The new .hack//Roots anime will premier April 5th on TV Tokyo in Japan. The series is scheduled to last 26 episodes. .hack//Roots timeline takes place before the new //G.U. video games, manga, and AFTER all the previous .hack media. 'The World' as we remembered it has been destroyed. Roots introduces a whole new set of characters in 'The World R:2'.
Dothackers will be posting 26 (the length of the series) weekly recaps of each episode with screenshots to accompany the info. Watch the main page for more information.
.hack//Roots general info:
http://www.dothackers.net/guanime.php
Announced characters:
http://www.dothackers.net/roots_char.php