Help with .hack timeline?

Question

I've seen one .hack series years ago and I'm so confused how the timeline goes.I don't know how many got dubbed so if you know can you also let me know if they all are dubbed? thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Most if not all got dubbed. Heres how it goes. Theres many ways you can watch the series, because the series is very confusing and it skips to the past and future a lot.

Here are a few possibilities.



What people think(wrong):

.HACK//Sign

.HACK//Roots

.HACK//Dusk

.HACK//Liminality



Eventual Storyline & Chronological Order:

1. Sign

2. Liminality

3. Legend of Twilight

4. Gift

5. Roots

6. Trilogy - movie

7. Returner



The way they aired in Japan:

Sign 2002

Liminity 2002-2003

Twilight 2003

Roots 2006



Don't forget all the OVA's and everything else.





A lot of people get Sign and Roots mixed up.

Look at this great diagram that explains everything:



http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=rel&aid=24



With games and everything released just for your information:



AI buster vol 1 - novel

AI buster vol 2 - novel

.Hack Sign - anime

.Hack Infection - game

.Hack Mutation - game

.Hack Outbreak - game

.Hack Quarintine - game

.Hack Liminalty - anime ( happens during the time of the first 4 games, last episode happens when they are fighting the last boss)

.Hack sign episode 26 - non canon due to GU

.Hack Fragment - game ( no story, no point )

.Hack Legend of the twilight - Manga

.Hack legend of the twilight - anime ( non Canon)

.Hack GU manga - not 100% sure which is cannon, I believe Alcor and another are canon, there are several other manga but probably isn't canon or just play the game)

.Hack Roots - anime

.Hack GU vol1 Rebirth - game

.Hack GU vol 2 Reminisce - game

.Hack GU vol 3 Redemption - game

.Hack GU OVA - anime

.Hack Trilogy - movie non canon

.Hack Link - Manga ( non canon)

.Hack Link - game

.Hack Quantum - Anime

.Hack Versus - Movie ( dunno if its before or afetr quantum, havent watched yet)

.Hack Versus - fighting game (non canon? no story?)

Answer 2

Dot Hack Quantum

Answer 3

I made this timeline a few years ago when i ran my own dot hack facebook group. I'm sure it will help.



Dot Hack Timeline



*Happens In Fragment- The Beta Version of "The World"*

.hack//Epitaph of Twilight (Novel) *Japanese Only

.hack//Epitaph of Twilight 2 (Novel) *Japanese Only

.hack//Intermezzo (27th Flashback Episode Of .hack//Sign)



*****Happens In R:1*****

.hack//A.I. Buster (Novel)

.hack//A.I. Buster 2 (Novel)

.hack//Sign (Anime TV Series) [28 Episodes]

.hack//Zero (Novel) *Japanese Only

.hack//Infection (PS2 Game)-Parallels---.hack//

Liminality 1

.hack//Mutation (PS2 Game)-Parallels---.hack//

Liminality 2

.hack//Outbreak (PS2 Game)-Parallels---.hack//

Liminality 3

.hack//Quarantine (PS2 Game)-Parallels-.hack//

Liminality 4

.hack//Another Birth (Novel) *Also parallels games above*

.hack//Another Birth 2 (Novel) *parallels games above*

.hack//Another Birth 3 (Novel) *parallels games above*

.hack//Another Birth 4 (Novel) *parallels games above*

.hack//Firefly (Manga)

.hack//Legend Of The Twilight (Manga)

.hack//Frägment (PS2 Game) *Japanese Only

.hack//ChupChopCase (Manga) *Japanese Only



*****Happens In R:2*****

.hack GU//Terminal Disc

.hack//Cell (Novel)

.hack//Roots (Anime TV Series) [26 Episodes]

.hack//Alcor (Manga)

.hack//GnU (Manga)

.hack GU//Rebirth (PS2 Game)

.hack GU//Reminisce (PS2 Game)

.hack GU//Redemption (PS2 Game)

.hack GU//Returner (Anime) *Japanese Only



*****Happens In R:X*****

.hack//Link (PSP Game)

.hack//Quantum (3 Episode Anime)

.hack//The End of The World (FMV Movie) *Japanese Only - also called ".hack//Sekai no Mukou ni"

.hack//The Thanatos Report (Anime) *Japanese Only

.hack//Versus (PS3 Game) *Japanese Only

Guilty Dragon (iPhone/Android Game)

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Non-Canon Timeline



.hack//XXXX (Manga): Kite begins his investigation of the circumstances that led to his friend Yasuhiko falling comatose with the help of Cubia (Who this time is a PC).



Parody Mode: Kite begins his investigation of the circumstances that led to his friend Wabisuke Tanaka falling comatose.



.hack//GIFT (Anime): Characters from SIGN and the Games search for the Twilight Hot Springs.



.hack//Unison (Episode Of .hack//Sign): Helba hosts a party in Net Slum.



.hack//Legend of the Twilight (Anime Series) [12 Episodes]: Shugo tries to find the people responsible for Rena's condition.



.hack//Frägment (PS2 Game)



.hack//GU+ (Novel): Haseo searches for the legendary PK, Tri-Edge, who killed his online friend Shino. Shino became a Lost One, because of Tri-Edge, and as a Lost One she is inside Raven along with Sakubo and later Endrance, waiting to wake up. In this incarnation Haseo never loses his levels and learned jobs, so right after the fight with Azure Kite he still can use Flick Reaper and Edge Punisher weapons, but he is always in his first form.



.hack//G.U. (Novel) In this incarnation, several characters are different classes and the Avatars are weapons.



.hack//G.U. Trilogy (FMV Movie): An original animated movie based on the events of all 3 .hack//G.U. Games. However, there are too many characters and events missing from this movie to justify it as being a part of the real timeline.



.hack//4koma: Characters from the Games and GU Games meet.



.hack//Link: Twilight Knights (Manga)



Project X Zone: Multiple game company crossover game in which Kite & BlackRose appear. (Nintendo 3DS)

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With every new revision of "the world", character data does not carry over for the "players" of the game. The GU games represent R:2, the second official revision of "the world". By the time //link rolls around, there's a new version called R:X that everyone's switched to..... the portable version. SO they are forced to re-create their characters as close to their characters in the previous game as possible.

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