.hack Fans Celebrate Dot Hack Day with Cosplay, Fan Art, and a Fanmade Translation Patch
With its 20th anniversary coming up in 2022, the .hack (also known as Dot Hack) fanbase is possibly more lively than ever, proven by this year’s Dot Hack Day. Dot Hack Day was created on 9th August 2008 after CyberConnect2 realised the numbers eight and nine can be read in Japanese as “ha” and “ku.”
Being made by CyberConnect2, Dot Hack Day is about as official as a fandom holiday can get, and because of that .hack fans always showcase some amazing works on the day. To celebrate the day and the .hack franchise itself, here are some of those creations!
Happy #dothackday !
— 三日月Luminya (@LuminyaM) August 9, 2021
Atoli is still best girl for me! #ハックの日#dothack #atoli pic.twitter.com/hQioFwwhtM
#dothackday
— kdoodle (@kdoodlecat) August 9, 2021
These games influence me still, nearly 20 years later...#dothack #ドットハック#ハックの日 pic.twitter.com/mQrevXOuVt
I missed #dothackday !! But everyone's art inspired me to draw Black Rose #ハックの日 #ドットハック pic.twitter.com/HxCOYcHaOo
— NGN | Candlehearts (@Candleh3arts) August 9, 2021
I heard it was #dothackday! Elk was a costume I wanted to make since I was a teenager and didn't get a chance to realize it until a few years ago. Praying for a remaster of the original four games...
— Xander@San Japan 2021 (@vladof_sickle) August 9, 2021
Costume made and worn by @vladof_sickle
: koisplay photography, d-maru pic.twitter.com/pMXkM8aaf0
Nyappy .hack Day ~ #dothackday #dothack #ハックの日 #ドットハック pic.twitter.com/Aua22ilNjW
— Shishinarts (@shishinarts) August 9, 2021
8/9はドットハックの日！
— なぎ江 (@fucrw) August 9, 2021
最推し楚良くん。Loveだね#dothack#ドットハック #dothackday pic.twitter.com/YPMZxCkHnW
Apparently today is .hack day [ #ハックの日 ]
— Ark (@angelsanctus) August 9, 2021
I can't let it go by without celebrating. I wish we had .hack//LINK. Bandai, please. pic.twitter.com/GmdPgK7Gmp
Happy .hack Day everyone!!!!
— Memo Night (@Nightsbo) August 9, 2021
(ﾉ„♡‿♡ „)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧*♡
.#cc2 #ドットハック #dothack #ハックの日 @bnei876 pic.twitter.com/0HSQXxUWka
#dothack #ハックの日
— 赤井さめ(公開用) (@P_MITTERNACHT) August 9, 2021
セーフセーフ！遅刻セ～～～フ！！
ということでドットハックの日にクビアを！ pic.twitter.com/M1vog4spKz
8/9は.hackの日！！
— 菊壱 (@kiku1569) August 9, 2021
遅れちゃったけどおめでとうございます大好きで大切な作品です#ハックの日#dothack#ドットハック pic.twitter.com/zbRYXQsNUs
I'm a bit late, but happy .hack day! Here's an old favourite, Mistral! :D#ハックの日#dothackday pic.twitter.com/h03NtAQrSi
— Lunie (@Lunie_Junk) August 10, 2021
Happy #dothack day! Here is a Haseo#ドットハック #ハックの日 pic.twitter.com/Yq6PBjFFBO
— Azure_Meraki ⋆COMMISSIONS CLOSED⋆ (@azure_meraki) August 9, 2021
Happy #dothack Day!
— .mo//SMZR (@SMZeldaRules) August 9, 2021
I've cosplayed BlackRose from .hack//IMOQ (Infection, Mutation, Outbreak & Quarantine) & Tabby from .hack//Roots. I even made a Sakisaka cosplay for my partner Raph!
BlackRose Raph, edits by me
Tabby&Sakisaka LDragon Photography#ドットハック#ハックの日 pic.twitter.com/TFjMuWutnD
はっしばが好きです
— 空龍 (@A_D_CooLa) August 9, 2021
でも
きんうの方がもっと好きです#ハックの日#ドットハック#dothack#ハグの日 pic.twitter.com/jgzdC0RIbW
#ハックの日 と聞いてワンドロしたけど間に合わなかった(日付変わる30分前からだからそうだろうね) pic.twitter.com/o18PxPH2pJ
— 蓮朴▽△ (@hkazura) August 9, 2021
— 緋色 (@ja_qg8) August 9, 2021
Along with these great fanworks came the announcement of a fanmade English translation patch for .hack//Versus, a fighting game featuring characters from previous .hack titles that was released alongside .hack//The Movie (also known as .hack//Beyond The World). The patch, made by Twitter users @RyudoGaming, @Falions_, @Custat, and @Phantom_Saber, will be released on 1st September during a livestream hosted by the creators.
All gameplay footage was recorded by @Phantom_Saber on Twitter.
And last but certainly not least, my younger sister Katie (who shares a deep love for the .hack franchise with me) made this awesome Haseo and Tri-Edge painting based on art from the game.
Happy Dot Hack Day!
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