.hack//Sekai no Mukou ni

I was looking forward for this movie for quite long since I first saw the trailer during December last year.

I was a fans of .hack series since 2006, when my friend asked me to help her download the series. Although I helped my friend downloaded .hack//Roots, but I didn't watch it immediately because I checked and found out there's a .hack//SIGN. I download and watched .hack//SIGN and then .hack//Roots and totally love their story and setting.

Ever since then, I read and watch everything related to .hack series:
Anime & OVA
.hack//SIGN
.hack//Roots
.hack//Liminality
.hack//GIFT
.hack//Legend of the Twilight
.hack//G.U. Returner
.hack//Quantum
Movie
.hack//G.U. Trilogy
Manga
.hack//XXXX
.hack//G.U.+
.hack//Link

So, I was waiting for this movie since December last year. It was aired in Japan during January this year, so normally it takes few months for the DVD/Blu-ray to release. Yesterday I felt that I haven't watch any anime movie for some time, so I check for awhile and realized this movie actually available for download since early August. Without hesitation, I straight away search for download links and start downloading. Today when I wake up, it's completed! and so, the movie begins.

The movie is a little different from my expectation, as I thought it would be full of in-game actions like .hack//G.U. Trilogy, but it's more about the real-life story. The story was really great even though not many actions. I like how Sora acts when she first login into The World, like a totally newbie playing online game. The characters in this movie are same with the other .hack series, but somehow it's totally different, for example Kite without the rare dual blade, blue flame and twilight bracelet. Balmung and Orca also having different name in the movie.

For instance, even if you never watch or read any .hack series, it's totally okay to watch this movie because it's not related to other series. However, I still recommend to watch all the series to know the story behind all series. I'm still downloading .hack//Versus, seems like it's a bonus OVA of the game that released together in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

The theme song of the movie was awesome too.
KOKIA - 光をあつめて (Hikari wo Atsumete)


here's a link for the movie for those who are interested. the other .hack series can be found here too.
and this is a review of this movie from my favorite anime review site.

here goes the spam of screenshots

the character "Kite" was created

gaming console "FMD"

newbie who don't know how to close windows

Aura appears!

Aura with imba barrier

in-game security guards

Aura plant seed into Kite

Kite keep talking NPC thinking it's a player

Orca and Balmung! in here is Gondo and Balder

Masaru Seven and Dasha

another console for playing The World

the confess scene

security guard lose to virus bug

Aura's seed power

Tanaka became unconscious

Sora's grandpa

reinforcements 

Balder like a boss

loli Aura appear

loli Aura evolving

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