Texhnolyze Anime Review - AnimeEveryday Anime Reviews

[@similitude240]

This and Ergo Proxy have both been on my list since I first noticed the high ratings on your chart but I keep putting them off because I feel like I need to be in a certain mindset to truly enjoy them.

[@johnmars5282]

The anime is a fucking masterpiece. I wish we had more philosophical anime like this. Chiaki J. Konaka is a true master of the medium.

[@Elricsedric]

I never heard of it its so underrated

[@user-hm3ni1wd3f]

neon genesis evangelion

[@vejymonsta3006]

I don't think we will ever see anime like this again. Passion projects just don't happen in the industry anymore. Anime is in a very difficult and sad standing at the moment. There is going to be a huge shift very soon.

[@User-ih9xq]

Yea they don’t make anime like this anymore. I like some new anime but the best era of anime were the 1990’s- to the early 2000’s

[@Mr.GalaxyYT]

@@User-ih9xq yeah anime nowadays is a hero type like demon slayer or mha.

[@User-ih9xq]

@@Mr.GalaxyYT yea

[@TheButterMinecart1]

Maybe Sony Boy? I enjoyed it a lot

[@kyontraire]

sonny boy, tatami galaxy, etc. Its very rare, but you can still find a few anime that were made with love.

[@vejymonsta3006]

The soundtrack for this anime is amazing. I listen to it on a regular basis.

[@Lucols4]

+VejyMonsta Everything about this show is amazing

[@ukhio]

as he said, everything in the show is amazing

[@Rehan-wb2ok]

@@ukhio and as I say, it means anything.

[@curbyour____9506]

The Man of Men soundtrack is 👌

[@jebadiahjackson]

>man gets in fight >man loses his arm and leg >man stumbles around city for two episodes >man meets woman and has sex >man gets new robotic arm and leg >man stumbles around city for the next 20 episodes >10/10

[@saberkimochii5042]

I was in 3rd Grade when I first watched this anime, and god, I was traumatized for 11 years when I saw them cutting off Ichise's limbs. Mind you, I was eating breakfast at that time and this was aired on Animax 2003. By the time I was 17 or 18, finally got the guts to finish it. Yes, I'd also give it a 10/10 for everything. its very rare for an anime to engulf my emotions. By the end of the show, I was questioning life itself as well since it left me too damn depressed.

[@ukhio]

this anime is a truly masterpiece and your review is the best of internet, congratulations

[@bili6885]

I remember watching this back in elementary school, it’s still in my favorites on My animelist. I felt like rewatching recently and got the same feeling I got I did long ago. Anime has really changed and types of story’s that give this feeling are now mangas. Wish there were more anime like Texhnolyze.

[@aarongtr180]

"And not by quoting philosophers, but by penetrating your mind." This was one of the problems I had with Psycho-Pass (though I did enjoy the series). Two characters in particular were quite fond of rattling off quote after quote from famous philosophers, but there wasn't enough exploration of the ideas contained within those quotes.

[@Itacho333]

Perfect summary. Makshima Shougo was one of the blandest villians because of it.

[@partypiano0729]

I feel like Texhnolyze is the answer we don't want to hear to the philosophies of life - "that there isn't any", and it doesn't tell us, it shows us.

[@kugashira1018]

@@Itacho333 There is nothing bland about Shougo Makishima. GTFO

[@deavin4293]

@@Itacho333 are you dumb ass here watch this video because you're one of those people kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5utpISeg9ynfM0

[@THE_CORNELIUS]

haven't watched psycho pass but this was a big issue i had with GITS: Innocence

[@AnimeEverydayYT]

For anyone interested in watching Texhnolyze, FUNimation have uploaded it (legally) to their youtube channel. It might not be available for every country though. Texhnolyze - (SUB) - 1 - Rogue 1: Stranger

[@francispena2818]

Here's a five headed dog everybody! Ergo proxy Casshern sin Wolfs rain Texhnolyze Wonderful days ^ All of these shows/movies could have easily tooken place in the same world!

