Texhnolyze

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Synonyms: Technolyze
Japanese: TEXHNOLYZE
English: Texhnolyze
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Type: TV
Episodes: 22
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 17, 2003 to Sep 25, 2003
Premiered: Spring 2003
Broadcast: Thursdays at 03:28 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: Madhouse
Source: Original
Genres: Avant GardeAvant Garde, DramaDrama, MysteryMystery, Sci-FiSci-Fi, SuspenseSuspense
Themes: Adult CastAdult Cast, Organized CrimeOrganized Crime, PsychologicalPsychological
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Score: 7.751 (scored by 6082360,823 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #11862
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #969
Members: 272,398
Favorites: 5,387

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Synopsis

In the dark underground city of Lux, people live in fear and despair under the rule of various criminal factions. Almost secluded from the surface, the gangs' only interaction with the outer world is their mining operation of "raffia," which is the raison d'être of the city.

Available only in Lux, this rare substance is the basis of "texhnolyze" transplants that permit humans to replace parts of their body with cybernetic prostheses. The latter have the particularity not to trigger an immune response in their hosts and the "Class" has the privilege to conduct research on them. This elusive organization, also in charge of the raffia production, delegates its executive authority to a group called Organo led by Keigo Oonishi—a self-righteous man with texhnolyzed legs who is rumored to hear the "voice of the city."

The fragile balance of powers in Lux is disturbed when a mysterious visitor named Kazuho Yoshii begins committing a series of crimes that puts the gangs at each other's throats. In the midst of the chaos, new actors emerge: Ichise, an ex-boxer mutilated by Organo and recently texhnolyzed by Eriko "Doc" Kamata; and Ran, a young florist who can see the future. While Lux steadily plunges into insanity, both Ichise and Ran find themselves involved in the greatest crisis the city has ever faced.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Texhnolyze was released on DVD in six volumes by Geneon Entertainment Inc. from April 6, 2004 to February 22, 2005. Funimation Entertainment later republished the series in a complete DVD collection on August 28, 2012.

Characters & Voice Actors

Ichise

Main
Haga, Satoshi
Japanese

Ran

Main
Itou, Shizuka
Japanese

Yoshii, Kazuho

Supporting
Inoue, Takashi
Japanese

Oonishi, Keigo

Supporting
Tsuchida, Hiroshi
Japanese

Kamata, Eriko

Supporting
Niki, Shizumi
Japanese

Shinji

Supporting
Kitade, Shinya
Japanese

Tooyama, Haruhiko

Supporting
Hoshi, Mitsuaki
Japanese

Kano

Supporting
Tanaka, Kajirou
Japanese

Sakimura, Tatsuya

Supporting
Tonosaki, Akihiko
Japanese

Kimata, Motoharu

Supporting
Nakata, Jouji
Japanese

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"Guardian Angel (Xavier's Edit)" by Juno Reactor (eps 1-20,22)
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Ending Theme

1: "Tsuki no Uta (月の詩)" by Gackt (eps 1-21)
2: "Walking Through the Empty Age" by Yoko Ishida (eps 22)

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Reviews

May 16, 2025
Nihilism in 480p, whimpering in your right ear and gore splatter in the left.

You might as well go and lock yourself in a basement for 4 hours (wait, make that 8, I couldn't tell!), stare at the concrete while someone else has a panic attack behind the wall, instead of watching this.

You'll most likely end up wondering, why did I do that, was there any meaning to any of this, what was all that for after both. But at the very least in Texhnolyze you have questionable characters to keep you company and in the end you can cross this one off the list ...
Apr 6, 2024
Mixed Feelings
By Far The Hardest Anime to Ever Complete for me.

Out of 100, 200, 300 animes I ever tried/watched. Texhnoloze might be the hardest and longest it ever took me while only being less than 2 seasons worth of episodes (22).

Major reasons for that could be how it is in fact hard to watch with how subtle the narrative is and how it drowns you with utter silence (literally the first episode there was no dialogue till 12 mins in) and lot of dark tone background imagery and music. The reason why pointing this out is important to me is because by far is this ...
May 22, 2025
FunnyFunny
This show is a (bad) concept-art walking-simulator and vapid im14andthisisdeep delinquent/mobster fighting series. Even at 2x speed this is comatose-inducingly uneventfully boring.

It is an absolute waste of time with nothing of value to say. This show stretches almost nothing across all 22 episodes with the most unwatchable garbage filler imaginable.

There is no actual plot beyond a series of pointless bs barely even strung together as excuses for more walking/violence while idiots spew pointless filler words to continue wasting the audience's time because they have nothing of substance to show.

The characters all lack any real motivations and just do occasional edgy spectacle bs in lieu of ...

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Poll: Texhnolyze Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 )
xXDaijinkazeXx - May 6, 2009
180 repliesby Shocked »»
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Possible sequel/new project Texhnolyze related.
Klad - Jul 20, 2024
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May 29, 1:39 PM
How is this supposed to be enjoyed?
AnnualStorm - Aug 8, 2021
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May 29, 1:37 PM
For those disappointed by Texhnolyze, why? ( 1 2 3 )
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Is there any talking in texhnolyze?
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