PERFECT FOR FANS OF: Sword Art Online, .Hack/SignBEST SELLERAccel World was the second best selling light novel franchise of 2012, topped only by its author, Reki Kawahara's, second light novel series, Sword Art Online. The first novel won the 2008 Grand Prize in ASCII Media Works' 15th Dengeki Novel Competition.ANIME ADAPTATION Accel World was adapted into a 25-episode anime series and has been licensed for streaming on Hulu by Viz Media in 2012. Two video games have been developed and released in 2012 and 2013,by Banpresto based on the series.