Fantasy and reality collide when a surprisingly diverse group of online video-game addicts struggle to balance the game with personal relationships.
En videospilgigant hjælper med at skabe en ny teknologi, der gør det muligt for spillere at styre deres online-avatarer med deres egne kroppe – men der er et mørkt tvist.
.hack // Sign er en anime tv-serie instrueret af Koichi Mashimo og produceret af studiet Bee Tog og Bandai Visual, der gør op en af de fire oprindelige historier af .hack franchisen. Tyve seks originale episoder luftet på tv og tre ekstra bonus episoder blev udgivet på DVD som originale video animationer. Serien har karakter design af Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, kendt for sit arbejde på Evangelion, og manuskript af Kazunori Ito, der skrev manuskriptet til den første Ghost in the Shell filmen. Scoren er komponeret af Yuki Kajiura, mærkning hendes anden samarbejde med Koichi Mashimo.
.hack // Sign er påvirket af psykologiske og sociologiske emner som angst, eskapisme, og interpersonelle relationer. Serien fokuserer på en Wavemaster opkaldt Tsukasa, en spiller karakter af et virtual reality massivt multiplayer online rollespil spil kaldet The World. Tsukasa vågner op for at finde sig selv i et fangehul i verden, men han lider af kortsigtede hukommelsestab, da han spørger, hvor han er, og hvordan han kom der. Situationen bliver værre, når han opdager at han ikke er i stand til at logge ud og er fanget i spillet. Fra da af, sammen med andre spillere Tsukasa begiver sig ud på en mission for at finde ud af sandheden bag hans unormal situation.
Moriko Morioka is a 30-year-old single NEET woman. After dropping out from reality, she has taken off in search for a fulfilling life and ended up in a net game or "netoge." In the netoge world, she began her new life as a refreshing and handsome character named Hayashi. While starting out as a beginner, a pretty character named Lily reached out to help her. Meanwhile, in the real world, awaits a shocking encounter with a good-looking elite company employee, a mysterious blue-eyed blonde.
A new Internet service has been born in the world of Gunpla. Within the Metaverse realm, the user can control their own avatar, interact with other users, play Gunpla Battle, and purchase actual Gunpla. Rio Hojo is a boy who has dived into this new world. Studying Gunpla building techniques in the real world with Seria Urutuski, and absorbing Gunpla Battle know-how from Mask Lady in the Metaverse world, he has been honing his skills day by day. After completing his own original Gunpla, the Lah Gundam, Rio happens to encounter some past champions of Gunpla Battle in the Metaverse realm.
The Gunpla Force Battle Tournament is a big event held in GBN once per year. Competing in the final round are Avalon, led by the champion Kyoya Kujo, and the elite 7th Panzer Division led by the cunning Rommel. Starting with Kyoya's Gundam AGE II Magnum, a variety of Gunpla take to the field to determine which is the strongest force!
Akira Oono is an ordinary working adult who manages the MMORPG Infinity Game. Fifteen years after creating the game, Oono decides to shut the servers down once and for all. However, as the clock strikes midnight, he somehow finds himself in the body of middle-aged Hakuto Kunai, Infinity Game's Demon Lord!
Soon after his mysterious transportation, he witnesses the demon Greole chasing after a little girl named Aku. Although he effortlessly dispatches the creature, Hakuto is still concerned; after all, he does not remember creating the girl or the demon! Doubting whether he truly is in the world of his creation, Hakuto decides to investigate. Bringing Aku along as his guide and companion, Hakuto sets out on a journey to find out exactly who or what summoned him to this fantasy world—all while leaving chaos and destruction in his wake.
Thousands of years ago, the 5 Kings guarded the land of the Xia Dynasty with magic artifacts. Later, the leader of the Dragon Clan, Zu Long, helped humanity by establishing the Yun Chui Empire. The empire overlooks the calm ocean where Xi and the Black Water Clan have maintained it for 1,000 years in peace. Now, waves are surging from below and chaos will rise once again.