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.hack (pronounced "Dot Hack") is a Japanese multimedia franchise that features an alternative history setting in the rise of the new millennium regarding the technological rise of a new version of the internet following a major global computer network disaster in the year 2005. The franchise encompasses two projects: Project .hack and .hack Conglomerate. Project .hack includes anime, video games, manga, and novels, and centers mainly on the events and affairs of the prime installment of The World, a wildly popular fictional massively multiplayer online role-playing game. .hack Conglomerate, the current project, focuses on times and installments after the original The World MMORPG. The franchise has also expanded internationally with releases and adaptations in English.