[@daringjeens]

no lain?

[@francispena2818]

daringjeens doesn't take place in a dystopia

[@daringjeens]

what makes you say that? i would disagree, but am open to different interpritation

[@francispena2818]

daringjeens you think it takes place in a dystopia? Explain

[@ukhio]

great taste sir. Those are my fave animes ever

[@AlphaHatsuseno]

Spoilers: Texhnolyze's overall theme is not bleak, as hinted through allusions but made more obvious as the story progresses. Yes, you can point out the atmosphere and the the surface of what happens in each episode, but if you think Texhnolyze delivers an "everybody dies, the end" message, then frankly I think you should rewatch it. I don't mean to sound condescending but it's more clear and just as fun the second time around.

[@rodrigopacheco12]

hihihihihi1234567800 i can only think of the mustache guy's outlook on life as the positive take from the show. Other than that, its clearly about our struggle for meaning

[@Robersora]

Texhnolyze is like Requiem for a Dream. I never want to experience it again, albeit or exactly because of their awesomeness. Great review, keep it up!

[@N_Wah_]

I binge watched this for the first time on a train to Los Angeles and it changed my life.

[@robostarz]

Agreed I hope this inspires others to make anime or stories like this because big industries won't dare do this type of anime again

[@katsuneshinsengumi8727]

It was very atmospheric that I question myself if I want to spend my wekeend in somewhat depressed and strange feeling.

[@sfxmong5988]

I think I will like this anime. I like grim episodes. I hope the ending is worth it so I'll take your word for it

[@galaxysoup]

I must admit I'm not usually really interested in watching anime reviews, but your accent is so awesome that I'm watching them anyway :D

[@aduderules]

loved your review. This show is definitely one of the most impactful shows that I've ever seen, in fact, I would go as far as to say its one of the most powerful experiences I've ever experienced. It had me exactly where it wanted me to be at the end. rarely have I felt so invested in a show like this before. I would have liked it if you brought up Yoshii, but I can understand why you didn't seeing that you don't want to give anything away. keep up the good job

[@thomassilva3748]

Rewatching this series probably 7 or 8 years later and I still love it, albeit probably for different reasons when 14 ish y/o me saw it back then

[@reaglowe4920]

I love your super-professional-looking thumbnail pictures. I hope you keep doing Industry Spotlight. Maybe cover Satoshi Kon or Watanabe?

[@DarkKing009]

Texhnolyze 6/5

[@samgratton1031]

I see both series there drak masterpiece and we need more

[@RisingSunReviews]

Was this one mentioned in your guide to watching anime in the summer? This really does sound like a brilliant anime, and is now one I want to watch, so thank you.

[@gladman1]

Awesome review. Been waiting for this for a while

[@cgrecia89]

One of my favorite

[@EmissaryOfSmeagol]

I've just finished this show, and I can safely say I dislike it! [Spoiler free review] Texhnolyze has many plotlines that do not fully get resolved, and doesn't make very good use of the promising and mysterious narrative elements it begins itself with. What begins as a surreal philosophical science fiction mystery devolves into a moody gangster 'drama' that has little redemption. The characters are written well, and the setting in which they play is interesting and original. I enjoyed the dark themes and how they are handled most of the time as well. But the 'villains,' if you will, have truly vapid motivations and offer nothing but chaos as a means to progress the plot. Chaos and decay are central themes in Texhnolyze, but all of its other themes are handled so much more smartly and serve its characters better. There are ultimately no answers as to _why_ things happen in Texhnolyze, in a grand sense, other than 'villains decided to do villainous things _because human nature.'_ As for my personal taste, while I was hooked by the surrealism and mystery during the first few episodes, I very slowly came to be bored and then frustrated with the show. I say frustrated, because while the narrative doesn't spiral out of control, it just gets not good after about halfway through the show; things still make enough sense for the ideas to remain cohesed, yet the ideas lose their light; the narrative doesn't become unenjoyable suddenly, but rather very gradually. I also found the ending rather unsatisfying, but I don't consider that to be a fault in the show's writing necessarily. I had a lot of hope for this show and Texhnolyze sets itself up so well, but slowly lost me by the end. I have seen some people compare this to Ergo Proxy, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and which delivered on its premises satisfactorily. I know I'm being negative, but I wanted to write out a negative review as fairly as possible without any spoilers.

