Introduction
While playing the newly released MMORPG "The World," Minase Mai and Tomonari Kasumi collapse in the real world and are sent to the hospital after hearing a mysterious sound. Only Mai recovers, while her friend Kasumi slips into a mysterious coma. Mai is later approached by the creator of "The World," Tokuoka Junichiro, who unveils to her that, just like her friend, six other players across the country also collapsed while playing "The World" and are now in mysterious comas. What exactly is "The World," what is this mysterious sound Mai keeps on hearing, and why are people slipping into comas from this game? Minase, Junichiro, and their acquaintances set off to get to the bottom of this problem before any further harm happens.
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Audience reviews
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DaxtotheMax
And before I knew it, I fell down the .Hack rabbit hole.
With this being an anime, I feel like I can open up more since I've seen SAO, for better or for worse since the concept is similar in nature.
The first game series, IMOQ started with Kite's friend Orca being put into a coma because of the game, he seeks the monster that put him there, thinking that defeating it will bring him back, spoilers, it doesn't. Or at least, it's not that simple.
What this anime accomplishes is taking the same premise, one kid narrowly escaping it, trying to help another kid who got into a coma. She does this by investigating, but doing so more in the real world than the actual game. This is similar to the second half of S1 of SAO (even though this came before it (but the SAO novel was the year before....t…
Read at the sourceLyvranz
.hack//Liminality acts as a sequel of sorts for .hack//SIGN and whereas the latter took approximately 12 episodes to really start digging into the plot and explaining what it was exactly that was going on, .hack//Liminality jumps right into the story with an evocative and charming first episode that gives the impression this show knows what it's doing. The first episode is riddled with intrigue and dances with the mystery of what truly is happening in The World and reinforces the idea that what's happening to the protagonist of .hack//SIGN is not exclusive to them.
.hack//Liminality, however, quickly returns to its roots and the second and third episodes feel like afterthoughts rather than a continuation of the first episode, and while that's not bad in and of itself, it is strange in how…
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Nice supplement to the .HackSign series, showing a group of 3 girls trying to look into and expose what was happening in the outside world during the events of .HackSign, as it's revealed that several other people around the world had fallen into a coma like Tsukasa from not being able to log out of The World due to the Morgana virus. They find out the company that created and managed the game was trying to cover the situation up while trying to solve the problem. It's a more realistic scenario than the fantasy one in .HackSign, however, this one, rather than being a psychological character study, is more of an investigation thriller. Still pretty interesting as supplemental material to a great anime.
Read at the sourceVluddipijjun
Personal disclaimer, I watched this following .hack sign and on hazy childhood memories of the PS2 games. Part of my lackluster impression of the series is it seems to start and stop in the middle of a story, rather than itself being a self-contained story, so I may simply be missing out on details from other media that tie Liminality into a timeline better.
All that said, Liminality was a bit too disjointed and inconsequential for me. The first three episodes mainly serve to introduce each of the three main female cast members, followed by a finale where the crew undertakes a mission against the main threat. Unlike most .hack series', Liminality takes place almost entirely in the real world, as opposed to the game, 'The World.' This is normally a talking point for those who praise Limina…
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It's worth noting here, that I write this review based on the condition that Liminality is watched with full knowledge of the story in the 4 original games on Playstation 2 as well as the entirety of .hack//SIGN.
.hack//Liminality is a very interesting addition to the .hack// lore because it is very largely based in the real world instead of the game The World. It elaborates on details that are alluded to but that the player may not really understand otherwise. Each episode has points of direct correlation to their accompanying games and it's not fair to leave them as a standalone object because they're simply not meant to be. The details and events you are given add without conflict to the story and are just a very strong addition to the lore.
The art direction and sound for Liminality…
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This review is shorter than usual because this is an OVA. There won't be as much detail in the pros and cons of each category, but it'll be enough for you to decide if you're interested in this anime. Let's begin, my friend.
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Story - 9/10
+ While .hack//Sign takes place in the game world, .hack//Liminality focuses on the real world. The story reveals more details about the problems the game world has on the real world, which I enjoyed. I also loved knowing more of the mystery behind it.
