.hack//Link (TV Anime Series)

.hack//Link (TV Anime Series) is a new TV Animation series, produced by A-1 Pictures and IG Production which distributed by NETFLIX Streaming Service. The animated adaptation from PSP Game .hack//Link and the manga serialization .hack//Link -Twilight Knights- to commemorate 15th Anniversary of .hack//Link as anime will be exclusively for NETFLIX Original Series.
Anime will follow the manga routes as it adapting .hack//Link -Twilight Knights- story, although the first season of .hack//Link will have 25 Episode, the 2nd cour will follow an original story written by Masayuki Sano and Tatsuya Hamazaki, it will keep continue onwards for several seasons which has been greenlighted, while the anime will be directed by Shue Nakanori and Hoshi Kanjirou, with Tetsuya Yomogi will be in charge for screenplay and composition story.
The anime series has already been greenlighted for more seasons which would be around 3 to 4 season or more. According to the Director, the anime version is a new, fresh and different experience from manga series, which it offer a different context while keeping faithful to the original, but anime is very considered as a superior to the manga when it comes adapting the manga story. But as you reach after Manga adaptation story, the story will be more new experience, interconnected and offer a new fresh which is entirely different experience from .hack//Link and .hack//Link -Twilight Knights-.
== Editor Comment ==
The anime series adaptation of .hack//Link is something that could be reboot from the game itself, but it considered to be it's own series instead connected and leads to the Third Season of .hack, or it might be a non-canon or branch-off, while still very connected to the first and second season of .hack titles. But anime series will offer a different experience, emotional, fresh, and new direction from the game, 
Although, the story of anime will be start with adaptation of manga story of .hack//Link -The Twilight Knights-, but rather than just as "Adaptation", it will also adds a new-building up plots, world, characters and more, includes hints and foreshadowing which will direct-connected not just to all story of manga, but the story as it goes forward after Manga story, and I would like to features character from RIVES like Kruger, Sol, Kyushu, and more as it also building up more major and support cast as the story progress, and with the anime series had been greenlighted for more season bringing more chance to introduced them in anime series, while also expanding it's build in the anime series of .hack//Link.
More story arc, characters, plot, lores, and twist which never even introduced in Third Season of .hack which would bringing a very unique and different direction from the game itself. A new character which never been introduced in CHRONO RISING Trilogy and Third Season of .hack. and there's also Akira Kuryuu appear in the anime series, but it will be a biggest surprise as the story forward.
Timeskip will might happen, but the question is for another day, but it's surely happen.
== Synopsis ==
The lead character is a middle school student named Tokio Kuryuu. He lives a normal life as a gamer until a mysterious girl named Saika Amagi transfers to his school, who summon him into the rooftop and given him Black Copy Disc through gaming device resulting himself transferred into The World R:X. and there he encountered with Flugel and the leader of Twilight Knights, Kite who battle against each other, but at that point he loses, Flugel impressed that his breieler rossle didn't affecting him, which shocks flugel a lot.
At the end of that battle, Kite lost turn into a crystal by Flugel's Breieler Rossle, asking Tokio's favor to saving his friend who were in danger due to the Akashic Records existence, and those favors is something that Tokio would keep, the reason of his adventure begin...
== Characters ==
===Main - Chrono Hunter===
*Tokio Kuryuu - Tokio
*Saika Amagi - Panzer "SAIKA"
*Alexander Christopher - Alexis
*Shiho Ninomiya - Kyushu
*Souma Shigemura - Sol
*Chiko Nomura - Neil
*Nishiki Kyojima - Nishijima81
*Mio Shinomura - Alibaba
*Hiroshi Nagatori - Kruger
*Astria "Miki" Estoria - Miki-Seven
===Twilight Knights===
=== CC Corp ===
===Legion Unity===
===Blue Moon===
===Red Dead Guild===
===Raven===
===PKers===
===Schicksal===
* Fluegel
* Cello
* Klarinette
* Metronom
* Posaune
* Orgel
* Trommel
* Geist
=== Noir ===
* Akira Kuryuu - Schwarz
* Luis Hoerwick - Helos-Pierce
* Layla "Miller" Frost
* Vordock
* Faris
* Noel
* Weizz
===Others===
* Aura, The Goddess of The World
* Jyotaro Amagi
== The Changes from Manga Version (For Season 1) ==
The beginning of TV Anime series of .hack//Link will be start adapting the manga, although the anime will continue forward after manga story which is an original story written by Masayuki Sano and Kazunari Ito which goes run through several season, while expanding the world, characters and story of .hack//Link, while plots from Third Season .hack will be added to the anime series, even though it's not even canon to the Third Season.
