.hack//Roots

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When Bandai Entertainment left the anime industry a couple of years ago, the English rights to the .hack// anime series disappeared with it. Like some other licenses that have found new homes, the four English localized anime seasons were...

I am left with almost no expectations of any further .hack// games to be released internationally, with .hack//Link and .hack//Versus being passed over by Namco Bandai (Heck, PAL regions didn't even get .hack//G.U.). That being said with Funimation Entertainment...

This anime series is a bit different in Australia than what it is in North America.... while it is great Madman Entertainment chose to release it over here as they did .hack//Sign and .hack//LoTB, it is actually kicking us Aussies while we are down as we never got the corresponding game trilogy that follows on from it. But how does this series come across as both a solo entity and as part of The World R:2 series?