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.Hack//SIGN (TV)

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[ prequel of .Hack//Liminality (OAV) ]

Related anime:
    .Hack//GIFT (OAV)
    .Hack//Intermezzo (OAV) (sequel)
      .Hack//Unison (OAV) (sequel)
    .Hack//Legend Of The Twilight (TV) (sequel)
    .Hack//Roots (TV)
    .Hack//XXXX (manga)

Alternative title:
.хак//ЗНАК (Russian)
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Amidst a popular online role playing game in the near future, characters try to play out the goals they set for entertainment and passing of time. The World as the RPG is called is one with a setting of monsters, player characters and dungeons. Tsukasa is a detached and introverted character that has a number of mysteries about his player character. Many weird happenings seem to suround Tsukasa and his involvement in a rare item called 'The Key Of The Twilight' sparks Tsukasa'a meeting with different online characters and the befriending of their real life counterparts; All without ever meeting face to face in reality. What is strange about Tsukasa is that he can't seem to log out of The World. Subaru and Silver Knight of The Crimson Knights continue to look for proof of why Tsukasa can not log out or the existance of The Key Of The Twilight. Meanwhile Bear, Mimiru, and BT as Tsukasa's friends try to help him understand who he really is and how he can return to the real world.
Video:
User Ratings: 2811 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 237 votes (sub:126, dub:104, edit.dub:3, ?:2, Spa.dub:1, raw:1, Ger.dub:0)
 Excellent: 469 votes (sub:258, dub:177, ?:9, edit.dub:8, Spa.sub:7, Por.sub:3, raw:2, Ger.dub:1, Ita.sub:1, Ita.edit.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Very good: 651 votes (sub:367, dub:254, edit.dub:9, Spa.sub:6, raw:3, Spa.dub:3, Ger.dub:2, Fre.sub:2, ?:2, Ita.dub:2, Swe.sub:1)
 Good: 614 votes (sub:333, dub:235, edit.dub:20, ?:6, Spa.sub:6, raw:4, Spa.dub:4, Ger.dub:3, Swe.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Decent: 304 votes (sub:179, dub:101, ?:9, edit.dub:4, Spa.dub:3, Spa.sub:3, Por.dub:2, Por.sub:2, Fre.sub:1, Swe.sub:0)
 So-so: 237 votes (sub:143, dub:75, edit.dub:5, raw:4, Spa.dub:3, Spa.sub:2, ?:2, Swe.sub:2, Rus.sub:1)
 Not really good: 90 votes (sub:50, dub:34, raw:2, Ger.dub:1, ?:1, Spa.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 128 votes (sub:77, dub:44, ?:2, Spa.sub:2, Ger.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Bad: 49 votes (sub:27, dub:20, ?:1, Por.dub:1)
 Awful: 14 votes (sub:10, dub:3, Ger.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 18 votes (sub:9, dub:7, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 6049 users, rank: #37
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.1119 (Good+.11), std. dev.: 2.0314, rank: #1495
Weighted mean: 6.995 (Good-.00), rank: #1538
Bayesian estimate: 6.99688 (Good-.00), rank: #1315
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2002-04-04 to 2002-09-25
2003-02-01 to 2003-08-30 (USA)
2004-02-26 (France)
2005-04-01 to 2005-10-07 (Canada, YTV)
2005-08-01 to 2006-01-23 (Latin America Broadcast)
2007-06-05 (Germany - Animax)
Releases: We have 7
Opening Theme:
"Obsession" by See-Saw
Ending Theme:
"Yasashii Yoake" by See-Saw
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 5
Comment:
.hack//SIGN (Pronounced dot-hack-sign) is a prequel to the .hack video game and OAV series. The TV series was created with the specific goal of explaining the back story to the game and OAV series.
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Related reviews:
    .hack//SIGN Novel 1
    .hack//SIGN DVD 1

