.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
.hack//Legend of the Twilight .hack//Legend of the Twilight 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