SIGN Production

Staff

Main articles: SIGN Credits

.hack//SIGN was directed by Koichi Mashimo, the founder and CEO of Bee Train, the studio which produced the anime. He also did Editing (off-line), screenplay, script, story board, and sound director work for .hack//SIGN. Bee Train also produced the Liminality, Gift, Dusk, and Roots anime. The score was composed by Yuki Kajiura. This was the second time she worked with Mashimo, after doing the score for Noir. She went on to do music for other Bee Train titles, including other .hack titles (Liminality OST, Opening theme for Roots and Ending theme for DUSK) as well as the "Girls with Guns" trilogy, made up of Noir, Madlax and El Cazador de la Bruja.

Licensing

Main articles: SIGN Licensing

Broadcast History

Main articles: SIGN Broadcast History
.hack//SIGN premiered on Japan's TV Tokyo on 04 April 2002 and ran until 25 September 2002.
The English dub was distributed throughout North America by Bandai Entertainment. In the United States, the anime premiered on 01 February 2003 and ran until 04 April 2004. Initially, the series aired during Cartoon Network's Toonami: Super Saturday block from 01 February 2003 to 22 February 2003. The block's cancellation prompted the show to be moved to the channel's Saturday Video Entertainment System (SVES), which began on 01 March 2003. Due to the schedule shift, the next episode didn't air until 28 March 2003.
The series aired on France's Game One channel from April 2004 to July 2004.
In Canada the series aired during YTV's Bionix block, premiering on 01 April 2005 and running until 07 October 2005.
The series aired on Animax in Latin America from August 2005 to January 2006.
The series aired on Animax España in Spain in 2009.
The series aired on Animax Germany in 2007.
In Italy it was broadcast on AXN Italia in 2008, Man-Ga in 2017, and MTV Italia.
The series aired on HERO TV in The Philippines.
The series aired on Animax Brazil
The series aired in Sweden on TV4 med i tv and TV400.
Animax Asia, Animax South Africa, Animax South Asia.

Streaming

• Bandai Channel (Japan)
  
• AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
• Crunchyroll (USA, Canada)
• FUNimation Entertainment (defunct post Merger with Crunchyroll)
• Hulu
• Tubi TV