[@Doomroar]

Yoshii is using his "goals" of wanting to arouse and activate the spirits of the inhabitants of lux city in order to give raise to a new kind of human more driven and passionate, as a pretext to justify his rampage and instigation of a civil war, deep down this is him lashing out against the current state of stagnation, but also him managing to feel alive again, equating the joy he is feeling now with how things ought to be, and mistaking it for an ideal state of being Kano is a being of privilege with too much power, who believes to be the only real human in a world at his disposal that has submerged itself in rotting chaos, and is trying to submerge things into order as he envisions himself as the only one that is actually sentient, with everyone else just being an extinction of his mind, he sees himself as the fable voice of the city, not because he is a god, but because he is the only with a voice, the problem being that he is in a position that actually allows him to use others as tools and things, not because they are actually tools, but because his power and authority puts him in a position so high that other can be reduced to mere tools Finally the setting is a product of high social and economic inequality, extreme industrialization, ecological devastation, and hyper-dependence on technology, giving us as a result 2 worlds that have become codependent of each other, and that slowly rot away into oblivion, the surface who has become so stable with industrial order that it has stagnated and as such it may as well have died because change and growth is what living societies do, and Lux the titular city which has become so impoverished and submerged in the tension of the social struggle that it reached its own version of stagnation and as such has also died, and while that tension may paint a semblance of hope, an idea that maybe things can change for the better, the reality is that if the tension breaks so will the city, for the end result will be its parts cannibalizing each other The surface depends of Lux to maintain its existence by having a place to predate on and exploit the brute resources it needs to supply the lifestyle it created, while Lux depends of the Surface in order to validate the hierarchical powers that sustain the state of tension that keeps the city form collapsing onto itself, that fine balance that Onishi keeps talking about again and again through the series. Yoshii sees hope in breaking that tension in Lux, something that the surface lacks, and tries to do it with moderate success, however of course the end result is not a positive outcome, Kano on the other hand tries to eliminate the tension by bringing forth his own ideal of a world in which he becomes the only realized human, but that also fails, because without tension the city that was never really alive, but rather on life support, just collapses. And there you go, those are the motives of the villains and why they do villainous things, as well as the answer as to why things happen in Texhnolyze

[@magicalcat-girl5272]

This was a good review, this looks like a great anime to watch. It's different than any other anime series. I love dark,serious mystery anime shows like these. I'm thinking about buying this and ergo proxy since it reminds me a little of serial experiments lain.

[@MultiEvil85]

One of the best amines I have ever seen

[@newgroundsTVnet]

Great review, which I'm used too with your stuff by now.

[@DeathzTheBored]

i love this anime one of my favorites i have watched ( i haven't watched a ton of anime maybe only like 75 or so ( well i wrote this ) but still i love it )

[@NintendanGX]

Took me a while to find the complete boxset of this second hand, but it was well worth it...

[@justcallmpeter]

i been meaning to watch this show ever since i started watching anime. i guess i could watch it after im done watching fruits basket

[@notninja97]

I would imagine that this show would be really hard to understand if you aren't or have never been in the protagonists position given the fact that the Ichise hardly ever talks.

[@user-rm1rf4zw6s]

At least not as quiet as i remember

[@Elricsedric]

This anime is really underrated but there is alot of vids covering it

[@Neethan3247]

Just finished rewatching. *Sigh* poor Ichise :(

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

OST is fucking amazing, so much music!!!! Ending is amazing

[@khosrow]

Spoiler free? That implies that it can be spoiled. Any spoiler would only confuse you more as you watch it.

