All Vocals & Chorus by Eir Aoi

M-1.01 - TV Anime "Sword Art Online" 2nd Opening Theme
Words: Ryosuke Shigenaga, Eir
Music: Ryosuke Shigenaga
Arrangement: Ryosuke Shigenaga, Kayo Shimokawa
Sound Produced by Ryosuke Shigenaga
Guitar: Masanori Mine
Bass: FIRE
Drums: Ken Shibuya
Violin: Rui Kobayashi
Strings Programming & Piano: Kayo Shimokawa (Chameleon Label)
Programming: Ryosuke Shigenaga
Drum Technician: Kouji Watanabe (NAVE-TECH)
Guitar Technician: Toshiki Tachibana
Recorded & Mixed by Takashi Koiwa (SIGN SOUND)
Vocal & Chorus Recorded by Satoshi Morishige
Strings Recorded by Kayo Shimokawa (Chameleon Label)
Assisted by Kouzou Miyamoto (STUDIO SoundValley)
Coordinated by Mitsunori Imoto (SIGN SOUND)
Recorded at STUDIO SoundValley, Sony Music Rokubancho Studio, Chameleon Studio Sapporo

M-1.02
Words: rino
Music: Katsuhiko Kurosu
Arrangement: Katsuhiko Kurosu
Bass, Drum & Programming: Katsuhiko Kurosu (peak a soul+)
Guitar: Takahiro "misamisa" Misawa
Vocal & Chorus Recorded by Satoshi Morishige
Instruments Recorded by Noriko Mihara (peak a soul+)
Mixed by Yutaka Uematsu (john st!)
Coordinated by Junichi Doi (peak a soul+)
Recorded at MB-ONE studio, Sony Music Rokubancho Studio

M-1.03
Words: mao
Music: Fumio Yasuda
Arrangement: Hiroki Arai
Sound Produced by Hiroki Arai
Guitar & Programming: Hiroki Arai
Bass: YUTARO
Drums: Ken Shibuya
Piano: Marutaka
String Programming Support: Takashi Fukuda
Guitar & Bass Technician: Tetsuya Yamazaki (SOUNDCREW)
Drum Technician: Kouji Watanabe (NAVE-TECH)
Recorded by Keita Joko
Mixed by Satoshi Hosoi (KURID)
Assisted by Kazuya Maeda (SOUNDCREW STUDIO), Rika Shibayama (SOUNDCREW STUDIO)
Coordinated by Eisuke Yamashita (Steezlab Music)
Recorded at SOUND CREW, Sony Music Rokubancho Studio

Mastered by Hidekazu Sakai (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)


-Staff-

A&R: Hiroyuki Imahori (SME Records)
A&R in Chief: Yukio Yamanaka (SME Records)
A&R Assistant: Kai Tanaka (SME Records)
Recording Director: Keisuke Nakamura (SME Records)

Artist Manager: Ryoko Koyama, Kanako Saito (Steezlab Music)
Artist Manager in Chief: Naoyuki Yuzugami (Steezlab Music)

Promotion Producer: Kazuhiro Hirao (SME Records)
Media Promotion (SME Records): Mizuru Ikuta, You Nagata, Kazuhiko Kudo, Yusuke Nakano, Keisuke Kaneko, Asumi Morita, Takehiko Ishida, Mariko Sawaya, Satomi Inoue, Nana Kawaguchi, Taeko Kato, Tadayoshi Watanabe, Chihiro Imatomi

Desks: Ayano Kobayashi, Akuri Shikakura, Sayaka Hirama (SME Records)
Sales Planning: Daitetsu Kuroki, Shigeto Asahara (Sony Music Distribution)

Web Director: Naho Saito (Sony Music Network)
Web Designer: Ayumi Kohana (Kirksville)

Brain: Keiichi Tonomura (Sony Music Entertainment)
Executive Producers: Shunsuke Muramatsu, Daisuke Katsurada, Kenichi Nakada (SME Records), Shinji Takagi, Takeshi Kaneko (Steezlab Music)


-Art Work-

Art Direction: Yasuhiro Okuya (Sony Music Communications)
Design: Risa Osaki (Sony Music Communications)
Photography: Syuichi Tsunoda
Hair & Make-Up: NOBU
Styling: Akari Hasegawa (sparkle)
Products Coordinator: Emi Hirose, Mariko Yakita (Sony Music Communications)
Cover Illustration: abec


-DVD Staff-
Storyboard & Direction: Ei Aoki
Animation Director: Shingo Adachi
Key Frame: Nozomu Abe, Shota Iwasaki, Shinji Osada, Tetsuya Kawakami, Nozomi Goto, Atsushi Saito, Tetsuya Takeuchi, Yoshimi Tachiki, Shigeru Chiba, Kento Toya, Naoto Nakamura, Tomoya Nishiguchi, Yu Yamashita, Takahiko Yoshida
Inbetweens Animation: Saori Tomita
Color Design: Kazuko Nakashima
Products Coordinator: Kosuke Suzuki, Tomoya Mitsuda

©REKI KAWAHARA / ASCII MEDIA WORKS / SAO Project


-Special Thanks-

SWORD ART ONLINE All Staff, Aniplex, ASCII MEDIA WORKS, Yoshikazu Kawaguchi (M-On Entertainment), Fumiaki Nishihara (LisAni!), Ryuichi Kaga (LisAni!), Tomoyoshi Iwahori (Sunphonix), Masaki Ida (Sunphonix), Osamu Nakamura (Sony Music Entertainment), Kazy Itoh (Sony Music Entertainment), Tatsuya Kariya, Yuka Nakabachi, Takahiro Nishimura, Naoko Yoneyama, Ikumi Shimada ...and All Fans so far and now on!