Whats the difference between ANBU and Root ?

[Easyton]

What is the difference between ANBU and Root ?
Are they the same organization ?
If not, why do they wear the same masks ?

 

[iNotorious]

-ANBU has a cool name :I ROOT..mehhh pretty lame for me.

-I think the same.

-Why not?

 

[Alfred Pennyworth]

regular ANBU answer to hokages whereas ROOT members obey danzo only (apparently)

they wear masks to conceal their identity (which village they're from) since they carry black ops mainly .

 

[Kage BoOmBa No Jutsu]

root is foundation for anbu. solved

 

[Sound]

Anbu's are handpicked by the Hokage, Root members are Danzo's lapdogs

 

[awesomeseimei]

Root: a subdivision of Anbu created by Danzo to serve him and him only.

Presumably it was a legit Anbu training facility (as per fillers) but later it was disbanded, only to remain active in the shadows.

 

[Zorø]

Anbu is more secret dan Root.

 

[Kage BoOmBa No Jutsu]

loyal to danzo butl hokage is boss to root

 

[WhistleBlower]

One is light and the other is darkness metaphorically speaking

or you could use Danzou's words "You were the leaf , Hiruzen and i hid in the shadows below as the root of the leaf"

 

[EVlL]

same. they are one level below h\okage. they work for hokage, and for really high missions. root was made by danzo, more like his guarding or trusted man? usually root under danzo became double agent.

 

[Antichrist]

What is the difference between ANBU and Root ?

ANBU : Bunch of Ninja taking orders from the Kage .

Root : Bunch of Ninja taking orders from Danzo .

Are they the same organization ?

No ,they aren't .

If not, why do they wear the same masks ?

They wear masks to hide their identity .

 

[Tobi98]

You could see Anbu as the CIA and Root a super secret division is completely hidden from the public

And Anbu answer to the Hokages while Root answer to Danzo only

 

[Callypigia]

Anbu characters have more personality and charm. Root members are emotionless droids.

 

[Lana Del Taka]

It's kinda like ATLA, the Dai-Li serve Long Feng and the Earth Kingdom guardians serve the Earth King.

 

[wanderingcactus]

ANBU = hokage
ROOT = leader of Foundation

 

[IceBreaker]

Anbu=Hokage
ROOT=Danzo's puppets.

 

[Anorien16]

ANBU is Hokage's elite team .... ROOT is Danzo's private army.

 

[Dãrth1]

Root are born to work in the shadows, they work for Danzo and have not emotions.
Anbu are a high rank that a Jounin can get

 

[Cresee]

Anbu work under the Hokage and the Root worked under Danzo's orders.

 

[Xāvî1]

Anbu are under the direct command of hokage while root members are also anbu but they are under the command of Danzo