.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)
GenreAdventure, comedy, fantasy, science fiction
Manga
Written byTatsuya Hamazaki
Illustrated byRei Izumi
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
MagazineComptiq
DemographicShōnen
Original runDecember 10, 2001October 10, 2003
Volumes3 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byKoichi Mashimo
Koji Sawai
Produced byKazunori Takagi
Koji Morimoto
Ryou Shimamura
Written byAkatsuki Yamatoya
Satoru Nishizono
Music byYoko Ueno
Yuji Yoshino
StudioBee Train
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run January 8, 2003 March 26, 2003
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Related works

.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]

  1. ^ "Funimation Adds 4 .hack Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.