.hack//Legend of the Twilight

.hack//Legend of the Twilight
Cover of the first manga volume, featuring Shugo
.hack//黄昏の腕輪伝説 (.hack//Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu)
Genre	Adventure, comedy, fantasy, science fiction
Manga
Written by	Tatsuya Hamazaki
Illustrated by	Rei Izumi
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Tokyopop (former) SG: Chuang Yi UK: Tokyopop (former)
Magazine	Comptiq
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	December 10, 2001 – October 10, 2003
Volumes	3 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Koichi Mashimo Koji Sawai
Produced by	Kazunori Takagi Koji Morimoto Ryou Shimamura
Written by	Akatsuki Yamatoya Satoru Nishizono
Music by	Yoko Ueno Yuji Yoshino
Studio	Bee Train
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment EU: Beez Entertainment (former) NA: Funimation
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	NA: Cartoon Network SA: Animax South Africa
Original run	January 8, 2003 – March 26, 2003
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Related works
.hack video games ".hack//Gift", OVA episode of .hack//Sign .hack//Liminality

.hack//Legend of the Twilight (.hack//黄昏の腕輪伝説, Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu, lit. ".hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet") is a science fiction manga series written by Tatsuya Hamazaki and drawn by Rei Izumi. The twenty-two chapters of .hack//Legend of the Twilight appeared as a serial in the Japanese magazine Comptiq and published in three tankōbon by Kadokawa Shoten from July 2002 to April 2004. Set in a fictional MMORPG, The World, the series focuses on twins Rena and Shugo, who receive chibi avatars in the design of the legendary .hackers known as Kite and BlackRose. After Shugo is given the Twilight Bracelet by a mysterious girl, the two embark on a quest to find Aura and unravel the mystery of the Twilight Bracelet.

The series was adapted into a twelve episode anime of the same name directed by Koichi Mashimo and Koji Sawai and produced by Bee Train.

Tokyopop licensed the manga series for an English-language release in North America. It published the three volumes from September 2003 to April 2004. Bandai Entertainment had licensed the anime series for North American broadcast. The word "Bracelet" in the title was removed in North America, shortening the title to .hack//Legend of the Twilight. Following the closure of Bandai Entertainment, Funimation announced at SDCC 2013, that they have acquired 4 .hack titles including Legend of the Twilight.^[1]