Related releases:
    .hack//SIGN - Complete Collection - Anime Legends (DVD) 2006-08-22 (from $27.99)
    .hack//SIGN - Login - Limited Edition Artbox + DVD (DVD 1) 2003-03-04
    .hack//SIGN - Login (DVD 1) 2003-03-18 (from $20.39)
    .hack//SIGN - Outcast (DVD 2) 2003-05-20 (from $20.39)
    .hack//SIGN - Gestalt Limited Edition (DVD 3) 2003-07-08
    .hack//SIGN - Gestalt (DVD 3) 2003-07-15 (from $20.99)
    .hack//SIGN - Omnipotence Limited Edition (DVD 4) 2003-09-02
    .hack//SIGN - Omnipotence (DVD 4) 2003-09-16 (from $17.99)
    .hack//SIGN - Uncovered (DVD 5) 2003-11-18 (from $21.59)
    .hack//SIGN - Outcast Limited Edition DVD (w/CD) (DVD 2) 2003-05-06
    .hack//SIGN - Uncovered Limited Edition (DVD 5) 2003-11-25 (from $23.15)
    .hack//SIGN - Terminus (DVD 6) 2004-03-16 (from $16.31)
    .hack//SIGN - Terminus Limited Edition (DVD 6) 2004-03-16 (from $8.00)
    .hack//SIGN - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2004-10-26 (from $101.99)
    .Hack//Ai Buster - (Novel 1) 2005-08-28 (from $5.99)
    .Hack//Ai Buster (Novel 2) 2006-02-01 (from $3.97)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Koichi Mashimo

Scenario: Kazunori Ito

Screenplay:
Akemi Omode
Hiroaki Jinno (14-26)
Kazunori Ito
Kirin Mori
Koichi Mashimo
Michiko Yokote
Mitsuhiko Sawamura

Storyboard:
Koichi Mashimo
Koji Sawai
Mamoru Morioka
Shinya Kawazura
Shunsuke Ohta
Yuki Arie

Music:
Ayano Kasahara (Cello)
Chiaki Ishikawa (Vocals)
Emily Bindiger (Vocals)
Genji Sawai (Sax)
Haruki Matsuba (Cello)
Haruko Yano (Viola)
Hijiri Kuwano (Violin)
Hitoshi Konno (Violin)
Ikou Kakehashi (Percussion)
Kazuhiro Takeda (Sax)
Kouichirou Tashiro (Acoustic Guitar)
Masaharu Ishikawa (Drums)
Masahiro Inaba (Electric Guitar)
Masakazu Ishibani (Oboe)
Masato Matsuda (Piano)
Masayoshi Furukawa (Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin)
Matarou Misawa (Percussion)
Rie Akagi (Flute)
Susumu Nishikawa (Guitar, Irish Bouzouki)
Tomoharu 'Jr' Takahashi (Bass)
Tomohito Aoki (Bass)
Yoshiaki Sato (Accordion)
Yuki Kajiura
Yuri Kasahara (Vocals)
Yuriko Kaida (Vocals)

Original Concept: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Original Character Design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Character Design:
Akira Osawa
Minako Shiba
Satoshi Ohsawa
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Yukiko Ban
Yuko Iwaoka

Art director: Yoshimi Umino

Animation director:
Koichi Mashimo 
Satoshi Ohsawa
Tatsuya Oka
Tomoaki Kado
Yoshiaki Tsubata
Yukiko Ban
Yuko Iwaoka

Mechanical design:
Kenji Teraoka
Tatsuya Oka

Sound director: Koichi Mashimo

Director of Photography: Katsuaki Kamata

Producer:
Daisuke Uchiyama
Kazunori Takagi
Koji Morimoto
Kuninori Egawa

A&R; Desk: Etsuyo Ohnishi (VICTOR)

Acoustic Supervision: Koichi Mashimo

CGI:
Ayumi Kamo
Hitomi Miyatake
Masayuki Kurosa
Masayuki Kurosawa
Natsuko Taki

Color design: Makiko Kojima

Editing: Seiji Morita

Head Of Soundtrack Promotion: Shousei Ito (VICTOR)

Music Coordination:
Fumio Takano (Toushitsu)
Norimitsu Iijima

Music producer: Keiichi Nozaki

Planning:
Kazumi Kawashiro
Shin Unoza
Shin Unozawa

Planning Cooperation: Shinichiro Inoue

Post Pro Editor:
Kumiko Wada (VICTOR Design Center)
Yasuko Kobayashi (VICTOR Design Center)

