Heh, the plot reminds me ALOT of .hack//sign in some ways... Not sure if any of you have ever seen it. Great show though, as are the rest of the .hack catalog.
I love the anime stylings though, the characters remind me alot of the earlier Final Fantasy artwork, particularly the characters of Final Fantasy Tactics, with a little of some of Eureka Seven's character stylings as well IMHO.
I will definitely check this out though, thanks for the heads up Chuk!