.hack//Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu (2003)

Country of Origin: Japan
Date(s) of Broadcast: 8 January 2003 - 26 March 2003
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 12
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
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CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Bandai Visual / Bee Train / Yomiko Advertising Inc
Production Cooperation: Cyber Connect 2
English Language Version Executive Producer: Ken Iyadomi
English Language Version Chief Producer: Charles McCarter
Producers: Kazunori Takagi, Koji Morimoto, Ryou Shimamura
English Language Version Producers: Keith Arem, Richard Noboru Kekahuna
Planning: Kazumi Kawashiro, Shin Unozawa
Planning Cooperation: Shinichiro Inoue
Series Planning: Satoru Nishizono
Series Supervisor: Daisuke Uchiyama
General Supervisor: Koichi Mashimo
TV Program Chief: Fukashi Azuma

SCRIPT
Scripts: Akatsuki Yamatoya, Satoru Nishizono
Comic: Rei Izumi, Tatsuya Hamazaki
English Language Version Translation: Udi Hoh
English Language Version Adaptation: Bandai Entertainment, PCB Productions

DIRECTION
Chief Director: Koichi Mashimo
Director: Koji Sawai
Unit Directors: Hiroshi Morioka, Masayuki Kurosawa, Shinya Kawatsura, Yuki Arie

ANIMATION
Original Character Sketch Designer: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Character Designer: Yoko Kikuchi
Animation Directors: Satoshi Ohsawa, Yoko Kikuchi, Yukiko Ban, Yuko Iwaoka
Animation: Akio Shimotsukasa, Chikara Sakurai, Eiji Suganuma, Keiichi Ishida, Makoto Sawazaki, Minako Shiba, Motoki Onishi, Noriyuki Matsutake, Tatsuya Oka, Tomoaki Kado, Toshiya Washida, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Yukiko Ban, Yuko Iwaoka, Bee Train, Radix, Studio Cockpit, Studio Line
Colour Designer: Makiko Kojima, Setsuko Satou
Monster and Prop Designer: Tomoaki Kado

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Shigekazu Morishita, Shinichi Igarashi

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Seiji Morita
Post Production Coordinator: Hideaki Muraoka

MUSIC
Music: Yoko Ueno, Yuuji Yoshino
Music Performed By: Crusher Kimura, Gen Ittetsu, Kaori Morita, Koichiro Muroya (strings); Eijiro Nakagawa (trombone); Kohji Nishimura (trumpet / flugel horn); Koichi Korenaga, Toshio Yamanouchi (electric guitar); Kyoichi Sato, Toshiya Matsunaga, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (drums); Marie Oishi (percussion); Masaaki Kawamura (oboe); Naruyoshi Kikuchi (tenor / soprano sax); Natsuki Kido, Yoshiaki Kano (electric / acoustic guitar); Rieko Ito (keyboard); Sting Miyamoto, Tomoharu Takahashi (bass guitar); Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (trumpet); Yuki Kajiura (keyboards)
Songs: Katsutoshi Kitagawa (New World); Chiaki Ishikawa, Yuki Kajiura (Emerald Green)
Songs Performed By: Round Table featuring Nino (New World); See-Saw (Emerald Green)
Arrangers: Masanori Shimada, Yuki Kajiura
Music Producers: Masao Fukuda, Shiro Sasaki, Victor Entertainment
Soundtrack Recordists / Mixers: Atsutoshi Satu, Harou Saito, Masanori Ihara, Masashi Yabuhara, Takashi Koiwa, Takehiko Kamata, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
Soundtrack Mastering Engineer: Kazushige Yamazaki
Soundtrack Promotion: Yu Saito
Music Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music

SOUND
Sound Designer: Riichiro Yoshida
Sound Producers: Toru Nakano, Half H-P Studio
Sound Director: Koji Sawai
Sound Recordist: Tomoko Saito
Sound Adjustment: Nobutaka Hirooka
Sound Editor: Kumiko Wada
Sound Effects: Fukimo Ueda, Masaru Uruhata, Michiyo Saito. Rakuonsha
Sound Studio: Procen Studio
English Language Version ADR Production: PCB Productions
English Language Version Sound Designer / ADR Director: Keith Arem
English Language Version ADR Writer: Scott Cuthbertson
English Language Version Recording Facility: PCB Productions
Portuguese Language Version Dubbing Director: Alfredo Rollo
Portuguese Language Version Dubbing Studio: Álamo