According to director, the anime series will be more than just adapting the manga story of .hack//Link -Twilight Knights- but it also adds lot more depth toward its character along with emotions and expression in high-level, also adds it's humor and silly tones which would be presented as the story progress. 
It also adds world-building for The World R:X, building it's foundation toward story, lores, key plots, and characters, while keeping Fan-Service in medium, while also adds a several foreshadowing which clearly directly lead what happen after Post-Manga Story, which is how the points of the plot story is also focusing on building up for what comes next for Tokio and Saika's adventure, as the direction of the story is different from the game, but it's plot prospective is based of accordance of the game, but it Anime series will be bigger adventures and more new mystery, along with old and new characters appear. 
Also with the level of story development will bring change toward its direction and it's tone as the story progress. The Season 1 will had a 13 Episode, which would be focus on covering the adaptation of .hack//Link -Twilight Knights- Manga, while adding a new contents and some new changes which lead to next season.
The other major changes will be added for manga adaptation, such as:
* As anime adapting the story of manga, it received a major improvement from .hack//Link -Twilight Knights- which adds a better narratives, backstory, interaction, humor, actions, context, and more, which also intent to make it more appeal to modern generation and it's latest tech with replaced of Phone with Smartphone. While the story and characters also received a depth emotions and expression during interaction or their own perspective, which been increased with anime-original scene.
**It's very possible there will be a lot new sides of expression and emotion, also humor and silliness which is part of major improvement draws of it's character from manga serialization.
*The very beginning of .hack//Link anime story has several changes and new features, such as:
** Episode 0 of anime series is a brand-new original story written by Masayuki Sano which focused on Tokio Kuryuu in his dream becoming knight and saving princess, and at the end of the story will be directly how it lead to the Episode 1. 
*** But there's a shocking and surprising story context as the story goes, and it will surprise fans at the most.
** Episode 1 of anime series, will be adapting Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 from manga story .hack//Link -Twilight Knights-. Although, as the episode duration length will be full-1 Hour episode special, which fully cover 2 chapter at once, while also adding a new scenes:
*** The beginning of EP 1 as pre-credit staff opening, which showcase Schicksal perspective and searching for remaining of Twilight Knights who opposed CC2 rules, and Kite appear in the scene hiding from them.
*** Credit Staff opening will focus on introduction video about The WORLD R:X and it's game features, which next is how Tokio says "It's finally here" which depict it's adaptation scene from manga.
*** As CH1 part in Episode 1, will focus on not just introduction of Tokio and Saika, but future character post-manga story will make a cameo as part of foreshadowing for the coming onwards after manga. But the Tokio's first met will appear Saika will be extended and little depth from it's manga version, especially for rooftop, lot beauty and uniqueness from Saika will be shown.
****While it also introduce Miyuki Kuryuu and Akira Kuryuu as his sibling who watched Tokio being scolded by his mother afar.
*** It also focus on Expanding Flugel vs Kite Fight, while adding scene where Tokio against Flugel for the first time but failed.
*** The ending of EP1 will directly lead to the second episode, with his adventure start with Tokio trying to save Kite, while at the post-credit shows a secret cliffhanger, as Flugel want to call Schicksal members to discuss the matters.
* Saika panties will be less shown in anime series, but instead increasing new depth looks, expression, and personality on her character in anime version. There will be some new side for Saika which never shown in the manga, which could possibly making her bit relatable toward it's character perspective. (There will be more in post-manga story).
