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Description

In the year 2005, a computer virus called Pluto Kiss struck and destroyed most of the internet. A few years later, the network has been rebuilt and a game known simply as "The World" has emerged. The game, maintained by CC Company (though invented by a man named Harold) is an massive online roleplaying game that has become immensely popular. There are mysterious problems with the game, however, but few players know about them and their potential danger. The show is based upon the series of four .hack video games.

.hack//Liminality takes place outside the game and in the real world, shortly after the events of .hack//SIGN. Random people have been falling into comas, all while playing in the game, but so far it has been kept quiet. In an effort to uncover the truth and prove that the comas are connected to the game, Tokuoka Ichiro leaves CC Company to pursue his own investigation. He starts with a young high school girl whom is the only person to wake up from one of the comas. Later, things become even worse when the entire city of Yokohama is blacked out and chaos ensues because of it - events similar to what happened with Pluto Kiss and believed to be related to The World. Time begins to run out as CC Company makes plans to erase all the evidence. Can the connection between the comas, blackout and the mysterious background of The World's creator be uncovered before the evidence is lost? A lot of effort went into making .hack//Liminality look good. The background artwork, based upon real photographs, is spectacular and beautifully rendered. The music is also well orchestrated and fitting for the mood of the show. A nice continuation to this popular series.

Main Characters
Tokuoka Ichiro

Original voice: Masashi Ehara

Tokuoka is a middle-aged man with fierce determination for anything that he does. He is both pleasant and friendly though his abrupt nature in dealing with people tends to give wrong first impressions. Also despite appearance to the contrary, he is fairly wealthy. Tokuoka is a master computer programmer and used to work for CC Company. He left after he learned that the mysterious comas were connected to the game and that the company was trying to cover it up. Tokuoka has a high code of ethics, but they often become nothing more than words as he is required to repeatedly break them in his search for the truth.

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Mai Minase

Original voice: Sanae Kobayashi

A young high scool student, Mai is the only person who has woken up from the game-induced comas. After Tokuoka approaches her for information she eventually decides to help him, so that she may also learn what happened to her. She also wants to help Kasumi (her would-be boyfriend) who is also in a coma because of the game. Mai is very intelligent and acts older than she really is. She is also quite laid back, often dismissing or ignoring altogether the people around her. Mai lives alone with her mother, though they don't get along very well, her mother beliving that she needs to be more serious and have proper goals in life.

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Yuki Aihara

Original voice: Saeko Chiba

Another high school student, Yuki used to play the game with Kasumi until he collapsed. As such, she was contacted by Tokuoka for information. She became more deeply involved after becoming trapped in a building, thanks to city wide blackout caused by The World game, and decided to continue to try and help. Yuki is very carefree and likes to be in the heart of the action. She is also quite intelligent, though she often forgets to think about what she's doing before she does it, getting her into trouble. Like Mai, Yuki doesn't seem to get along well with her family and she feels neglected thanks to a new baby in the family getting all the attention.

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Kyoko Tohno

Original voice: Aya Hisakawa

An in-game friend of Yuki whom also played with Kasumi, Kyoko is a young, but mature woman with a great deal of knowledge about literature and mythology. This knowledge helps Tokuoka to understand the background of Harold, The World's creator, and some of the elements he programmed into the game. This allows them to uncover the truth to what was happening. Kyoko is a resourceful woman and not one to turn down a challenge. When she first met Yuki in person, she was dissapointed at her real personality, but later became friends anyway.

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Music

Mp3:

1. Edge (3.34Mb) Opening theme for .hack//Liminality OAV 1

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Thousand Night One Night (4.54Mb)
Opening theme for .hack//Liminality OAV 2

3.
Kimi ga Ita Monogatari (4.86Mb)
Opening theme for .hack//Liminality OAV 3

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Tasogare no Umi (4.99Mb)
Ending theme for .hack//Liminality OAVs

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1.	Edge (3.34Mb)	Opening theme for .hack//Liminality OAV 1
2.	Thousand Night One Night (4.54Mb)	Opening theme for .hack//Liminality OAV 2
3.	Kimi ga Ita Monogatari (4.86Mb)	Opening theme for .hack//Liminality OAV 3
4.	Tasogare no Umi (4.99Mb)	Ending theme for .hack//Liminality OAVs