Alternative TitlesJapanese: ギルガメッシュ
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Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Nov 2, 2003 to Mar 18, 2004
Duration:
25 min. per episode Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company
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Ranked: #22752
Popularity: #684
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Well, at first view, these two are not similair, so many people will not understand this recommendation.
But there are analogies: Dark ambience, complex story, very depressing end (including - in some sense - the end of mankind), "creatures" with supernatural powers.
If you rely on the quality of story-telling, i would suggest you *not* to follow this recommendation. To me, the flow of Ergo Proxy's story looks much more unexperienced than that of Gilgamesh.
Both are excellent gothic-style Anime with similar thoughts/questions about human beeings
well both this anime haw similar character ... how do we end ...cheked bow
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Both shows take place after an otherworldly phenomenon changed life as we know it. In Darker than Black, it's Hell's Gate, in Gilgamesh, it's Heaven's Gate--go figure. The associated phenomenons are directly related to certain individuals acquiring mysterious powers. Darker than Black is brighter and more entertaining than Gilgamesh and the powers are much more interesting and varied, but the setup is similar.
both series are about some weird event that changed the world and some individuals got super powers after that
they are so damn similar, i wonder from wich book they are copied or wich one is the rip off of the other one. :/
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Both deal with large-scale social crises and large-scale battles.
Both are dark cyberpunk series with very similar pacing.
Texhnolyze has stronger violence, and the characters are not as likeable, however both shows provide a slow and steady ride to the end.
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The main similarity between these two animes is that symbolism is very strong in both. They both also take place in post-apocalyptic worlds but whereas "Gilgamesh" is very dark and cynical from beginning to end, "The Third" is lighter and carries great messages of hope.
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Both are very philosophical and discuss meaning of life from a very unusual perspective. Both use a lot of symbolism, have story lines that similarly reveal a little information step by step keeping the most important to very end. The title structure is similar in a way that it involves terms defined by the anime.
Ah yes, most importantly, they both are very much based on historical facts.
Finally, the last similarity is that you have to read a lot to fully understand the anime. For Gilgamesh - The Epic of Gilgamesh, for Lain - the history of computer science and some other things.
I would indeed recommend both to all who likes things complicated (like me :) )
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Both animes have very oddly ordered tales of tragedy and misfortune with a mix of science fiction and love. Both have similarly strange endings.
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Both series feature children with Psychic powers.
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In bouth:Gilgamsh and Red Garden the first episodes makes you think that you don't understand anything. The mistery and drama are bouth well made and the only thing that you are thinking is: God I want to see the next episodes fast so I can understand what's going on. The romance part is more intens in Gilgamesh but in bouth romance is just a second gener observ afther the others.(drama, horror, mistery etc.)
The charachters are complex and they develop fast. They fight for their lifes, they don't have the time to tink if wath they do is the good thing or the bad thing, the only thing they understand is: FIGHT! Even though the 4 girls from red Garden and also the 2 brothers from gilgamsh don't actualy want to fight at the begining they end up doing it anyway. The grafic is also in a way similar: that dark, intens style. And the original drawing of the characthers who don't actualy look beautifull but in the end you came to see them beautifull anyway. The grafic in Red Garden is a bit more colorfull. The colors are somthimes verry strong.
In conclusion I think that if you enjoyed one of the series you'll definately enjoy the other. There just way too similar .
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Both series are run deep with emotional and psycological overtones that lead the view to question humanity. The stories are slow-paced but intricate and leave you with a sense of wanting more at the end of each episode. In each show, the series starts with a pair of siblings running for there lives in a dark and sinister world. Both are taken down paths they are not sure are ethical as they develop psychic abilities in order to combat and survive in the dark twisted world around them.
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Although Gilgamesh does not deal with magic, there are some analogies to Silent Möbius: Horrible monsters threatening mankind, super-powers, some strange catastrophe in the past that all started with, child(s) of the one(s) that nearly destroyed the world now involved...
But Gilgamesh is much more modern - and: it has a depressing end !
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Both are swimming in psychological issues leading towards the ultimate decision for mankind. Both Gilgamesh and and Evangelion have a focus on characters deep emotional distress and there personal development. Both children and parents play a roll in how the story plays out in each. Though one deals with mecha's and the other with psychic powers both of these series share many similarities and I recommend both, to anyone whom enjoys these plot types.
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