Dot Hack Timeline Explained

New to the .hack universe? Here I break it down to show you how the story and the franchise flow.

[@SubzeroBlack68]

After seeing this video I realise this series is way more difficult to understand than I thought as a kid watching //Signs on Adult Swim

[@SSGoatanks]

Sometimes we need to rewatch them as adults to understand more about these underrated series because it discussed serious topics like depression, isolation, and suicide. We really need to see more Dot Hack content like anime based on AI Buster, Epitaph of Twilight, Fragment, and Another Birth. If they're successful, hopefully we'll see remakes or remaster of the original IMOQ series or .hack//versus soon.

[@bambiwolf116]

They need .hack remaster on the oculus rift be so awesome

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

If there was anything to get me to buy Occulus Rift I'd think that'd be it

[@HenSt-gz7qj]

beware of getting data-drained.... you might fall into a coma :v

[@GatoEpico]

game will be modified the hell and back , said bandai gonna be a good remaster , finally in PC

[@nekolita]

Honestly wouldn’t mind going into that coma

[@Ficzup]

nekolita same

[@LOREWITHBLAZER]

fun fact: Elk from the first games series is Endrance from G.U and Sora from the first games (not the the female Sora) is Haseo at age 10

[@nikushim6665]

There are a number of them, Sora (Haseo) was turned into Skaith by Morganna going comatose at the end of //sign. Sieg (Kuhn) was data drained by Skaith, going comatose. Elk (Endrance) had a connection to Mia, which was Mecha (also seen in //sign). Wiseman (Yata) and so on.

[@toxicphantom7753]

I wish there was a MMORPG of this but nope...although there IS going to be one for SAO out of all anime's. .dot Hack//Sign is such an underrated anime for sure although I find it funny how SAO fans tend to think .dot Hack//Sign is a so-called "rip off" to SAO. XD

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

+Toxic Phantom Amazing people do think that, even when SAO was first coming out as an anime I didn't instantly write it off as a .hack clone

[@toxicphantom7753]

ShadowBlazer3000 Same here I don't hate SAO but if they took out the perverted scenes like the ass shots it'd be better. There is a Korean MMORPG coming out called Peria Chronicles I'm pretty excited for it.

[@talongaudio939]

Toxic Phantom there was. It was called dot hack fragment. We just never saw it. It was back when the PS2 modem came out. So same time as final fantasy 11, but only released in Japan.

[@pvcvalley]

just play ff11 or ff14

[@Mira-id8uo]

People who say that usually speak out of ignorance. Like they don't know that .Hack// is older. Or probably are dump they don't know how rip off works.

[@Dbo61999]

I’m a millennial that grew up seeing .Hack on TV but for the life of me could not understand it and did not find it very entertaining. At 30 years old, I find it a fascinating and more intellectual piece with important themes for the world we live in. Trying to understand .Hack is no easy feat and would love to see one, comprehensive and understandable, series that covers everything from beginning to finish.

[@Atmatan]

Pay me enough and I will explain every second of every part of the series and how it relates specifically to your life in particular and on a day by day basis. dot hack was a prophecy and a lesson, more than it was entertainment.

[@yokoyokome5281]

this was the shit. damn I miss this anime. But screw sword art online. a rip off and shitly story

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

I miss it plenty too.

[@persimmonss]

i love SAO but it doesnt even compare when it comes to story telling

[@ZeroBahamut]

yoko yokome They came out around the same time interestingly enough

[@KawaiiMillk]

Satan, no. The original .hacks came out way earlier than SAO.

[@wiseferret4745]

SAO came first... ... as a hentai game.

[@Valkneer]

Funny I found this after finishing all GU games. I used to play Rebirth and Reminisce when I was a kid and just finished all three a few days ago. Now I'm gonna watch all the anime and play the other 4 PS2 games. Thanks for making this video

[@benjybumbrix7611]

is that canon? do you have source for this info?

[@1tylerq127]

Valkneer if you have all 4 ps2 games of the original .Hack// quadrilogy, you're super lucky or were willing to dish out $100 < for the last game. If you don't have them already, I recommend viewing the prologue they spliced together in the last recode, it covers everything relevant to the first four games, even including cutscenes. If that doesn't satisfy you read the books, they're told from the perspective of Black Rose and even include some irl backstory.

