.hack//Liminality
English title: .hack//Liminality
Japanese title: .hack//LIMINALITY
Alternative titles: Hack OVA
Type: OVA
Source: Original
Episodes: 4
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 20, 2002 to Apr 10, 2003
Duration: 33 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Bee Train
Producers: Bandai Visual, Bandai, CyberConnect2
Licensors: Bandai Entertainment
Genres: Mystery
Themes: Video Game

While playing the newly released MMORPG "The World," Minase Mai and Tomonari Kasumi collapse in the real world and are sent to the hospital after hearing a mysterious sound. Only Mai recovers, while her friend Kasumi slips into a mysterious coma. Mai is later approached by the creator of "The World," Tokuoka Junichiro, who unveils to her that, just like her friend, six other players across the country also collapsed while playing "The World" and are now in mysterious comas. What exactly is "The World," what is this mysterious sound Mai keeps on hearing, and why are people slipping into comas from this game? Minase, Junichiro, and their acquaintances set off to get to the bottom of this problem before any further harm happens.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

A four-part DVD series included with the .hack// PlayStation 2 games.