Hack Sign

The show thrusts you into a something that they never give you any real information for. The story is slow and definitely not like a real rpg game. Normally you would not stand around and talk for hours on end like how they do it. That would be a good way to get attacked. And that’s not the only problem of this show, they talk but they don’t really say much or they think you have already had the knowledge of the games already. This must seem like a good idea for the creators of the story since a lot of anime that are based on games do this but it’s not really that great. When the game is not translated over or when it’s harder to get, it really throws you off the anime since it leaves more questions then answers.
There is another thing that just feels out of place. The opening has a women dancing around a virtual world but from what I know of, she is never a actual character within the world. She seems very out of place.
The artwork is rather wonderful, very clean and crisp. The world is bright and colorful, not much flaw in that part. The movement when there is some seem right for how normal games are played though this is mostly a still images show, more on the line of talking again. The characters mouths move is most of the animation that happens.
Um… the voices now are just a little off in the English version of the show is really odd. I’m not so found of them, especially some of the girls. They seem really high pitched or unemotional. Tsukasa’s voice is no better, sometimes sounding like a girl and sometimes like a very young boy. The music is nothing great except for the beginning of the show because it just gets trapped in your head. I can pick that one out of a line up of songs as this theme making it one of the better Opening songs out there.

This is an amazing anime. It has romance, comedy, action and drama, all in perfect proportions. The characters overall are simply amazing in any dub you watch it in. I highly recomend it for anybody looking for great anime.