Hack//G.U. Trilogy

If you've played the game and watched the /GU series that is the prequel to the games, then you will know exactly what happens in this movie. People giving this item a bad review because it doesn't cover enough need to realize this is ONE movie for 3 games. They manage to fit nearly 90% of the game in this movie. The only thing they don't talk about are the tournaments, but, they show it without explaining it.

For .hack fans and especially fans of the GU universe, this is a recommended buy. Graphics and dialogue are great. I didn't watch the dubbed version; but, who would when you can watch it in its natural glory?

.hack//SIGN was one of the original anime series that really hooked me into anime for good way back when. I used to stay up super late and make sure I watched at least it, and then after it quit airing, all of the prequels as well. I played every game and loved them equally. That said, this DVD collection is amazing. Granted, I already had all of it before, but having it condensed to one case is great for fans and new comers alike. I always recommend this series to my friends and I hope and pray that we will continue to see more of it in the years to come!

To start things off, I played the games over and over and watched the anime. So when a movie version was coming out, I was thrilled. Now for the DVD itself, the menu contains 4 options:

Play, Chapters, Set Up, and Extras

Now of course the first two are obvious, but there needs to be some explaining on Set Up and Extras just in case there are people wanting more details.

Set Up has only, now I repeat ONLY Japanese dub, so if your expecting to hear the English Dub forget about it. As for Subtitles it's there in English, but in yellow font. The yellow font kinda bugs me, however if you're used to watching animes, it's fine.

As for Extras, there is the;

Parody Mode, which is not related to ".hack//G.U. TRILOGY", any real organization and people. It just changes the dialog in the movie to be comedic. I enjoyed this little extra. It's kinda like the 4koma you see in the GU games.

Promotional 1, 2, and 3.

Special TV Program: Making of the Theatrical Feature. This one has the Director, Hiroshi Matsuyama, and Haseo VA, Takahiro Sakurai just talking about the development of the movie and games in general. What really surprised me was second people who presented the Trilogy trailer to the audience. It was Tomoyo Mitani. I know this isn't big, but I never seen a photo of her. At one point in time, I figure her voice was just a computer synthesizer or whatnot.

Image Board Gallery

and Trailers

Now for the main thing itself, the movie.

This movie focuses on just Haseo, Atoli and Ovan. Most of the games character don't really make it in for screentime. If you played the games, it'll revolve around Rebirth, skips Reminisce, and straight into Ovan's purpose.

Also if you never played Vol. 3 Redemption and don't want to be spoiled, avoid reading this part

*Spoilers* Cubia is NOT in this film. I'm just putting my thoughts on why this wasn't in. In the extras, the director said that they were developing this movie, while also doing Reminisce. So to be able to stay on length, they just didn't add it. And again, this movie just focuses on the three characters as mention.

*Spoiler ends*

This movie should be watched by fans as we know the full story, but if your new some parts may be confusing and have you thinking "wth whats up with this depressed girl". Overall I enjoyed it.

I LOVE .hack! And this Blu-ray is amazing! I'm not 100% sure it's not bootleg, but I really don't care at this point. It's an awesome movie and I'm glad I could see it in HD!

It branches off from the original G.U. storyline, but it's a nice change of pace. I still really enjoyed it. The audio is Japanese with English subtitles. Unfortunately there was never an English dub for this. So this is the next best thing ^_~

The reviews all seem like everything is fine, but this copy is japanese audio and Japanese subtitles only. You wasted two weeks of my time to ship it too, this is meant to be a gift.

Sending it back

This was a good movie, but trying to cram 3 video games into 1 theatrical feature was a bit too much. If you didn't play any of the .hack//G.U. video games then you might have a hard time figuring out the finer mechanics of what was going on in the movie. Many of the main characters weren't included like Sakubo and Endrance, only Haseo, Atoli, and Ovan used their epitaph powers, and several of the main enemies were over shadowed or not shown at all. Plus, it skipped most of the games key parts and pretty much remastered cut-senes to make most of the movie. Basically the movie focused only on Haseo, Atoli, and Ovan. Not that its a bad thing, but there was so much more than what was portrayed.

The graphics were amazing and the fight scenes were awsome.

