.hack//Quantum
.hack//Quantum (ドットハック クワンタム, Dotto Hakku Kuwantamu?) is an animated three episode OVA animated series by Kinema Citrus studio in Japan and presented by Bandai Visual. The series was initially scheduled to be released in November 2010 however this schedule was later changed. The first episode was released on January 28, 2011 with the following two episodes to be released in one month intervals. Excluding the all CGI animation movie .hack//G.U. Trilogy this is the first animated OVA project to not be animated by long time .hack// producer Bee Train Productions Inc., nor directed by Koichi Mashimo. This project is also not related to a planned CGI movie tie in to the newest game in the .hack// series, .hack//Link.[1] Masaki Tachibana of Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is directing the OVA project and .hack// writer Tatsuya Hamazaki will be scripting it. Kinema Citrus will be animating the series and Kow Otani will be composing the music score.[2] Yuuka Nanri will be performing the theme song for .hack.Quantum. At Anime Weekend Atlanta 2011, Funimation Entertainment announced that it has licensed the OVA series and will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 12, 2012.[3]
Synopsis
The story follows the path of three players: Sakuya, Tobias, and Mary, and their playing of the world's largest MMORPG, "The World R:X" created by Cyberconnect Corporation. As is the case, these players were on a quest in their party of three, when they are caught in a strange circumstance of fate.
Main Characters
- Sakuya (サクヤ, Sakuya?)
- Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (Japanese), Trina Nishimura (English)
- A female character based on the character Kite from the .hack games, who formed a party with three of her friends in "The World R:X". She likes to say "Look before you jump" when charging off places. She has a habit of picking up every item she stumbles across, whether this trait is solely to the in-game character "Sakuya" or is characteristic of her real-life self is unknown.
- Asumi Aida (相田 亜澄, Aida asumi?)
- High school student living in Aomori. Has the same personality and look as Sakuya, with an always cheerful personality.
- Tobias (トービアス, Tōbiasu?)
- Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Anastasia Munoz (English)
- A female character based on the character Balmung from the .hack games, also known as "Tobias the Informant," Tobias adventures with Sakuya with a pretty-boy look. She has a cool and calculating-nihilistic personality.
- Iori Ikuta (生田 衣織, Ikuta Iori?)
- Iori goes to the same high-school as Asumi and Eri, she is the "woman" with the air of adulthood around her. She is quite pretty, but unlike in-game, she isn't as picky about clothing and will wear what is practical over what is in-style.
- Mary (メアリ, Meari?)
- Voiced by: Ayumi Fujimura (Japanese), Lara Woodhull (English)
- A female character based on the character BlackRose from the .hack games who adventures with Sakuya and Tobias. Her personality runs in contrary to the wild look of the Edge Punisher class, and would many times be misled into doing the tasks of two people.
- Eri Etou (江藤 衿, Etō Eri?)
- Voiced by: Aymi Fujimura (Japanese), Lara Woodhull (English)
- Eri attends the same high school as Asumi and Iori. As a childhood friend of Asumi, she started to play "The World" after being invited by Asumi. Her personality is much more serious than her in-game counterpart.
Staff
- Original Story - .hack Conglomerate
- Project:
- Akira Ooshita (大下聡?)
- Satoshi Reisen (冷泉さとし?)
- Shirō Sasaki (佐々木史朗?)
- Kazuya Watanabe (渡辺和哉?)
- Takehiko Shimojima (下島健彦?)
- Naki Ogasawara (小笠原宗紀?)
- Makoto Yukawa (湯川淳?)
- Hisato Usui (臼井久人?)
- Shigeaki Komatsu (小松茂明?)
- Kazuhiko Shōbe (省部和彦?)
- Shigehiro Kurida (栗田滋弘?)
- Yūichirō Matsuie (松家雄一郎?)
- Original Character Design:
- Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (貞本義行?)
- Seiichirō Hosokawa (細川誠一郎?)
- Megane Kikuya (喜久屋めがね?)
- Characeter Design - Atsushi Hasebe (長谷部敦志?)
- Animation Director - Atsushi Hasebe (長谷部敦志?)
- Writer - Tastuya Hamazaki (浜崎達也?)
- Monster Design - Kenji Andou (安藤賢司?)
- Mechanical Design - Takeshi Takekura (高倉武史?)
- Set Design - Yoshinori Hishinuma (菱沼由典?)
- Art Director - Yūsuke Takeda (竹田悠介?)
- Color Design - Rie Katō (加藤里恵?)
- Editing - Hiroshi Okuda (奥田浩史?)
- Director of Photography - Eiji Kimura (木村俊也?)
- 3D Director - Eiji Inomoto (井野元英二?)
- Sound Director - Kazuya Tanaka (たなかかずや?)
- Music - Yuki Ōdani (大谷幸?)
- Music Creator - Kēiche Nozaki (野崎圭一?)
- Music Production - Flying Dog
- Animation Studio - Kinema Citrus
- Production:
- .hack//Quantum Production Committee
- Bandai Visual
- Showgate Inc
- Flying Dog
- Yomiuri Kōkokusha Inc
- NEC BIGLOBE Inc
- Kinema Citrus
- Director - Tachibana Masaki (橘正紀?)
Ending Theme
- Shizuku (雫 -shizuku-?)
- Vocals: Yūka Nanri (南里侑香?)
- Lyrics: Takumi Ozawa (尾澤拓実?)
- Composition:Takumi Ozawa (尾澤拓実?)
- Arrangement:Takumi Ozawa (尾澤拓実?)
Episode List
Pre-orders of the theatrical release on Amazon.co.jp and animate will come with a bonus Original Drama CD.
| # |
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Original airdate |
| 1 |
"WALKING PARTY" |
Nov. 11, 2010 (airdate), Jan. 1, 2011 (sale date) |
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| 2 |
"WIRED PRISONER"
"Wired Prisφner" |
Feb. 25, 2011 |
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| 3 |
"The World-end Pallbearer"
"the ωorldend Pallbearer" |
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Manga
The manga is serialized in Comp Ace as ".hack//Quantum+" (Pronounced "Quantum Plus"). Illustrated by Nao Mitaka (三鷹ナオ?), and will follow the story as written for the anime by Tachibana Masaki.
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