Project .hack
Project .hack was the first project of the ''.hack'' series. It launched in 2002 with theGames
* '' .hack'', a series of four PlayStation 2 games that follow the story of the .hackers, Kite and BlackRose, and their attempts to find out what caused the sudden coma of Kite's friend, Orca, and BlackRose's brother, Kazu. The volumes included ''.hack//Infection'', ''.hack//Mutation'', ''.hack//Outbreak'' and ''.hack//Quarantine''. * '' .hack//frägment'', the first ''.hack'' Massively multiplayer online game (online role-playing game). It was released only in Japan, the online servers began from November 23, 2005 and ended on January 18, 2007. * ''.hack//Enemy'', a collectible card game created by Decipher Inc. based on the ''.hack'' series. It was discontinued after running five separate expansions between 2003 and 2005.Anime
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*''.hack//AI buster'', a novel released under Project .hack, in 2002. It tells the story of Albireo and a prototype of the ultimate AI, Lycoris, and of how Orca and Balmung defeated "The One Sin" and became the Descendants of Fianna. *''.hack//AI buster 2'', a collection of stories released under Project .hack. It involves the characters of ''AI Buster'' and ''Legend of the Twilight Bracelet'': ".hack//2nd Character", ".hack//Wotan's Spear", ".hack//Kamui", ".hack//Rumor" and ".hack//Firefly". "Rumor" was previously released with the Rena Special Pack in Japan. *''.hack//Another Birth'', a novel series released under Project .hack. It retells the story of the ''.hack'' video games from BlackRose's point of view. *''.hack//Zero'', a novel series released under Project .hack. It tells the story of a Long Arm named Carl, of what happened to Sora after he was trapped in ''The World'' by Morganna, and of Tsukasa's real life after being able to log out from ''The World''. *''.hack//Epitaph of Twilight'', a novel series telling the story of Harald Hoerwick's niece, Lara Hoerwick, who finds herself trapped in an early version of ''The World''.Manga
*'' .hack//Legend of the Twilight'', a.hack Conglomerate
.hack Conglomerate is the current project of .hack by CyberConnect2 and various other companies and successor to Project .hack. The companies include Victor Entertainment, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Bandai, TV Tokyo, Bee Train, and Kadokawa Shoten. It encompasses a series of three PlayStation 2 games called ''.hack//G.U.'', an anime series called ''.hack//Roots'', prose, and manga. .hack Conglomerate focuses on times and installments after the original ''The World'' MMORPG.Games
*'' .hack//G.U.'' is a series of three video games (Vol. 1 ''Rebirth'', Vol. 2 ''Reminisce'', and Vol. 3 ''Redemption'') released for the .hack Conglomerate project. Taking place in the installment of ''The World R:2'' in the year 2017, the series focuses on the player Haseo's search for a cure after his friend was attacked by a player known as Tri-edge, which led to his eventual involvement with Project G.U, and the mysterious anomalies called AIDA that plague ''The World R:2''. A remastered collection was released on November 3, 2017 for the PlayStation 4 and PC that included all three previous volumes and added a new 4th volume called ''Reconnection''. *'' .hack//Link'', a PSP game released under the .hack Conglomerate project. It was claimed to be the last game in the series; the game centers on a youth named Tokio in the year 2020, who is given a free copy of ''The World R:X'' by the popular but mysterious new classmate Saika Amagi. Contains unplayable characters from .hack and ''.hack//G.U.'' video games. *'' .hack//Versus'', a PS3 game released under the .hack Conglomerate project. The game is the first .hack fighter game, which is bundled with the film .hack//The Movie. *''.hack//Guilty Dragon'', a card-based mobile game for Android and iOS, it was exclusive for Japan. Its services began from October 15, 2012 and ended on March 23, 2016. *''.hack//G.U. The Card Battle'' is a trading card game similar to that of ''.hack//Enemy'' released under the .hack Conglomerate project. Unlike .hack//Enemy, the game was made by the original creators of ''.hack//G.U.''. There are two sets of rules, one based on the mini game in the G.U. series, ''Crimson VS'', and the one specifically designed for the trading card game. This game won the Origins Award for Best Trading Card Game of 2003. *''New World Vol. 1: Maiden of Silver Tears'', an Android & iOS game released under the .hack Conglomerate project. it was a Japanese exclusive mobile game, it served as a reboot to the franchise. Services began on January 8, 2016 and ended on December 20, 2016.Anime