[@Xbuster6]

All of the anime is pretty good, I didn't dislike any of them but I have to say that Hack//Sign is definitely the best of all of the animated shows. The story/plot, the characters, the background music, the everything from Hack//Sign is no doubt 'the best' of .Hack, in my opinion. I'm actually very disappointed that Hack//Sign never saw a video game release itself like we got with the events that take place after Hack//Sign (the events of the IMOQ video games for the PS2 where you play as Kite). Atleast we got the anime, I'd be bummed if it didn't exist (the anime of Sign, because it is so damn great!) but at the same time, it doesn't excuse the fact that they should make a video game of the events of //Sign. I'd like one similar to how Rahxephon was on the PS2, basically playing through the events of the anime series, maybe with a few possible endings or something. Or however they'd do it. It could be awesome, but who knows what 'the creators' will do. I think it'd be a great decision, and a money making one. But that is just me. xD

[@minxtwo7314]

AHHHHHHHHHHH (FUDGE SAO!!!) SAO IS JUST A CRAPY KNOCK OFF. .HACK WILL FOR EVER BE MY CHILDHOOD. I remember sitting down and playing the games with my best friend. I'd give up whatever afterlife there is just to go back to one day to play these games with her again. I have never been more happy then when I was playing .HACK with her.

[@Zero-hp1ds]

MinxTwo A knock off that made its way to the top which I still don’t understand apparently SAO is one of the most popular anime’s in history

[@wantafanta5]

My first love .hack

[@davestafford4905]

Other than that, I gotta say, Sign and Roots were two immensely good animes, full of subtle cues, refined atmosphere and realistic characters you could very much relate to. Especially if you're ever played an old-school 2D MMO like Ragnarok, Dofus or Wakfu.

[@AzureKite191]

Why did they stop making Dot hack anime ?

[@davestafford4905]

@@AzureKite191 The unwashed masses can't handle this much quality, and the like. Also if it was made, it would most likely end up being pretty Sword Artsy, instead of carrying the introspective legacy of its prior works.

[@BuraiMurian]

Thx for the explanation video ^_^ this Helped a lot since I have dot hack gu last recode

[@exion2236]

Goosebumps whenever i hear the soundtrack

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

it's wonderful

[@tumsfestival8027]

I played infection and was like “wtf is happening” then I read .hack legend of the twilight and was like “YAaY!”Then I played GU 1. And was like “this is cool and edgy and emo” Then I was like that was fun. And then sword art came out years later and I was like “THIS IS JUST A RIP-OFF OF DOT HACK! 😤”

[@vankristlabs]

I never understood the constant balking at the term "PKK" that CCs always have when reviewing this franchise. It's not that hard of a concept. Hell, Eve has Countermeasures, Counter-Countermeasures, Counter-Support, Counter-Countersupport, Anti-Counter-Countersupport, etc. Dark Souls has Blue Phantoms/Sentinels and Darkmoon, which are PKK and PK hunters for vengeance (more of an after the fact thing), respectively.

[@darkespeon64]

HOLLY SHIT I GOT ALL THE ONES IVE SEEN RIGHT SO FAR! which is a major accomplishment for me because im not very smart lol

[@nataliemueller622]

Now it's 2024

[@FromBeyondTheGrave1]

.hack IS the definitive MMO series, and always will be.

[@OldDadGamer]

So good, they need to remake like a HD/remaster version were the anime/books come out outside Asia, for PS4/XB1

[@UncleShal]

Well good for you .hack//GU is coming out November 3rd for PS4/PC & it's going to be great. .hack//GU Last Recode I can't wait

[@Rslick96]

Thank you so much .hack has always been really confusing but I think I get it now. I've only seen .hack//sign (26 episodes) and was wondering what to watch to complete the story. Now I know.

[@22locor]

"and for newcomers it can be confusing" Played both the game series' ages ago and a lot of things still confuse me. Replaying them to see if I can figure this shit out lol. My biggest gripe right now is with the wiki and how limited it is.

[@Tsukasa6669]

dot Hack sign had always been my most favorite anime of all time. the series overall is phenomenal and one that really deserves a really birth :)

[@iftekharahmed6799]

Thank you for introducing me to this franchise Project X Zone 2.

[@esperanzatyrant142]

same here

[@iftekharahmed6799]

richard peters I really want the Project X Zone Series to be popular so that obscure Sega, Capcom and Bandai Namco franchises can be appreciated.

