forget. It really has that feel in it - an energetic and adventurous one. It brings back nostalgia to every Sword Art Online fan, reminding us of the good old days of the Aincrad arc. So even if it's only at #4, it's really great.

It's the original. It's hard not to love.

Before hearing this song, Courage was an easy pick for #1 on this list. After listening to this one, it got more complicated. But the order I concluded is accurate, and this stays below. Resister gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, and for good reason, because it's the most climactic and epic intro song of the bunch.

It's one of three songs used as an intro in the Alicization arc along with Adamas and Resolution. This is superior to both of them, though. The chorus and electric guitar are about as badass as it can get. If you hate this song, let me book a trial, just kidding.

Eir Aoi might be my favorite Sword Art Online singer, just beating Haruka Tomatsu. Her singing just nails it every time I listen to her songs, and this might be her best. Like seriously, this song is just badass!

Maybe it's the chorus or the verses, both of which scream badassery. Or perhaps it's that I always associate it with Kirito wielding his lightsaber around in the middle of a battlefield like a crazy Jedi master, as this song is used as the intro for the Gungale Online arc. It's just so catchy! I'm divided on whether this or Crossing Field is better, but in the end, this is superior.

There's an ongoing joke that this is the best thing about the Fairy Dance arc. For those new to Sword Art Online, the second arc, or second half of the first season, is everyone's favorite punching bag. It caused a lot of people to hate Sword Art Online because of how it downgraded Asuna's character, the incest romance, and the villain Sugou raping one of the main characters.

I still enjoy the arc, although it's the weakest, excluding the Calibur arc. The intro song is certainly great, though, even if it's one of the weaker ones. I especially love that short beginning with the piano. I don't know why. It's just so iconic. The song itself? It's great too. It's catchy and has an energetic feel to it. It stays in the top five.

This is an okay song, although my least favorite. Not great, not terrible. The first time I heard it, I wasn't really a fan. It has grown on me recently, though, and it has a quite decent feel to it. I like how it kind of sounds like the beginning of a conclusion to the Sword Art Online series, as this is the first of the songs used for the Alicization arc.

LiSA is a pretty good singer, although not my absolute favorite. The song itself, other than feeling somewhat epic, doesn't have much to offer. It's slightly uninteresting. 3/5, not great, not terrible (PPPeter reference intended). Worst of the bunch.

Maybe this song hasn't grown on me, but it just isn't very good. It's not bad at all, but it's not that interesting. I like how it's quite epic and climactic, but it's not nearly on the same level as Resister and in the end falls a bit flat.

For what it is, though, I'd say this is a solid song that makes it into the good tier. Haruka is a good singer, so there's that. Overall, it's clearly just a solid song.