.hack//Unison

Synopsis:

Characters:

• Kite (Main) - Voice Actors: Marshall, Mona, Aida, Sayaka, Andreatto, Rodrigo, Saudinós, Álex
• Subaru (Main) - Voice Actors: Nazuka, Kaori, Guest, Kim Mai, Pereira, Silvia Suzy, Sterr, Michele, Dessi, Tatiana, Bréheret, Laurence
• Tsukasa (Main) - Voice Actors: Saiga, Mitsuki, Siddall, Brianne, Santos, Angélica, Krause, Daniel, Quarta, Alessandro, Bourdon, Thierry
• Aura (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakamoto, Maaya
• Balmung (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Campos, Marcelo, Lubowski, Manou, Bourdon, Thierry, Freeman, Crispin, Hiyama, Nobuyuki
• Bear (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakata, Kazuhiro, Mercier, Paul, Marconato, Alexandre, Krumbiegel, Crock, Locuratolo, Giorgio, Magne, Bruno
• Blackrose (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lee, Wendee, Asano, Masumi, Keplmair, Tatiane, Berciano, Beatriz, Dutron, Olivia
• BT (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hiramatsu, Akiko, Rawlins, Donna, Helena, Lúcia, Sandvoss, Susanna, Cenciarelli, Maura, Pâris, Christine
• Crim (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miki, Shinichiro, Lang, Lex, Giraldi, Silvio, Bulckaen, Francesco, Le Minoux, Martial, Mink, Oliver
• Elk (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saiga, Mitsuki, Siddall, Brianne, Meyer, Dirk, Saudinós, Álex, Le Minoux, Martial
• Helba (Supporting) - Voice Actors: McGlynn, Mary Elizabeth, Touma, Yumi, Bronder, Ute
• Lios (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Papenbrook, Bob, Nishimura, Tomomichi, Franquelo, Javier
• Mia (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takayama, Minami, Rogers, Debra Jean, Gaidarji, Tânia, Pfeiffer, Beate
• Mimiru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Toyoguchi, Megumi, Lee, Amanda Winn, Marinho, Raquel, Schadt, Shandra, Manicone, Francesca, Volpé, Isabelle
• Mireille (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fox, Sandy
• Mistral (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Enomoto, Atsuko, Fox, Sandy, Cervantes, Carmen
• Orca (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Thornton, Kirk, Masutani, Yasunori, Roullier, Philippe
• Silver Knight (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chiba, Isshin, Rye, Douglas, Draghetti, Roberto
• Sora (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wittenberg, Dave, Yanaka, Hiroshi, Corsetti, Sérgio, Meoni, Francesco, von Hauff, Walter, Pichon, Yann

Staff:

• Egawa, Kuninori (Producer)
• Morimoto, Kouji (Producer)
• Takagi, Kazunori (Producer)
• Mashimo, Kouichi (Director, Sound Director, Script, Storyboard)
• Morioka, Hiroshi (Director, Storyboard)
• Sawai, Kouji (Director, Storyboard)
• Arie, Yuuki (Episode Director)
• Kurokawa, Tomoyuki (Episode Director)
• Ito, Kazunori (Script)
• Jinno, Hiroaki (Script)
• Omode, Akemi (Script)
• Sawamura, Mitsuhiko (Script)
• Yokote, Michiko (Script)
• Ishikawa, Chiaki (Theme Song Performance)
• See-Saw (Theme Song Performance)
• Ban, Yukiko (Character Design, Animation Director)
• Bindiger, Emily (Inserted Song Performance)
• Hagio, Keita (Key Animation)
• Inoue, Shinichiro (Planning)
• Ishikawa, Masakazu (Key Animation)
• Iwaoka, Yuko (Character Design, Animation Director)
• Kado, Tomoaki (Animation Director)
• Kajiura, Yuki (Music)
• Kamata, Katsuaki (Director of Photography)
• Kamo, Ayumi (In-Between Animation)
• Kawashiro, Kazumi (Planning)
• Kimura, Kunihiko (Key Animation)
• Kojima, Makiko (Color Design)
• Kokaji, Shinya (Key Animation)
• Kurosawa, Masayuki (In-Between Animation)
• Lima, Wellington (ADR Director)
• Maru, Ryouji (Production Manager)
• Miyatake, Hitomi (In-Between Animation)
• Morita, Seiji (Editing)
• Murakami, Masahiro (Special Effects)
• Nishizawa, Shinya (Key Animation)
• Ohsawa, Satoshi (Character Design, Animation Director)
• Oka, Tatsuya (Animation Director, Mechanical Design)
• Ookaji, Hiroyuki (Key Animation)
• Ooshita, Tomoyuki (Key Animation)
• Roullier, Philippe (ADR Director)
• Sadamoto, Yoshiyuki (Original Character Design)
• Sawazaki, Makoto (Key Animation)
• Shiba, Minako (Character Design)
• Taki, Natsuko (In-Between Animation)
• Teraoka, Kenji (Mechanical Design)
• Tsubata, Yoshiaki (Animation Director)
• Umino, Yoshimi (Art Director)
• Unozawa, Shin (Planning)
• Urahata, Masaru (Sound Effects)

