Hmm.. Interesting.

I just learned that the .hack series is not only a television series, but a story told over the three main Japanese "storytellers."

The first is the television series. The second is in the OAV or Original Animated Video. Think of an OAV like a direct-to-video release, only with a higher quality standard that what we put out on domestic direct-to-video releases. The third is in the .hack video game for the PS2, which is being called a massively multi-player online RPG you play offline. If I confused you just then, don't worry about it.

Boy, and I thought Pokemon had some great marketing tie-ins.