Tag Archives: Ergo Proxy

The future of anime (is bleak?)

Posted on July 26, 2010 by bateszi

Will the people inspired to create the anime of tomorrow want to create another K-ON? Or another Cowboy Bebop? Continue reading →

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Trapped in an ice cold back log hell: September

Posted on September 2, 2006 by bateszi

Such is my addiction to the routine of watching anime – I horde a ridiculous amount of fansubs, promising myself I will catch up with them sooner or later, yet knowing deep down that it may never happen. As I … Continue reading →

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Ergo Proxy – 9 & 10 – Behemoth of confusion

Posted on June 3, 2006 by bateszi

Science fiction and confusion often go hand in hand, but Ergo Proxy is close to reaching the kinds of befuddling heights scaled only by behemoths like Mamoru Oshii. The dialogue, the action and even the damn visuals are so frustratingly … Continue reading →

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Ergo Proxy – 8 – Larger than life

Posted on May 7, 2006 by bateszi

I read a few weeks ago that somewhere along the line, Ergo Proxy gets a bit like X-Men; mutants against mutants and all that. I guess episode 8 is where it started. This episode was just weird. The people Vincent … Continue reading →

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Ergo Proxy – 7 – All is full of love

Posted on May 1, 2006 by bateszi

Finally friends, this is the episode where we get some answers. Real’s life is saved by Daedalus. Once recovered they chat about everything, and to my absolute glee, light is shed on the mysteries of Romdeau, Proxy and even the … Continue reading →

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Ergo Proxy – 6 – Learning about death

Posted on May 1, 2006 by bateszi

I’ll warn you now this entry contains (literally) life-and-death spoilers, so if you haven’t seen episode 6 of Ergo Proxy yet you may want to look away. Hude and Queen get it in the neck this time, though it didn’t … Continue reading →

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Skewed tastes of the otaku

Posted on May 1, 2006 by bateszi

With blogger hubs like Blogsuki and the AnimeAntenna cropping up, now is as good a time as ever to gauge how the tastes of the hardcore anime fan often differ from that of the general anime buying public. According to … Continue reading →

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Ergo Proxy – 5 – Revolution is in the air

Posted on April 29, 2006 by bateszi

We’ve had to sit through five episodes, but it’s only now starting to feel like Ergo Proxy is settling down into a proper flow of story-telling and I’m enjoying it a lot more; on a level beyond what previously amounted … Continue reading →

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Early impressions of Ergo Proxy

Posted on April 29, 2006 by bateszi

As a means of grasping the story of Ergo Proxy, I decided to hold off on watching the first four episodes and marathoned my way through them earlier today; in terms of understanding the plot, I can’t say this approach … Continue reading →

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