Log Horizon

As of April 16, 2017, eleven light novel volumes have been published in Japan by Enterbrain.

The series was licensed by Yen On for an English release, with eleven volumes published as of January 29, 2019. (See the Localizations section for the other language versions.)

First Act

Covered in volumes 1-5. First part of the "Catastrophe" half.

Elder Tale is a long-lived, highly popular MMORPG that has millions of players. Right as the twelfth expansion pack releases on the Japanese server, an extraordinary event dubbed the Catastrophe occurs. Those logged in at the time awaken inside a world that looks just like the game's, inside bodies that look like their game avatar's. While they the same superhuman abilities their player characters had, many are less than enthusiastic about being unable to return to their world, the flavorless food in this world, and the prospect of fighting monsters in-person.

Shiroe, Naotsugu, and Akatsuki band together as they adjust to living in this new world, with the help of Marielle and her guild, the Crescent Moon Alliance. A few weeks after the Catastrophe, they embark on a rescue mission to the player city of Susukino, where a young member of the Crescent Moon Alliance named Serara has been trapped by the city's reigning guild, Brigandia.

Serara has only managed to elude capture thanks to a veteran player named Nyanta—who is, coincidentally, an old acquaintance of Shiroe and Naotsugu's. After defeating and humiliating Brigandia, the five make their way back to Akiba. On the way back, they learn that Nyanta has found a workaround for flavorless food and come to the realization that the People of the Earth, who have been seen and treated as mindless NPCs, are now just as real as they are.

Upon returning to Akiba, Marielle explains the current situation. The city's major guilds have divided the city among themselves, hogging all the best resources and leaving smaller guilds and solo players in the dust. Worse, a malevolent guild called Hamelin has tricked and enslaved younger players to profit off of their EXP Pots. Realizing that two kids he had been mentoring before the Catastrophe, Minori and Touya, are among this guild's victims, Shiroe decides to step up and do something about it.

He forms the guild Log Horizon with Akatsuki, Naotsugu, and Nyanta, and with the Crescent Moon Alliance's help, begins to take action. He revitalizes the city and economy with Nyanta's cooking method and, with that, acquires the power and leverage to call a meeting with Akiba's strongest guilds. The guilds, with the exception of one, agree with Shiroe's call for a form of this government in this lawless world, and form the Round Table Alliance.

Second Act

Covered in volumes 6-10. Second part of the "Catastrophe" half.

Third Act

Covered in volumes 11-16. First part of the "Refraction" half.

Series Directed by

Shinji Ishihira ... (50 episodes, 2013-2015)

Jun'ichi Wada ... (4 episodes, 2013-2014)

Kazunobu Fusegi ... (3 episodes, 2013-2014)

Tsuyoshi Hida ... (3 episodes, 2013-2014)

Noriaki Saitô ... (3 episodes, 2013-2014)

Takashi Andô ... (2 episodes, 2013-2014)

Yoshito Hata ... (2 episodes, 2013-2014)

Takanori Yano ... (2 episodes, 2013-2014)

Takaaki Ishiyama ... (2 episodes, 2013)

Kenichi Maejima ... (2 episodes, 2014)

Yukihiro Matsushita ... (1 episode, 2013)

Yasuo Iwamoto ... (1 episode, 2014)

Keiji Kawakubo ... (1 episode, 2014)

Series Writing Credits

Toshizo Nemoto ... (script) (12 episodes, 2013-2014)

Toshizo Nemoto ... (developed by) (10 episodes, 2013)

Syouji Masuda ... (story) (10 episodes, 2013)

Mamare Touno ... (novels) (10 episodes, 2013)

Shingo Irie ... (script) (5 episodes, 2013-2014)

Shinsuke Ônishi ... (script) (5 episodes, 2013-2014)

Michiko Itô ... (script) (3 episodes, 2013-2014)

Series Cast

Jad Saxton Jad Saxton ... Akatsuki51 episodes, 2013-2021

Mike Yager Mike Yager ... Shiroe51 episodes, 2013-2021

Jôji Nakata Jôji Nakata ... Nyanta44 episodes, 2013-2015

Andrew Love Andrew Love ... Naotsugu41 episodes, 2013-2021

Luci Christian Luci Christian ... Minori40 episodes, 2013-2021

Maggie Flecknoe Maggie Flecknoe ... Marielle / ...38 episodes, 2013-2021

Greg Ayres Greg Ayres ... Tohya38 episodes, 2013-2015

Mike Vance Mike Vance ... Eins / ...36 episodes, 2013-2021

Shelley Calene-Black Shelley Calene-Black ... Henrietta / ...35 episodes, 2013-2021

Jovan Jackson ... Nyanta / ...35 episodes, 2013-2021

Hilary Haag Hilary Haag ... Serara33 episodes, 2013-2015

Margaret McDonald Margaret McDonald ... Isuzu / ...32 episodes, 2013-2015

Kyle Jones Kyle Jones ... Londark / ...29 episodes, 2013-2015

Ty Mahany Ty Mahany ... Smash / ...28 episodes, 2013-2021

Tyler Galindo Tyler Galindo ... Rundel28 episodes, 2013-2015

John Gremillion John Gremillion ... Karashin / ...26 episodes, 2013-2021

Krystal LaPorte Krystal LaPorte ... Ashlynn / ...26 episodes, 2013-2021

Matt Hune Matt Hune ... Sojiro / ...26 episodes, 2013-2015

Takuma Terashima Takuma Terashima ... Shiroe25 episodes, 2013-2014

Series Produced by

David Del Rio ... producer (25 episodes, 2013-2014)

John Ledford ... executive producer / producer / executive producer: Sentai Filmworks (25 episodes, 2013-2014)

Eiichi Takahashi ... executive producer / executive producer: Sentai Filmworks (25 episodes, 2013-2014)

Fumio Kaneko ... animation producer (10 episodes, 2013)

Atsuko Kashiwagi ... executive producer (10 episodes, 2013)

Hideaki Miyamoto ... animation producer (10 episodes, 2013)

Kenichiro Naeshiro ... producer (10 episodes, 2013)

Yuji Shibata ... executive producer (10 episodes, 2013)

Series Music by

Yasuharu Takanashi ... (25 episodes, 2013-2014)Series Cinematography by

Yuujirou Yamane ... (25 episodes, 2013-2014)

Shin'yo Kondô ... (25 episodes, 2014-2015)Series Film Editing by

Gô Sadamatsu ... (25 episodes, 2013-2014)

Rie Matsubara ... (25 episodes, 2014-2015)Series Art Direction by

Hiroki Nomura ... (25 episodes, 2013-2014)Series Art Department

Shinji Ishihira ... storyboard artist (29 episodes, 2013-2015)

Yoshinori Iwanaga ... concept designer (25 episodes, 2013-2014)

Tomomi Murakami ... color designer (25 episodes, 2013-2014)

Miki Yoshikawa ... concept designer (25 episodes, 2013-2014)

Jun'ichi Wada ... storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2013-2014)

Noriaki Saitô ... storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2013-2014)

Tsuyoshi Hida ... storyboard artist (1 episode, 2013)

Takaaki Ishiyama ... storyboard artist (1 episode, 2014)

Yukihiro Matsushita ... storyboard artist (1 episode, 2014)