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".hack" is a popular franchise of video games and mange, anime, and light novels. The story takes place inside a MMORPG published and maintained by the CyberConnect Corporation called "The World".

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.hack is a popular franchise of video games and mange, anime, and light novel adaptations. The stories all place inside a MMORPG published and maintained by the CyberConnect Corporation called "The World". There are various stories which are mostly only tangentially related.

Additional Information:

  • List of .hack video games
  • List of .hack anime and manga on Anime News Network
  • Publications:
    • .hack//AI buster, a novel released under Project .hack.
    • .hack//AI buster 2, a collection of stories released under Project .hack.
    • .hack//Zero, a novel series released under Project .hack.
    • .hack//Another Birth, series of novelizations released under Project .hack.
    • .hack//Legend of the Twilight, a manga series released under Project .hack.
    • .hack//Epitaph of Twilight, a novel series
    • .hack//Cell, a novel released under the .hack Conglomerate project.
    • .hack//GnU, a humorous manga series released under the .hack Conglomerate project.
    • .hack//Alcor, a manga series released under the .hack Conglomerate project.
    • .hack//G.U.+, a manga adaptation of the three .hack//G.U. video games released under the .hack Conglomerate project.
    • .hack//G.U., a novel Adaptation of the three .hack//G.U. video games released under the .hack Conglomerate project.
    • .hack//4 Koma, a 4-koma manga series.
    • .hack//Link, a manga released under the .hack Conglomerate project.
    • .hack//XXXX, a manga series released under the .hack Conglomerate project. The manga adapts the four original .hack video games.
    • .hack//Bullet, a web novel that follows Flugel after the events of .hack//Link.
  • The .hack wiki
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How to start the .hack series and its viewing order?

As the questions suggest: how do I start and what is the preferred order? It would be appreciated if one would also identify which anime/film/OVA has a main story. Additionally the timeline of which anime goes where would be appreciated as well.
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Did Sora / Kite ever return to the world?

Toward the end of .hack//Beyond The World (like the last two minutes), it's announced that THE WORLD would come back online and Sora is asked if she was going to play again. However, at the very end of the movie we see Aura sitting in her garden,…
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Who is the red woman in .hack//SIGN's opening?

In the opening of .hack//SIGN there is a woman who looks to be wearing a red body suit and a visor, at the end she's seen floating on the opposite side of the screen to where Aura is but she is never seen in .hack//SIGN I am wondering, is this woman…
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How much time will it take me to watch the .hack series?

I'd like to give .hack a go, however I have very limited time in my schedule so I often avoid picking series with too many episodes. I would like to know : How much time does it take to watch everything ? How much time does it take to watch main…
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Why does the "A in C major" tone play whenever a strange event occurs in The World?

Mai Minase first notices this in .hack//Liminality when she and Tomonari Kasumi are attacked by the First Phase, Skeith. The "A in C major" tone (ハ長調ラ音) seems to recur whenever some strange event happened "The World" and it's subsequent iterations,…
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What is the significance of the symbol in Tanaka's eyes?

At the end of the Thanatos Report OVA (set after the events of the .hack//Sekai no Mukou ni movie) after Tanaka picks up a certain chip, a symbol appears in his eyes. What is the significance of this symbol? What does it mean for Tanaka?
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A manga about the adventure of a pair of brother and sister in a game world

Around 1-3 years ago, I found an interesting manga in my local library, but I didn't bring my library card with me. The following week, I returned to borrow it to read, but of course it was gone :/ Things I remember is: The manga was based in a…
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Trying to recall an anime name

I remember waking up in the early morning as a child and catching the last few minutes of this one anime on Toonami. From what I remember, this anime took place both in a simulated environment and in the real world. I recall a main character who, if…
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What happened to Aura between the events of G.U. and the movie?

Aura seems to be missing in all if not the majority of the //G.U. anime and games, //Quantum, but makes some appearances in the //Beyond the World movie? What happened to her between this period of time?
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What does G.U stand for?

in .hack//ROOTS and .hack//G.U, the guild Raven is actually the CC Copr Organization "Project G.U" who's focus is on AI, partially the AIDA, the Morgana Mode Gone Epitaphs and Aura. But what does the G.U stand for anyway? i am well aware that in…
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Who altered Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground and removed Aura's Statue?

in The World in Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground (.hack) there was a statue of Aura wrapped in chains. in The World:R2 Hulle Granz Cathedral (.hack//G.U) has the same address (Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground) and in it the statue is gone only leaving…
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Where to watch .hack legally?

I watched .hack//Quantum on Netflix and loved it. I would like to watch the rest of the .hack shows as well, but they seem to not be on Netflix or Crunchyroll. Is there anywhere else I can stream them from legally?
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What is the Black Box?

I was reading on the Wiki about the Vagrant AI's and it said that most were born from The Black Box. I've seen //SIGN, //Liminality, //Legend of the Twilight //Terminal Disk, //ROOTS, //QUANTUM and played the original 4 games and the 3 //G.U games…
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