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Post by Darknezz on Nov 7, 2008 13:40:17 GMT -5
Now THAT is good anime. Story driven and a bit slow at first, it get really good. This is not something for you fans of action, because this is more story focused than action driven.
It tells the story of an MMORPG, called The World, that is played in virtual reality. One of the players quickly discovers that he can't log out, and we are told, through flashes of the real world, that the real life player has entered a coma, and yet his consciousness stays within the game. It's explained that leaving the terminal is supposed to cancel control over your character.
The other players with him find a connection in him still being in the game and not being able to log out and a mysterious force called "guardian" that talks to Tsukasa and allows him protection.
Simply put, this was an amazing anime.
Oh, and the OST is beautiful.
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Post by rabbeseking on Nov 7, 2008 17:10:01 GMT -5
Huh, when I saw it on Cartoon Network didn't really like it too much. It's a little heavy handed, maybe it's because I was watching the English dub or something, that tends to be a problem.
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Post by Darknezz on Nov 7, 2008 18:26:25 GMT -5
Oh god, do NOT turn this into a dub bash. The English dub for this show is excellent.
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Post by rabbeseking on Nov 7, 2008 18:51:56 GMT -5
Then I guess i just hated it, you win some, you lose some.
I heard the games for the series were alright though, one of my friends said so, at least.
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Post by talsuevitalon on Nov 7, 2008 19:07:46 GMT -5
Now THAT is good anime. Story driven and a bit slow at first, it get really good. This is not something for you fans of action, because this is more story focused than action driven. It tells the story of an MMORPG, called The World, that is played in virtual reality. One of the players quickly discovers that he can't log out, and we are told, through flashes of the real world, that the real life player has entered a coma, and yet his consciousness stays within the game. It's explained that leaving the terminal is supposed to cancel control over your character. The other players with him find a connection in him still being in the game and not being able to log out and a mysterious force called "guardian" that talks to Tsukasa and allows him protection. Simply put, this was an amazing anime. Oh, and the OST is beautiful. finaly! someone else who isnt all like " moar bash and smash!" <3 i loved all the .hack shows, but /sign was the best drama wise <3 lady subaru's relation to tsukasa was awesome <3 and my fave character was sora simply cause he was allways amazing ^-^ |
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Post by hamdemon on Nov 11, 2008 14:14:02 GMT -5
I liked Legend of the Twilight too. I think it appealed to the side of me that likes fluffy clouds, cute bunnies, and soft fuzzy animals.
Seriously though, it's incredibly cutesy and nothing like //Sign (which I'm ashamed to say that I repeatedly forget to watch). I wasn't sure if I was going to like it at first, but with anime like Gunslinger Girl and Witch Hunter Robin in my collection, I really needed a few more lighthearted titles.
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Post by Dia on Nov 22, 2008 1:26:13 GMT -5
//Sign is for people that don't mind slow things and are able to get into the more complex/emotional side of the Dot Hack series...
It's definitely slower than Legend of the Twilight, buuuut... It was definitely interesting.
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Post by helixfc3s on Dec 1, 2008 18:18:11 GMT -5
Yes, I enjoyed .hack//SIGN when it first aired on CN. It was probably one of the first japanese animes I've seen and it introduced me to the .hack// video game series (which I also enjoyed). The other spin-offs to the series like the legend of the twilight bracelet and ROOT were average at best.
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Post by zmaiden on Dec 1, 2008 21:53:06 GMT -5
.hack//SIGN is one of my all time fav. anime series. I wasn't so fond of the later series though. Especially Roots, man I tried so hard to like that show, but it never seemed to come to any sort of climax like Sign did. Slow is good, as long as there's some sort of action, but Roots didn't seem to have much of any.
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Post by Icarus94 on Dec 22, 2008 23:07:18 GMT -5
i liked legend of the twilight, it was more of a chibi childish version of hack//sign
sign is like a soap opera
twilight is like a sitcom
so pretty much a show for whatever mood your in
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Post by Skeet11 on Dec 23, 2008 0:12:53 GMT -5
I tried watching a few episodes back when it was on nights on Cartoon Network, but I just couldn't get into it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2009 23:57:43 GMT -5
Years after watching the English dub on CN (RIP old CN), I'm actually rewatching it with the Japanese dub right now, as good as I remember.
And playing that one 4-part game series(Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, and Quarantine) was awesome since it was just like the show.
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Post by Shayhayy on Jan 13, 2009 22:06:21 GMT -5
I loved the .hack// -- series. SIGN was actually the first I saw. <3 Very, very lovely anime... x3
I lo~~ove the drama~!
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Post by Xalgar on Jan 17, 2009 17:12:05 GMT -5
The show seems pretty good, I've never seen the first couple of episodes so I had no idea what was going on when I saw it on T.V. as a kid. I'll need to rewatch it, I like story based anime.
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Post by nebel on Jan 18, 2009 3:03:30 GMT -5
Pfft, I was the only one in my group of friends that actually liked this anime. After I saw it on CN, I went and bought the DVDs as they came out. I actually liked the dubbing in this anime, which is rare nowadays.
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