[@esperanzatyrant142]

thats more just a Easter egg then an actual continuation or at least thats how most of the community i've talked to sees it.

[@vDorgengoa]

"One single story told across four games; it can never be done today....." *stares in Trails of Cold Steel...*

[@Artemisthemp]

As I understand Epitath OF twilight takes place before AI Buster, do haven't read Epitath of Twilight as it had just released by the time I was reading dot hack and sadly don't think an English version was released

[@cindyrandle8306]

Very underrated anime(s)....& shocked ppl forgot about it so fast.....

[@davestafford4905]

Epic neckbear voice my friend, very 4chin :^)

[@Sernival]

kek

[@XFry333X]

I've been following this series, from the first Anime to the light novels and games, since I was a kid. I hope Bandai Namco makes a new game and the series is revived with SAO's popularity. I loved everything about the .Hack universe.

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

You know as much of a fan of the series as I am, I'm not so sure I'd want it to continue. Even though I really liked Quantum I kind of could see an underlying problem the franchise was running into, having to rely on the same comatose plots over and over again. But hey if they could find a new way to innovate it and put a fresh take on it, then I'm all for it.

[@Stigma444]

dot hack versus had an ova called the Thanatos Report, which follows the movie and let's just say... things get very serious for a certain protagonist

[@ghosttowntomato]

.hack Another Birth is fantastic. One of the best book series I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. Ground breaking for young adult readers

[@brytheblueeye1723]

7:37 *downloads .Hack//Link with an English patch on modded PSP, in 2021*, watches video while waiting: "At least I'm on time!" xD

[@lycorispeony1274]

I'm not sure if you're aware of both .hack//bullet *light novel* and .hack//thanatos report *OVA* since none of these were shown in the timeline. Both of them refer to characters, events and terms in .hack//LINK, namely the Immortal Dusk incident that almost happened, the NAB (Network Analysis Bureau), the organization Mama, and Real Digitalization. Central characters include: Tokio (LINK, bullet, Versus), Ryuuji (LINK, bullet, Thanatos), David (Bullet, Thanatos), Tanaka (Thanatos, Beyond the World ->as Gondo) dothacktranslate.wordpress.com/projects/hackbullet/

[@AtreyusNinja]

Orca and balmung they were so cool, i loved hack infection, amazing game

[@Ilikecatsismychannelname]

Love the manga. Love the games. Love the anime. Now if only someone hadn't stolen my copies of the original quartet of games and my box set of SIGN... Still so much rage.... Only one's I've managed to replace are Infection and Mutation....still looking for Outbreak and Quarantine...and its been 10 year since the theft....and I *still* haven't managed to replace the anime.... Grrrr.....

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

Aww that's terrible! I hope one day you'll be able to get new copies.

[@Ilikecatsismychannelname]

ShadowBlazer3000 So do I...

[@AzureCeleste]

UPS recently lost my entire set. The only installment I was missing was Mutation and it's Liminality disc. My fiance's already buying me new copies of the games, but he can only afford to do one each month. And he's a stickler for perfect copies, which makes it that much harder and more expensive to collect.

[@TheManofthecross]

dam son were they on insurance?

[@onizuka0539]

Haseo has the best character change.. the solo loner to helper redemption at the end

[@Hean]

Thanks for putting this together. I fell off as the G.U. games came out as they were NEVER released in the EU, so never got to play them. I didn't even know about LINK until I saw a random opening video in 'relevant videos' on youtube and hadn't heard of the CGI movie until I saw this video, blurgh, I'm so behind on this :'c

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

+Hean franchises can get pragmatic like that especially when you miss on specific entries. That's a bummer no GU in the EU :(

[@Hean]

ShadowBlazer3000 I might one day just emulate it...or bother to buy a power converter, an NA console and the NA games, but yeah, I was surprised that they felt the original .Hack games didn't do well in the EU :'c

[@chocomirk]

www.emuparadise.me/ Everything you need

[@Hean]

Kyle Parks Ah yeah thanks, was aware of the emulator, but really wanted to play it on actual console, I might end up getting a NA PS2 and buy the games one day.

[@BejoKuadrat]

Hean howdy! I'm here to inform you a good news! .hack GU trilogy is coming for ps4 and pc HD remastered and with some cut content!

[@bobbibart8927]

I remember being like 12 and catching a random episode of .hack//sign and was INSTANTLY captivated! The music! The music!! But yeah...I tried looking into it online and was so fkn lost... I just....gave up... after watching this I would've REALLY gotten into it or would've been overwhelmed and give up. Wow crazy!

