Category: Ergo Proxy

The first two episodes had most screentime featured by Ril, and a bit of Vincent. In the second episode, they both got about the same amount of it. This episode, featured mostly Vincent, with a bit of Ril. It appears that he’s been in coma for ten days since, and he finds himself together with Pino outside of the big city, which apparently is called Romdeau. For Vincent, this was mostly an intermezzo, as he recovers from his fall and meets up with the local residents while Pino is being her usual awesomely cheery self. He still hasn’t lost te worries he had before his jump, so he’s gloomy as ever. Even though nothing much happened with him, I still have to say that I enjoyed watching him. For a male main character, he really appears to me as unique.

Then Ril. Even though she didn’t get a lot of screentime, there were a lot of different things happening around her. First of all, Iggy got taken away. This is no surprise after what happened in the last episode, but I’m sad to see him gone. I hope he comes back soon. The part that kinda shocked me is the fact that the series suddenly lost one of its most important bad guys. Only after episode four, the one that started all the drama suddenly ends up dead. This could really turn to be interesting. When I started this series, I was expecting some quest in order to kill the allmighty proxy, but thank goodness this series focuses more on the topic of human freedom and what to do with it.

Overall, I enjoyed this episode, although I can imagine that the more impatient people would be a bit turned off by this. The episode starts off a bit strange, as we get to see what’s inside Vincent’s dream, but that didn’t really mind me.

This episode, again, takes its time in telling the story, ending in a very satisfying climax. The scenes are more focused around one place then in the previous two episodes, this finally gives for some neat opportunities to get to know the characters. This is especially the case for Vincent and Pino, as they finally get a good amount of screentime.

So many questions arose after watching this. Like, what were they both doing there? Why is Vincent involved in all this? Why does his eyes change color at times? What was that dream he had? And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I found myself liking this episode very much. Especially Pino made a very good impression of both cuteness and seriousness. The climax really made me thirsty for more, as I doubt that everything will just end after this.

This also was the first episode of Ergo Proxy featuring an OP. Apparently, I was right about the three main characters, and Iggy seems to be playing a big role as well. The bad guys also made sense, although there was a bunch of guys I didn’t recognize. These will probably arrive at the next couple of episodes.

The people with small amounts of patience will probably find Ergo Proxy hard to endure, as it really takes its time to explain the situation, with no possible forms of rushing. On short terms, it may cause a bit of boredom, but on long terms, it makes for some great storytelling.

After seeing this second episode, it seems like there are three, maybe four main characters. First of all Lil, which is obvious, since most of the episode turned around her. Second, we have this guy who’s found Lil, and appears to be stalking her or something like that, anyway, a mysterious guy in an unusual body. Third, we have the automail of the rich lady. I have no idea whether Iggy will make a main-appearance in the show, or that he’ll be forced to spend the rest of his life as a side-role. For bad guys, we have Lil’s grandfather (either that, or he’s being manipulated), the long-haired guy, and apparently the entire police-force and investigation service. I’m still waiting to see which side the two Proxys belong to, but I’ll put them along the bad guys for the time being.

This episode, there was exactly one action scene. The way the creators brought it, was incredibly original. Partially because it’s been one of the rare fights that didn’t include a prelude. We just see a guy escaping from Proxy, totally unexpected or unintroduced. I loved it. (At least, not that I think back, there was a one-second prelude… but at that time you so don’t see it coming). It was also nice to see an actual bad guy space out like that. These kinds of things rarely happen in anime. At least, they rarely happen without characters having some strange fetish-like fantasies.

Lil herself was also very interesing this episode. She was a good actor. At least, half of the time. At other times, you could just really see that she was acting. She’s also totally different from last episode. There, she was just confident in herself. Now, it seems like a bit of despair and stress have been added. Add this to the pressure from the government, and you have a recipe for succes. The government kinda reminded me of a mild version of the book 1984 by George Orwell. Everything is being controlled, people are captured like in a prison and the freedom of speech has become an urban myth.

I think that, along with Wings of Rean, this will be the only new series that I will be blogging this season. It’s kinda ironic, as both series are from a genre that I’m not really into. But ah well, this shows that you shouldn’t be afraid to try out new things.

Anyway, I was anticipating this show, as it’s been done by none other than the creators of Samurai Champloo (which I loved). This was also a show that had been hyped to death. If I have to say, it lived up to it pretty decently. It’s not the best show ever, but I certainly enjoyed watching this.

I think the best part about Ergo Proxy is the mood it creates. Along with the creepy backgrounds, the awesome audio and the dark characters, this was awesome to watch. I like the main characters, they certainly have potential to turn this into a great direction.