Ergo Proxy

Ergo Proxy (Japaneseエルゴプラクシー, erugo purakushī ) is an anime series from the year 2006. Connects science fiction, mystery, cyberpunk with bits and pieces from the European philosophy and various myths with typical anime elements.

Scenario

In a futuristic world, who is suffering from the consequences of a global environmental disaster, there is the dome - city Romdeau. In these people and androids co-exist ( Autoreivs ) peacefully under a totalitarian surveillance system. Autoreivs that are assigned to a single person as a companion, Entourages be called. A series of killings by robot using a Cogito ( the name derives from Cogito ergo sum from ) mentioned are infected, the delicate balance in the social order begins to compromise. This virus brings the Autoreivs to their existence to become aware of and develop a soul.

In secret, the secret experiments Government with a mysterious humanoid life form - called proxy - by means of which they believe that they can ensure the survival of humanity and its position of power.

The focus of the series are Vincent Law (ビンセント·ロウ), an immigrant who for the AR Control Division - an organization that was set up to hunt and destroy infected robots - works, Re - l Mayer (リル·メイヤー), an inspector of the Internal Security with the mandate to investigate the murders and Pino (ピノ), an infected with Cogito robotic surrogate child of the Director General Raul Creed (ラウル·クリード). Vincent himself is one such proxy, which, however, has lost his memory.

Action

Vincent Law has had little success in his hunt for the infected androids, but hopes to work out the status of a fellow citizen. In the organization 's headquarters he meets Re - l Mayer, a Commissioner of Intelligence. Vincent accompanies them in their search for an escaped Autoreiv and it feels attracted to her, but is very overwhelmed by her strong character, than that he would try to get closer to her.

It comes to several incidents in which Re - l with proxies collides, but you are forbidden to make further inquiries. When finally Vincent is attacked by a proxy, it tries to escape from the city he meets Pino, which he had previously been verified to Cogito. Pino is already infected at the time and accompanied him on the run. In an attempt to arrest the safety authority Vincent, he is pulled into the outside world through an airlock with Pino.

In this external world, a man usually is not viable, but because it is a proxy, it gets used in a short time to the external conditions, as well as some already living in the outside world, people who receive him along with Pino. Re - l attempts at this time to find out more about the proxy and meets with her childhood friend Daedalus Yumeno (デダルス·ユメノ), who works as a scientist, relate to unusual information that Vincent. Knowing that they will be monitored by their grandfather, the dictator of the city, they tried to bring Vincent back into the city. In this experiment, re- ls suit is damaged and it is composed of the deadly atmosphere in the outside world. She falls into a deep sleep and would die if it is not quickly brought back to Romdeau.

Vincent decides to do that, pretending to return voluntarily to Romdeau. While the attention of the guards of Romdeau is on Re - ls airship, Vincent flees on a winch boat ( a sailboat that relies on wind, but slides instead of swim ) with some settlement residents and Pino towards Mosque - his hometown. He wants to find out who he really is. In him, the terrible of him sneaking suspicion high, he may have something to do with the proxy that always comes up when he is near. Early on the trip all die down to him and Pino. The Daedalus again healed and now by the treatment from the outside world Immune Re - l, travels after him then.

On this trip, both of which continue after a few incidents, together with Pino, find out both Re - l and Vincent himself that he is a proxy. Now both are trying to discover the secret of the proxies, because even if Vincent turned into a proxy, he seems to want her harm.

Publications

Geneon Entertainment and Manglobe produced the 23- part series, which aired from February 25 to August 12, 2006 on the Japanese TV station WOWOW. Directed by Shuko Murase, who had become previously known primarily as a character designer and director at Anime Witch Hunter Robin. As a screenwriter in Ergo Proxy worked, among others, Dai Sato, who had held this office already, among other Cowboy Bebop and Wolf's Rain.

The guy is the song Paranoid Android by the British alternative rock band Radiohead. The band is said to have first made ​​the song available after they had seen a preview of the anime. The theme song is by Kiri Monoral.

The anime is synchronized since April 25, 2008 in Germany sold on DVD.

Manga

One on the uplifting Anime Manga entitled " Centzon Hitchers and Undertaker " (センツォン·ヒッチャーズ&アンダー テイカー, Sentson Hitchāzu & Andāteikā ) was published monthly since February 18, 2006 in the Sunday GX. Have been published which 2 tankōbon editions on 18 August 2006 and 19 February 2007.

Conception

In character art, the anime is based heavily on the comic, so that certain details are deliberately worked out, while irrelevant things are being very abstract or out of focus. To create an oppressive atmosphere in the style of the genre Noir, mostly dull gray, blue, and brown tones are used. It also helps to many elements of the films Metropolis on Blade Runner up to 2001: A Space Odyssey will find.

However, other references to European culture can be found in Ergo Proxy. So have four members of the throne council of Romdeau the appearance of Michelangelo statues and bear the names of famous philosophers and psychologists ( Lacan, Derrida, Husserl and Berkeley ). The Entourages have names like Deleuze, Guattari and Kristeva.

The effects of 15 and 19 in the series and here a special place. So important plot elements only resulted in 15, more than a silly quiz show are revealed, where Vincent plays against the moderator for his life. In episode 19, however, which has nothing to do with the main story in the true sense, is received more than clear on the character style of the " always laughing " Disney characters. This is also regarded as an indication of the drama of Beauty and the Beast, simultaneously in Cocteau and the Disney version, which is to take place between Vincent and Re - l.