[@priatnapringgadidjaja9993]

After watch texhnolyze ,i think mafia cyberpunk a good idea

[@selenaivanovic2348]

Somehow its coherent to a place within me where everything itself is so true and clear, so perfectly understood that is somehow beautifull, because no uglines or beauty truly exists. It dosen't allow you to brace it with youre sanity, if you do so you will definitely end up confussed and won't be able to enjoy it the right way. Only with your subconsciousness and trought feelings and emphatizing you will be able to understand it. It's silent and dark, it uses little symboles, for it speaks directly to your heart. In that, it's truer than any other anime, and is a masterpiece of its own kind. Well, for me it's perfect, and I don't belive it to be simiular to Ergo Proxy. Ergo Proxy is one of the best pshological sci-fi along with Serial Experiments Lain, but that is that - it creates a world, it creates characters, and does it masterfully. Texhnolyze, on the other hand, comunicates to something that already existed in all of us, and does it trough the music that it is. Only other anime that made me feel remoltey simiular was Kino no Tabi.

[@JTB312]

Will I like this if I liked the first half of Requiem for the Phantom?

[@JTB312]

Juicy Chad Because the second half was a flop. Completely messed up what it had set up in the beginning... Also, no need to answer the question, I'm currently watching Texhnolyze and am loving it. But yeah, first half was absolutely masterful, but after that it had some major pacing issues and plot holes. Also, the change in atmosphere did not help.

[@JTB312]

Juicy Chad If you are capable of actively analysing (and appreciating) a well crafted story: definitely. If you don't feel you'll like it, I would give it a try any way since you can't really compare it to anything... If you liked Evangelion: drop everything else. (don't, but you get the point)

[@JTB312]

Juicy Chad Go for it! :)

[@Quiestre]

Texhnolyze is probably my favorite anime of all time. But it's funny that I can't stand Ergo Proxy.

[@maxcerrato8322]

Quiestre How so?

[@Quiestre]

Max Cerrato Hard to explain. Mostly it comes down to subjective enjoyment. I really hated watching Ergo Proxy it was so boring and I couldn't stand any of the characters, Especially the little girl annoyed the fuck out of me. The story also felt really aimless and convoluted. Besides that I though the animation was actually quite bad which is weird if you know how good the first episode looks, but the rest of the show is really sloppy. All in all I never manged to watch more of it and gave up.

[@MerckNickoelRivera]

Quiestre weird

[@Clebardman]

Quiestre It's the other way around for me :p. I don't hate Texhnolyze. Visually it's good, with some really great moments. Some directing choices were really pertinent and unsettling, like the first sex scene wich blew my mind, or some of the transitions. But I feel many aspects of the show could have been better. I really love EP's cast, but the only character in Texhnolyze that spiked my interest was Ran. She gets nearly no screen time, and my interest might come from the fact that she's pretty much a Lain copycat (silent psy girl with blank brown eyes and an animal disguise ?). Some people and even a faction were here mosty to fill the holes in the scenario and had pretty much no development, impact or screen time after playing their part. Also, I like the idea of having a nearly mute main character (I have no problem with Gordon Freeman for example, it works for me), but Ichise fails at interacting with other people wich makes him seriously frustrating, especially since he doesn't even stay a loner. The middle part of the show totally lost my interest because of that. The fights are making the whole show hard to believe. Incredibly plot-immune hero jumps in the middle of 20 armed guys and suddenly you see him close-up punching a serie of guys 1v1 with no background. Texhnolyze has the worst case of You are already dead I've seen with a character that talks for 30 seconds before his head separates from his body. Just when the show started to really spike my interest again, on top of that. In the end, I really have mixed feelings about Texhnolyze. Even if it doesn't raise much questions and is mostly dark for the sake of it, I think it coud have worked if the main character stayed next to Ran as a bodyguard/spectator, and believable fights.