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami

DESIGN
Art Director: Yoshimi Unno
Storyboards: Koji Sawai, Masayuki Kurosawa, Shinya Kawatsura, Yuki Arie
Cover Art: Yoko Kikuchi

MISCELLANEOUS
English Language Version Subtitles: Richard Noboru Kekahuna, Riki LeCotey

VOICES
Junko Minagawa (Shuugo)
Mai Nakahara (Rena)
Ayako Kawasumi (Hotaru)
Maaya Sakamoto (Aura)
Nobuyuki Hiyama (Balmung)
Souichiro Hoshi (Reki)
Yasunori Masutani (Sanjuro)
Yuki Kaida (Ouka)
Yuki Matsuoka (Mireille)
Asako Shirakura (Magi)
Isshin Chiba (Silver Knight)
Koichi Sakaguchi (grunty shop owner)
Kunihiro Kawamoto (Fighting Bones)
Maaya Sakamoto (Molti)
Masami Kikuchi (Komian the Third)
Masumi Asano (Michi)
Sakiko Tamagawa (Kamui)
Sara Nakayama (female heavy blade)
Shinji Kawada (Daisuke)
Taisuke Yamamoto (Katsuyuki)
Takayuki Yamaguchi (Tom)
Tamaki Nakanishi (Hayato)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION VOICES
Allison Keith (Rena)
Bryce Papenbrook (Shugo)
Carrie Gordon (Hotaru)
Crispin Freeman (Balmung)
Lia Sargent (Aura)
Paula Tiso (Ohka)
Sandy Fox (Mireille)
Steve Prince (Reki)
Steven Blum (Sanjuro)
Amanda Winn Lee (Magi)
Barbara Goodson (Katsuyuki)
Beau Billingslea (doctor)
Bob Pappenbrook (grunty shop owner)
Brian Silva (Komiyan the Third)
Carrie Gordon (female heavy blade)
Dave Wittenberg (Hayato)
Doug Rye (Silver Knight)
Jason Lee (pretty grunty)
Lara Jill Miller (irresponsible grunty owner)
Liam O'Brien (Tom)
Melodee M. Spevack (Kamui)
Mona Marshall (Daisuke)
Perry Zomobolas (Fighting Bones)
Steve Kramer (Hot Spring Granny)
Wendee Lee (Michi)
Jerry Gelb
Lara Jill Miller

SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSION VOICES
Mercedes Prato (Shugo)
Yensi Rivero (Rena)
Maite Guedes (Hotaru)
Héctor Indriago (Balmung)
Jhaidy Barboza (Ouka)
Rebeca Aponte (Mireille)

PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE VERSION VOICES
Fernanda Bock (Shuugo)
Afonso Amajones (Sanjuro)

SUMMARY

Shugo and his twin sister Rena join The World, a bast online roleplaying game in the near future. They find themselves menaced by seemingly unstoppable monsters that have mysteriously appeared, putting players into comas in the real world. Armed only with the mysterious twilight bracelet, the twins must explore The World and find a way to put a stop to the rampaging monsters.

EPISODES

SEASON ONE
Densetsu no Yuusha (8 January 2003)
Kite no Udewa (15 January 2003)
Fushichou no Hane (22 January 2003)
Tanabata no Yoru (29 January 2003)
Kyoufu no Yakata (5 February 2003)
Yukemuri no Wana (12 February 2003)
Tasogare no Tsuki (19 February 2003)
Kokou no Kishi (26 February 2003)
Houkai no Ashioto (5 March 2003)
Maboroshi no To (12 March 2003)
Sekai no Owari (19 March 2003)
Densetsu no Hajimari (26 March 2003)

AVAILABILITY

Australia
Television Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty Ltd

Brazil
Television Distributors: Animax

France
Television Distributors: Beez

Germany
Television Distributors: ACOG / Beez Entertainment

Japan
Television Distributors: Bandai Channel / TV Tokyo

USA
Television Distributors: Animax-asia / Cartoon Network

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

.hack//DUSK
.hack//Legend
.hack//Legend of the Twilight
.hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet
.hack//LOT
.hack//Udeden

KEYWORDS

animation, anime, computer games, magic, monsters, virtual reality

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009