Texhnolyze
| Anime television series | |
|---|---|
| title | Texhnolyze |
| Original title | テ ク ノ ラ イ ズ |
| transcription | Tekunoraizu |
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| Country of production |
 Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2003 |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 22nd |
| genre | Drama , science fiction , dystopia |
| Director | Hiroshi Hamasaki |
| idea | Chiaki J. Konaka |
| music | Keishi Urata, Hajime Mizoguchi |
| First broadcast | April 16, 2003 - September 25, 2003 on Fuji Television |
| German-language first broadcast |
June 8, 2007 - June 15, 2007 on VOX |
Texhnolyze ( Jap. テクノライズ [ téknolàiz ]) is an anime - television series from 2003.
The series makes use of many experimental techniques and narrative styles. The work can be classified into the genre of drama and science fiction .
content
scene of action
Texhnolyze is set in the underground city of Lukuss ( 流 9 洲 , Rukusu ). This has artificial sunlight, water and a day and night cycle. Most of the landscape consists of desert. The city is ruled by rival gangs. Primarily it is about a special type of prosthesis , "Texhnolyze" called. Most of the population is very poor, owners of Texhnolyze are privileged. These Texhnolyze are supplied with energy from a huge obelisk in the center of the city.
In Lukuss the groups of the Organo ( オ ル ガ ノ , Orugano ), the Union and the Racan ( ラ カ ン , Rakan ) fight each other . The Organo are a mafia- like organization that deals with the development and sale of Texhnolyze. The Union is an association that opposes the spread of Texhnolyze. The Racan are a group of Texhnized youth who commit acts of violence and want to provoke a Union war against all Texhnolyze. A fourth group, the "class" ( ク ラ ー ス , Kurāsu from English class ), are hardly involved in the fighting, but are more closely connected with the outside world.
The city of Lukuss was founded to mine the raffia ( ラ フ ィ ア , Rafia ). This raw material only occurs there and is necessary to carry out life-prolonging measures, such as the production of Texhnolyze. As it is assumed in the end, the inhabitants were cast out by the rest of humanity, so that they can lead a peaceful life on the surface. All evil is said to have been banished to Lukuss.
action
At the beginning of the plot, the young boxer Ichise ( 櫟 士 ) loses an arm and a leg. He dragged himself through the streets and was found by chance by Eriko "Doc" Kamata ( 鎌 田 江 里 子 ), a Texhnolyze expert belonging to the class, and equipped with a special, further developed form of prosthesis.
Meanwhile, a man named Kazuho Yoshii ( 吉 井 一 穂 ) comes to Lukuss from the outside world. He takes the train into town with the girl Ran ( 蘭 ), whom he meets in the village of Gabe ( ガ ベ ) outside the city. Ran, who always wears a fox mask, can see into the near future and is therefore revered like a goddess in gift, but only ever sees one possibility of the future.
In the following time, Yoshii found an old acquaintance from the upper world, Tatsuya Sakimura ( 咲 村 達 也 ), in Lukuss , and provoked a war between the three gangs through targeted assassinations and attacks, which was also triggered by the attempts of Kyōgo Ōnishi ( 大西 京 呉 ), the leader of the Organo, arbitration cannot be prevented. However, Yoshii is then defeated by Ichise and then killed by Sakimura.
In the following time, many members of the three gangs mysteriously disappear. It soon emerges that these have defected to the class led by Kano ( 伽 丿 ) and that their bodies were largely replaced by Texhnolyze. This army of Texhnolyze soldiers then invades the city and heavy fighting ensues again. Kano first wants to conquer Lukuss and then the upper world. Now that the production of raffia and the overworld is in danger, Doc, Ichise and Sakimura travel to the overworld.
Once there, they see that humanity has aged and is only waiting for death. People seem indifferent, raffia is no longer of any value to them either. When Texhnolyze soldiers also come to the surface, Lukuss's connection to the upper world is destroyed. Ichise still manages to get back to Lukuss. Doc and Sakimura want to stay in the upper world.
