Anime Article: .Hack// Vs Sword Art Online: What people need to know

.Hack// Vs Sword Art Online: What people need to know

posted by NagisaFurukawa-

.Hack//Roots.

Okay i wanna get this out of the way right now.
Many people think when they watch a gaming Anime like Sword Art Online it should be compared to other gaming Anime like Log Horizen and No Game No Life. But here i am gonna tell te about Dot Hack the Gaming Anime that started it in the Anime community. Click on the Link that will take te to the .Hack// Wikipedia website. link That proves and shows that Hack// Roots and Hack Trilogy with Haseo and the rest of the Hack series is Episodes,Ova and Spin off series. Just cause the characters change in some seasons does not make them spin off series only. That's like with Digimon each season except for Digimon Adventure 01 and 02 the characters changed. And that did not make the rest of Digimon a spin off and ova series. That is also the same for .Hack// Just cause in some seasons the characters changed does not make the rest of it a spin off and Ova series. Get your facts straight to some people who think i am wrong on this.

What many people don't know is .Hack started it with the gaming Anime and some ideas for other gaming Anime were based off of .Hack// and i am not just talking about the original seasons. I am also talking about the più popolare seasons of .Hack// with Haseo the Terror of Death. And although Sword Art Online is a really great Anime with it's fight scenes and battles and had a good friendship part in it. What people tend to miss out is when .Hack// is compared to Sword Art Online. People tend to use season 1 of .Hack// i gotta say look at the guy in the arancia, arancio jump suit and hat your seriously comparing season 1 of .Hack to Sword Art Online????? I mean like really???? And people tend to than call .Hack a not so good Anime compared to Sword Art Online. But what people tend to think is oh well i don't need to watch all of .Hack to know that it is not as good as Sword Art Online based on the first season of .Hack. Wrong! Look at Haseo the Terror of Death in Hack Roots// that was not a spin off series o even an ova series of it's own. Hack Roots and Hack Trilogy were Anime seasons just like Hack Roots is.

Now what is annoying about some Sword Art Online fan is they see like in the picture .Hack// Season 1 the guy in the arancia, arancio jumpsuit and compare that to Sword Art Online and they tend to think that Hack is a not as good Anime. If people take the time and effort to watch.Hack//Roots and più than just that they will than begin to find out that .Hack is not such a bad Anime when comparing it to Sword Art Online. And remember people some of the other gaming Anime the ideas and story's were originally based off the ideas and characters in .Hack//. If it weren't for that the gaming Anime would be vsry diffrent today.

So if anybody is gonna say .Hack// looks like a chibi Anime compared to Sword Art Online. Than try watching .Hack with Haseo the Terror of Death.
Unlike Sword Art Online Hack has some amazing transformations in it that any Anime fan would like. If they like gaming type Anime. Haseo is the guy with the grey hair and the really cool look to him when he fights.

So when some people are gonna say they don't need to watch but only Season 1 of .Hack// to know that it is no good compared Sword Art Online. Than guess again. Hack//Roots and Hack Trilogy and the rest of Hack is not all about the chibi looking style. People miss out on what .Hack has to offer people when they like SAO and think only Season 1 of .Hack is tje standard to all the Hack series. Than there wrong on that. The Hack series with Haseo the Terror of Death is the rest of the .Hack// series. Like Hack//Roots and Hack Trilogy. And more. So when i say this get your facts straight before thinking .Hack is no good compared to Sword Art Online.

Sword Art Online.

.Hack// Trilogy Haseo transformed.

.Hack// Season 1 VS Sword Art Online.

.Hack//Roots VS Sword Art Online.

The diffrence between .Hack seasons and Sword Art Online.

.Hack//Legend of the Twilight.

.Hack G.U.//.

Sword Art Online SAO.

Sword Art Online.

Hack G.U.//

.Hack G.U.//.

.Hack G.U.// Haseo the Terror of Death.

Sword Art Online Krito.

.Hack G.U.// Haseo transformed.

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PeacefulCritic I'm sorry, you are going to hate me for this, but your prof just worked against you.The wiki straight out told you that the .Hack Trilogy does have an OVA ".hack//Quantum, a three part OVA series". ".Hack//Gift, a self-deprecating, tongue-in-cheek, OVA that was created as a "gift" for those who had bought and completed all four .hack video games." Hey look at that .Hack//gift was both an OVA and a spin-off of the original games.In fact now that I look at the article there's actually quite a few times where the wiki mentions OVAs.Okay, did you even you read you so-called "prof" before claiming it proves you right? You know there was a 2/10 chance that a trilogy as big as .Hack wouldn't have any OVAs or spin-off. As for "Now what is annoying about some Sword Art Online fans is they see like in the picture .Hack// Season 1 the guy in the orange jumpsuit and compare that to Sword Art Online and they tend to think that Hack is a not as good Anime. " So...what's wrong with that? If they think the first .Hack isn't as good as SAO, and you agree then what's the problem?It isn't like the whole trilogy is getting judged just the 1st. Which isn't exactly a bad thing, if they don't want to watch the other .Hacks then that's their lost right? It isn't like it matters all that much anyway.If they don't want to watch it because they didn't like the 1st .Hack because it was bad then that isn't a big deal.

