Ergo proxy explained

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A couple of nights ago I completed watching Ergo Proxy so my feelings are still achingly fresh. I started this series with high hopes based off positive reviews and a number of recommendations that were given. Initially, the reviews seemed to be correct and I felt I had made a good choice in choosing to watch the show. If you have read my earlier posting when I started watching the show, you could see that I was enjoying it. The heavy philosophical tone was a compelling reason for me but as the series progressed it got lost with unnecessary episodes that even after further thought really showed no purpose. Now I know it may seem that I am fuming over the show and I was a bit perturbed.

Ergo proxy explained

Ergo Proxy is a anime series that fits into the sci-fi, mystery, and cyberpunk genres. I have a hard time understanding it on a good day. This post will be the first in a series of 23 posts exploring and discussing Ergo Proxy episode-by-episode. Each post will contain an episode synopsis and then a discussion section which will include any trivia I can dig up. Please bear in mind that this series may take a long time. The time is the distant future, and the setting is a cyberpunk dome city called Romdeau. The world has become unlivable, so most of humanity supposedly left long ago. The rest have taken shelter in protected cities like Romdeau. The technology of these metropolises is advanced, and there are numerous androids called Autoreivs that assist humans. It seems that some of these infected Autoreivs have been attacking humans. The impression is also made that, even without crimes being committed, the Autoreivs would be captured and reset to eliminate their newfound Egos. Whether or not any Autoreivs actually killed humans is not made clear in the series, but they are being blamed for the deaths of forty-two humans in one night.

He needed Ergo Proxy back as well. Later, Vincent and the others find the chamber and the second pendant with Amnesia telling them to go back to Romdeau.

The series ran for 23 episodes from February to August on the Wowow satellite network. It is set in a post-apocalyptic future where humans and AutoReiv androids coexist peacefully until a virus gives the androids self-awareness, causing them to commit a series of murders. Inspector Re-L Mayer is assigned to investigate, discovering a more complicated plot behind it that involves a humanoid species known as "Proxy" who are the subject of secret government experiments. The series, which is heavily influenced by philosophy and Gnosticism , features a combination of 2D digital cel animation , 3D computer modeling , and digital special effects. The show was also distributed to Australian, British and Canadian anime markets. Since its release, Ergo Proxy has received mostly favorable reviews which praised its visuals and themes. The series is set in a post-apocalyptic , dystopian future.

The Japanese cyberpunk anime television series sets in a post-apocalyptic utopian future where human beings and humanoids coincide in euphony within the domed city of Romdeau. When the humans leave, they create Proxies to look after the place while they are out. Ergo Proxy is one of the Proxies, the proxy of Romdeau. The proxies are highly infectious to sunlight and if the Earth rehabilitates again they will completely be wiped out. On this account, Ergo Proxy finds out the truth about the Proxies and how they are destined to die once the humans return. His initiative is to destroy humanity so that the Earth remains uninhabitable. With the help of the proxy of the Mosk Monad Proxy, he erases the memories of the other Proxies and the memory of his own. After the annihilation of Mosk, he travels as an immigrant who tries to achieve citizenship in Romdeau.

Ergo proxy explained

Well I'm back with another blog. Last week my Ergo Proxy blog was featured and I saw a lot of people mentioning in the comments that they didn't understand the plot of the series or they didn't enjoy it Because they didn't understand it. So Im gonna share the theory I personally believe suits the best. And I hope it'll give you guys a better understanding of the series. And feel free to share what you thought about the series of your personal opinion about it down at comments. Well first of all I should mention that the series takes place in a post apocalyptic future where a ecological disaster took place. The reason for this tragedy was probably rapid climate change followed by a string of methane hydrate reserve explosions. A certain number of them have managed to escape from earth. Their in a spaceship ark located in an orbit called the 'Boomerang Star'.

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Meanwhile Vincent Law, the Ergo Proxy alter ego, survives the bombings and is ushered back to Romdeau as an immigrant together with other Mosk citizens unbeknownst to anyone in Romdeau except Proxy One. That's why, beyond the necessary minimal number of citizens needed to maintain order, all those "empty towns" were being maintained by robots constantly mowing and watering lawns, etc on the outskirts of Romdeau. Archived from the original on Monad flies toward the sun anyway and disintegrates. The people who evacuated were far too little in numbers to repopulate an entire earth, plus they needed insurance that earth would in fact become habitable once again. Archived from the original on September 10, I think this all happens in the head of the Proxy, as Vincent then sees the same scene of Re-l standing on the shore. Newtype USA. If you are interested in the language, this can be fun to look into. He is the main protagonist and my goodness, he was the best thing from the series outside of Pino. Proxy One wants Vincent not to trust Re-l. Ergo Proxy official website. It started off beautifully but got lost on the way. The womb made people, people made Autoreivs, and the combination of the two built some more in the domes and maintained order. Wikiquote has quotations related to Ergo Proxy.

As connoisseurs of cinematography and animation, we are drawn to this anime not only for its stunning visuals but also for the profound philosophical questions it poses.

Yet, in the caves they were slowly dying as well from the gas. The Proxies realized that they had failed in their main objective: to keep the population safe. Proxy one was huanted by the fact when the atmosphere was made stable the proxies would be killed off. Her existence and roles in the story stay rather mysterious, even after certain things are revealed about her past actions. Now no one can kill Ergo or Proxy One. Proxy One wants the Ergo side of Vincent back. But Re-l was an imperfect or partial clone of Monad. More frustration. The bookstore is owned by the Bookstore Proxy, the man Vincent meets. This is the case with Re-L. But you can look them over on wikipedia if you are curious. Some possible interpretations are mentioned below. Email Address:. Archived from the original on January 5,