.hack//Legend of the Twilight the public yet, where Shugo manages to defeat the AI; however, due to some of the programming of the AI, "The World" will be destroyed. Shugo and Rena then activate Kite and Blackrose's joint power to save "The World." Rei Izumi describes ".hack//Legend of the Twilight" as "the story of the future" and "the first to usher in the ".hack" franchise and the last to end." The series took Izumi and Tatsuya Hamazaki three and a half years to complete; ".hack//Legend of the Twilight " was originally planned to be two volumes long, but a decision was made to extend
The Twilight Singers album but decided to disband in February 2001. In 2000, Greg Dulli revived The Twilight Singers, reworking the original leaked demos with dance producers and remix auteurs Fila Brazillia. Columbia released the album as "Twilight as Played by The Twilight Singers" in September 2000. The band toured with members of Howlin' Maggie and former Afghan Whigs' drummer, Michael Horrigan, on bass. Dulli took time off following the short tour for "Twilight", investing in a bar in Los Angeles. In 2001, he began working on the follow-up for "Twilight" tentatively titled "Amber Headlights". The death of Dulli's friend, director Ted Demme