No no, if he likes SAO then that automatically qualifies him for it regardless of anything else he likes/dislikes.
The thing is, he likes when there is fighting in animoo (me too), but he doesn't like them long running series like Naruto, Bleach or One Piece(me too).
So I guess... SAO being short was right up his alley(not me too).
The only problem with him, I don't know what to pick sometimes to watch with. When we gotten Fate/Zero the first episode was 40 or so minutes (because it was a blu ray rip or somesuch) and if not for my [tornado fang]ing great persuasive skills, we wouldn't have gotten past that.
He complained they talked too much, and especially about the scene with Kirei, his father and "Papa Tohsaka". You know, where they walk around in circles around Kirei. I admit, it wasn't the most thrilling experience, but it was a SET-UP. SETUP episode.
It's really sad too, cuz he's far from being a stupid person. And I'm glad to have someone like him as a friend, but picking out something to watch with him is horrible.
Hell, If I hadn't forced him to watch Transformers Prime, he would still say "I'M NOT INTERESTED IN TRANSFORMERS DERP".