Is there a Sword Art Online manga? So I was wondering if there is a Sword Art Online manga, and if so which is the original, the manga or the anime?
Sword Art Online started as a light novel series (in 2009), and spawned five manga adaptations (starting in 2010) and an anime (in 2012). However, to my knowledge, the anime is based entirely on the first four volumes of the light novels and does not borrow from the manga material  at all.