Nov 1, 2019
So I finally got around to seeing the last animated .Hack feature and I gotta say it was pretty good.
Story//
So the story of the //The Movie is very much fanservice for fans of .Hack, locations, character designs and even music tries to evoke a sense of nostalgia for long time fans. For new comers the plot is pretty basic, Sora our main lead is adverse against technology until she's backed into playing the new version of //The World where she is given a chance to save the virtual world and to solve the mystery of its comatosed victims.
Art//
Probably one of the best things
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about the movie is seeing locations and characters from the old series revamped into a more current engine so everything looks more sleek and shiny. Even the new characters look great and feel like they would fit in with V1 or V2's characters.
Sound//
Music inside the World sounds amazing and just like its predecessors which makes it a shame that the music in the real world is a lot less memorable. I can understand if it was intentional to make the Virtual world more exciting but that doesn't mean the typical generic anime tunes stand out any less.
Voice acting is pretty well done, nothing spectacular and nothing to awful. While sound effects are usually pretty nice especially inside the World since its mostly just straight from past titles.
Characters//
This is probably the worst aspect of the movie since //The Movie primarily focuses on Sora and doesn't give any of the other characters a chance to grow outside of 1 or 2 philsophyical lines about the real and virtual world. Most of the characters walk in and out when the plot demands it but it doesn't detract very much since most characters aren't developed enough to be missed. Theres a love story kinda thrown in half way towards the end, its not bad but its not very good either so it just kinda floats around.
Overall though I had fun with it, some parts got to me but mostly because I was a fan of the old series and it was great to see some returning faces even if all of them weren't familiar. It definitely hammers down the mmorpg feel a lot better than a lot of anime nowadays but it doesn't have the interesting mysterious or action that most have today. I'd give it a watch if the trailer catches you or you like .hack and are like me who just never got around to watching it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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