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.Hack//Liminality (OAV)

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Related anime:
    .Hack//SIGN (TV) (prequel)
      .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//Лиминалити (Russian)
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: In the year 2007, an MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) known as 'The World' is released in the US and becomes insanely popular, spreading worldwide and reaching up to 20 million players. One day, a mysterious phenomenon occurs where all the monsters in the game become increasingly powerful and harbour otherwise unheard of abilities. Along with this, players are unable to make any progress with their characters. Naturally, these occurrences render The World rather unplayable, so a player who goes by the name of Kite decides to get to the bottom of it.
User Ratings: 774 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 28 votes (sub:16, dub:11, ?:1)
 Excellent: 63 votes (sub:39, dub:20, ?:2, raw:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Very good: 146 votes (sub:89, dub:50, Spa.sub:3, Ger.sub:1, raw:1, Ita.sub:1, ?:1)
 Good: 231 votes (sub:150, dub:75, edit.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, raw:1, Ita.dub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Decent: 148 votes (sub:105, dub:34, ?:4, raw:2, Pol.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 So-so: 86 votes (sub:59, dub:23, ?:2, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Not really good: 37 votes (sub:26, dub:9, raw:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Weak: 23 votes (sub:17, dub:6)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1991 users, rank: #297
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.700 (Good-.29), std. dev.: 1.6583, rank: #2176
Weighted mean: 6.625 (Good-.37), rank: #2188 (seen all: 6.66 / seen some: 6.46 / won't finish: 5.53)
Bayesian estimate: 6.636 (Good-.36), rank: #1914
Running time: 30 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 2002-06-20 to 2003-04-12
Chronology:
(2002-06) Volume 1 ("Infection Expansion") Released
(2002-09) Volume 2 ("Malignant Mutation") released
(2002-12) Volume 3 ("Erosion Pollution") Released
(2003-03) Volume 4 ("Absolute Encirclement") Released
Opening Theme:
#1: "Edge" by See-Saw
#2: "Senyaichiya" by See-Saw
#3: "Kimi ga Ita Monogatari" by See-Saw
#4: "Kioku" by See-Saw
Ending Theme:
"Tasogare no Umi (Twilight Sea)" by See-Saw
Official website:
Links: We have 3
Comment:
Released with the .hack video/console game. The OVA series looks at the events the .hack game, but from the "Real World" point of view.
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Kazunori Ito 
Koichi Mashimo

Screenplay: Kazunori Ito

Storyboard:
Koji Sawai (vols. 1, 2, 4)
Masayuki Yoshihara (vol. 3)

Episode Director:
Hiroshi Morioka (vol. 3)
Koji Sawai (vol. 2, 4)
Masayuki Yoshihara (vol. 1)

Music:
Chiaki Ishikawa (Vocals)
Hideo Yamaki (Drums)
Hijiri Kuwano (Violin)
Hitoshi Konno (Violin)
Masakazu Ishibashi (Oboe)
Masato Matsuda (Piano)
Mecken (Electric Bass)
Rie Akagi (Flute)
Susumu Nishikawa (Electric Guitar)
Takuo Yamamoto (Sax)
Yoko Ara (Cello)
Yuki Kajiura
Yuri Kasahara (Vocals)

Character Design: Toshiya Washida

Art director:
Hachidai Takayama
Mari Kawai (volume 2)

Animation director:
Koichi Mashimo
Yoshiaki Tsubata

Mechanical design: Kenji Teraoka

Sound director: Koichi Mashimo

Director of Photography: Masayuki Kurosawa

Producer:
Daisuke Uchiyama (Bandai)
Daisuke Yamauchi (Bandai)
Kuninori Egawa (Bee Train)

A&R Desk: Etsuyo Ohnishi (VICTOR)