Reviews:

• User Roostophe (Score: 8/10):
  I enjoyed watching SIGN, and had wanted to watch this since I had first heard of it. It was great to see Kite and BlackRose from the game appear and see them mingle with the characters from the anime. It was a light-hearted OVA, because of SIGN being a rather dark series. But, because of its light-heartedness, it felt rather strange to see such humour in a setting which was always bleak during the series. Nevertheless, it was an OVA that was as good as Intermezzo and was quite enjoyable.
• User Vivisection (Score: 6/10):
  Once again, be aware that just like my .hack//Intermezzo review, I cannot talk much about this anime because it's so short. I may have written more info that can be shared between Intermezzo and Unison, so please refer to the Intermezzo review if you wish - http://myanimelist.net/reviews.php?id=26094 Pretty sure I've actually already seen this, but I re-watched it again because I wasn't sure. STORY: This special is basically a feel-good episode for the main SIGN series, and really only shows the anime in a light-hearted manner, compared to SIGN's typical dark themes. This was definitely a nice, enlightening way to end the series, (even if I hadwatched SIGN in 2007.) and has a mixture of SIGN and Legend Of The Twilight characters meeting up for a celebration, and interacting with each other. Even Sora who is portrayed as a devious character, took part in the celebrations and enjoyed himself.nnART: Simply bold and smooth, and the animation is fairly well done in this, like the rest if the SIGN series. (Best if you referred to the Intermezzo review of mine, since I'm being lazy here.)nnSOUND: The .hack series sound has always been good, whether it's background music/insert music or opening and ending theme songs.nnCharacters: Rather than the ridiculousness of the players taking The World so seriously and deeply, we don't actually see this in this special. As a personal opinion, because the actual players and their seriousness isn't shown, I actually enjoyed this a bit more than the main series and Intermezzo.nnBest suggested for .hack fans, and I know that they will enjoy this special either way, if they just want something easy and relaxing.
• User eralterg (Score: 8/10):
  I had seen this when I was around age 14, and now I'm 28 as I review this with a different perspective. At 14 (I never played the games) I really didn't understand what was going on at all in this. I just thought it was another episode to knock off my list of anime to watch. But now I'm back after playing the 4 games and refreshing my memory of SIGN. You can't truly appreciate this without having played the 4 PS2 games games from Infection to Quarantine. Otherwise, the episode seems pretty pointless, and you wouldn't understand why for example Sora is walking around,or who Macha is and why they can't remember anything.nnThe purpose of this episode was to tie up the past-history of SIGN that was teased throughout the 4 games together with the characters from the PS2 games, while beautifully giving us closure on Macha's backstory. nnSo my positive bias comes from the fact I played all 4 games and Macha's backstory (from .hack Quarantine's Macha epilogue) makes this episode worth your time. I wouldn't watch this if you only watched .hack//SIGN. It's meant to be watched after SIGN and the 4 games.
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Related Anime/Manga:

• .hack//Sign (anime - Prequel)