Review of Texhnolyze

Since many of the members have elucidated really beautifully about Texhnolyze in their reviews, I thought I would drop down a series of short points on why this is a great anime which deserves more attention than it has acquired. • The trio of Yoshitoshi ABe, Yasuyuki Ueda and Chiaki J. Konaka combine yet again to deliver us, if not a masterpiece, a show which is just short of being a masterpiece. The show has incorporated some of the direst elements like hopelessness, dystopian society, psychological warfare, human conflicts, feral nature of the humans and crime groups very well. • The Opening theme, 'Guardian Angel' gavethe anime that cyberpunk-ish feel whereas the ending theme. 'Tsuki no Uta' was more of a peaceful song; the very same peacefulness that was missing in Lux and which the citizens of that rundown city longed desperately for. The background score was crisp and suited the environment and the atmosphere of the anime real well. Utilization of different genres of music proved to be a success as almost all of the tracks were brilliant.

• As always, Madhouse has done an absolutely brilliant and noteworthy job in animating this show. They paid attention to very minor details, the camera angles were exquisite in many scenes and the characters looked realistic and were up to the point without any sort of extravagance involved. The color palette and the hues used were post-apocalypse personified. Different contrasts of sepia, many gray elements and at times the darkness and shadows on the buildings exuded originality and precision. Once you lay your eyes on the first episode, you'll realize that you are in for one dark, malevolent ride filled with virulence.

• This has become a cliche of sorts now but still, it has to be said that this is an anime which will provide the enjoyment for every audience out there. The very slow nature, the cruelty involved and the blatant hopelessness with which the humans are pitted against will most definitely be a turn off for many audiences.

• What I loved the most about this anime is that it had very sparse dialogues for the starting handful of episodes. This allows the viewers to interpret the world and its horrendous living conditions, the state of each and every character and allows us to intake as much of the information as possible through visuals and the beautiful music alone. Also, the attention to detail was terrifyingly great. The tense and the increasing breathing, the subtle footsteps in an almost silent scene, the clink-clanks of the Texhnolyzed limbs are some of the many details that must be paid attention to.