Animation Check: Mika Shirota

Animation Completion:
Aiko Hirao (Murk Animation)
Akie Mita (Murk Animation)
Akiko Ohba (Studio Road)
Chie Iwamoto (Studio Road)
Eikei Yokota (Studio Road)
Eikie Yokota (Studio Road)
Fumiko Takeuchi (Murk Animation)
Hiroko Akimoto (Murk Animation)
Katsuyo Otani (Studio Road)
Kazuko Nakajima (Studio Road)
Makiko Kojima (Studio Road)
Makiko Yamanaka (Studio Road)
Makoto Iguchi (Murk Animation)
Megumi Sakawa (Studio Road)
Megumi Sukawa (Studio Road)
Mutsu Takase (Murk Animation)
Naoki Fukutana (Studio Road)
Naoki Fukutani (Studio Road)
Natsuyo Otani (Studio Road)
Sachiko Abe (Murk Animation)
Satomi Shirayoshi (Murk Animation)
Satoshi Inoue (Murk Animation)
Takaharu Hirano (Murk Animation)
Takako Hoshohata (Studio Road)
Yuki Uehara (Studio Step)
Yukie Haneishi (Murk Animation)
Yumi Niwa (Murk Animation)

Background Art:
Chie Murakoshi (Production Eye)
Chitoshi Asakura (Production Eye)
Fumie Kawai (Production Eye)
Harue Iwai (Production Eye)
Haruka Ohsawa (Production Eye)
Junnko Nagasawa (Production Eye)
Kaori Motojima (Production Eye)
Katsuhiro Yamda (Production Eye)
Kiyoko Sugano (Production Eye)
Kuniko Miyake (Production Eye)
Megumi Ogawa (Production Eye)
Setsuko Satou (Production Eye)
Shin Watanabe (Production Eye)
Tomomi Kato (Production Eye)
Toshihisa Koyama (Production Eye)
Wakaba Okamoto (Production Eye)
Yasunori Hishinuma (Production Eye)
Yoshimi Umino (Production Eye)
Yukiko Nakayama (Production Eye)
Yukiko Ogawa (Production Eye)

Color Key: Sayuri Yoshida (Studio Road)

Color setting: Sayuri Yoshida (Studio Road)

Director Of Character Design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Editing: Masayuki Kurosawa

Executive Soundtrack Producer: Hideaki Kaneko (VICTOR)

Head Of Soundtrack Promotion: Shousei Ito (VICTOR)

In-Between Animation:
Akiko Terashima (Studio Ghibli)
Asami Watanabe (Bee Train)
Aya Onishi (Studio Ghibli)
Ayako Okamoto (Radix)
Chiaki Kaiya (Studio Mark)
Chika Kuwahara (Bee Train)
Chiyoko Sakamoto (Radix)
Emi Honda (Bee Train)
Eri Sahra (Bee Train)
Hanako Enomoto (Gainax)
Haruka Tanaka (Gainax)
Hideko Tani (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Hiroki Takano (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Hiromi Sasaki (Studio Ghibli)
Hiroyo Yammato (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Hiroyuki Ookaji (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Hitomi Tateno (Studio Ghibli)
Hitoshi Katsura (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Ikuhiko Kimura (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Kazunori Akiyama (Production I.G)
Kazunori Higuchi (Muyu)
Kazushi Tanaka (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Kazuyoshi Onoda (Studio Ghibli)
Keiko Horsie (Muyu)
Keiko Inoue (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Keito Hagio (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Kotaro Tamamato (Bee Train)
Kumiko Kato (Bee Train)
Kumiko Katou (Bee Train)
Kumiko Kojima (Studio Mu)
Machi Ichiara (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Machi Ichihara (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Makiko Nogami (Production I.G)
Mariko Suzuki (Studio Ghibli)
Masashi Adachi (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Masashi Koezuka (Bee Train)
Masya Saito (Studio Ghibli)
Maya Matsuura (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Mayumi Tamakoshi (Studio Mark)
Megumi Nagayami (Studio Line)
Megumi Tokuda (Studio Mark)
Mika Shirota (Bee Train)
Miyuki Harada (Bee Train)
Motano Komiya (Muyu)
Moyo Takashi (Studio Ghibli)
Mutsumi Sasaki (Bee Train)
Nako Soeda (Radix)
Nanase Yoshimoto (Studio Mu)
Naoki Shimada (Bee Train)
Naoko Igarashi (MSC)
Naoko Takahashi (Studio Ghibli)
Natsumi Yoshida (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Nobuhiro Hayashi (Bee Train)
Rei Okinoki (Studio Mark)
Reikei Nakano (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Ryo Takahshi (Radix)
Sachiko Miura (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Satoshi Hashimoto (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Shino Nakaguma (MSC)
Shinya Nishizawa (Bee Train)
Shinya Okaji (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Shoko Kushibisiki (Muyu)
Shuko Sasagawa (Studio Ghibli)
Shunsuke Hirota (Studio Ghibli)
Shunsuke Kanho (Muyu)
Tadahito Matsubayashi (Gainax)
Taeka Ishiko (Studio Mark)
Takeshi Miyamoto (Studio Mu)
Takeshi Ohkoshi (Radix)
Takura Matsumura (XEBEC)
Ten Morita (Production I.G)
Tomoko Ishida (Bee Train)
Tomoyasu Sakakibara (Bee Train)
Tomoyuki Oshita (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Tomoyuki Segawa (AnimeWorld Osaka)
Toshie Inomata (Studio Line)
Toshifumi Nijima (M.S.C.)
Tsukasa Ohira (Muyu)
Tsukasa Sukurai (Studio Line)
Tsutomo Umichi (Studio Ghibli)
Tsuyoshi Tanabe (Studio Mark)
Yoko Takahashi (XEBEC)
Yu Maruyama (Gainax)
Yuka Hasegawa (Radix)
Yukari Kimura (Studio Mu)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (Gainax)
Yukiko Mita (Production I.G)
Yuko Sera (XEBEC)
Yuko Toyoura (Production I.G)
Yuko Yoshino (AnimeWorld Osaka)

