.hack//Liminality

Synopsis

While playing the newly released MMORPG 'The World', Minase Mai and Tomonari Kasumi collapse in the real world and are rushed to the hospital after hearing a strange sound. Mai is the only one to recover—Kasumi slips into a mysterious coma. Mai is later approached by the creator of 'The World', Tokuoka Junichiro, who tells her that, like her friend, six other players across the country have also fallen into comas while playing the game. What exactly is 'The World', what is the strange sound that Mai keeps hearing, and why are players ending up in comas? Minase, Junichiro, and their companions set out to uncover the truth before anyone else suffers harm.

Background

A four-part DVD series included with the .hack// PlayStation 2 games.