加速世界
The anime's first two episodes pre-aired on Nico Nico Douga and officially aired in Japan on Tokyo MX and TV Saitama between April 7, 2012 and September 22, 2012. The series is licensed in North America by Viz Media, who simulcasted the series on Hulu and later began streaming an English-dubbed version on its Neon Alley service from April 19, 2013. For episodes 1-13, the opening theme song is "Chase the world" by May'n and the ending theme song is "unfinished" by KOTOKO feat. FripSide. For episodes fourteen onwards, the opening theme is "Burst the Gravity" by Altima while the ending theme is by Sachika Misawa. An original video animation episode was released with the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable video game, "Accel World: Ginyoku no Kakusei", on September 13, 2012, with another OVA released with the second game, "Accel World: Kasoku no Chōten", on January 31, 2013.