[@ianesgrecia8568]

.hack is at least 10 years older than SAO and STILL is better in every way

[@edwinmedina4338]

This is The DaVinci Code but for anime 😑. Good luck all

[@SimpleGunner]

i had a hard time getting into //sign back in the day, but dam that intro rocks.

[@vDorgengoa]

The ending too

[@samuelcovadola949]

One question to all the fans of DotHack, Its Sora (from .Hack//sing) Haseo? (From .Hack//Roots)

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

Yes, Haseo is Sora

[@samuelcovadola949]

OMFG all these years I have lived a lie, but thans its good to know

[@mrpedia7263]

Remaster hype \o/

[@onlypacks7033]

I remember when blockbuster had the game section in the store and I rented the game a couple of times

[@cubiacerebrate1921]

No fault to the guy who made this video, since it was made three years ago, but there has been a re-release of .Hack//G.U. for the the PS4 called Last Recode. It features all three G.U. games and a fourth installment that loosely ties up the story of R:2, and a few other features for the fans.There a few things that I have gripes with, but seeing as the story is pretty big, even some of die hard fans can get the facts wrong sometimes, but otherwise it was a good video.

[@FerrickAnima]

but it does bring up the question on whether they'll keep LINK as canon or not because last recode pretty much nullifies Returners as well as LINK

[@animeguy10000000]

@@FerrickAnimaHow does it nullify Returners and Link?

[@FerrickAnima]

@@animeguy10000000 so it makes two timelines originally after G.U we got the anime called Returners where it was some time after Haseo and co. saved the network from CUBIA and they meet up again in THE WORLD to celebrate their get-together party, skipping ahead Haseo and Atoli were walking together where they suddenly saw an AIDA that survived Ovan/Corbenix's Rebirth, this AIDA became AIKA in //Link In G.U Vol 4, the AIDA that was originally within Ovan became a rogue NPC called Kusabira and by the end of the game she merged again with Ovan's player data.

[@animeguy10000000]

@@FerrickAnima Ah. I never actually played Vol. 4. I'm working my through 1-3 first since I've only beaten them once back in the PS2 days.

[@FerrickAnima]

@@animeguy10000000 oh fuck, sorry if I ended up spoiling too much of Vol 4

[@falions_]

Lots of misinformation here. XXXX, GU+, Trilogy, and the novels, are all non-canon retellings in that their versions of GU or the games are based on earlier storyboards. They're not a substitute for playing the games. The Epitaph of Twilight novel with Lara takes place before The World was even The World, during Fragment. ZERO is a novel. The movie is technically not the final entry, since there's an OVA unlocked when you beat Versus, which is technically the last thing chronologically. You also missed Bullet, the web novel sequel to Link.

[@AstraFulminous]

No the commenter did explain what's what.

[@falions_]

I've been frustrated with this video for a year so I just made my own. Check it out on my channel.

[@NessExplains]

An underrated series that has had most of it's products only released in Japan... Oh boy am I ever gonna be able to read Epitaph of Twilight

[@Ficzup]

Morpho Knight they have an English version of everything except Frägment

[@NessExplains]

@@Ficzup who does?

[@Ficzup]

Morpho Knight the .hack company. Tokyopop.

[@Oh_Hel_Oh]

So much nostalgia.

[@sonofvenus1621]

those 4 .hack PS2 games were/are still some of the best games I have ever played. I would say FFXI (for those that know pre Abyssea) is the only other game that I can say I liked as much. I remember showing a friend I think the 2nd game, where you fight that dragon near the end of the game. I walked up to it and it did its area of attack stomp and wiped us all out. Needless to say my friend was not impressed. Is there a way to play those 4 PS2 games again legit way through some store of not?

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

I'm sad to say there's still no way to play the originals beyond finding original copies or emulation. Bandai Namco doesn't seem interested in re-releasing or remastering.

[@rosgrubs1515]

Now where's the .Hack VR MMO we all deserve?

[@ollinayato]

I first fell in love with .Hack as soon as the first game was released here in the US. I had never played an RPG so it was a slow start, but the game play was easy enough to follow. I had no idea how in depth and immersive the story would be. I have done my best to follow the story up to this point. I can't fault this guy, since this video was made about 3 years ago, but the latest from .hack is the re-release of .hack//G.U. also known as Last Recode. It is a remastered version of the 3 .Hack//G.U.games for the PS4. It also has a 4th part to the game series which loosely ties up the story for R:2. It also has a few other features such as a parody mode and a desktop that can really catch you up to speed on the whole story of .hack if you have the time to put into it.

