AMINE AND MANGA

.hack//Sign (trademarked as .hack//SIGN) is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and produced by studio Bee Train and Bandai Visual, that makes up one of the four original storylines of the .hack franchise. Twenty six original episodes aired on TV and three additional bonus episodes (Intermezzo, Unison, and Gift) were released on DVD as Original video animations (OVAs). The series features character design by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, known for his work on Evangelion, and screenplay by Kazunori Ito, who penned the screenplay for the first Ghost in the Shell movie. The score was composed by Yuki Kajiura, marking her second collaboration with Kōichi Mashimo.

.hack//G.U. is the title of a series of three video games for the PlayStation 2. The first title in the series, Vol.1 Rebirth, was released in Japan on May 18, 2006 and on October 24, 2006 in North America. Vol.2 Reminisce was released on September 28, 2006 in Japan and on May 8, 2007 in North America. Vol.3 Redemption was released on January 18, 2007 in Japan and on September 10, 2007 in North America. .hack//G.U Trilogy the movie, was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 25, 2008 in Japan.

The games take place after the .hack//Roots anime series. .hack//Roots serves as a prologue to the G.U. video game series in the same way the .hack//Sign anime series served as a prologue to the four original .hack//Games.

.hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet (.hack//黄昏の腕輪伝説, Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu^?) is a science fiction manga series written by Tatsuya Hamazaki and drawn by Rei Izumi. The twenty-two chapters of .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet were serialized in the Japanese magazine Comptiq, and published in three tankōbon by Kadokawa Shoten from July 2002 to April 2004. Set in a fictional MMORPG, The World, the series focuses on a pair of twins, Rena and Shugo, who receive chibi avatars in the design of the legendary .hackers known as Kite and BlackRose. After Shugo is given the Twilight Bracelet by a mysterious girl, the two embark on a quest to find Aura and unravel the mystery of the Twilight Bracelet.

The series was adapted into a twelve episode anime of the same name directed by Koichi Mashimo and Koji Sawai, and produced by Bee Train.

Tokyopop licensed the manga series for an English-language release in North America. It published the three volumes from September 2003 to April 2004. Bandai Entertainment licensed the anime series for North American broadcast. The word "Bracelet" in the title was removed in North America, shortening the title to .hack//Legend of the Twilight.