tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post9067518308177683313..comments2024-03-13T14:53:58.150-04:00Comments on MUSINGS OF A SCI-FI FANATIC: Ergo Proxy Ep1: AwakeningSFFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-48261302843810655112011-01-13T20:59:24.915-05:002011-01-13T20:59:24.915-05:00Thank you L13 for the kind words.
Don't you j...Thank you L13 for the kind words.<br /><br />Don't you just love those eyes? Stunning really.<br /><br />I'm showing my own personal limitations as well. I like certain anime specifically and really do my homework before jumping into just any anime. So I'm pretty picky.<br /><br />Outside of the Neon Genesis Evangelion manga by Yoshiyuki Sadamaoto of Gainax I don't read much of it. I'm certainly familiar with Death Note and I look forward to what Black could do with it for fans of it. Clearly fans sometimes have the best handle on the material. So pretty exciting news for fans of Death Note. Thank you for mentioning it.<br /><br />*****************<br /><br />Doc! Thank youy very much for your supportive words. I'm afraid Anime may get harder and harder to find officially as time marches on. It is a concern of mine.<br /><br />I loved your background reagrding your relationship with anime. Thanks for sharing that. It was interesting to see how we were essentially a generation apart when it came to our exposure to anime.<br /><br />I definitely missed some of those 80s series. Though I am so happy I was reared on Starblazers and Battle Of The Planets. Thank God!<br /><br />I have seen Steamboy and I actually liked it better than Akira. That's probably like sacriledge, but even then didn't love it. I also saw Blood:The Last Vampire. Amazing animation from Production I.G. albeit too short. A series called Blood+ explores that film and fleshes out that story but I have not seen Blood +. Not to mention as titles go out of print within the industry it's getting harder and harder to find some of these items or at least more and more expensive.<br /><br />I feel like some of the titles I've hung onto will be like collector's items one day. Not that it will happen but one does wonder with the anime industry getting hit so hard of late. Anyway, more on that another time.<br /><br />I have Cowboy Bebop: The Movie in the queue. It's on the shelf.<br /><br />Your final paragraph is really keen in observation my friend. Agreed. This is a visually stunning work based on the first episode and the blending of 2D digital and 3D is quite seamless. It's interesting you mention this because I am very old school and prefer the handdrawn 2D over the digital 2D and I will be posting something about that down the road.<br /><br />But I totally agree. It can be a bit distracting blending the two. I do think the noirish look of Ergo Proxy works rather well.<br /><br />As I mentioned earlier, I'm really selective when it comes to anime and won't watch just anything. This one really caught my eye based on visuals and story and as you said, it is the story and characters that will see it ultimately succeed or fail. <br /><br />But, I do like it's Ghost In The Shell quality. I'm certainly a fan of that series of Oshii and TV runs too.<br /><br />I hope I did a good job of conveying this episode properly since it was definitely on my first viewing [and that can be tough at times- second viewings are always better].<br /><br />Thanks so much for your thoughts Doc.<br /><br />Thank you both. S, SFFSFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-82674186074371325862011-01-13T14:19:02.994-05:002011-01-13T14:19:02.994-05:00Your love for Anime really shines through in your ...Your love for Anime really shines through in your thorough and detailed review of the first episode of the sf series Ergo Proxy, Sci-Fi Fanatic. You intrigued me enough to look on Netflix to see if they had the Ergo Proxy series streaming or not. Regrettably they only have it on DVD, but they do offer many other Anime series which I will most likely try watching soon; especially if my Anime-loving pal Phileas has anything to say about it.<br /><br />Before I comment on your thoughts on Ergo Proxy, I want to give a short background of my own interest in Anime. Like most children of the 60’s, my first exposure to Japanese Animation was the TV broadcastings of Astro Boy and Gigantor. I loved both of these as a preschool sci-fi fan! A little later Speed Racer was aired on TV and I watched every episode so many times I could recite the dialog! In the 70’s when Space Battleship Yamato aired, I had already “outgrown” cartoons, so I missed out on this classic series. I also passed on Robotech in the 80’s when it aired. My interest in animation had not flagged, as I still saw most of the animated feature films in the 70’s and 80’s that were aimed at a more adult audience. I first became aware of the budding OAV market in the late-80’s when I saw the original Japanese subtitled version of Macross: Do You Remember Love? at a local science fiction convention. I soon started renting and buying some Anime series. My favorites were: Macross Plus, Giant Robo, Project A-ko, Golgo 13: The Professional and Dominion: Tank Police. I also loved the Anime feature-length films The Castle of Cagliostro, Akira, Macross 2: The Movie and Ninja Scroll. I haven’t watched nearly as much Anime in recent years, but I do still occasionally watch the features that are available on cable. Some of the more recent Anime features that I’ve watched are: Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Metropolis the Movie, Howl’s Moving Castle, Steamboy, and Blood The Last Vampire.<br /><br />Your excitement for Ergo Proxy is fascinating. It sounds as if you were drawn to this series because of its similarities in plot to Ghost in the Shell. If this is the case, I’m intrigued by Ergo Proxy’s use of the police procedural plot to uncover the mysteries of the series of murders committed by robots and AutoReivs infected with the Cogito virus. Your description and examples of the beautiful animation makes Ergo Proxy seem like a cut-above other Anime series. My only complaint with recent anime is the overuse of CGI to enhance the “realism” of the cell animation. Ergo Proxy seems to do a better job at blending the two together than some of the anime I’ve watched recently, but I wish that they could just stick with one or the other. As you note, it is ultimately the story and the characters that make any anime series successful. It looks like Egro Proxy just may have all the ingredients to be topnotch.Fritz "Doc" Freakensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209589620766485745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-11752673847161269262011-01-13T14:03:30.791-05:002011-01-13T14:03:30.791-05:00This is one extraordinary examination of the genre...This is one extraordinary examination of the genre and specifically this title. I've only hit upon some of the well known works and it looks like I'll have to add ERGO PROXY to my MUST SEE pile. The eyes are so expressive and vital in this distinctly Japanese artwork (and so glad you included the screengrabs you did, here). And speaking about how influential the art and substance of anime and manga is, did you happen to catch this news today involving one of favorite screenwriters?<br /><br /><a href="http://dlvr.it/DGKJS" rel="nofollow">Warner Bros Taps Shane Black For Japanese Manga 'Death Note'</a><br /><br />Thanks so much for this, SFF!le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.com