In bluray subtitles only (because not been dubbed yet in NA for those who like dubs) HD story telling of the story that goes in the game series. I personally think it's a great price seeing how it was only released in JP, although regardless it is pretty steep for I believe 1 blu ray disc. If you love .hack you have to get it!

The movie worked perfectly and had no scratches or anything! Like brand new! I enjoyed watching it and it's a real keeper!

le film est bien réaliser. Les personnages sont bien dessine. On a plaisir à regarder les actiosn dès le début du film.

個人的にハマリにハマッタPS2ゲーム.hack//G.U.シリーズのリメイク映像作品化！

このTRILOGY製作の為に作られたチームでの製作で

間違いなく高クオリティーな作品になる事でしょう。

映像等はPVしか見ていませんが基本的にゲーム作品の1〜3までのメインストーリーに必要な部分のみを抽出し再編集・再構成をしての製作でしょうから作品時間の95分と言うのはそれほど短いとは思っていません。（短めな映画位はありますから。まぁ長いほうが嬉しいのは当然ですけどねｗ）

またゲームでのハセヲはストーリーが進むにつれて性格が多少穏やかになって行きますが、これがちょっと気に入らなかった方もいるのではないでしょうか？最後まで初期のような攻撃的なキャラでいてほしかったと・・・。　それがこのTRILOGYでは物凄い発狂振りを最初から後半まで見せてくれます！

あとパロディーモードがあるのも良しです。G.U.しかプレイしていない人には知らないと思いますが前作の.hackシリーズには本編クリア後に楽しめたモードです（本編のセリフが可笑しくなっていますｗ）

☆が４つなのはまだ観ていない物に最高ランクはつけられませんからね・・・（もしかしたらガッカリな可能性もありますからね('・ω・｀)

とても期待できる作品という意味で☆４つです

でもゲームをプレイしハマッタ人にとっては間違いなく買いでしょう！

ちなみに私はブルーレイ版も予約済みです。

今更ながら、G.U.ゲーム版のファンなので本作品を買いました。

他の人が書いておられるとおり、

G.U.シリーズ未経験の方には分かりにくいと思います。ＰＳ２のVol123を一つにまとめたのですから当然かもしれません。

逆にシリーズ経験者には凄く嬉しいファンディスクです！

個人的にPS2のvol2、3で性格が丸くなっていくハセヲに物足りなさ感じてたので、

ＰＳ２Vol1以上の怒りっぷり！狂気っぷり！が後半まで続いていくのに、

「これだよ！このハセヲを待ってたんだ！」とハセヲ３ｒｄのカスタムバージョンに燃えました！

この勢いのまま本当の「トライエッジ」まで行って欲しかったな〜とゲームをクリアした後思っていたので、

３ｒｄ改と本当のトライエッジ戦は心が熱くなりました！

ただ・・・別に２次創作を押し付ける意味ではありませんが、ハセヲと志乃派でゲームやってクリアしたもんで、

ああ、やっぱりG.U.のヒロインはアトリなんだな、と後半の本当の意味で強くなったアトリを見て、そう思いました。

言い換えれば、ゲームでは個人的に苦手なタイプのキャラだったので、本作品で好きになりましたｗ

このクオリティで次世代据え置き機で、また遊んでみたいと思いました。

ゴッドオブウォー１、２の例もありますし、ＨＤリマスターされたらどの機種でも買ってまたG.U.の物語をプレイしてみたいです。

CC2のスタッフさん、見てましたら、Linkでシリーズ終わらせないで、これからも.hack//続けて下さいますように

お願いします！ m(_ _)m

自分はゲーム版プレイ済みです。

正直言ってよく映画の尺に収めたなぁと感心します。

けれどもいろいろなシーンが省略しすぎ感で、初見にはツライんじゃないか？と思いますが、逆にゲーム版見てないほうが、アレがないあのキャラ全カットなの？と思わずに済むかも？

万人受けはしないでしょう。どこをターゲットにしたのかもよくわからないですが、ゲーム版プレイ済みの方が振り返りするにはよさそうです。

パロディモードはゲーム版収録のものとはまた別なのでそれはそれでお楽しみです。

映像が綺麗でとても気に入りました！

ありがとうございました！