Friday, February 11, 2011

.Hack//Quantum - Episode 01

GIRLS PLAYING MMORPG'S ARE HOT! - Yes! it is true!

Here's a latest seemingly endless .Hack// series. But I have to say I really love watching .Hack//Sign before that made me intrigue what's new in this new .Hack series. I watched .Hack// Legend of the Twilight as well but that's just for the oppai purpose, if you know what I mean . Anyway, this is just an OVA so we won't be seeing the next episode next week, which really put me in pain because I'm loving Sakuya and the Lolitaku here a lot. But it can't helped.

The characters are most likely based from the previous .Hack series but they actually not. They all new characters here but based on the previous ones like Kite, Rose and Balmung.
Sakuya, based on Kite's character illustration, she's your typical loli airhead type girl which intends to make things worst just for the sake of twist in the story. Voiced by Kana Hanazawa, it's quite surprising that Kanazawa could do voicing like this. Really! so versatile.
Next is Mary, based from the character Rose in .Hack// Legend of the Twilight, she's remarkably kind a reliable. She baby sit Sakuya's ass.
Last is Tobias, based from the character Balmung of .Hack// Legend of the Twilight as well, I don't know if she's a she or a he because her voice sounds like a girl ... Oh wait, seiyu is Miyuki so technically this is a girls voice, let's just think Tobias is a guy because of her name. Argh is now confused. Anyway, Tobias is a very popular player of the The World, he even got a title 'Tobias the Information Merchant' and he loves smoke bombs.
Oh wait! I have to mention this cuddly little loli, she's Shamrock, the guild master of Yata Mirro. She's petite yet strict type loli so I'm pretty sure many will love her, and that includes me as well. Yayks! giggles** I'm so moe now. But she has an old womans voice :(
The animation is the main showcase of the show. The best CG I have seen so far(this year), as early of February. The fighting scenes, boss hunting scenes and such are very well detailed but I hate the fact that they didn't put much effort in the young-lolis-real-life counterparts.  
Oh yes the plot, the plot is almost what I expected too. Just like the previous .hack// entries everything will go to coma-like state where their minds or soul or whatever that is will be trapped in the virtual world of "THE WORLD" where they have to talk with Aurora (referring to the next episode's preview). The characters are so-so, heck, they are even recycles. Hermit, the exploding moderator death cat ... ugh not sure about him, what else can I say?! Overall, a pretty decent anime that deals more in heavy graphics and less plot emphasis.