[@st.michaelthearchangel7774]

4:16 Those eyes. Creepy as can be.

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

LOL I don't know I find Mireille is really cute

[@ghosttowntomato]

Legend of the Twilight is amazing manga

[@billysinanu2857]

I really like the .hack//g.u. series... btw i hear cc2 is planning on 3 new games. well, one of them is final fantasy 7 remake. and the 2 still remain unknown. I really hope it's a new .hack game and i hope it's a sequel of G.U. What do you think bout it?

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

I have heard the off and on rumors of a next-gen .hack game but nothing has ever seemed to come of it. I'm not so sure CC2 will go back to it after so many years since a major release.

[@billysinanu2857]

ShadowBlazer3000 it's kinda sad u know. cuz, .hack series is been one of the game that filled my childhood and i'm still playing it now over and over again.. i think i'm gonna cry HAHAHAH

[@Captain-Hindsight]

Mon ami!

[@zaqwe]

I just bought .hack gu//last recode for PS4

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

Wonderful, I hope you enjoy it

[@Agumon5]

Still WAY easier to grasp than anything Yoko Taro comes up with ....

[@kingofmonsters14]

i think you should've mentioned that the player for Sora in the original series would create Haseo in G.U. heh... that kid just cannot catch a break. at least he doesn't go comatose in G.U.

[@no_se_nada_de_nada]

I've just read .hack AI busters and it was very good, there isn't any important conflict but it works very well as a prequel to .hack franchise. I liked more the 2nd volume than 1st.

[@Juka323]

I just finished .hack//sign just wanting to watch an anime while occupying myself with other things and... had no idea what was going on for most of it lol. I might just be slow but I had more questions with each episode while the last 3 seemed to piece the story together a bit but in the end, ill never fully understand what I just saw. Like why introduce characters towards the end that are apparently involved with other parts of the series? I'm glad you all enjoyed this anime, but I think ill end my journey here because I probably would just be more confused watching the other installments.

[@zano_korellio]

that music at 2:20 just gave me the chills. .hack//GU trilogy music has to be one of the most chilling OSTs I've listen to.

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

It's the original Aura theme from the first quadrilogy but I completely agree!

[@jamesritzer3531]

Not gonna mention .hack cell?

[@sandyrootz6115]

Shadow- As I'm sure you know, many of these titles are becoming quite rare and hard to find. :( If I stumble across a particular volume on PS2 that is out of order, can it still be played & enjoyed?

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

+Sandy Rootz Hard to say. The story does its best to fill in gaps between volumes with brief recaps and the games set you at a decent level with decent equipment if you haven't carried over previous save data. I think you can be fine but I think the full immersion matters. At least Lets Plays or the novels out can fill in the gaps.

[@trustypatches9434]

I have all the PS2 games except .hack gu volume 1

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

Trusty Patches I always find the first volumes are a little easier to come by at least, the last ones are the stupidly expensive ones

[@trustypatches9434]

I had all of them but gave gu vol. 1 to my gran...

[@creepycat8256]

I just got lucky and found infection for a mere $10! After I receive it, I'll have to seek out the other 3 games in the series.

[@Yotsuga]

i always sub niche

[@diamondnick7151]

Ff7 remake says hi on being released in parts. Also telltale games

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

Well when I made this FF7 remake wasn't a thing. But you're right about Telltale. I suppose people are more receptive to fragmented releases than I figured.

[@1110100110]

Watching this makes me so made that I lent out my set of the first for games. Never got em back. FML. Makes me so damn mad every time I think about it. The first two don't seem too bad to replace, but the third and forth are ridiculous. I didn't even pay $300 for BOTH copies of Suikoden 1 and 2. That was years ago, when I picked them up, but still... And to think they want to charge like that for ps2 games?

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

it's astounding what scalpers try to charge for them.

[@demetriusfairley9274]

Good game

[@JoseGuzman-lj2vg]

I love .hack and cardcaptor sakura, that is why i love your video thumnail:3

[@smarfmart]

What song is playing during 4:40?