**But it's still possible for Saika panties to be shown during and after manga story, but those scene will be decreased it's panties shot and only use for appropriate times, because this action was to make sure to avoid any appropriate presentation toward woman, so they want to focus to make characters more equal and developed like protagonist, instead just being fanservice panties shot used character.
**Panzer Saika PC design during her battle against Haseo in Demon Palace Tournament will be replaced with design from Guilty Dragon drawn by Kikuya Megane.
** She will be more active role in .hack//Link Anime series. It might also become possible for her to interact with Twilight Knights as well.
* Some Tokio's backstory added to the anime, which increased a new depth toward his development and also bringing his determination of what makes him as he was now, which also make people seems really interested with him.
*Twilight Knights character design will be using latest version of it's design based of it's game, same goes for Schicksal and Tokio. For Haseo and some characters design will based from their perspective game titles of .hack.
*Action scene, intensify situation, and blood will be animated which never even depicted from original source, but much superior from it. There will be depiction scenes which would be animated different from manga, but it is much superior and improvement from it's original source to make it better than before.
* Fans will expecting little bit more depth interaction between Tokio, Saika and Twilight Knights like Tsukasa and Haseo as the story progress.
*The Final Episode of Season 1 which will be adapting CH20 of the manga, while it adapts the scene from manga with some major improvement from dialogues and interaction character, it adds a 11 Minutes of new scenes, which adds a lot build-up for upcoming next season, which is post-manga adaptation, as how it lead to the brand new story of .hack//Link which never even depicted before and major story development will happen in Next Season.
== New Tidbits for Next Season and Onwards ==
The next season and coming onwards will be Completely New Story written by Masayuki Sano with collaboration by Kazunari Ito and Tatsuya Hamazaki with screenplay anime will be in charge by Tetsuya Yomogi for his notable writing a several titles of long-running anime and seasonal anime of action shonen and seinen. 
A new tidbits for what will fans looking forward for the next season of .hack//Link anime, such as:
==== The Next Season (Season 2) ====
* The Second Season of .hack//Link TV Anime series will had 24 Episodes.
* 2nd Season will told where manga story left off. As Tokio and Saika embarking their destination to Akashic Records and as Tsukasa's Chrono Core been taken away by Schicksal, both trying to locate another holder of Chrono Core, while Flugel, the leader of Schicksal tasked Orgel to find the next one as well.
** While for Haseo, seems working together with Azure Kite and they're up for something which fans need to look forward in their future development.
* This season will have three arcs, such as:
**The Wing of Freedom Sky Arc (Episode 1-6)
***The story focused on Tokio and Saika targeting the next chrono core holder, Balmung, the Azure of Knight and battling against another Schicksal member, Orgel.
***Orca, Mistral and BlackRose will appear in this arc, and they must asking Tokio regarding about Kite. 
***This arc is little-bit intense, but there's some dark plot happen as it progressed. And new twist will happen during story arc progression.
***While three returning characters appeared, and interestingly a new character, Alexander Christopher will join to the team with Tokio and Saika to hunt Chrono Core. 
****Different from Tokio and Saika, he is laziest and silliness (he can also do 4th Breaking Wall) although during combat, he's very skillful and strategist which even though Saika get annoyed or taking fight with him, but he's the most valuable assets for her goal for Chrono Core. But there's more unexpected side that it had waited to be explored in it's progression of the story.
****For some reason, Alex and Geist seems knew each other, but that mystery will come in future development as well.
*** In surprising way, Balmung's player name and his past backstory will be revealed as due to the effect of meddling of his past memories. Since this arc will focus on his character which never even explored in previous title of .hack.
*** Alibaba will be first appearance as support character in this arc. Which she worked as an hacker along with Helba and Lios.
*** But this arc will also served as an introduction arc for Alex as new main cast to the game, as it teased for another development for him in upcoming arc.
*** This case of the story will be different from 1st Season, there's lot difference at how Akashic Records could altering memories and his past, which has caused something unexpected that leads uncontrollable situation for both side.