Key Animation:
Akiko Nakamura
Akiko Yamaguchi
Atsuko Inou
Chikayoshi Sakurai
Daisuke Nakamura
Enichi Yamaguchi
Eriko Kiguchi
Hiroyuki Takahashi
Kazuyuki Takayama
Kenichi Umemoto
Kenji Irie
Kyoko Kotani
Rieko Nakai
Sachiko Mori
Takashi Satou
Takato Nakajima
Teriesa Winkler
Toshihisa Umiya
Toshiya Washada
Yoshiyuki Ito
Yutaka Nakamura

Layout Animation Director: Satoshi Ohsawa

Music Composition: Yuki Kajiura

Music Coordination:
Fumio Takano
Norimitsu Iijima
Toushitsu

Music producer:
Keiichi Nozaki
Shiro Sasaki (VICTOR)

Photography: Masayuki Kurosawa

Planning: Shin Unozawa

Post Pro Editor: Kumiko Wada (VICTOR Design Center)

Script Composer: Kazunori Ito

Sound Effects:
Fumiko Ueda (Rakuonsha)
Sho Urahata (Rakuonsha)

Sound Mixing: Nobutaka Hirooka

Sound Producer:
Toru Nakano
Yuki Kajiura

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

Soundtrack Cooperation: Hiroshi Matsuyama (Cyber Connect 2)

Soundtrack Cover Illustration: Toshiya Washida

Soundtrack Design: Riichiro Yoshida (VICTOR Design Center)

Soundtrack Mastering Engineer: Hiroshi Kawasaki (Flair)

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

Soundtrack Recording Engineer:
Tsutomu Okada
Yuki Kajiura

Soundtrack Sales Promotion:
Kou Yamashita
Toshiyuki Nakajima

Soundtrack Supervision:
Kazunori Ito
Koichi Mashimo
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Special Effects: Ayumi Kamo (Bee Train Digital)

Theme Song Arrangement: Yuki Kajiura

Theme Song Composition: Yuki Kajiura

Theme Song Lyrics: Yuki Kajiura

Theme Song Performance: See-Saw

Visual Setting: Setsuko Satou

 

Saeko Chiba as Yuki Aihara

Toshihiko Seki as Ichiro Sato/Kuro no Bito (eps 3-4)

Ai Satou as Mai's Mother (ep 1)

Aya Hisakawa as Kyoko Tohno (ep 2)

Emi Shinohara as Miho

Hiroshi Watari as Yuki's Brother

Kujira as Old Woman (ep 3)

Masashi Ebara as Junichiro Tokuoka

Nanaho Katsuragi as Kyoko's Mother (ep 3)

