.hack//Liminality

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Synonyms: Hack OVA
Japanese: .hack//LIMINALITY
English: .hack//Liminality
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Type: OVA
Episodes: 4
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 20, 2002 to Apr 10, 2003
Studios: Bee Train
Source: Original
Genre: MysteryMystery
Theme: Video GameVideo Game
Duration: 33 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Ranked: #58802
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Popularity: #3612
Members: 32,992
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Synopsis

While playing the newly released MMORPG "The World," Minase Mai and Tomonari Kasumi collapse in the real world and are sent to the hospital after hearing a mysterious sound. Only Mai recovers, while her friend Kasumi slips into a mysterious coma. Mai is later approached by the creator of "The World," Tokuoka Junichiro, who unveils to her that, just like her friend, six other players across the country also collapsed while playing "The World" and are now in mysterious comas. What exactly is "The World," what is this mysterious sound Mai keeps on hearing, and why are people slipping into comas from this game? Minase, Junichiro, and their acquaintances set off to get to the bottom of this problem before any further harm happens.

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Background

A four-part DVD series included with the .hack// PlayStation 2 games.

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Kajiura, Yuki
Producer, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Lyrics, Music, Recording Engineer
Maseba, Yutaka
Producer


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1: "Edge" by See-Saw
2: "Senyaichiya" by See-Saw
3: "Kimi ga Ita Monogatari" by See-Saw
4: "Kioku" by See-Saw
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Ending Theme

"Tasogare no Umi (Twilight Sea)" by See-Saw




Nov 3, 2008
Story

The .hack series isn't an easy one to get into for those of us who haven't played the game as there is plenty of background information that is left out in the anime. The strength of Liminality is it addresses some of these questions in a very intriguing manner. Liminality spans more than one .Hack anime, several of the manga and some games but the genius in this anime is it does so from the Real Life point of view (vs. gameplay). It manages to tie many loose ends together and in an entertaining fashion.

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The characters are well fleshed out and developed. There is ...
Mar 9, 2010
This OVA is the (very much superior) follow up to the "Hack Sign" series. The production is in the typical style of Bee Train, with the ever present, haunting melodies of Yuki Kajiura (a staple aspect in Bee Train productions) succeeding to be even better than in "Noir" or "Hack sign". And since those were earlier works, it does seem like the studio is getting the hang of the music production more and more.

Unlike "Hack Sign", significant events actually start happening from the word go, resulting in a captivating opening episode. Unfortunately, having set the bar rather high, the remaining three episodes are a ...
Jun 16, 2011
Mixed Feelings
All right before we get started, just want to make sure that you all know that I haven't played any of the hack games, although a lot of my friends have been telling me to go and get the games because they are really good (from what they said)

Unfortunately the anime series are a completely different form of media so yeah this is my take on it.

Story

Honestly though, it's hard to watch an anime that where you're already supposed to know things and with the lack of background information it's really difficult to get into the story line especially when ...

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