Program Chief: Fukashi AZUMA (TV Tokyo)

Series Editor: Daisuke Uchiyama

Series supervisor: Kazunori Ito

Soundtrack Co-Producer: Yasunori Mori (Space Craft Produce)

Soundtrack Cooperation: Hiroshi Matsuyama (Cyber Connect 2)

Soundtrack Cover Illustration: Satoshi Ohsawa

Soundtrack Design: Riichiro Yoshida (VICTOR Design Center)

Soundtrack Executive Producer: Hideaki Kaneko (VICTOR)

Soundtrack Management Producer: Shiro Sasaki (VICTOR)

Soundtrack Mastering Engineer:
George Marino (Stering Sound, N.Y.)
Kotaro Kojima (Flair)
Touru Kotetsu

Soundtrack NY Product Coordination: Cherry Kaoru Hulsey (Blue Sun Film Company)

Soundtrack Producer: Yuki Kajiura

Soundtrack Promotion:
Hiroyuki Abe (VICTOR)
Shiho Miyai (VICTOR)
Yoshinori Sugawara (VICTOR)
Yu Saito (VICTOR)

Soundtrack Recording Engineer:
Joseph Nardone
Nobuyuki Fujiwara
Takashi Koiwa
Tsutomu Okada
Yuki Kajiura

Soundtrack Sales Promotion:
Kou Yamashita (VICTOR)
Toshiyuki Nakajima

Soundtrack Supervision:
Kazunori Ito
Koichi Mashimo
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Special Effect: Masahiro Murakami

Theme Song Arrangement: Yuki Kajiura (OP/ED)

Theme Song Composition: Yuki Kajiura (OP/ED)

Theme Song Lyrics: Yuki Kajiura (OP/ED)

Theme Song Performance: See-Saw (OP/ED)

Unit Director:
Hiroshi Morioka
Koichi Mashimo
Koji Sawai
Masaya Kawa
Shigeki Takagi
Yuki Arie

 

Mitsuki Saiga as Tsukasa

Akiko Hiramatsu as BT

Hiroshi Yanaka as Sora

Kaori Nazuka as Subaru

Kazuhiro Nakata as Bear

Megumi Toyoguchi as Mimiru

Rie Tanaka as Morgana

Shinichiro Miki as Crim

Yumi Touma as Helba

Atsuko Enomoto as A-20

Chiemi Chiba as Female Heavyblade (ep 9)

Isshin Chiba as Silver Knight

Maaya Sakamoto as Aura

Mitsuyo Kondo as Grunty

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Balmung

Nozomu Sasaki as Bear's Son

Takumi Yamazaki as Harold

Tomoyuki Kouno

Japanese companies 

Animation: Bee Train

Broadcaster:
Bandai Channel
TV Tokyo

Copyright: Project.hack

Creation: Project .hack

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Music Recording: Sound Valley (Tokyo)

Production:
Bandai Visual
Yomiko Advertising, Inc.

Production Cooperation: Cyber Connect 2

Soundtrack Production: Space Craft Produce

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Keith Arem

Translation:
Minako Takahashi
Rika Takahashi

Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi

Producer:
Keith Arem
Miho Kinoshita
Richard Noboru Kekahuna

ADR Writer: Scott Cuthbertson

Chief Producer: Charles McCarter

Production Assistant: Tatsuhiro Nishiuchi

Re-Recording Mixing:
Keith Arem
Mike Draghi

Sound Design:
Keith Arem
Stephen Robinson

Subtitling:
Richard Noboru Kekahuna
Riki Lecotay

Voice Direction: Keith Arem

 

