Publisher: Bandai | Studio: Bee Train | Air date: April 5th, 2006 (Wednesdays on TV Tokyo)
The new .hack//Roots anime is currently airing 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."
Story
Set in the year 2017, "The World" is now infested with many PKers (Player Killers). As a result of this, "The World R:2" has become unstable and segregated into many opposing guilds. Roots introduces Haseo, a newbie in The World, and The Twilight Brigade guild.
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Credits Screenplay supervisors: Kazunori Itou, Miu Kawasaki; Character designer: Satoshi Oosawa; Designer: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto; Opening theme: "Silly-Go-Round" by FictionJunction YUUKA; Ending theme: "National Awakening- Catharsis" by Ali Project.
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