Texhnolyze

Title: Texhnolyze
Alternate Title: none
Genre: drama, psychological, sci-fi
Run time: 24 minutes
Episode count: 22
Vintage: 2003
Review:

Texhnolyze is an anime by the producer of lain. Its a hard hitting anime built around a town that was locked underground by the rest of humanity and themes around human evolution. This anime has a highly original story line that is influenced heavily by cyber punk.

The animation for this series was phenomenal. The whole world his highly muted and drab with tons of textures and grit, which is perfect for the storyline. Its done in a similar visual style as lain with hidden themes through out the background and setting. Normally I don't bother to mention sound, but that's where this anime excels. The soundscapes in this anime are truly amazing. You can hear when a light flickers and when water drops even if its off screen. This is a huge part of why I continued to watching during slow moments

The anime is fully serious and dark. There is no humor but there is a nice amount of blood and action to keep the story moving. However, even with the action and blood sequences this anime still drags. There is no real way to fix this and still tell the story. The story makes it fully worth any slow part.

This anime is truly amazing. At the end it leaves you thinking with more questions than answers. This is something anime currently is lacking for the most part. So since the only problem I have with this anime is some of its slower parts I will give it a 9 out of 10

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