Changes: SIGN

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.hack//SIGN is a 26 episode anime that revolves around a Wavemaster named Tsukasa who becomes mysteriously trapped in The World, and also about a group of players who wish to find a mysterious item called the Key of the Twilight. Two OVA episodes were created with one about a player named Mimika and the other occuring in Net Slum a few months after the events of the .hack//Games.

Setting

SIGN takes place almost entirely in The World, with scenes that take place in the real world being shown colorless and with a grainy effect.

Story

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

In a giant online roleplay game, strange events unfold through a mysterious player known as Tsukasa. Tsukasa begins to suspect something has gone wrong with his player character then begins to realize something has happend. Tsukasa finds he is not in front of his terminal and can not sense himself on the outside world, but he doesn't know why. He soon comes to the conclusion he can not infact log out of this virtual world, and he has become a physical being existing there. Meanwhile we are introduced to several characters including Mimiru, a Heavy Blade Bear a Blade Master, BT another Wave master, Lady Subaru of the Chrimson Knights a Heavy Axe, and a notorious Player Killer known as Sora who are all being turned onto the mysterious boy. As Tsukasa strolls about the world he comes under suspicion of theCrimson Knights. Silver Knight, the leader of the pact, warns Tsukasa that he is under watch after he is spotted with an illegal 'cat-player character'. Soon Tsukasa descovers a mysterous floating girl known as Aura and a mysterious voice, ensuring Tsukasa's safety, if he follows her. As suspicions rise on Tsukasa's true nature, rumors begin to spread like wild fire of a strange Key of the Twilight which holds great power and may hold the clues to Tsukasa's mysterious state in The World and out of the World. It becomes a tangled mystery none will forget.

Release

The show aired throughout 2002 in Japan and 2003 (on Cartoon Network) in the United States.

Bandai had four total releases of .hack//SIGN in the United States. A Limited Edition set was released, with each DVD having an extra pack-in; a non-limited version was released at the same time, the first disc being available in March 2003. In 2004 a "Complete Collection" was released but it did not include Unison. Another complete collection labeled as "Anime Legends" was released in August 2006.

Episodes

Dothacksignchar — Most of the main characters of .hack//SIGN

Areas

This is a list of areas visited by the characters of SIGN.

Fields

Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground
Θ Bitter Fantasy Mirror World
Σ Screaming Wind Sands Fate Castle
Θ Rejecting Oblivious Wavemaster

Servers

Δ Root Town: Mac Anu
Θ Root Town: Dun Loireag
Λ Root Town: Carmina Gadelica
Σ Root Town: Fort Ouph

Cast

Role	English VA	Japanese VA
Tsukasa	Brianne Siddal	Mitsuki Saiga
Mimiru	Amanda Winn Lee	Megumi Toyoguchi
Bear	Paul Mercier	Kazuhiro Nakata
BT	Donna Rawlins	Akiko Hiramatsu
Subaru	Kim Mai Guest	Kaori Nazuka
Silver Knight	Doug Rye	Isshin Chiba
Sora	Dave Wittenberg	Hiroshi Yanaka
Crim	Lex Lang	Shinichiro Miki
Morganna	Valerie Arem	Rie Tanaka
AI Harald	Crispin Freeman	Takumi Yamazaki
A-20	Sandy Fox	Atsuko Enomoto
Balmung	Crispin Freeman	Nobuyuki Hiyama
Kaochin	Brianne Siddal	Sara Nakayama
Mimika		Masako Katsuki

Trivia

When all six U.S. DVDs of SIGN are lined up numerically, the letters on the spines spell out "LOGOUT".
Hidden on the back of each DVD case is a keyword that can be used in the .hack games. These keywords access an area with one-of-a-kind items hidden within the dungeon, such as the Lady's Equipment or Risky Coffee.

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