In the first volume of the .hack//Liminality series, a Japanese school girl Mai Minase and her friend Tomonari Kasumi became unconscious from playing an online computer game and was rushed to the hospital. Fortunately, Mai Minase regained consciousness, but Tomonari remains in a comatose state. Later after the incident, Mai is one day on her way to school until she ran into a man named Junichiro Tokuoka who claims to know what caused her friend Tomonari to be in a coma. At that time, Mai doesn't know or believes him. Later, Mai had no choice but to believe Tokuoka and tries to find out how the popular online game, "The World" did this to Tomonari. Can Mai and Tokuoka find out clues about "The World" and wake Tomonari Kasumi up out of his coma?
| Release Date: | Jan 2003 |
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| Genre: | Short / Sci-Fi / Mystery / Drama / Animation |
| Cast: | Sanae Kobayashi (Mai Minase), Masashi Ebara (Junichiro Tokuoka (voice: Japanese...), Soichiro Hoshi (Masaya Makino (voice: Japanese version)), Takahiro Sakurai (Tomonari Kasumi (voice: Japanese...), Takumi Yamazaki (Harald Hoerwick), Kôichi Sakaguchi (Dark Suit (voice: Japanese version)), Tôru Ôkawa (Dr. Makino (voice: Japanese version)), Toshitaka Hirano (Paramedics (voice: Japanese version)), Ai Satô (Mai's Mother (voice: Japanese...), Minako Hon (Kiyoka (voice: Japanese version)), Chinatsu Kasahara (Kie (voice: Japanese version)), Aki Daito (Eri (voice: Japanese version)), Sayuri Kubo (Narumi (voice: Japanese version)), Michelle Ruff (Mai Minase), Jamieson Price (Junichiro Tokuoka (voice: English...), Kirk Baily (Masaya Makino (voice: English version)), Anthony Pulcini (Tomonari Kasumi (voice: English version)), Crispin Freeman (Harald Hoerwick), Richard Plantagenet (Dark Suit (voice: English version)...), Barry Stigler (Dr. Makino (voice: English version)), Leslie Hicks (Mai's Mother (voice: English...), Philece Sampler (Kiyoka (voice: English version)), Bambi Darro (Kie (voice: English version) (as...), LaGloria Scott (Eri (voice: English version)), Kim Mai Guest (Narumi / Additional Voices (voice:...), J. Grant Albrecht (Additional Voices (voice: English...), Eddie Frierson (Additional Voices (voice: English...), Jessica Straus (Additional Voices (voice: English...), Lia Sargent (Additional Voices (voice: English...), Brad MacDonald (Additional Voices (voice: English...), Peter Doyle (Additional Voices (voice: English...) |