The plot from this series felt a bit like a combination of "Serial Experiments Lain" with the South Park Episode Make Love, Not Warcraft, with all the characters taking an online game with such seriousness that it wasn't sure what to think about it.
I mean, the animation is excellent, the art is pretty well done and the music is effectively haunting, butthe plot from this series doesn't convince me.
Aside from the fact that all the characters from this anime take a multi-player RPG with a solemnity that could be expected from an existentialist book, the pacing is way too slow for my taste, with nothing really happening for most part of the episodes. I don't mind if a series is slow as long the plot and the characters remain being interesting, but the problem is that, after a few chapters, .hack//SIGN becomes incredibly tedious.
I really tried to like this series, and I have to recognize the fact that it does have indeed many virtues. But this kind of stuff isn't for everyone. Personally, I think that even the most patient viewers will have some trouble watching .hack//SIGN due the slowness of the plot.
At least .hack//Legend of the Twilight didn't takes itself too seriously, being more enjoyable to watch. (Despite the somewhat uncomfortable incest subtext which was included for some reason)
I wonder if this show served as inspiration for the "Greed Island" arc from Hunter X Hunter.
The animation and soundtrack are amazing, though.
I mean, the animation is excellent, the art is pretty well done and the music is effectively haunting, butthe plot from this series doesn't convince me.
Aside from the fact that all the characters from this anime take a multi-player RPG with a solemnity that could be expected from an existentialist book, the pacing is way too slow for my taste, with nothing really happening for most part of the episodes. I don't mind if a series is slow as long the plot and the characters remain being interesting, but the problem is that, after a few chapters, .hack//SIGN becomes incredibly tedious.
I really tried to like this series, and I have to recognize the fact that it does have indeed many virtues. But this kind of stuff isn't for everyone. Personally, I think that even the most patient viewers will have some trouble watching .hack//SIGN due the slowness of the plot.
At least .hack//Legend of the Twilight didn't takes itself too seriously, being more enjoyable to watch. (Despite the somewhat uncomfortable incest subtext which was included for some reason)
I wonder if this show served as inspiration for the "Greed Island" arc from Hunter X Hunter.
The animation and soundtrack are amazing, though.