*** Geist will made appearance and it's up to something that really not so good.
*** New foreshadowing will come, with Geist speaking about another boy who had a same ability and being dragged into The World with Tokio, but they were separated, which came on another possibility for another Doubleware like Tokio might be somewhere, which hints what comes in the future story development.
** Endearing Twilight Arc (Episode 8-12)
***The story focused on trio's onwards for the next target of Chrono Core, Rena a twin sister of Shugo. While Orgel failed to retrieve the Chrono Core, and some point that Geist trying to using him, while Flugel tasked Cello and Klarinette for secret mission.
***Few characters from Legend of the Twilight will appeared in the game, and this continuity can be look like sequel to it's manga version of Legend of the Twilight. Not just them, but Pi will appear in this story. 
***Kyushu will appear as the major character in Endearing Twilight Arc, and her goal is shockingly want to obtain chrono core. But the twist came turn in confusion whether she's came from Schicksal or other guilds, which there's a question that will puzzling the trio.
***Interesting spotlight that Orgel will not be antagonist in this arc, but instead someone who was an outsider from both side, and it's a new character.
** Legend of Wutai Spear Arc (Episode 13-19)
** Orgel Rampage Arc (Episode 20-24) 
* Second season will expand and answered little puzzles regarding about Akashic Records, which is the system that control memories of PC and Twilight Knights that caused them to awaken their memories of the past.
** Although more and more information, and twist revelation regarding about Akashic Records will be explain as the story progressing through arc, and more mystery can be revealed.
* One biggest difference from the game is Chrono Core. In the game, there are four which came from perspective main timeline, like SIGN, .hack, ROOTS, and G.U. But in anime, there are over 12 chrono core which been implemented by Twilight Knights PC and it's key to unlock the Akashic Records.
** Which means a character from spin-off titles of .hack like AI Buster, Legend of Twilight, CELL, and few more has major role or even support role since they are the host of Chrono Core that also become targeted by Schicksal.
* Doubleware lores will be introduced in the second season.
==== Onwards Season/The First Half (Season 3 - 5) ====
* As the story move forwards after Second Season leaves with a big cliffhanger, with Another Doubleware, The Traitor in Schicksal, Chrono Core Hunt Festival, and more. 
* It is very game changer and direction is getting turn around as the story progress, more question brought light, means more new questions that left in the dark. 
* The plots and it's twist getting much thicker, the direction came on turning around of it's wheel. With Schicksal now getting lot of trouble and entering uncontrollable situation, with other popular guilds, and the worst was Legion Unity found out the existence of Chrono Core, Akashic Records, and Twilight Knights, this brought an hindered to their goal and their situation now is pretty much in chaos.
** With other guilds and Legion Unity's Guilds like Red Dead, Blue Moon and Raven begin on their festival to hunt down Twilight Knights for Chrono Core as ultimate prize by administrator of CC Corp, but the company are not responsible for the events, and they cannot erase the site event due to it's already started few days ago. 
** There's an insider who had betrayed the company and responsible for the event, this leads to chaos situation between company, Schicksal, and all other players of the World.
** While Geist seems happy with this things got more interested, but he was not a responsible for leaking or making such an event, he also speculate for someone who had just interfere their and his plan. Which means third-party must be involved with this.
* Meanwhile, the trio still in shocked with the masked man named Schwarz had putting Orgel becoming a Lost One, while this leads Kyushu, Sol, and Alibaba join the team, but their situation is in much out of control with other popular guilds from The World R:X begin on Chrono Core Hunt Festival, which is now they've realized, they will not just fighting against Schicksal, but all guilds from the online game.
* [MORE COMING SOON]
====Timeskip/The Second Half (Season 6-7)====
==== Final Arc (Season 8-9/Season Finale) ====
==Story Arc & Episode List==
List of Story Arc and Episode for .hack//Link (TV Anime Series)
== Movie ==
# .hack//Link Movie: The Legion Unity
# .hack//Link Movie: InterMISSION Point
# .hack//Link Movie: The Island War
# .hack//Link Movie: Twilight Immersion 
== Trivia ==
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