Ergo Proxy

Some sci-fi anime fans have this hunger for new content, they have to see some new cool mecha or some mind-twisting story to keep them satisfied for some time. If you are one of those people, this is the place to be for you. If you love dark complicated anime, Ergo Proxy is for you. It is not much comparable to any other anime, because it is so unique in both animation and story.

The series were directed by Shukou Murase, who had worked on quite a few popular anime titles like Samurai Champloo and Aegis of Uruk. Produced by Manglobe Inc., while they don't have many titles to show off like some other animation studios, all of their work is loved from bottom to top by many many many anime fans.

Ergo Proxy's script is really complex, in every episode there are so many philosophical and psychological ideas presented to the viewers, it is hard to grasp them. So many references to big great people in human history, Greek mythology and legends. This is enough science fiction to keep anyone's mind twisted for a while.

The story is very good, the start has so much it's hard to describe it properly. After sudden catastrophic changes in earth's environment most of human population has been wiped out. What has left of them live in a domed city known as Romdeau. The city is full of androids called AutoReivs, they are mostly created for a purpose of serving and helping human survival. Recently there has been a few mysterious murders in the city by AutoReivs infected by a virus know as Cogito. Our main character Real Mayer and her partner AutoReiv Iggy are top detectives who are sent to investigate these murders. But what Real finds is more than just a berserk AutoReiv. We hope you will enjoy this very dark and very twisting story.

Main characters in the story are going through their own psychological journeys. One is looking to be accepted into a normal society. Second is looking for something real to this existence. The third, perhaps wants to become more human. There are a lot of references to the real world people that lived some time in history. All the backgrounds and outside of the city look pretty convincing, the technology concepts are very believable. Names and actions of characters have very deep links to them. The anime concentrates more on character development and story than on the animation.

Animation is pretty dark, just how we like it. Detailed and realistic scenes take you straight in to the depths of the story, only at times you have time to realize just how good everything looks. Of course, you will watch it again and again. These series are a work of a lot of people who created Samurai Champloo, this is their development over a few years. This time the setting is in future, with guns and androids, not swords and samurai.

Soundtrack delivers from the opening until the ending sequences, with excellent sound effects that fit every bit of the cool technology. Music tracks so good that this anime has two OST releases. Voice actors have worked very hard to produce such high results.

In the end, Ergo Proxy hits all the right spots, it is worth 40 bucks all the way. With work of Dai Sato, Shukou Murase, you have to love this dose of science fiction. We recommend it to anyone over 16, but we can't promise you will understand everything, unless you do more research. With characters completely different to one another, traveling on their own different journeys, this is dark science fiction anime in its best form.

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