.hack//Roots

.hack//Roots
Cover of the first DVD Volume.
Anime television series
Directed by	Koichi Mashimo
Written by	Miu Kawasaki
Music by	Ali Project
Studio	Bee Train
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment EU: Beez Entertainment (former) NA: Funimation
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 5, 2006 – September 27, 2006
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Related Works
.hack//G.U. .hack//Gift (bonus parody episode of .hack//Sign) .hack

.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".^[1]