Ergo Proxy, Volume 1: Awakening
by Shuko Murase
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Actor: Akiko Yajima, Kôji Yusa, Rie Saitou (II)Director: Shuko Murase
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language); English (Published); Japanese (Published)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-21
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
DVD Reviews of Ergo Proxy, Volume 1: Awakening
DVD Review: I THINK, THEREFORE I AM
Summary: 4 Stars
One of the most overused conventions in science fiction is the future world of semi-apocalyptic ruin where the privileged few dwell in wealthy splendor in a domed city while most of the population is segregated outside its walls in a brutal bid for survival. Lots of times the rich class has either robotic servants or gentically modified slaves or even clones. Or course, this structure is analogous to the current world situation between the haves and havenots. The saying goes that "All men are equal, but some are more equal than others." That's basically what you have in Ergo Proxy. You have a domed city named Romdo whose citizens are safeguarded by a dome that keeps out the wasteland with its deadly diseases and undesirable humans. The people within are served by robots called "AutoReivs". But a problem has arisen in the form of the "Cogito Virus", which infects robots with a rogue program which makes them self-aware as individuals which inevitably leads to them rebelling against their masters. The show revolves around three main characters. First, there's Re-L Mayer, an investigator for the Intelligence Bureau, who has been called in to handle cases having to do with AutoReivs murdering humans. Even though she is the daughter of the ruler of the city, she finds that are a lot of things going on in the city that she knows nothing about. For example, you have some very powerful creatures resembling humanoid monsters running around killing people and seem to be especially interested in new immigrant Vincent Law. Raul Creed, chief of Security for Romdo knows what these creatures, called "Proxies" are and he's trying to capture them without raising too much of a fuss in public.
I didn't like this show at first, mainly because of the animation. It seemed like the staff spent so much on the "look" of the show that they didn't have a lot of money left to animate it. Another aspect I didn't like was its over reliance on cliched sci-fi conventions. I mean, the Appleseed movie last year dealt with all these themes and had a very similar plot. The characterization is what furnished a way into Ergo Proxy for me, particularly the characters of Re-L and Vincent. Lest I forget, there's this cute little robot girl named Pino who might just steal the show from the rest of the cast and seems modeled after the lead in Serial Experiments Lain. Even though you feel like you're watching a painting at times, this first volume of Ergo Proxy is an excellent beginning to a show that promises loads of mysteries and action.
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