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.hack//Roots (TV)

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Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: In 2015, CC Corporation's datacenter caught on fire destroying "The World". By splicing in data from what would have been another project, CC Corp. was able to rebuild the game. In 2016, "The World R:2" was released. .hack//Roots covers the time Haseo spent with Shino and Ovan in the guild known as the Twilight Brigade, before the .hack//G.U. PS2 games.
Ratings: 961 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 52 votes (sub:36, dub:11, ?:2, Eng:1, others:2
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 122 votes (sub:86, dub:32, raw:2, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 184 votes (sub:139, dub:37, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:6
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 237 votes (sub:160, dub:69, ?:1, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:5
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 135 votes (sub:87, dub:42, raw:4, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 91 votes (sub:60, dub:26, ?:1, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 45 votes (sub:32, dub:9, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 53 votes (sub:39, dub:13, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 23 votes (sub:16, dub:7)
 Awful: 14 votes (sub:9, dub:5)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:5)
Seen in part or in whole by 2510 s, rank: #449 (of 9997)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.673 (Good−), std. dev.: 2.0689, rank: #5316 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 6.540 (Good−), rank: #5734 (of 10155) (seen all: 6.76 / seen some: 6.40 / won't finish: 4.22)
Bayesian estimate: 6.552 (Good−), rank: #5277 (of 7635)
Running time: 30 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2006-04-05 to 2006-09-27
2006-11-11 (USA - Cartoon Network)
Release dates: We have 15
Opening Theme:
"Silly-Go-Round" by FictionJunction YUUKA
Ending Theme:
#1: "National Awakening - Catharsis" by Ali Project (eps 1-25)
#2: "King Knight" by Ali Project (ep 26)
Insert song:
"God Diva" by Ali Project
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
Reviews:
.hack//Roots DVD (Aug 14, 2015)
.hack//Roots DVD 3 (Oct 26, 2007)
News: Show:
April Man Acquisitions (Apr 13, 2007)
Bandai Anime Licenses (Jul 3, 2006)
New .Hack Anime (Feb 8, 2006)
Other articles: Show:
Shelf Life - I Am Roots (Jun 22, 2015)
The Click - June 23 - 29 (Jun 23, 2007)
The Click - June 16 - 22 (Jun 16, 2007)
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DVD (Region 1)
    .hack//Roots - Complete Series (DVD) 2015-05-19 (from $149.99)
    .hack//Roots (DVD 1) 2007-03-20 (from $3.13)
    .hack//Roots - Special Edition w/ Artbox/CD/Game/Tshirt (DVD 1) 2007-03-20
    .hack//Roots (DVD 2) 2007-06-05 (from $8.99)
    .hack//Roots (DVD 3) 2007-08-07 (from $7.36)
    .hack//Roots - Special Edition with MP3 Case (DVD 3) 2007-08-07 (from $9.00)
    .hack//Roots (DVD 4) 2007-10-02 (from $49.11)
    .hack//Roots (DVD 5) 2007-12-04 (from $9.88)
    .hack//Roots (DVD 6) 2008-02-05 (from $9.49)
    .hack//Roots - Special Edition w/CD (DVD 6) 2008-02-05 (from $34.00)
Soundtrack
    .hack//Roots (OST 1) 2007-12-04 (from $97.00)
    .hack//Roots (OST 2) 2008-02-05 (from $9.76)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kōichi Mashimo
Series Composition: Miu Kawasaki
Script:
Bunya Fujii (5 episodes
eps 14, 18, 22-23, 26
)

Miu Kawasaki (19 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-9, 11-13, 16-17, 19-22, 24-26
)

Screenplay:
Miu Kawasaki
Storyboard:
Eiichi Kuboyama (6 episodes
eps 11, 13, 17, 20, 22, 25
)

Kōji Sawai (11 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-7, 12, 14, 18-19, 21, 23, 26
)

Yoshinobu Tokumoto (eps 8, 16)
Episode Director:
Eiichi Kuboyama (5 episodes
eps 4, 11, 15, 17, 25
)

Hisatoshi Shimizu (6 episodes
eps 9, 13, 15, 20, 22, 24
)

Kōji Sawai (7 episodes
eps 1, 7, 10, 14, 18, 23, 26
)

Yoshinobu Tokumoto (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 8, 12, 21
)

Music:
Yuuji Kamizato (Horn)
Original Character Design:
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Character Design: Satoshi Ohsawa
Art Director: Yoshimi Umino
Animation Director:
Yoshiaki Kameda
Sound Director: Tōru Nakano
Director of Photography:
Kōji Aoki
Assistant producer: Norihisa Oki
Background Art:
Haruka Ohsawa (Production AI; 13 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7-8, 10-26 even
)