NagisaFurukawa- Dude Hack Trilogy is an Anime series and a movie. You know anything about Hack. And Hack Roots there actual episodes. They also got actual video games for them like Sword Art Online. Dude. You don't know anything about Hack. The fact is your just scared to have Hack and Haseo the Terror of Death be compared to Sword Art Online. Cause your friend it will make SAO look bad. By the way dude Hack is what started the online gaming type Anime. There is nothing you can say that will prove Hack is a bad Anime. So stop your hating.

NagisaFurukawa- By the way there is nothing saying .Hack cannot be compared Sword Art Online. Besides this is the Anime that started gaming Anime shows. So please stop your hating on .Hack.

PeacefulCritic ^I know, I never said it wasn't, also keep in mind that most of the prof I used against you was from wiki.To be honest I actually think I know more about . Hack then you do.Since I do my research without completely disregarding it and trying to mold it into whatever I want to hear. Also never said it was wrong to compare .Hack to Sword Art Online. I'm actually perfectly fine with it, except you weren't comparing them as much you were mostly just defending .Hack while looking down at SAO fans who didn't like .Hack. You never really compared the two without mentioning others reaction and how you felt about it. Edit:Oh, "prove"? What do you mean by "prove .Hack is a bad Anime"? It's an opinion and saying that it started the online gaming type anime doesn't at all effect my opinion on it.

NagisaFurukawa- @Peacfulcritic no you don't you never even seen anythign about .Hack with Haseo. And besides if useing Sword Art Online Video game and Hack Trilogy Video Game i saw that.Hack is better. But i loike them both. I just wish i could continue to make more.Hack video games or at least remake them and put them on the PS3 or PS4 like they did with Kingdom Hearts. And besides i have saw more.Hack than you have to know the characters are more powerful. Especially Haseo the Terror of Death. Besides the.Hack series get's better with Haseo in Hack trilogy. And i know people who enjoy .Hack more than SAO. So give more of .Hack a try before dising on a great Anime. If it wasen't for.Hack SAO would be diffrent and maybe not in a good way.

NagisaFurukawa- By the way dude i was not even talking about .Hack Gift when you first commented. I was mainly talking about .Hack trilogyu the Movie and the seasons. So that does not count in what i was saying. I was not talking about the Ova series at all. By the way you keep talking about the .Hack// Ova series and i am talking about .Hack// Roots and Trilogy and the other series that are not Ova series. .Hack// Trilogy was also a Movie which had 4 video games in it. What made it very popular was it was like Kingdom Hearts Video game gameplay in a way. That aside made .Hack// for it's time more popular than SAO could ever be. Weather you like it or not. That is true. So deal with it!!

PeacefulCritic @Nagisa So that doesn't mean it's a good anime. Yes, I will respect it for that, but that doesn't mean I have to find it a good anime.By I" think I know more about it then you do", I meant I researched it better then you.I didn't mean that I knew about the characters,story or themes, just the facts. Also where's your prof of .Hack being more popular then SAO. Which by the way according to MAL(my anime list) is currently the second most popular anime, and when you type in SAO in YouTube you get 12,500,000 results.I don't know how popular .Hack was at the time, but right now it's not holding a candle when it comes to popularity.With only about 32,500 results on YouTube. SAO is in the lead for sure and again I do appreciate that .Hack is what made SAO possible, but that doesn't mean the anime is great or does that mean I will like it. .Gift is part of the four original .hack anime that were released under Project .Hack .It's defiantly a part of the trilogy and most certainly an anime. It was a part of the "seasons" you were talking about. .Hack//Liminality is also a part of the four original .Hack anime, that is also set of OVAs series.In other words half of the original .Hack anime were OVAs and the only one that didn't have any OVAs or was an OVA was .Hack//Legend of the Twilight. Remember you said the "Hack Trilogy with Haseo and the rest of the Hack series is not OVA and Spin off series. "When a fair share of them clearly are as stated in the wiki. You know what though, since you won't shut up until I do I will watch .Hack//G.U Trilogy with an open mind and a short review posted on the anime club's wall by Friday or tomorrow if possible.

NagisaFurukawa- @Peacfulcritic yes .Hack// sign sucks. but .Hack//Roots is better. I dare you to watch .Hack//Roots it's way better than SAO. I dare you if your not coward. I posted the links to the Hack//Roots Episodes playlist here take a look at it. Some people when it comes to Anime like season 2 over season 1. Or Visa Versa cause the art style changes and gets better in story line as well. Just cause you watched that crappy .Hack//Sign does not mean .Hack//Roots with Haseo is less better. I dare you to try .Hack//Roots.

