Ranked #1472

.hack//SIGN

First off I'd like to say that it's a hate-it-or-love-it-anime, I do respect people that don't like .Hack//Sign, But I don't respect people who don't have any arguments. This review is based on personal positive exeriences.
I'll spare you all the joy and pleasure that .Hack//Sign brought me... till the end.
Alright, before I start writing this review there are is one word that is in need to said;
' EPIC'
Alright, that's all for now.

To begin I'd like to ask you to read the story at the top of the page.
Are you done?Then lets move on.

The story of .Hack//Sign is boring, there is almost no action,there's no fanservice and it doesn't make fast progress. That's the view on .hack//Sign that most people have, they are correct, but then, you are not enjoying it.
.Hack//Sign, The story:
+ It's detailed
- It doesn't make fast progress (+ But if that's your opinion, you're not enjoying the story itself)

Then, we have the art... beautiful scenery's, great character designs and much more, only thing is that some movements are not the best, but that's nothing compared to the character designs themself.

+ Beautiful scenery
+ Great and original character designs
- Some slight movement mistakes

Then we have the Sound, if there was an option to give it more then a ten out of ten, then I would choose it. Music like you have never heard before, Yuki kajiura, in my opinion she may compare herself to Mozart, Beethoven and more of them. No, .Hack//Sign's music isn't worth a ten only because of its music, the sounds of the surounding and scenery's are great too. Almost each time you play a scene again, you can discover new sounds, like the wind, which blows trough the grass or some other background noices.

+ Yuki Kajiura's music(MORE THAN 50 TRACKS!!!)
+ The background

Characters of .Hack//Sign
Emotions, double personalities, online and offline, trying to be someone you aren't... Everything you could wish for is available. Nothing less.

+ Emotions
+ Double personalities, offline and online
+ Characters can make progress, unlike most of the anime made today

Personal Enjoyment
I could write pages of information which is usseless to everybody, except for me.
But I won't, here are all the pages in short:
.Hack//Sign brought me the music of Yuki Kajiura, Is she an angel from heaven or something? Her music is a passage to heaven, believe me.
The story is epic, not a stereotype battle between good and evil. (Almost Forgot the fact i may not spoil X_X )

So, in shorter than short itself:

+ Hack//Sign
+ EPIC read more

In early 2004, 3 1/2 years before my foray into anime, I bought a PS2 game called .hack//Infection. I didn't particularly enjoy the game that much, and it became lost behind the newer games that came and were added to my ever-growing video game collection.

Fast forward to November 2007, and I stumble across .hack//SIGN while flicking through the channels one night. I decided to watch it, and I became immediately hooked.

One of the strong points of the .hack video game was the story, and the story to SIGN was also brilliantly written. I also loved the art and the characters were a lovable motley crew, of sorts.

The music fitted in well with the atmosphere of the series. The celtic influence was notable in both scenery and music.

A lot of people say this dragged on, "They've all got weapons, but there's no fighting." Ah, well. So what? I didn't care. I'm never one to care about the pace of a telly programme, film or video game etc.

I really enjoyed the series, and it pulled me in further into the world of anime.

And, because of the series, Infection was pulled out from behind the newer games, and played once again. (And was completed this time around.) read more