Junko Nagasawa (Production AI; 16 episodes
eps 1-7, 9-25 odd
)

Katsuhiro Yamada (Production AI; 14 episodes
eps 1-4, 7-25 odd
)

Megumi Ogawa (Production AI; 15 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 8-26 even
)

Naoki Aoyama (Production AI; 14 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7-8, 10-26 even
)

Shin Watanabe (Production AI; 12 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-25 odd
)

Wakaba Okamoto (Production AI; 13 episodes
eps 3-4, 7-8, 10-26 even
)

Yasunori Hishinuma (Production AI; 13 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9-25 odd
)

Yukiko Ogawa (Production AI; eps 2, 4, 6-26)
Closing Animation Director: Yoshiaki Kameda
Closing Director: Kōji Sawai
Color Coordination:
Sayuri Yoshida (Argo Road; eps 1-25 odd)
Color design: Sayuri Yoshida
Finish Check:
Sayuri Yoshida (Argo Road; eps 1-25 odd)
Format Editing: Hiroyuki Nagai (Sony PCL)
Guest Character Design: Yoshiaki Kameda (ep 17)
In-Between Animation:
Mina Fujihata (5 episodes
eps 9, 13, 17, 21, 23
)

Saori Tomita (17 episodes
eps 2-6, 8, 10, 12-16, 18-26 even
)

Shōta Ihata (6 episodes
eps 1, 7, 11, 15, 19, 25
)

Key Animation:
Asami Watanabe (6 episodes
eps 6, 11, 20, 23-24, 26
)

Chiyo Hosokawa (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 15-16, 19
)

Cho Byeong Goan (9 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 14-15, 18-19, 21-22
)

Chūichi Iguchi (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1, 10, 14, 18, 23, 26
)

Daisuke Saitō (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 17, 21, 25
)

Einoshin Kubota (6 episodes
eps 2, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25
)

Hirotaka Nii (4 episodes
eps 9, 17, 21, 25
)

Jun Mori (4 episodes
eps 9, 17, 21, 25
)

Kayo Nomichi (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 9, 13, 21, 25
)

Kouichi Sakamoto (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25
)

Masaki Miyauchi (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 17
)

Mi Ra Kwon (9 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 14-15, 18-19, 21-22
)

Mi Young Lee (7 episodes
eps 11, 13, 15, 20, 22-23, 26
)

Michio Hasegawa (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16, 19, 23
)

Mika Hironaka (5 episodes
eps 8, 12, 16, 19, 23
)

Mo Jung Hee (9 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 14-15, 18-19, 21-22
)

Motoki Yagi (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 12, 20
)

Rie Kaneko (7 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 16, 20, 24, 26
)

Rumi Miyata (5 episodes
eps 1, 9, 13, 20, 24
)

Se Won Kim (9 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 14-15, 18-19, 21-22
)

Shin Sun Ming (9 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 14-15, 18-19, 21-22
)

Shōta Ihata (7 episodes
eps 2, 7, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25
)

Sung Jong Seo (9 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 14-15, 18-19, 21-22
)

Taiichirō Kohara (5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 15, 19
)

Tatsuro Ohtomi (10 episodes
eps 5, 8-9, 12-13, 16, 19, 22, 24, 26
)

Tatsuya Ikeda (5 episodes
eps 8, 12, 16, 19, 23
)

Tomoyuki Kitamura (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 17, 21, 25
)

Woo Bywng Kyu (9 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 14-15, 18-19, 21-22
)

Yi Se Hee (9 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 14-15, 18-19, 21-22
)

Yoshiaki Mizuno (6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 17, 21, 25
)

Youko Kuboyama (4 episodes
eps 4, 11, 15, 25
)

Yuuko Kamiyama (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7-8, 16, 19
)

Music Performance:
Tomoko Shimaoka (Viola)
Music producer: Yoshimoto Ishikawa
Opening Animation Director: Satoshi Ohsawa
Opening Director: Satoshi Ohsawa
Photography:
Yuji Tanahashi (Studio Twinkle)
Planning:
Shin Unozawa
Planning Cooperation: Shinichirō Inoue
Production manager:
Hiroshi Nakamura (7 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 15, 18, 22, 26
)

Kenkō Takemura (4 episodes
eps 8, 12, 16, 19
)

Ryoji Maru (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 24
)

Takayasu Shimizu (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 11, 17, 21, 25
)

Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi (Soundbox)
Sound Supervision: Kōichi Mashimo
Supervision:
Masashi Harada
Theme Song Arrangement:
Yuki Kajiura (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Yuki Kajiura (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Yuki Kajiura (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Yuuka Nanri (FictionJunction YUUKA)
Hiroki Tōchi as Ovan
Kaori Nazuka as Shino