Nobuaki Sekine as Kyoko's Father (ep 3)

Sanae Kobayashi as Minase Mai

Souichiro Hoshi as Makino

Takahiro Sakurai as Tomonari Kasumi

Takumi Yamazaki as Harold

Toru Ohkawa as Makino's Father (ep 1)

Yumi Touma as Asaba

Kenta Miyake

Mami Waraya

Japanese companies 

Animation:
Anime World Osaka (volume 2 and 4)
Bee Train
Front Line (volume 2)
GAINAX (volume 1)
Hang Zhiy Fei Long Animation Production Co.
M.S.C. (volume 1)
M.S.J. Musashino-Seisakujo (volume 2-3)
Muyu
Production I.G (volume 1)
Radix (volume 2)
Studio Gash (volume 1 and 3)
Studio Ghibli (volume 1)
Studio Line (volume 2)
Studio Mark (volume 1-2)
Studio Mu (volume 1)
Studio Takuranke (volume 1)
Tamazawa Dougsha (volume 4)
VENET (volume 2)
Xebec (volume 1)

Animation Completion:
Kibana (volume 2)
Murk Animation (volume 2)
Studio Road (volume 2-3)
Studio Step (volume 2)

Background Art: Production Eye (volume 2-3)

Creation: Bee Train

In-Between Animation:
Anime Torotoro (volume 3)
P.A. Works (volume 3)
Studio DEEN (volume 3)
Studio Gash (volume 2-3)

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Original story: Project .hack

Photography: Bee Train (volume 3)

Production:
Bandai Visual
Bee Train

Recording: Half H-P Studio

Sound Effects: Rakuonsha (volume 1-2)

special effects: Bee Train Digital

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Kevin Seymour

Translation: Anna Exter

ADR Script: Mary Claypool

Executive producer:
Ken Iyadomi
Ken Nakata

Producer:
Haruyo Kanesaku
Keisuke Onishi
Naruo Uchida
Yutaka Maseba

Digital ADR Tracking: Michael McCarty

DVD Menu Design: Erika Offutt

DVD Producer:
Charles McCarter
Richard Noboru Kekahuna

Final Mix: Michael McCarty

Localization:
Marlon Okazaki
Minako Takahashi
Rika Maruya
Roy Brewer

Recording engineer: Les Claypool III

Special Thanks To:
Charles McCarter
Ken Fukaki
Shu Takahara

Subtitle Timing: Anna Exter

 

Jamieson Price as Junichiro Tokuoka

Michelle Ruff as Mai Minase

Sherry Lynn as Yukichin

Annie Heller as Miho

Anthony Pulcini as Tomonari Kasumi

Barry Stigler as Dr. Makino

Catherine Battistone as Old Lady

Christopher Smith as Guard A

Crispin Freeman as Harald Hoerwick

Doug Stone as Guard D

Dyanne Dirosario as Kie

Jane Lanier as Kyoko Tohno

Karen Strassman as Kyoko's Mother

Kevin Brief as Kyoko's Father

Kim Mai Guest as Narumi

Kirk Baily as Masaya Makino

LaGloria Scott as Eri

Leslie Hicks as Mai's Mother

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Asaba

Michael Reisz as Sato Ichiro

Philece Sampler as Kiyoka

Richard Cansino as Guard C

Skip Stellrecht as Guard B

Steve McGowan as Dark Suit

Susan Marque as Hotel Receptionist

Brad MacDonald

Dorothy Elias-Fahn

Eddie Frierson

Gavin Glennon

Grant Albrecht

Jessica Strauss

Joe Ochman

Lia Sargent

Linda Sypien

Peter Doyle

Steve Cassling

English companies 

Distributor: Bandai Entertainment

Dubbing: Animaze

DVD Production Services: Stream Santa Monica

Licensed by: Bandai Entertainment

Online Editing Facility: HMA Digital

Recording Facility: Magnitude 8 Post

Soundtrack: Bandai Entertainment

Subtitle Timing: ZRO Limit Productions

Subtitles: Captions, Inc.

Translation: ZRO Limit Productions

French staff 
French companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Beez

French cast 
(none)
 
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