.hack

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.hack is a multimedia franchise published by Bandai.

Anime

• .hack//Sign (April 4th, 2002 - September 25th, 2002), a 26 episodes anime series.
  • .hack//Intermezzo (2002), first follow-up OVA.
  • .hack//Unison (2003), second follow-up OVA.
  • .hack//Gift (2003), third follow-up OVA.
• .hack//Liminality an original OVA released in four parts within the games. Its episodes are:
  • Vol. 1: In The Case of Mai Minase (with .hack//Infection)
  • Vol. 2: In The Case of Yuki Aihara (with .hack//Mutation)
  • Vol. 3: In The Case of Kyoko Tohno (with .hack//Outbreak)
  • Vol. 4: Trismegistus (with .hack//Quarantine)
• .hack//Legend of the Twilight (January 8th, 2003 - March 26th, 2003), a 12 episodes anime based on the manga of the same name.
• .hack//Roots (April 5th, 2006 - September 27th, 2006), a series of games, a 26 episodes anime series that serves as a prequel to the .hack//G.U. games.
  • .hack//G.U. Returner a short follow-up to .hack//Roots that was made available only in Japan to people who completed all three .hack//G.U. games.
• .hack//G.U. Trilogy (December 22nd, 2007), a computer-generated movie that retells the events of the three .hack//G.U. games.
• .hack//Quantum (November 11th, 2010 - March 25th, 2011), an anime mini-series only composite of three episodes.
• .hack//Beyond The World (January 21st, 2012), a computer-generated movie also known as .hack//The Movie. Its Blu Ray release also includes .hack//Versus, playable on PlayStation 3.

Video Games

• .hack//Infection (June 20th, 2002) for PlayStation 2
• .hack//Mutation (September 9th, 2002) for PlayStation 2
• .hack//Outbreak (December 12th, 2002) for PlayStation 2
• .hack//Quarantine (April 10th, 2003) for PlayStation 2
• .hack//frägment (November 23rd, 2005), a multiplayer online game. Online service ended on January 18, 2007.
• .hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth (May 18th, 2006) for PlayStation 2
• .hack//G.U. Vol. 2: Reminisce (September 28th, 2006) for PlayStation 2
• .hack//G.U. Vol. 3: Redemption (January 18th, 2007) for PlayStation 2
• .hack//Link (March 4th, 2010) for PlayStation Portable. Features characters from previous .hack games as well as the .hack//Link manga.
• .hack//Versus (June 28th, 2012) for PlayStation 3. A fighting game only featured in the Blu Ray edition of .hack//Beyond The World.

Publications

Manga

• .hack//Legend of the Twilight (July 30th, 2002 - April 3rd, 2004), a 22 chapter manga released in 3 volumes in tankobon format.
• .hack//LINK: Twilight Knights (2007), a three volume manga that serves as a sequel to the G.U. series.

Novels

• .hack//AI buster (2002), a novel that serves as a prequel to .hack//Signs.
• .hack//ZERO (May 2003), a novel.
• .hack//Another Birth (2004 - 2005), a four part novel that retells the events of the three original .hack games.
• .hack//Epitaph of Twilight (April 26th, 2008 - September 1st, 2008), an original novel released in two volumes.

Other Publications

• .hack//AI buster 2 (2003), a collection of five short original stories.
• .hack//The World (January 15th, 2003 - April 22nd, 2004), a series of three magazines.
• .hack//G.U. The World (November 26th, 2005 - January 18th, 2007), a series of magazines, considered the successor to .hack//The World, that ran for 12 Volumes. Many volumes included exclusive comics and novels, in detail:
  • .hack//G.U.+, a manga retelling of the game's events.
  • .hack//GnU, an original manga.
  • .hack//4 Koma, a series of gag comics in the Yankoma format.
  • .hack//Cell an original novel, released separately in 2011.
  • .hack//XXXX, an un-canonical manga.
  • .hack//Alcor, a short original manga.

Card Games

• .hack//ENEMY (2003), a collectable card game.
• .hack//G.U. The Card Battle (2006), a collectable card game created by the original staff.

Links to Other Series

Direction	Series	Date	Description	Type
5	Family Stadium	20080501 May 01, 2008	One of the players in the Bandai Namco team in Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium for Wii is called "Haseo".	3
5	Sgt. Frog	20100304 March 04, 2010	Haseo from .hack//G.U. appears as a summon in Keroro RPG.	1
3	Tales of (Series)	20100304 March 04, 2010	.hack//LINK includes a bonus pre-order DVD featuring a crossover between Haseo and Asbel from Tales of Graces, and Haseo also gets an Asbel costume in the game while Asbel gets a DLC costume of Haseo's Xth Form in Tales of Graces ƒ; a Haseo costume with his actual techniques is also featured in Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X. Haseo and Atoli from .hack appear in Tales of the Rays.	1
5	Project X Zone	20121011 October 11, 2012	Project X Zone features characters from the .hack series.	1