[@EggiTheShadow]

Even though ergo proxy is so highly praised i could never really find what was so great about it apparently you really had to think about and do back-research on before you enjoyed it. I don't like that approach as researching the stuff is really annoying, although texhnolyze was self contained concepts were explored and could either be figured out from what was in the anime or without any prior back knowledge. Ergo proxy's plot, you can get the main idea which was pretty bland, but all the nitty gritty of it could only be discovered through back research, although in saying this there were 2 episodes in it which i think deserve a deserve the praise, the amusement park and the clone episode (where there was a re-l clone) as they were good self contained stories, it had a interesting artstyle and op/ed i'll give it that. Its funny that when i went out to buy ergo proxy due to all the praise i heard i ended up buying texhnolyze and serial experiments lain as well which i thought wouldn't be as good so i watched them first to get them out of the way but then ergo just couldn't compare, i really wanted to love it, but couldn't

[@Caldyro]

great review mate. Also could I request a review on the 1st series of No Game No Life?

[@Stay_ClassyYT]

Great review!

[@snowballeffect7812]

Hated Ergo Proxy. This was much more bearable.

[@User-ih9xq]

This show gives me a dark rainy vibe I found it on google after searching for something and ima watch it

[@KanoKingoftheworld]

Even the most darkest anime like texhnolyse,still have a jokes(as example,eps 11,12)

[@hazukifujiwara4561]

This is the most depressing anime I've watched followed by Aura and NHK

[@iishaanshukla]

Retro Sage Try Shiki.

[@leroysane3052]

Hazuki Fujiwara Rainbow

[@anubhavrana6816]

@@leroysane3052 Rainbow is just too sad. The boys deserved better.

[@ryc3658]

Great review as always, I will try this out someday. Also, I noticed that Legend of the Galactic Heroes occupies the number one spot on your scores spreadsheet. Do you plan to review LoGH in the future? It'd be very difficult, but I know you could do it!

[@AnimeEverydayYT]

Yes, one day i will review it :)

[@ahmedibrahim9217]

hey bruh. just a fellow LotGH fan passing by I thought I'd say hello. u know , u don't meet many of them these days.

[@BrewerFiremind]

I love shows like these, and I ended up not liking Texnolyze. I really loved its slow dismal pace and grim setting and story, plus a handful of heavy themes and symbolic artistic strengths. Then they got to the surface and the class and I found it to be really immersion breaking and thought it was trying to be too artsy for its own good. I liked what they were aiming to do, and I liked the themes given by the conclusion, but the last 4 episodes seemed like a train wreck to me.

[@BrewerFiremind]

Good review though, people who like dark shows can really appreciate its grim presentation and the strong sense of mystery it puts into the setting. Worth recommending, even if they end up not liking it.

[@EggiTheShadow]

You're the second person i've met that's called it artsy.. in what way was it artsy, because that was a vital part of the story... i don't understand what you're saying

[@juanmanikings]

LOL no the last 4 episodes are the best

[@Astral0muffiN]

Ergo proxy is hipster Shounen, empty fluff desperately posing as intellectual and edgy. Aside from the thematic overlap of nihilistic tendencies it has literally nothing in common with Texhnolyze. I also disagree on your opinion that Ichise is becoming less human as the series progresses. quite to the contrary I feel the whole purpose of his arc is learning to become human. He goes from a caged animal turned stray dog to introspecting on and confronting his past, his sense of self and his future.

[@keikurono192]

NO.

[@vejymonsta3006]

hipster shonen? what? How is it even close to shonen in any what at all? get off your high horse.

[@aser39009]

I don't think Ergo Proxy is shounen in any possible way, but I have to agree that Texhnolyze is on a completely different level and a lot more deeper. I think Ergo Proxy is just an average good show, with some interesting ideas behind and a couple of very well done episodes. Texhnolyze is a true masterpiece.

