| .hack//G.U. Trilogy | |
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 Home media cover featuring from left to right: Ovan, Haseo and Atoli | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Matsuyama |
| Screenplay by | Saeko Hirotsu, Hiroto Niizato |
| Starring | Takahiro Sakurai, Ayako Kawasumi, Hiroki Touchi, Kaori Nazuka |
| Cinematography | Yoshinari Irikawa |
| Music by | Chikayo Fukuda, Norikatsu Fukuda, Tomoyo Mitani, Seizo Nakata |
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| Distributed by | Bandai Visual Electronic Arts Asmik Ace Entertainment |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
.hack//G.U. Trilogy (Japanese: ドットハック G.U. Trilogy, Hepburn: Dotto Hakku G.U. Trilogy) is a 2008 Japanese CGI anime original video animation (OVA) directed by Hiroshi Matsuyama based on CyberConnect2's games .hack//G.U.. It was released on January 25, 2008 on DVD and Blu-ray format. The OVA features the voice talents of Takahiro Sakurai, Ayako Kawasumi, Hiroki Touchi and Kaori Nazuka. Its story focuses on an online gamer known as Haseo who seeks to find the player killer Tri-Edge who sent his friend Shino on a coma after her character was killed in the game.
Director Matsuyama aimed to retell the story from the .hack//G.U. trilogy but with enhanced visuals, following issues with fans of the series who were not able to play the game as a result of lacking enough free time. Feeling the need to add new content not seen in games, Matsuyama came with the idea of giving Haseo another redesign. The OVA features a theme song "Deepest Memories" by Japanese music artist Tomoyo Mitani.
Upon release, critics were divided in regards to the OVA's narrative, finding it too rushed due to the inclusion of too many characters in too little time but praised the bond Haseo forms with Atoli as well. The presentation, though, received mostly positive response for the fights provided with the visuals as well as the performance from the main voice actors.