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

"Emerald Green" which is the ED theme for .hack//Legend of the Twilight

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

Sure I will give it a watch the anime I mean I already bought several of the manga thanks for the order

[@梁涛-p9d]

There are two other novels with sidestory in the second season .Hack//CELL and .HACK//Alcor There is also an anime called Thanatos report,you can watch it when you clearde .Hack//Versus.And I think it was the real end of the third season Sorry about my shit english

[@raveracer02]

this was s great video, I learned a thing or 2 lol I've played all the games and seen there respective anime along with //dusk but I didn't know about the other stuff

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

Glad I could teach you something new!

[@HighPriestFuneral]

Pretty good summation (you really should get a hold of the //Legend of the Twilight manga though, it has a more connective plot tone to it.) I am always glad to see a fan! Also //Epitaph of Twilight as you mentioned is early, Very early. It's about Lara Hoerwick, Harald's niece who stumbles upon his early beta of //Fragment. Unfortunately it's never been released in English. I can't help to mention that with G.U.//Rebirth there was something called the //Terminal Disk which came with it which recapped the first four games and explained why "The World" became the "The World R:2" Finally, there is one very important piece of media which was released after the movie. It's called .hack//Thanatos Report which follows after the events of the movie on the trail of the agents and has large implications for the series.

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

HighPriestFuneral very informative. I've followed this franchise a good while but still I learn new things about it!

[@HighPriestFuneral]

Haha, I've been following since .hack//SIGN on Cartoon Network so many years ago... There's nothing quite like it. Even though imitators have come and gone.

[@TulipQ]

I like how Haseo can actually be really easily explained as "A blue covenant character" with modern gaming. The Extent to which the Souls games pivoted the concept of the best of games while having this loose online element really makes me feel like a modernized Dot Hack game would have to have Souls-like multiplayer.

[@Omegadeemen]

dunno how anyone can relate this to SAO characters getting trapped in another world and for characters trapped in the digital world you could look at digimon iirc yugioh sorta kinda had an arc where characters were trapped in a game ik people got pissed cuz of dot Hack Links ending dot Hack entirely so they moved to SAO but other than that its not understandable in the slightest, just the toxic SAO community you dont see harem fans comparing every rom com to Love Hina

[@agipson101]

It was kinda similar bro

[@Omegadeemen]

@@agipson101 if the observation is as shallow as people trapped in a game sure and ig digimon yugioh and hunter hunter's greed island arc are all similar to SAO dont see dot Hack fans saying SAO is similar to dot Hack btw, they are not maybe watch dot Hack again

[@Raphael0654]

The first generation of .Hack was good to me, but it hasn't aged well. And I couldn't get into anything after it.

[@Atmatan]

Its pretty simple really; there are three linear timelines: The World, IRL, and non-canon. Sign and IMOQ take place at the same-ish time, then roots, then Link. The second row is simultaneously occuring irl events. The novels and manga are all non-canon. They retell the stories of other media in different ways. Its not rocket surgery. Im preemptively posting this because 2025 is the year of dot hack, dot hack fans just dont know it yet.

[@TheExzian]

Still have all 3 of my GU games

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

That's awesome I have my original PS2 copies too

[@mangoduxell2368]

I remember playing white cover PS2 game. I didn't understand shit

[@GamerGeek527]

seeing this video today and laughing at the "Which can never be done today, without more backlash against it." and looking at FF7 Remake. Ah...when we were naive. Good times.

[@autumnmycat123]

you mean you haven't read ALL the manga and ALL the novels??? what a fake fan /sarcasm

[@nikushim6665]

I think the video left out the fragment multiplayer game as well, that was before infection in the timeline. Though it was technically a alternate world. However i don't see them making anymore entries to the series anytime soon. CC2 pretty much abandoned the IP after Link bombed. They figured out they could make far more off rehashing the same fighter title over and over. I think the recode release was just to test the waters to see if sales were viable, which had kinda low numbers of like 300k copies sold on release month.

[@Noizemaze4]

sighs I miss this line ~ thanks for the explanation though, now I know the only things I missed were the games / manga + novels / Twilight >.>

[@civilwarfare101]

At this point, I might as well just watch stick with Roots and the GU games. Not a big fan of this whole interconnected universe where you got to do homework to understand what is happening. I liked Sign a lot but that was mainly due to the characters and music.

[@lemonov3031]

Who cares about Funimation? Who do KZbinrs bring this shit up? Nobody wants to support their awful business practices.