Junpei Takiguchi as Phyllo
Kenta Miyake as Tawaraya/Touta
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Sakisaka
Sanae Kobayashi as Ender/Pi
Takumi Yamazaki as Naobi/Yata

Akiko Hiramatsu as Bordeaux (eps 8, 23)
Akiko Yajima as Gaspard (ep 22)
Akio Suyama as Itta
Atsuko Enomoto as
B-Set
Nazoranty (ep 1)
Chihiro Tezuka as PC 2 (ep 7)
Chikara Ōsaka as PC (eps 3, 22)
Daisuke Namikawa as Iyoten
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Silabus (ep 22)
Fumitoshi Miyajima as PK (ep 20)
Hideki Nakanishi as PC (ep 24)
Isshin Chiba as
Nasubi
Silver Knight (26)
Kazuhiro Nakata as Taihaku
Kouzou Douzaka as PC (ep 19)
Masaki Mimoto as PC (ep 21)
Masaki Yamamoto as PC (ep 23)
Masayo Hosono as Member (ep 10)
Mika Shirai as Control system (ep 18)
Mitsuki Saiga as Yuuta/Kashimiya
Norikazu Kuki as PC (ep 8)
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Seisaku
Ryūzō Ishino as Smile (ep 23)
Satoshi Gotou as PK (eps 20, 22)
Satsuki Yukino as Midori
Shinichi Kishino as PC 1 (ep 5)
Shizuka Itō as Saburo
Takafumi Kawakami as PC (ep 19)
Tetsuharu Ōta as PC 1 (ep 7)
Toru Oshiro as PC (ep 9)
Yōko Honna as Asuta
Youhei Nishina as PC (ep 23)
Yuki Matsuda as Pirokio
Yuuki Taniguchi as Member (ep 10)
Yuuko Fujiya as
PC (ep 3)
Receptionist A (ep 4)
Japanese companies
Animation: Bee Train
Backgrounds: Production ai
Broadcaster:
TV Tokyo (2006-04-05)
Color Coordination: argo road
Digital Works: Bee Train Digital
Finish:
Studio Road
In-Between Animation:
Studio DEEN (4 episodes
eps 7, 10, 20, 26
)

Studio Mu (ep 7)
Key Animation:
Tanto
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Sound Effects: Sound Box
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Keith A. Goddard
Translation: Rachel Noe
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi (Bandai)
Producer: Diana Gage (Ocean)

Adaptation: Alex Dafoe
Associate producer: Jiro Okada (Ocean)
Casting Coordination: Theresa MacFarlane (Interpacific Productions)
Casting Director: Randi Riediger (Interpacific Productions)
Chief Producer: Nobuo Masuda (Bandai)
Dialogue Editing:
Marc Matsumoto
Re-Recording Mixing: Keith A. Goddard
Recording engineer:
Mike Iske
Subtitling: Kevin McKeown
Video Post-Production:
Sean McConkey
Andrew Francis as Haseo
David Lee Mckinney as Haseo (Animax dub)
Kelly Sheridan as Shino
Michael Kopsa as Ovan
Scott Evans as Ovan

Alistair Abell as Sakisaka
Kirby Morrow as Gord
Lisa Ann Beley as Ender/Pi
Mark Acheson as Tawalaya/Touta
Paul Dobson as Naoba/Yata
Rebecca Shoichet as Saburo
Russell Roberts as Phyllo
Sarah Ha as Pi

Andrea Kwan as Azure Kite
Ashleigh Ball as Caster A (Female)
Brad Swaile as Seisaku
Brian Drummond as Nasubi (ep 5)
Cathy Weseluck as Cashmere
Chris Cound as
Caster A (Male)
Iyoten
Jason Simpson as Caster B (Male)
John Murphy as Haseo Fan 1 (ep 3)
Kelly Metzger as Wool
Michael Pizzuto as Sakaru (Animax dub)
Sarah Ha as Bset
Tabitha St. Germain as
Asta
Caster B (Female)
Nazo Grunty
English companies
ADR Production: The Ocean Group
Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network
Distributor:
Man Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
Tubi TV
Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment (2013)
Recording Studio: Ocean Studios
French cast
French staff
ADR Director: Julie Basecqz

Cécile Boland as Shino
Claire Tefnin as Tabby

Arnaud Léonard as Naobi
Cathy Boquet as Bset
Gregory Praet as Gord
Tony Beck as Tawaraya
French companies
ADR Production: Midisync
Distributor: Beez Entertainment ()
Dubbing: Mirroring

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