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Summary: The last .hack series delivers fun kawaii, not much story...
Review: After the games resolve much of the mystery and dilemma in THE WORLD, you have to assume that KITE and BLACKROSE were booted from the game for some reason, because their characters are revived and raffled off to hopefuls. The hopefuls who recieve the characters are a brother and sister team of Rena and Shugo who live apart due to schooling in Japan/Tokyo. They soon play in the WORLD and use it as a place to be together while living apart. However, Kite gets drawn back into problems left unresolved in the game and is given the data drain bracelet again. Through a series of light hearted adventures in a kawaii anime style, they meet some of the adventurers from the video games, and reveal some of the minor mysteries left unanswered from previous .hack installments. One of the funnest episodes in the first DVD is where the same girl from SIGN who dumped an ill Grunty of Tsukasa does the same to one of the TWILIGHT characters, but is revealed at the end to be scamming people so she didn't have to care for her pet...and the girls deal with her off screen. This kind of resonance helps make TWILIGHT seem like more then a minor appendix to .hack.While it is a very cute and fun little series, involving more animation and action then SIGN, TWILIGHT doesn't have the kind of deep, emotional story of its predecessors. TWILIGHT is a 12 episode series with a beginning, middle and end, and in some ways mirrors the video games. Within the episodes, you will see Balmung, Sanjuro and Mistral but none of the SIGN characters. It's cute! It is fun. It isn't great. While some light hearted sexual interest is encountered, the oddest element is a kind of incest implied again and again between the brother and sister as Kite gets nervously arroused over Black Rose's design. The animation is a little soggy, but it doesn't kill the idea of the series - cuteness.
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Summary: Another defective disc...
Review: As said in previous reviews, a lot of the discs are defective, including mine. When used with a normal DVD player, it won't let you watch the show... it just keeps taking you to the trailers section. However, when I viewed the disc on my Playstation 2, it worked fine for the most part. The only problem is that it repeatedly asked me to confirm the parental controls whenever a new menu or scene loaded. This is a great show, but I would suggest waiting until Bandai fixes the problem before buying this. Until then, .hack//Legend of Twilight can be viewed on Cartoon Network Friday nights starting at 1:00 AM (yes, unfortunatley, its at an obscure time slot).
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Summary: Funny and great animation
Review: Legend of the Twilight is much different from Sign. First Twilight takes place after the game series. Its not as long and not as serious as the Sign serious, but just as good as Signs. Think of Twilight as a funny haha version of Signs, you will see the usual characters from Signs plus a few new ones. Though its a completely new series there are a few bits very familiar to the Sign series. Personnaly i feel its just as worth it to have as the Sign series. Best of all about the Twilight's storyline is that since its set apart from the game series, even if you havnt played the game, you wont be lost.
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Summary: Show is good, dvd features were lacking.
Review: mediocre rating, not b/c the show was bad. i have enjoyed the .hack series. but i was expecting more out of the dvd version. the english voices are poor (typical) i favor the Jap w/subtitles. there arent any decent preview trailers for other shows. and it didnt have storyline or concept art feature that i enjoyed on the .hack/sign discs.
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Summary: Light-hearted take on .hack series.
Review: So far, this series has about the same story as the .hack games. Shugo and Rena, twin brother and sister, have won the character models of Kite and Blackrose. After suffering his first "death", Shugo is given a bracelet that lets him use Kite's "Data Drain" ability. Oh, and the disc works fine, I don't know what that other person is talking about.
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Summary: Light-hearted take on .hack series.
Review: So far, this series has about the same story as the .hack games. Shugo and Rena, twin brother and sister, have won the character models of Kite and Blackrose. After suffering his first "death", Shugo is given a bracelet that lets him use Kite's "Data Drain" ability. Oh, and the disc works fine, I don't know what that other person is talking about.
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Summary: Light-hearted take on .hack series.
Review: So far, this series has about the same story as the .hack games. Shugo and Rena, twin brother and sister, have won the character models of Kite and Blackrose. After suffering his first "death", Shugo is given a bracelet that lets him use Kite's "Data Drain" ability. Oh, and the disc works fine, I don't know what that other person is talking about.
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Summary: BUY IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: The Charactors and story have potential but rent it first. If you can't watch it, it doesn't count for much. The discs don't play on all machines, some problem in the coding. Bandai knows of the trouble with the discs but hasn't said anything about it or if they'll be doing anything about it. So be warned.
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Summary: The Best .hack ever!
Review: This is another .hack show and god does it do better than the original! Yes it does take place in the World but sheesh has it changed for the better! The main characters Shugo and Rena win a limited edition contest which gives them the special costumes of the legendary .hackers Kite and Blackrose. They go on adventures and actually interact with other characters that are not part of the main party Shugo and Rena usually interact with. ALso no Subaru thankfully...hehe she was happily replaced by a much better character named Lord Balmung oh yeah and he actually has a personality. well other than that this series rocks and is one of the better series I have seen this year. go out and buy it! make sure you buy the box with it its really worth it. Also one more thing I have no idea what that one guy is talking about his disc for 'cause mine works perfectly fine maybe he's just psycho.
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Summary: the best of the three
Review: this is the best .hack series ever i have seen it all it has more action but less of a story the chracters are great and it has to be on your list of animes to watch if youve played the game and if you are a big fan of the game ^_^
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