[@ice-hole]

imagine the outer world is ergo proxy’s world, that the only original human left is living in lux (primitif and conservative) and space (evolutionaire and liberalist). the holographic town is a leftover of desperate human, and the rest of the humanity is fled to the space, and lux is remain unknown. when ichise finally left alone (ending of texhnolyze), he wonder outside and discover a small village living in outer dome and then met vincent law and pino after he jumped from the dome, and so the adventure begin (to prove that ran’s vision is untrue, because no one should be able to see the future lol). just imagine, how great it would be. one thing, i still annoyed by the proxy model, i still think they’re should be lookin like a half-robot and half-human unlike isekai monster hehehe

[@iepic32g]

Due To your mention and references towards ergo proxy will/could you being doing an ergo proxy review of it?

[@AnimeEverydayYT]

I've been planning on doing an Ergo Proxy review for quite some time now, but it would take so long to make. I will in the future though.

[@parallax4475]

Please someone reccomend similar piece of media Anything would work not just anime I tired of searching similar anime Just drop anything similar hollywood, novel, visual novel , movie , anime anything would work

[@KitsGravity]

The only pure 10/10 anime in my opinion.

[@deepeshraghuwanshi888]

Where to watch this

[@Crustymoon09]

this anime reminds me of serial experiment lain

[@sniperkiller888]

can you review shiki

[@FredSpade]

Yes, Shiki please.

[@User-ih9xq]

I just finished that show 2 months ago

[@adolfborathitler2545]

Way better than Naruto I wish this was My first anime to watch

[@user-rm1rf4zw6s]

After watch texhnolyze,i guess i loved mild edgy character as protagonist

[@TamaChien]

my taste, thx

[@garypatton3637]

Yeah I'm going to have to set this one on the shelf for later. I tried watching it but I'm just not in the right mood for it.

[@EmoBurrito123]

nice looks like I have another anime to look forward too.

[@user-rm1rf4zw6s]

For me ichise best character who edgy

[@spannycat2]

I saw 3 episodes, and it was boring.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

trust me I gave up on the series 3 times (up on funimation) until I just said fuck it and watched it completely!!! it is so good, it is very slow at the start but once you know what is going on and learn all the factions and plots it becomes amazing. you even root for the main character who breaths heavily half the show

[@francispena2818]

I CAN ENJOY ANY ANIME! As long as its written coherently like naruto

[@xE92vD]

0:11 tell me that guy isnt sasuke lol

[@gilgamesh310]

Ergo Proxy is a very pretentious show that's needlessly self indulgent with its dialogue. Tehxnolyze is better but I wouldn't call it a masterpiece. It takes too long for the plot to get moving.

[@AnimeEverydayYT]

gilgamesh310 I wouldn't call Ergo Proxy pretentious at all. Tehxnolyze is meant to be dark, grim and uncomfortable. That's why the story is slow.

[@gilgamesh310]

I felt lines like "It is not I think therefore I am but I think therefore you are" and whole episodes being devoted to Disney based characters, which the creator no doubt doesn't understand properly and game shows as a means of dumping exposition on us is pretty pretentious stuff.

[@vejymonsta3006]

Nope

[@thestampede4999]

gilgamesh310 Only those who couldn't understand Ergo Proxy call it pretentious, that's a Fact. You should be objectif not influenced by 4chan opinions.and give the show the attention and time to understand and appreciate it.if you can't then simply it is not for you.

[@gilgamesh310]

mohamed joestar Sure. I'm not influenced by any 4chan opinions. The show is pretentious because it purports to be more than it is.

[@Vitor20XX]

This anime is boring

[@maxphamousHD]

Bruh moment

[@Vitor20XX]

@@maxphamousHD Boring moment

[@maxphamousHD]

@@Vitor20XX Comment moment

[@Vitor20XX]

@@maxphamousHD Moment moment

[@maxphamousHD]

@@Vitor20XX Vitor Vieira moment

[@imreplyingtothiscomment2378]

Too edgy

[@jamil5615]

I'd give it 3 or 4 out of 10

[@kneza96BG]

Jack M pleb

[@vaniukk3100]

How is Texhnolize a 3?🤦‍♂️