.hack//Roots (2006)

Directed by

Kōichi Mashimo

Genre

fantasy anime and manga, adventure anime and manga, science fiction anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 26 episodes

Rated

M

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An anime series set inside a massively multiplayer online role-playing game called The World R:2. It follows a new player who gets drawn into the game's social conflicts and mysterious events.

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What happens

.hack//Roots is a 26-episode anime series, animated by studio Bee Train, that sets as a prologue for the .hack//G.U. video games. It is the first .hack TV series broadcast in HDTV (1080i). It is set seven years after the events of the first two anime series and games. .hack//Roots revolves around an MMORPG game called The World R:2, also known as The World Revision:2 and serves a sequel to the original version of "The World". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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