Really Surprised!

Let's be realistic.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Ergo Proxy is an animated, cyberpunk, Japanese, Sci-Fi TV series (which was created by Manglobe Productions in 2006).Set 1000 years (??) in the future (in the domed city of Romdo) - Ergo Proxy's bleak, creepy, sinister story (where pale, ghostly citizens abound) tells the tale of humans coexisting with robots.An unknown virus called "Cogito" soon infects the robots which (guess what?) gives them self-awareness and, with that, they inevitably resort to murderous violence. (natch)Mixing 2-D cel-animation with 3-D computer modelling - "Ergo Proxy" was, overall, fairly entertaining, though its story-lines did tend to be somewhat uneven and pretty predictable in the clichéd realm of Sci-Fi.

At first, I thought it won't be that good as any other anime series of japan. despite of the ratings and review it had I was never gonna watch it. But after I got no further shows to watch, I got my hands on this show. and after watching first few episodes, it didn't look that impressive too if we don't count the graphics and CG technology, which was awesome. But when I endure to watch it further, I came to realize the effectiveness of the show and the great characters it contains. I personally thinks that Vincent Law is a beautifully created protagonist and as for the RE-L, she is just so beautiful. I loved pino too. she is extremely cute i throughout enjoyed the series and completed it in merely 2 days. Ergo Proxy deserves a place in my top 20 anime series of all time.

Normally, I don't like much Anime because most of it is either kiddie soap opera, or worse, soft Kiddie porn, or even more worse-- Nasty Kiddie Porn. Ergo Proxy first off-- Has Absolutely NONE of the usual penchant for Kiddie porn, graphic violence and even worse-- graphic sexual violence that usually permeates Japanese Anime. So for those of you for whom this matters-- there it is. This series is CLEAN.What Ergo Proxy does give you is a complex layered story filled with terms and concepts that, by design, hearken to philosophical, intellectual, and literary tenets for which I can only describe the creators as being perfectly ARTISTIC Ivory Tower Snobs.The saving grace from the snobbery is the fact that the creators were totally skilled in the ability to layer the story in such a way that the unfolding of the story reveals the connections. And these connections go beyond the up-front mysteries of: WHAT happened to the Earth and What ARE Proxies?Re-L and Vincent Law -- (Note the allusions already?) -- are traveling from RomDo to another failed city to find answers to what Vincent is. And along the way, they will meet other creatures, proxies, strange entities and wild 'entourages' (Note another allusion) And for those of you who are scratching your heads over the weird little girl android: The fact that she's feckless, fey and plays an electronic pipe should ring a BELL. If you can make that connection-- You.Are.SMART. Give yourself a Star: You ARE an Intellectual. The beauty of this series is you go from episode to episode to hear another piece of the puzzle explained. And as each puzzle piece is revealed the growing picture becomes stranger and stranger. In short-- this is not your average Post-Apocalyptic adventure. It's a weird, wonderful exploration of a strange new world.Note I call this an adult anime not because of x-rated content: there is NONE. I call it adult because this is Animation for THINKING Adults. And even better-- this Series works seamlessly in English. So watch it and enjoy.Oh-- and this Anime series IS a Deadly Girlfriend Test. Use it with care, guys!

Ergo Proxy is an oddity among it's own genre. It seems, at first glance, like a typical dystopian/cyberpunk series. But the heart of the series is even darker than it's Blade Runner-esquire early episodes suggest. The series focuses on Re-L Mayer, the beautiful, spoiled granddaughter of the head of the city of Romdo. Romdo is a self-sufficient domed city, one of human-kind's last remaining safe havens after a cataclysm makes the outside world unlivable. Re-L is investigating a series of bizarre occurrences, and becomes entangled with Vincent Law, an immigrant who is working to stamp out a virus that causes the normally agreeable android companions of Romdo's citizens to bug out and act on their own free will. Re-L and Vincent both have terrifying encounters with monstrous and mysterious creatures we will come to know as "Proxies".Vincent runs afoul of the legal system and is falsely accused of murdering his android companion (or "entourage" as they are referred to). Because he is an immigrant he faces grim consequences. With the help of an infected little-girl android named Pino, Vincent escapes the dome, and finds the outside world is not as unsurvivable as he had been led to believe. Re-L eventually sets out to find Vincent and subsequently begins to discover the dark secrets behind Romdo, the Proxies, the androids and even Vincent himself.The series transitions from a fairly standard detective/noir story into a grim and melancholy take on epic fantasy, enveloping those viewers who are willing and patient deep into a world of existential angst. Despite it's intellectual bent, the series finale has a reasonably satisfying emotional payoff.Ergo Proxy's animation is atypical for anime. The characters are rendered in a much more subdued and realistic style and there is beautiful use of rich backgrounds and digital color grading, elevating the series near to the quality of feature length anime. However, there are a few episodes early in the series which are wildly inconsistent in terms of animation quality.The series is mostly leisurely and meditative. There are not many big action set pieces. There is violence and gore, but it's used sparingly and often to greater effect. There is very little humor, and what's there is very dry and quite bleak. There is somewhat of a love story underneath all this, but sex and romance take a backseat, although some episodes play up Re-L's sex appeal. There is a sense of experimentation with several episodes and occasionally the plot thread gets lost when an episode focuses more specifically on the existential angst I mentioned earlier. Sometimes, the series feels overreaching and a little pretentious but it has it's heart in the right place.If you are willing to take the time and invest in this series, Ergo Proxy will reward you. It will challenge you intellectually and occasionally flabbergast you. But it's worth it for the viewer who pays close attention and has some working knowledge of Renee Descartes, Greek myths and progressive rock (trust me, it helps).