Ergo Proxy

Lucy, it was pre-liscensed, but I still think that there will be enough groups to take it on. I'm waiting for Anime-Kraze, who'll also do it, I think, since they released the trailer. Let's just hope that the licenser won't go around sending C&D letters.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Haha, I even heard people on other boards thinking that Radiohead had a new song. It's funny that the people saying that also say that they are the group's biggest fans.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I've finally watched the first episode, and I'm still a little sceptic, but it looks awfully promising. Since I didn't bother reading anything about the story before watching, I was pretty much clueless for the first half of the episode. I don't really like Ril/Lir or whatever the chick's called, design, but the overall setting is nice. I prefer the future world that Ghost in the Shell presents us though.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

It's only a first episode people, it's natural that you don't have a clue to what's going on. Just wait a couple of episodes, I'm sure that there will be clarifications.

How ya doing, buddy?

I have to agree with rock, although I loathe their policy in general, they put a lot of effort in Ergo Proxy, and it's worth it this time. And why the hell would you need a karaoke for songs in bloody ENGLISH.

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Hunter, blue and green are often confused in Japanese, so it's an understandable mistake. And could you try to avoid grammar mistakes? It seems like you are getting progressively worse, and I don't remember you being that bad on the old boards.

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As for the latest EP episodes, I'm rather disappointed. First of all, where's Real? In alll the images and trailers that where released before the show aired, we saw Real, only her, so one would assume that she would be the main character. No problem with that in the beginning, but now we only see more and more of Vincent, who is a pretty whiny boring guy imo.

The second problem is that explaining Vincent's reasoning behind travelling to Moscow was poorly executed. I for one was rather bored with the whole thing outside of Romdeau, and I couldn't care less for the characters that died, and the plot just didn't seem to move forward.

Now the biggest disappointment happened in the latest episodes. We suddenly find out that Proxy is nothing more than a monster, complete with a lame transformation and all. Nothing about the government project that it seemed to be in the beginning, no more mysteries behind it, in short, a total disappointment. The transformation bothered me the most, since it is not something that you'd expect in a sci-fi anime. You'd expect a horrible government secret, creepy scientists and an unbelievable explanation, but none of that with just one lousy transformation.

One last point of critique is the music. The soundtrack really doesn't fit the show, music's played at the most awkward moments, but when you could actually use a good theme, like during the proxy battles, it just isn't there. This makes the battles, how good the animation may be, boring and uninspiring.

I'll see if ep 10 can change anything about these views, and if not, I guess that I will be watching one show less this season.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

There are already nine episodes out, I don't care about "instant satisfaction". I do think that I can complain about the way that they execute the various revelations, which is very disappointing. And the point is, that you don't get to know the characters. The tidbits that are revealed about them are uninteresting, their motivations seem forced, and overall they don't have a personality. I do like to think that there are some valid points in my criticism.

How ya doing, buddy?

I'm noty talking about what they are revealing, it's nice to see that they don't lose focus on the main plot, but it's the way that they do it. Take the end of ep 8 for example, where we finally see a battle between two Proxies, something that at least I wanted to see for some time, but the way that they showed it was lame. Animation and all was nice, but the atmosphere just wasn't there. You didn't get the feeling that you were actually watching a battle between two creatures who surpass human abilities. I mainly blame this on the lack of good music, it wasn't until the end of that fight that there was a small tune, but the rest of it was shite.

What other shows would you put in the same genre as EP? an obvious one would be Ghost in the shell SAC, one that you can hardly call a clichéd anime. Maybe I don't watch enough to recognize clichés, but EP really doesn't seem to be that innovative to me.

Hunter, I don't really have any problems with the overall story, just by the way they bring it to us, which could have been done a lot better, to actually make you feel involved in the world. I also don't like how they made it look like Real would be the main character, who actually looked interesting, but the bits we've seen about her are below expectations. ANN says that EP will have 23 episodes btw, and by the way that it's set up, I really doubt that it'll go beyond 26.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

What you people fail to realize is that fansubbers also have an actual life outside of their anime-subbing. Bleach comes out regularly because its a lot easier to sub, and because most groups dedicate themselves to one series, where as groups like shinsen or kraze have multiple shows to sub. Just have some bloody patience and don't complain every few posts.

And Hunter, please add some actual content to your posts instead of just posting variations of your cliché expressions (sorry for the member moderating mods).

Jam it back in, in the dark.