- The story can be a bit slow at times, but it's a very minor issue. -----
Characters - 2/10
- I found the characters to be quite bland and none of them really stood out, probably because there wasn't a lot of character development to work with in the first place. None of them were dumb or annoyi…
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Overall
I might have got the chronology wrong, but I started out with this OVA, and have yet to see "Sign" and "Twilight". That's probably why I didn't understand a thing.
Animation
Not bad, not great. It looks kind of like most TV animes out there. I guess you expect more from an OVA, though. I like the attention to detail in the animation, though (throw a frying pan down a hatch, and it's still there when you get down there).
Sound
Voice acting is solid but nothing special. Background music is a bit repetative and there are few different songs considering this being a rather short OVA.
The ending theme gave me a real deja vu. I can't put my finger on it, but I have heard it before somewhere. Are there other animes using this song?
Story
Alright, I probably should have started wit…
Read at the sourceNeku_Tennyson
Okay Before I start this Review This anime is a alternative series to .Hack/ / Sign.
Story: The Story of .Hack/ /Liminality is about two girls. Minase Mai and Tomonari Kasumi both collapse while playing "The World" while hearing a strange sound. They are both hospitalized and Mai is the only one that wakes up, while her friend Kasumi is put into a coma. The creator of the world Tokuoka Junichiro comes to help because he tells Mai not only her friend has been put into a coma, but another 6 people have also been put into a coma. Because of that mysterious sound that has been discovered by Mai.
Art: I quite liked the art style of .Hack/ /Liminality it was quite nice. There are just some minor improvements.
Character: The Character development was average in .hack/ /Liminality. I would have…
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All right before we get started, just want to make sure that you all know that I haven't played any of the hack games, although a lot of my friends have been telling me to go and get the games because they are really good (from what they said)
Unfortunately the anime series are a completely different form of media so yeah this is my take on it.
Story
Honestly though, it's hard to watch an anime that where you're already supposed to know things and with the lack of background information it's really difficult to get into the story line especially when there's still so much to explain. Although it's quite fairly simple and almost identical to the other .hack stories, it focuses on the mysterious comas that's been happening to the players all over the world, and how they're trying to solve…
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This OVA is the (very much superior) follow up to the "Hack Sign" series. The production is in the typical style of Bee Train, with the ever present, haunting melodies of Yuki Kajiura (a staple aspect in Bee Train productions) succeeding to be even better than in "Noir" or "Hack sign". And since those were earlier works, it does seem like the studio is getting the hang of the music production more and more.
Unlike "Hack Sign", significant events actually start happening from the word go, resulting in a captivating opening episode. Unfortunately, having set the bar rather high, the remaining three episodes are a little disappointing. In episode 2, the anime descends back to the usual faffing around that was so common in the "Hack Sign" series. The third and fourth episodes are better, but…
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This was suprisingly good! Usually in .hacks I am bored to tears but this was really good! I was very involved and focused 90% of the time. The first episode did drag on a bit but the final 3 weren't as long which was a good thing.
Story:
The story is outstanding! Unlike most .hack animes the story does not take place inside of "The World". This takes place in the real world and I like that. It does get somewhat confusing but if you pay attention you will understand it. The ending was a little confusing to me but I still really liked it.
Art:
The color was magnificent and the animation quality was very good! The only thing taht bugged me was the wair the bangs were done, particularly Mai's bangs. They looked amateurish and not good. :\
Sound:
The sound was outstanding! Although the open…
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Story
The .hack series isn't an easy one to get into for those of us who haven't played the game as there is plenty of background information that is left out in the anime. The strength of Liminality is it addresses some of these questions in a very intriguing manner. Liminality spans more than one .Hack anime, several of the manga and some games but the genius in this anime is it does so from the Real Life point of view (vs. gameplay). It manages to tie many loose ends together and in an entertaining fashion.
Characters
The characters are well fleshed out and developed. There is no sense of incongruity that these people don't behave like normal people would behave In Real Life. They're realistic and believable. Even the backstory characters of who developed fragment and why, is loving…
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