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Entanglement

May 17, 2003 TV Episode .hack//SIGN

Studio
Bandai Entertainment Inc., Bandai Visual Co. Ltd., Bee Train, Cyber Connect 2, Production I.G, Project .hack, Yomiko Advertising Inc.
Distributor
Bandai Visual Co. Ltd. (Japan), Bandai Entertainment Inc. (U.S.A.)

Synopsis

In the real world, doctor and parent continue to discuss the fate of a child in a vegetative state, with the doctor urging him to wait and see. In The World, Tsukasa and Mimiru discuss whether he can sleep. Subaru leaves instructions that if anyone calls for her, she is to be advised immediately. Tsukasa is assaulted by Macha (the cat creature) and returns to Morganna, who chastises him for being gone). Meanwhile, Bear is convinced that the child he saw in a coma at the hospital is Tsukasa. Bear and Mimiru invite Tsukasa to join them in their search for the Key of the Twilight.

Characters

Tsukasa/Elk, Mimiru, Bear, BT, Subaru, Silver Knight, Morganna, Sora, Grunty, Crim, A-20/Mistral, Kite, BlackRose, Balmung, Orca, Mia, Helba, Lios

Credits

Producing

Producer
Kuninori Egawa, Kôji (Kouji) Morimoto, Kazunori Takagi
Executive Producers (English Adaptation)
Ken Iyadomi, Charles McCarter
Producers (English Adaptation)
Keith Arem, Richard Kekahuna, Miho Kinoshita

Voices

Voice
Mitsuki Saiga (Tsukasa/Elk), Megumi Toyoguchi (Mimiru), Kazuhiro Nakata (Bear), Akiko Hiramatsu (BT), Kaori Nazuka (Subaru), Isshin Chiba (Silver Knight), Rie Tanaka (Morganna), Hiroshi Yanaka (Sora), Mitsuyo Kondo (Grunty), Shinichirô Miki (Crim), Atsuko Enomoto (A-20/Mistral), Sayaka Aida (Kite), Masumi Asano (BlackRose), Nobuyuki Hiyama (Balmung), Yasunori Masutani (Orca), Minami Takayama (Mia), Yumi Tôma Yumi Touma (Helba), Tomomichi (Tomoichi) Nishimura (Lios)
Vocal Talent, English Version
Brianne Siddall Brianne Siddal (Tsukasa/Elk), Amanda Winn Lee (Mimiru), Paul Mercier (Bear), Kim Mai Guest (Subaru), Douglas (Doug) Rye (Silver Knight), Donna Rawlins (BT), Dave Wittenberg (Sora), Valerie Arem (Morganna), Lex Lang (Crim), Sandy Fox (A-20/Mistral), Mona Marshall (Kite), Wendee Lee (BlackRose), Crispin Freeman (Balmung), Kirk Thornton Kirk Thorton (Orca), Debra Jean Rogers (Mia), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Helba), Bob Papenbrook (Lios), Lani Minella (Girl 1, uncredited)

Music

Music
Yuki Kajiura

Art Department

Production Design
Makiko Kojima
Art Direction
Katsuaki Kamata, Yoshimi Unno
Character Designers
Yuko Iwaoka, Satoshi Ohsawa, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Minako Shiba
Original Character Designer
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Editing

Editor
Daisuke Uchiyama

Sound

Supervising Sound Editor
Keith Arem
Sound Director
Kôichi Mashimo
Sound
Kôichi Mashimo
Sound Editor (PCB Productions)
Stuart Provine
Sound (English Adaptation)
Keith Arem, Stephen Robinson
ADR Director
Keith Arem
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mike Draghi

Music Department

Music Producer
Keiichi Nozaki
Singer ("Gentle Dawn, " "Obsession")
See-Saw
Singer ("A Stray Child, " "Aura, " "Fake Wings, " "In The Land Of Twilight, Unde
Emily Bindiger (uncredited)
Singer ("Evolution")
Ayumi Hamasaki (uncredited)
Singer ("Das Wandern, " "Warp")
Yuriko Kaida (uncredited)

Crew

Mechanical
Tatsuya Oka, Kenji Teraoka
Lyricist ("Gentle Dawn, " "Obsession")
Yuki Kajiura

Companies and other credits

  • English Voice Producer: Bandai Entertainment Inc
  • English Voice Recording: PCB Productions

Production notes

This series debuted in Japan on April 5, 2002; release dates for individual episodes are for Cartoon Network in the U.S.A.