Ergo Proxy

Ergo Proxy posts a series Japanese TV animated of Science-fiction realized by the studio Manglobe, from which the diffusion began in Japan on February 25th, 2006, on WOWOW. Directed by Shukō Murase, with an original screenplay of Dai Sato. Ergo Proxy sublimates a remarkable fusion of animation 2D, 3D and many numerical effects.

Introduction

The history proceeds in Romdeau, a futuristic city sheltered under a dome, built to protect the community from survivors of a virus which prevails outside. In this city, the human ones and the robots (autoreivs) coexist peacefully. But murder series caused by robots contaminated by the virus Cogito start to sow the disorder in the fragile balance which governs the company. To the top of all that, the government leads secret experiments on a mysterious form of life humanoïde baptized Proxy , which seems to be the key of a great capacity. The series begins with the escape from Proxy from the governmental laboratories.

In an interview with Doug McGray, Dai Sato describes its last project:

" The adventure proceeds in the future. A group of robots is contaminated by a virus baptized Cogito and then becomes conscious of its own entity. These robots, which were the trusty servants of the human ones, thus undertake to leave to research them same. They must determine if the infectious agent which contaminated them created their identity, or if this one develops during their tour. This question represents our own debate in connection with what returns to us such as we are: if that is due to our environment or to factors which are in us. The robots carry all of the names of philosophers: Derrida, Lacan, Husserl. "

Vocal characters and actors

Main characters

; Vincent Law (ビンセント・ロウ, Koji Yusa ): An immigrant working for the Division of Control of Autoreivs, installation to seek the infected robots, to disinfect them and reprogram them. ; Read again Mayer (リル・メイヤー, Rie Saito ): Note: Its name was sometimes written Real or Lil Meyer by the fansubs for lack of catch of information. The official site indeed specifies the writing wanted by the authors: Read again Mayer, the oddment specifying its complete identity in addition: Read again 124C41.
the inspector Re-l Mayer, 19 years, is the grand-daughter of the mayor of the city. It operates for an office of investigation charged to inquire into the murder series made by robots infected by Cogito. ; Iggy (イギー, Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi ): The personal robot-like assistant of Reads again Mayer (autoreiv " Entourage"). ; Pino (ピノ, Akiko Yajima ): Autoreiv guide which was in contact with Cogito and which guides Vincent Law in his voyage.

Other characters

; Raul Creed (ラウル・クリード, Hikaru Hanada ): Chief of the Security Office of the Citizens. It is charged to cover the businesses related to Proxy. ; Kristeva (クリステヴァ): The personal robot-like assistant (autoreiv of the " type; Entourage") of Raul Creed. ; Daedalus Yumeno (デダルス・ユメノ, male character doubled by a woman, Sanae Kobayashi ): Medical scientific chief with the head of the research team of Proxy, and the Office of Health of the Citizens. ; Donov Mayer (ドノブ・メイヤー): Mayor of the city of Romdeau and grandfather of Reads again. He speaks by procuration through the voices about his 4 personal robot-like assistants (autoreivs " Entourage") named according to famous philosophers: Derrida, Lacan, Husserl and Berkeley.

Universe

Projected in our future, the post-apocalyptic world of Ergo Proxy is mainly made up of desert grounds, swept by the unchained and hostile elements. The survivors gathered within domes , towns of a few hundred square kilometers, alive in autarky. The history mentions two, Romdeau and Moscow of it.

Communities remain apart from the domes, agglutinant around those, living of their rejections, or in small more or less isolated communities. Survival is difficult there, the surrounding air being toxic, going until resulting in death.

The communities of the domes survive thanks to the assistance of Androïde S, the autoreivs, which, by a constant presence, help them in all their activities, and incidentally, supervise them. A genetic selection is operated on the children to be born, to ensure the viability genetic of the species and social of the community.

Cities remained intact apart from the domes. One can there observe there more or less primitive robots which still carry out there the tasks which were their when the inhabitants were still there. Cemeteries extend as far as the eye can see.

Episodes

Musical topics

; Credits of opening: Kiri by Monoral (starting from the third episode) ; Credits of end: Paranoid Android by Radiohead

Staff

Realization: Shukō Murase
Scenario: Dai Sato
Design of the characters: Naoyuki Onda
Musics: Yoshihiro Ike
Sound effects: Keiichi Momose
Production: Manglobe, Geneon Entertainment, WOWOW
Laid off in France by: Dybex

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