Ergo Proxy started so well, after the first 5 series I had a feeling that it's impossible to it to fail... but the anime quickly lost its pace and two filler series were like a low blow for me. The story turned into generic, yet flavored with pretentiousness. It seems like the author ran out of ideas rather quickly and just wanted to make it to 23 episodes at any cost.
Even though Ergo Proxy turned out to be an average anime after all, it's still quite enjoyable.
Could be 8/10, but since its length was artificially increased – 7/10.
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Aug 20, 2023
Texhnolyze
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Texhnolyze is one of many anime that have some good ideas, but bad execution ruins everything.
Both protagonist and antagonist are empty characters that either don't say anything meaningful at all or say something pretentious. Their stories don't add anything to empathize with them or to unfold their internal life philosophy better. Another problem is that anime is very slow paced, and not in Tarkovsky's way. There's absolutely no reason for it to be that slow. Slow scenes don't add any depth or immersive emotional experience. The anime can easily be compressed to about eight series. I'm sorry to say that, but Texhnolyze is just another pseudo-elitist anime ... 
Feb 17, 2023
I have never felt so betrayed by the anime community in my life. This is the most overrated anime I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot. But let's speak about positive things first. The idea of it is great, the anime is a thriller that takes place in Europe. The plot in general is also great. I also appreciate the number of characters and locations.
The main problem of Monster is that it wants to be taken seriously, not by anime standards, but by cinematography ones. Sadly, it simply fails to show how actions we see are motivated, many characters' decisions feel illogical, ... |
