.hack//G.U. Returner

The characters from previous .hack//G.U. Games and .hack//Roots receive an email from Ovan. He is requesting them to go to Hidden Forbidden Festival where is set up a mysterious summer festival. There they find an AIDA Chim Chim who wishes to peacefully co-exist with the other players of The World. It then transforms into the word "Returner", so they assume it to mean that Ovan will return to The World. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Original	.hack//G.U. Returner (latin)
Romaji	.hack//G.U. Returner
English	—

Facts

Format	OVA (home video) · 1 ep · 24 min · 0h total
Aired	2007-01-18 (Winter 2007)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Bee Train
Source	Video game
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Adventure Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi
Themes	Virtual World

Reception

Community score	6.38 / 10
Bayesian score	6.98 / 10
Composite	44.4
On lists	4,009
Favourited	11 (0.3%)
Completion	92.7%
Drop rate	2.4%
In backlog	34.8%
Score spread σ	1.75

Score distribution

12222434448452366399735782269921062

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Studio	Bee Train	D	20 of 27
Broadcast season	Winter 2007	D	33 of 41
Year	2007	D	181 of 234
Source material	Video game	D	340 of 530
Format	OVA (home video)	D	684 of 944
Era	Late 2000s	D	888 of 1,149
Length	OVA / Special	D	965 of 1,260
Genre	Sci-Fi	D	1,035 of 1,409
Season (all years)	Winter	D	1,112 of 1,557
Genre	Adventure	D	1,222 of 1,534
Genre	Drama	E	1,596 of 1,917
Genre	Fantasy	D	1,626 of 2,142
Origin	Japan	D	5,244 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Kouichi Mashimo, Yoshimi Umino, Katsuaki Kamata
Character design	Seiichirou Hosokawa, Satoshi Oosawa, Yoshiaki Kameda
Original creator	Seiichirou Hosokawa