.hack//SIGN Ver. REBUILD

.hack//SIGN Ver. REBUILD is the series of four movies in form of retelling of the original anime series in a brand-new story experience and fully-new animation produced by IG Production in collaboration with CyberConnect 2 Studio in commemorate the 20th anniversary of .hack franchise along with the announcement of .hack//IMOQ Re: Login which reimagined the story of the original anime series in a different and newly experience to match a new visual animation and direction, while increased exploration toward the original theme.

Films

 * .hack//SIGN Ver. R.1: The Boy of Wonder
 * .hack//SIGN Ver. R.2: Key of the Twilight
 * .hack//SIGN Ver. R.3: Wings of Broken
 * .hack//SIGN Ver. R.4: Eve Judgement of Sign
 * .hack//SIGN Ver. R.X: The Girl of Wonder

Storyline
.hack//SIGN Ver. REBUILD was reimagined storyline of the original anime series which is still faithfully toward a narratives, themes, imagery, social problems, and more. However, the REBUILD version will directly focuses on plot stories moving forward, fleshed out more development toward characters and explores themes of the original anime series, while removing a filler episodes and sub-plots as the rebuild version would focus on important main plot to the story and establishing Tsukasa's character more to match the original themes as well, along with the story development and main characters as well.

The REBUILD version would focuses on incorporating more action with increased main character development, story-driven, consistent character interaction in balanced way and also re-organized the pacing of the story to focuses on balancing main plot, character-driven, and character interaction without sub-plots and fillers plots from original anime series. Although the second half of the original anime series would diverge from REBUILD version, however, for episode 21 to 26 has been retelling on the fourth film while focuses on the main important plots to the story and the infamous Sora being data drain by Skeith might also been retains, but redone to catch terrifying moments and twist through visuals.

As the storyline of REBUILD reimagined from the original anime series, the film adds a new plots, new character development, additional scenes, brand-new characters, and few crossover characters from .hack//Games same like Helba, while the third films would be diverge the storyline from the original anime series from episode 16 to 19, however, it the third films considered to be a major character developments and story arc for Subaru and while the story episodes 16 to 20 has been redone to focuses on her story while also focuses on new important main plots and deep relationship between Tsukasa and Subaru, which means her characters would fleshed out more from the original anime series.

The fifth film, however, is a completely original story and sequel to the original anime series and REBUILD movie series which would set a eight years following the Pluto Again incident and few months following the Third Network Crisis as the setting changes from The World R:1 to The World R:2 and considered as the final film of the series, but according to the directors that the final films will teased something that really related to 3rd Season of .hack and CHRONO RiSING Trilogy.

Trivia

 * REBUILD means for rebuilding the original anime series for .hack//SIGN in purposely to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of .hack as to revive the story of Tsukasa in a brand-new experience and match appeals toward modern and also old fans audience, while not entirely change the theme concept, but increased the quality themes as it explores more surround them and developing Tsukasa characters to match the themes concept of the anime.
 * The first to fourth of .hack//SIGN Ver. REBUILD film is reimagined the original anime series from the first to twenty-sixth episode, while the fifth and final film is a completely new story.
 * While the third film would be reworked and diverge from original anime version as it deeply focuses on story arc and major character development for Subaru, however, several important scene and plots from Episode 16 to 20 has been redone from the original to fit the diverge storyline of third film.