[@Amazu.ch.]

That sora from hack sign is become haseo.. and ironically before getting PKed, he is the PK itself and then become the PKK after..

[@forlexer]

nice vid

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

thank you

[@walkmanmengirl]

Thanks. Saludos desde Ciudad de México

[@zubnasty]

okay so this game was effected by the deception and what i can remember is the main character was that guy with the one eye but he has 2 eyes and he was the first character and they locked him away in this coffin prision and they released him in the beginning of the game "last recode" and he was the first hero and become the villain in the last recode version and the guy that has the girl cloths on with the short white hair is the hero and the guy with the round red hat was the hero but turned villain. he was so powerful that they locked him up in that coffin and was kinda being controlled and could turn back to being Good but had superpowers and the real villains decided to take advantage of his power and turned him evil. the story was Perfect and now its NOT f me bro wtf kinda of alternate deceptive bs is this? xD

[@ShaunTheCHB]

I have only seen the .Hack.Sign series. It was very interesting, if not a little strange. The ending to it was quite baffling to me. I found out not long after that there were heaps of other series and stories connected to it, some before and some after, some canon and some not, this helped me to understand what goes where. Many thanks. Quite the puzzle.

[@Tsukasa6669]

Good video, but I have a problem with you stating that The first games and Sign are not directly related. True you can play the games without having seen the anime, at least until the end of the 4th game where there is a DIRECT tie in to Sign. But my point is that while the games are mostly independent for the duration the story itself is indeed a DIRECT branch off from Sign in terms of the creation of Skeith, the intentions of Morganna, the high importance of Aura as a pillar to the story all of which make the understanding of Herald and the epitaph much more easy to understand in the events of the last game. Then there is the final episode of Sign that was only on the DVD release AFTER the conclusion of the games because the story "concludes " with all the characters from Sign, Legend of Twilight and the games together, INCLUDING Sora, who we didn't get resolution on his character arc until the END of the 4th game. So to me the two are very much connected and not a simple "branch off". That being said still found the video well done over all and the fact that you had Cardcaptor Sakura in the thumbnail would have garnered a like from me regardless lol XD

[@WolfDarkrose]

watched legend of the twilight back in the early 2000s on adult swim as a teen and i think thats why i could never get into swordart online... well besides the first season. still first season of sword art online hits those feels hard man. but i can thank or hate .hack for killing my want to see sword art since it basically just uplifted and ploped .hacks whole arc and idea andddd then copied to this day with its own twist. tho atleast sword art keeps the same ish people around.

[@abidhasan9084]

*dantasguides* works immediately. Everything else I used is fake :'(

[@xMoshtradamus]

Your explanation of the entire series isn't very detailed or even thoughtful. This video felt rushed and very bare bones for a series of this magnitude.

[@DemetriusPooleJr]

Nice thank for the explanation, I'm gone re watch the show been a min.

[@rkmath4905]

I was only exposed to two .hack entries and was confused because they were so different. Now I know that it was because one was .hack AI buster and the other was .hack Quantum. No wonder I was confused.

[@nefarioussness]

I read the Legend of the Twilight manga when I was a kid and occasionally watched Sign on YTV back on Friday nights when they showed a bunch of anime. Now I'm revisiting Sign and hoping to play all of the games one day.

[@ericagarcia7434]

I am amazed some one did this when SAO is so popular. Awesome Job.

[@creepycat8256]

I liked Log Horizon more than SAO. Overlord is also pretty great, though with some unique spin that makes it different from all the other VR based anime.

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

Don't know how I missed your comment but thanks! It's because I love the franchise I thought this be a fun video to make

[@albireotheredguard1599]

Legend of the Twilight was the only anime that wasn't boring as hell!

[@SuryaBudimansyah]

20th anniv of the franchise and no further news for the original quadrology series being remade/remastered. I hope that Last Collection trademark become reality

[@ShadowBlazer3000]

me too it would be great to see the original remastered or re-released

[@ShubukiDouji]

Sorry but how is the part of guilty dragon i not undestand this part, well, in general hack saga dont have a logic continuos, well yes a dates, but dont by inportant the incidents in the past, for this reason i love the exist of hack link, this way i can play or learn of the novels on other mangas i cant read

[@teenatena1453]

Niponeseñas de Shugo

[@TheWingknight101]

If they do release a mobile version of dot hack like the movie I would play