* '' .hack//Roots'' is an anime series released under the .hack Conglomerate project. It follows Haseo and his joining (and subsequent exploits with) the Twilight Brigade guild. It also shows his rise to power and how he becomes known as "The Terror of Death". Towards the end of the series we see the start of ''.hack.//G.U''. This series is the last in the .hack anime series to be licensed by Bandai Entertainment. *''.hack//G.U. Trilogy'', a CGI movie adaptation of the ''.hack//G.U.'' video games released under the .hack Conglomerate project. *''.hack//G.U. Returner'', a short follow up OVA and the conclusion to .hack//Roots released under the .hack Conglomerate project. It tells the story about the characters of ''.hack//G.U.'' in one last adventure. *'' .hack//Quantum'', a three part OVA series from Kinema Citrus and the first in the anime series of .hack to be licensed by Funimation. *'' .hack//The Movie'', a CGI movie, announced on August 23, 2011. On January 21, 2012, it was launched in theaters throughout Japan. The movie takes place in the year 2024, where a reboot of ''The World'' under the name ''FORCE:ERA'' is released to a new generation of players. *''Thanatos Report'', OVA in ''.hack//Versus'' unlocked after finishing Story Mode.Novels
*''.hack//Cell'', a novel series released under the .hack Conglomerate project, written by Ryo Suzukaze. ''.hack//CELL'' takes place at the same time as ''.hack//Roots''. The main premise of the story covers the happenings that Midori and Adamas witness and experience in The World R:2, an extremely popular MMORPG that is a new version of the original game, , The World. Midori meets numerous characters from ''.hack//Roots'' (most notably Haseo) and ''.hack//G.U.'' (such as Silabus and Gaspard). The main plot centers around Midori selling herself out to would-be PKers, and some real-world events that center around the girl who also bears the name Midori (Midori Shimomura) who is in a coma. It is later revealed that Midori is a sentient PC, a result of the "virtual cell" that was taken from Midori Shimomura's blood. After Midori Shimomura awakens from her coma, she enters The World R:2 with a PC identical to Midori. Tokyopop has obtained the rights to ''.hack//CELL'' and was released on March 2, 2010. *''.hack//G.U.'', a novel series adaptation of the three ''.hack//G.U.'' Video games released under the .hack Conglomerate project. *''.hack//bullet'', a web novel that follows Flugel after the events of .hack//Link.Manga
*''.hack//4koma'', a yonkoma manga series most of the 4-Koma is filled with gags and parodies centring mostly around the main characters of the original ''.hack'' video game series and the ''.hack//G.U.'' video games series. *''.hack//Alcor'', a manga series released under the .hack Conglomerate project. It focuses on a girl called Nanase, who appears to be quite fond of Silabus, as well as Alkaid during her days as empress of the Demon Palace. *''.hack//GnU'', a humorous manga series released under the .hack Conglomerate project. It revolves around a male Blade Brandier called Raid and the seventh division of the Moon Tree guild. *''.hack//G.U.+'', a manga adaptation series loosely based on the three ''.hack//G.U.'' video games, released under the .hack Conglomerate project. *''.hack//XXXX'' (read as "X-Fourth"), a manga adaptation series released under the .hack Conglomerate project. The manga is loosely based on the four original ''.hack'' video games. *'' .hack//Link'', manga series released under the .hack Conglomerate project. It occurs three years after the end of ''.hack//G.U.'' in a new version of ''The World'' called ''The World R:X''. It focuses on a player named Tokio and a mysterious exchange student named Saika.Other appearances
A few characters from the franchise appear in the Nintendo 3DS games '' Project X Zone'' and '' Project X Zone 2''.References
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