PeacefulCritic You really want me to watch Roots don't you?Fine, but the G.U thing is off.Also don't expect me to come in to it with higher expectations then SAO. I come in with only an average expectation just like everything else I watch.Of course I would think it will be better then Sign, I just can't bet my money on it. Btw I don't need links I already have a good website to watch it on.

NagisaFurukawa- @PeacfulCritic i dare you to also watch .Hack// G.U. trilogy the Movie. If your not scared to that is. You don't have to see .Hack// better than SAO but as long as you like it is what matters. Just click on the .Hack//Roots Playlist i posted the link to here and watch it. And if your not chicken i dare you to watch Hack// G.U. triology the Movie English Subed.

PeacefulCritic ^No, thank you.

KyokoMagica42 The .Hack franchise is a series of OVAs, not an actual anime series. I've seen each of the .Hack OVAs and SAO, and I know the difference. I'm pretty sure PeacefulCritic isn't chicken, you don't even know PeacefulCritic. And .Hack is not better than SAO. That's a biased pseudoopinion. One is not superior to another, that was just your overall enjoyment of the franchises talking. Besides, PeacefulCritic wasn't hating on .Hack. He/she was just setting you straight. He/she is entitled to their own opinions. Get over it. (Sorry PeacefulCritic for the "he/she" stuff.) PeacefulCritic watching it has nothing to do with being a chicken. Gosh, you're so dense -NagisaFurukawa-. PeacefulCritic is being a PEACEFUL critic (thus the username). You should try it sometime.

PeacefulCritic ^Thank you, but it's fine me and Nagisa moved our fight to massages and it was already settled. So,you don't have to defend me.

KyokoMagica42 Okay, good to hear, You're welcome.

NagisaFurukawa- @KyokoMagica42 that does niot matter if there Ova series. That does not mean that PeacefulCritic cannot give them a try and actually end up enjoying them for what they are. And no .Hack// G.U. Trilogy is not an Ova it's a movie based on a video game series as well called .Hack// Vol 1,2 and 3. Some people need to stop judging things and them them a try to like them even if there Ova series with many episodes.

PeacefulCritic @Kyoko apparently it wasn't settled nvm. @Nagisa I am giving them a try.In fact I'm working on Roots and Sign as we speak.So move on already, we've been auguring like this for almost 2 weeks.

Plutia I saw the manga to hack but never read it

NagisaFurukawa- @Plutia i do own a .Hack// XXXX Manga book. And i have read a .Hack//Trilogy visual Novel book. Just i never got to finish tye book. I was half way to finishing the book. Than one day my sister got mad at me and throw the book at me and my book mark fell out. After that i stoped reading .Hack//Trilogy visual Novel book. I may start reading the .Hack// Manga and play the video games soon. The Anime and movie series for .Hack// is pretty good. Glad you like .Hack//.

Dumash Ok i know this is over a year ago but i had to post because it aggravated me. You refer to season one as guy in the orange suit and have a pic of him with caption .hack s1 vs sao. That is not season 1.hack//sign is its season2 legend of twilight and that season not season one is chibi style. I like sign better because it wasnt chibi style that my personal opion, and because i liked the characters although the main character tsukasa is one of least favorite. Only problem i had with it was last episode was anticlimactic and led directly into the 4 ps2 games. Which suxed back in the day before you could watch the youtube footage of everything. Anyways sao is more popular because anime is more popular and has more ways to view than .hack did at its time. However .hack was and still is a great anime. Its worth noting that the series is split between its first project project.hack and second .hack conglomerates. Project.hack consisted of: .hack//sign, legend of twilight, and two OVAs limality and gift which were bonus dvds that came with the 4 original games. .hackconglomerates consisted of: hack roots, hack gu trilogy (cgi adaption of gu video games), hack gu returner (conclusion video), hack. Quantum( an OVA series) and finally the hack movie. They are different projects with different companies working on them therefore have different style/feel to the animes. Haseo is part of 2nd project. Either way your message i believe you were trying to convey was that ppl shouldnt knock an entire anime series based on one season is good. Shugo the guy in the orange was the face of .hack for awhile because his avatar was based on the video games main character Kite so that avatar was all over merchandise so it is what the majority of people associate .hack (especially project.hack) with but that is not where the series began and it is season 2 not season 1 just becuase u didnt like .hack//sign doesnt mean you can exclude it lol

Dumash Also the .hack games were pretty mediocre and disappointing in gameplay (strategy and difficulty). Their strength was in the storyline which most ppl who played did so mainly from watching .hack//sign because they wanted to know what happened next i guess it was good marketing even though it frustrated many fans like myself that they didnt give that part of the story an anime.