Brianne Siddall as Tsukasa

Amanda Winn Lee as Mimiru

Dave Wittenberg as Sora

Donna Rawlins as BT

Kim Mai Guest as Subaru

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Helba

Paul Mercier as Bear

Valerie Arem as Morganna

Bob Papenbrook as Lios 

Brianne Siddall as
Elk 
Kaho

Crispin Freeman as Balmung

Debra Rogers as Mia

Doug Rye as Silver Knight

Kirk Thornton as Orca 

Lani Minella as Girl

Lex Lang as Crim

Mona Marshall as Kite 

R. Martin Klein as Harold

Sandy Fox as A-20

Wendee Lee as BlackRose 

Liam O'Brien

English companies 

Additional Mixing Facilities: World Link Digital

ADR Production: Digital Synapse

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax South Asia
Cartoon Network
YTV (Canada) (Bionix)

Distributor:
Bandai Entertainment
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

Dubbing:
Animax South Asia
PCB Productions

Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment
TOKYOPOP (novel)

Music Recording: Cutting Room Recording Studio (New York)

Recording Facility: PCB Productions

Soundtrack: Bandai Entertainment


French cast 
French staff 
(none)

Thierry Bourdon as Tsukasa

Bruno Magne as Bear

Christine Paris as BT

Isabelle Volpe as Mimiru

Laurence Bréheret as Subaru

Martial Leminoux as Crim

Olivia Dutron as Morgana

Yann Pichon as Sora

Mike Marshall as Harold

Philippe Roullier as Ginkan

French companies 

Broadcaster: Game one

Distributor: Beez

Dubbing: Studio Chinkel

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Giannina Jurado as Tsukasa

Jose Manuel Vieira as Crim

Maite Guedes as Mimiru

Maria Teresa Hernandez as BT

Mercedes Prato as Subaru

Nour Da Silva as Morgana

Rafael Monsalve as Bear

Ricardo Omaña as Ginkan

Rolman Bastidas as Sora

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: Animax Latin America

Distributor: Cloverway, Inc.

Italian staff 
Italian cast 
(none)
 

Alessandro Quarta as Tsukasa

Francesca Manicone as Mimiru

Francesco Bulkaen as Crim

Francesco Meoni as Sora

Gemma Donati as Kasumi Tomonari

Giorgio Locuratolo as Bear

Maura Cenciarelli as BT

Roberto Draghetti as Ginkan

Selvaggia Quattrini as Morgana

Tatiana Dessi as Subaru

Italian companies 

Broadcaster: AXN Italia (from 6 April 2008)

Dubbing: E.T.S. European Television Service

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Daniel Krause as Tsukasa

Crock Krumbiegel as Bear

Michelle Sterr as Subaru

Oliver Mink as Crim

Oliver Stritzel as Sora

Shandra Schadt as Mimiru

Tolilah Jolas as BT

Walter von Hauff as Sora

Beate Pfeiffer as
A-20
Mia

Claus-Peter Damitz as Gefährte der jungen Mimiru

Dirk Meyer as Elk

Manfred Trilling as Harold Huick

Manou Lubowski as Balmung

Simone Brahmann as Morgana

Torsten Münchow as Ginkan

Ute Bronder as Helba

German companies 

Broadcaster: Animax Germany (2007-06-05)

Distrubtor: Beez (german division)

Dubbing: Circle of Arts


Dutch staff 

Translation:
Aleksandar Jankovic
Caroline Hartman (ep 1-12)
Elle Kwinten (ep 1-12)
Jelle de Swert

ADR Writer: Caroline Hartman

Editing: Elle Kwinten

Dutch cast 
(none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Nekotachi Entertainment

Subtitles: TVS - Titra Film

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 

Dubbing Director: Wellington Lima

Translation: Fernando Janson (ep 1 ~ 9)

Technic: André Mota

 

Angelica Santos as Tsukasa

Alexandre Marconato as Bear

Lúcia Helena as BT

Raquel Marinho as Mimiru

Sérgio Corsetti as Sora

Suzy Pereira as Subaru

Jussara Marques as A-20

Sílvio Giraldi as Krim

Wellington Lima as Ginkan

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster: Animax (Brasil)

Dubbing Studio: Álamo

Translation: JBC (ep 10 ~ 26)


Swedish staff 
(none)
Swedish companies 

Broadcaster:
TV4 med i tv
TV400

Swedish cast 
(none)
 
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