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05-05-2014, 09:04 AM

SERIES INFORMATION
Year: 2002
Episodes: 26 (+ 2 specials)
Categories: Seinen, Super Power, Virtual Reality
Director: Koichi Mashimo
Production: Bee Train, Victor Entertainment, Bandai Visual

FILE INFORMATION
Group: BluDragon
Video: MKV (H264/AVC), 710x480 (anamorphic 16:9), (~2300 kBit/s), With Chapters
Audio: Japanese, 2.0 Stereo AC3 (192 kBit/s)
English, 2.0 Stereo AC3 (192 kBit/s)
instrumental track 2.0 Stereo AC3 (192 kBit/s)
Subtitles: English image softsubs (VOBSUB)
English styled softsubs (ASS)
English unstyled softsubs (srt)
Contains song/signs subtitle track
Comments: OP - Obsession by See-Saw
ED - Yasashii Yoake by See-Saw

BACKGROUND INFO
.hack??SIGN is a prequel to the .hack video game and the .hack??Liminality OVA. The TV series was created with the specific goal of explaining the back story to the game and OVA.

Episode 15 is a recap episode, Evidence. The two special episodes were extras included with the DVD release, not truly part of the series that aired. They should be watched after the series. Intermezzo (Ep. 27) occurs after the series but then flashes back to an early point in Mimiru's online playing (before the series takes place). Unison (Ep. 28) also takes place after the series and is just a get-together of the characters from Sign and the Games.

SUMMARY
"If you want to know the truth, you must have the courage to accept it." - Bear

Amidst a popular online role playing game in the near future, characters try to play out the goals they set for entertainment and passing of time. The World as the RPG is called is one with a setting of monsters, player characters and dungeons. Tsukasa is a detached and introverted character that has a number of mysteries about his player character. Many weird happenings seem to suround Tsukasa and his involvement in a rare item called 'The Key Of The Twilight' sparks Tsukasa's meeting with different online characters and the befriending of their real life counterparts; All without ever meeting face to face in reality. What is strange about Tsukasa is that he can't seem to log out of The World. Subaru and Silver Knight of The Crimson Knights continue to look for proof of why Tsukasa can not log out or the existance of The Key Of The Twilight. Meanwhile Bear, Mimiru, and BT as Tsukasa's friends try to help him understand who he really is and how he can return to the real world.
Source: ANN

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