

I remember waking up in the early morning as a child and catching the last few
minutes of this one anime on Toonami. From what I remember, this anime took
place both in a simulated environment and in the real world. I recall a main
character who, if I'm remembering correctly, had spiky silver hair and wielded
two shortswords. I seem to recall him finding a giant tree stump amidst a
simulated forest that, upon him standing on it and pulling two new blades from
it, was teleported to a dark area before some godly figure of light. Next, I
believe an older man followed this character's path the same way, found a
Greatsword within the tree and also went to find the godly figure. I seem to
recall a woman on a computer speaking to the man through a headset and soon
the show went on to the credits, where, if I am recalling correctly, the main
character was upside down, floating down the screen, and he was hit with a
ball of black energy and completely ripped apart.

For all I know, I could just be loosing it and this could've all been in my
head. But if not, I'd love some help in deducing which anime it was. Thanks.


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Trying to recall an anime name


The anime is
[.Hack//ROOTS](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6248)

> 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.

as per the description, it's the prequel to the PS2 game Series .Hack//G.U.
particular it goes though the events that occur between the scenes of the
intro to the first game (from when Haseo is first saved by Ovan until his
fight, defeat and re-initialization at the hands of "Tri-Edge")

the scene you refer to is _Episode 17 - Painful Forest_ and _Episode 18 -
Limit_

> Set during the Forest of Pain event players are tasked to reach the deepest
> part of the forest. upon reaching it Taihaku (the one who finds the
> Greatsword) and Haseo (who finds a pair of Twin Blades) are teleported to
> another area outside the game  
>  
>  Within this area each one encounters a red figure who asks if they have
> seen it's Daughter. those familiar with the previous games/series will
> recognize this has Harald Hoerwick, the one who first developed the Beta of
> The World called Fragment and the "Daughter" he asks about is Aura, the AI
> Child he created in the previous games  
>  
>  Taihaku answers that he does not know Harald's daughter but wishes that she
> is ok to which Harald bestows onto him the sword he found. Haseo, consumed
> by rage in his quest to destroy "Tri-Edge" who turned Shino into a Last One
> answers he doesn't care about Harald's Daughter and demands to know where
> "Tri-Edge" is. Harald refuses to give him the weapon and Haseo is struck by
> something.  
>  
>  before the Forest of Pain is deleted Tabby is waiting for Haseo to return
> and when he does she finds that he no longer looks the same. Haseo's Class,
> the Adept Rouge, can be powered up by obtaining new Forms and after what
> struck him Haseo has gone from the original 1st Form to the 3rd Form

i can't remember the woman on a computer but i assume this would be

> Ender/Pai - Real name is Reiko Saeki, a Member of the Guild, Raven, who's
> members are apart of Project G.U and are Epitaph Users who wield Avatars,
> the manifestation of one of the 8 Phases of Morganna

i believe is her as at the time the only other female character is Tabby
however i don't recall her talking a man outside the game and i believe the
man is

> Naobi/Yata - Real Name is Takumi Hino and is the .hacker Wiseman from the
> previous series of games. he is the leader of Raven and assists Reiko as
> they both work for CC Corp while he has deeper knowledge in the original
> Project G.U which Reiko's missing brother took part in


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