.hack // Legend of the Twilight
| .hack // Legend of the Twilight | ||||
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| Original title | .hack // 黄昏 の 腕 輪 伝 説 | |||
| transcription | .hack // Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu | |||
| genre | Adventure, comedy, science fiction, fantasy | |||
| Manga | ||||
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Tatsuya Hamazaki | |||
| Illustrator | Rei Izumi | |||
| publishing company | Kadokawa Shoten | |||
| magazine | Comptiq | |||
| First publication | January 2002 - November 2003 | |||
| expenditure | 3 | |||
| Television series | ||||
| Country of production | Japan | |||
| original language | Japanese | |||
| year | 2003 | |||
| Production company |
Bee train | |||
| length | 24 minutes | |||
| Episodes | 12 | |||
| production | Kazunori Takagi, Koji Morimoto, Ryō Shimamura | |||
| First broadcast | January 8, 2003 - March 26, 2003 on TV Tokyo | |||
| German-language first broadcast |
October 1, 2007 on Animax | |||
| Review article | ||||
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.hack // Legend of the Twilight ( Japanese. .hack // 黄昏 の 腕 輪 伝 説 , .hack // Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu ) is a manga series by the Japanese author Tatsuya Hamazaki and the illustrator Rei Izumi from 2002, which is part of the .hack heard. An anime television series based on the manga was released in 2003.
content
The 14-year-old girl Rena loves to play the online role-playing game "The World". When she wins two rare characters formerly used by the famous group ".hackers", she invites her twin brother Shugo. At first he is reluctant to participate, but over time he enjoys the game more and more. Soon they get to know the rarehunter (hunter of rare objects) Mireiyu, the wolf woman Ouka and the good-natured Hotaru and become friends with them. Shugo helps Hotaru, for example, to heal her Puchiguso, an animal that can be raised in the game. They also meet Komiyan III, who turns out to be one of Shugo's classmates, but only teases him in the game and is in love with his sister. They also meet Lord Balmung, who organizes events for the operating company of the game.
When he is seriously injured in a fight, Shugo meets the girl Aura in a dreamlike scene. She gives him a bracelet that gives him great power but is difficult to use. The friends soon find out that the bracelet and aura are related to the adventures of the .hackers four years earlier. You are fascinated by the .hackers and want to discover the secret, and Shugo wants to meet Aura again. Soon a little girl will join them, Zefi. She is an AI vagabond, a program with a standalone character, and claims to be Aura's daughter. In order to get Shugo into trouble, Komiyan betrays the friends about Zefi and the bracelet to the "Blue Knighthood", a game administration, for whom these are a rule violation. Shugo, Rena, Zefi, Mireiyu, Ouka and Hotaru are captured. Shugo, Rena and Zefi are to be deleted, the other three are allowed to leave after they have promised not to reunite. But thanks to Zefi and the bracelet, the three heroes can flee before they are deleted.
The friends meet again soon after. Balmung, who once belonged to the .hackers, brings them together and wants to help them. When the Blue Knighthood provides them, they can defeat them thanks to his help. They learn that they are under the protection of Aura and thus of The World and cannot be deleted. After Balmung was able to convince himself in the fight against Shugo that he has become a worthy hero, he leads the siblings and Zefi to Aura.
publication
The manga was published from January 2002 to November 2003 in Comptiq magazine by Kadokawa Shoten . The chapters were also published in three edited volumes between July 2002 and April 2004.
Madman Entertainment published the manga in Australia and New Zealand. In Germany, the manga was published by Carlsen Verlag in a translation by Claudia Peter. The series was also published in Spanish, French, Danish and Polish, among others.
Anime adaptation
In 2003, Bee Train studio produced an anime version of Legend of The Twilight , directed by Koichi Mashimo and Koji Sawai. The character design comes from Yoko Kikuchi and Yoshimi Umino was responsible for the artistic direction. The plot builds on the manga, but differs in some places, so Shugo and Rena do not live separately in the manga.
The series was first broadcast from January 8th to March 26th, 2003 on TV Tokyo in Japan. The anime was translated into English, Spanish and French, among others, and was broadcast in German by Animax from October 1, 2007 .
Voice actor
The German synchronization was created in the Studio Circle of Arts . The dubbing book comes from Frank Preissler.
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Shūgo | Junko Minagawa | Daniel hose |
| Rena | Mai Nakahara | Shandra Schadt |
| Hotaru | Ayako Kawasumi | Gabrielle Pietermann |
| aura | Maaya Sakamoto | Kathrin Gaube |
| Balmung | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Claus-Peter Damitz |
music
The opening title is New World by Round Table featuring Nino , the closing song is Emerald Green , sung by See-Saw and composed by Yuki Kajiura and texted by Chiaki Ishikawa .
reception
The German fan magazine Funime describes the drawing style and music as kept simple, especially when compared to the other parts of the franchise. Since more of the focus is on comedy, the super-deformed style used goes well with the series.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Official Franchise Website (English, Japanese)
- Manga and Anime on Anime News Network (English)
- .hack // Legend of the Twilight in the Internet Movie Database (English)