In Lukuss, the final battle occurs during Ichise's journey upstairs, in which most of them lose their minds. When Ichise returns, the Ōnishi obelisk is destroyed. As a result, all Texhnolyze units fail and most people are helpless. Ichise also dies soon after killing Kano.
symbolism
The name of the city "Lukuss" is identical to the Latin word "Lux", which means light.
Ran wears a fox mask and comes from a farming village. The fox is seen as the protector of agriculture in Japan because it eats field mice.
Concept and style
The story is told in chronological order. Often there is a jump between different events, the connections of which do not have to be clear to the viewer. The series is similar to an earlier production by the studio, Serial Experiments Lain . This manifests itself primarily in unusual camera positions and only a few dialogues, so in the first episode the first sentence, I am listening , is spoken only after eleven minutes . There are also similarities in the background music. Much of the team involved was the one for Serial Experiments Lain . The depressive and violent mood was intended by the scriptwriter and was specifically implemented.
The style is kept quite simple, similar to Haibane Renmei , another earlier work by Yoshitoshi ABe. Computer effects were rarely used. The backgrounds are also relatively simple and are based on images by Edward Hopper in terms of style and mood . In the outside world, motifs from works by Hopper can be seen in the background, for example “Early Sunday Morning”, “Cornhill” and “Roofs of the Cobb Barn”.
production
The series was directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, assisted by Kōjirō Tsuruoka, the character design was done by the Japanese avant-garde artist Yoshitoshi ABe . The producer was u. a. Yasuyuki Ueda and Artistic Director Hidetoshi Kaneko. The cut is by Takeshi Seyama . The implementation was done by Studio Madhouse .
Publications
The series was broadcast from April 16, 2003 to September 25, 2003 on Fuji TV . Since the station briefly broadcast football matches on the series' slots, episodes 3 and 4 were cut into one and episodes 19 and 20 were only published on the Internet.
The series was broadcast in English on Animax asia, Encore Action and G4TechTV Canada. It has also been translated into Korean, French and Italian.
Episodes two to twelve were broadcast on June 8, 2007 on the German channel VOX . Only one cut of the first episode was broadcast as a prologue. Episodes 13 to 22 followed on June 15, after which an interview with the creators of Texhnolyze, including Yoshitoshi ABe, was broadcast.
synchronization
The German dubbing comes from the Brandt Film Berlin studio .
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Ichise | Satoshi Haga | Gerrit Schmidt-Foss |
| Ran | Shizuka Itō | Marie-Luise Schramm |
| Doc | Shizumi Niki | Claudia Urbschat-Mingues |
| Kyōgo Ōnishi | Hiroshi Tsuchida | Stefan Gossler |
| Shinji | Masaya Kitaide | Nicolas Boell |
| Kazuho Yoshii | Takashi Inoue | Erich Rauker |
music
The opening title Guardian Angel (Xavier's Edit) was produced by the psytrance band Juno Reactor , the closing song Tsuki no Uta ( 月 の 詩 ) was contributed by Gackt . The title also appeared on a single in 2003. In the last episode, however, Walking Through the Empty Age was used to text by Chris Mosdell, composed by Hajime Mizoguchi and sung by Yōko Ishida .
reception
The trade journal FUNime says that the series does not make it easy for viewers to follow the plot. Especially in the middle of the series there would be some lengths, which even the makers would admit. Overall, however, the series is characterized as interesting and successful. Above all, she lives from her special mood. The quality of the characters is "generally quite decent" .
The Animania writes of solid animation and detailed backgrounds. The optics have a disturbing effect, the music is atmospheric and dense. However, it would be difficult for the viewer to find an introduction to the plot.
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Web links
- Official website of Fuji TV for the series (Japanese)
- Texhnolyze in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Anime News Network about the anime