May 23, 2004

Texhnolyze Episode 2

Texhnolyze

"Forfeiture"

Well, it can only get better, right?

At the beginning of the episode, we see a man who has just had his arm and leg severed. While watching this show, I wish I were him. (By the way, it is totally unpleasant listening to him scream.)

By the way, how absurd is the word "Texhnolyze" anyways?

I'll admit that the reasons I'm probably so confused by what's happening in this episode are twofold: 1. I kept drifting in and out of sleep while watching the first episode, and 2. I thought the first episode was so bad, I had to let weeks go by before I hazarded the second.

I've been really harsh on this show up until now, so let me give it a few compliments. Okay, one compliment. I do think that the visual design is extremely good, with the near-future, grittiness well-realized and believable. But it's all static, which is boring in animation. The show is so slow that there's never much movement at any point, not to mention the pacing of the show is so slow, the plot could be summarized in about two sentences.

I'm also not really crazy about the character designs, but that's just my personal preference.

This show stinxhz.

Rating: D

Posted by Kei at May 23, 2004 11:36 PM
Comments

Yeah. I think this show sucks ass too.

Posted by: Deadman in SD at May 26, 2004 12:25 AM

I have to admit, I forced myself to watch 8 episodes of this because I paid for the videos, and I'm sorely disappointed and want my money back. If only I had read your review _before_ paying money. No more of that, no sirree.

Posted by: Ai Ling at November 16, 2004 06:08 AM

Texhnolyze is a great title! It's like a continuation of Kia Asamiya's 'Texmexicum' (the power source that replaces nuclear power but comes at a cost of central planning by the Khyron corporation, FWIW) into related jargon!
It could be all about breaking texoligation of cornholios, like. Only lysation has an S in it.

As for the series and -specials- that come with it, I think that this is a strong case for NOT watching JKL videos to combat the evil of actual JKLing (where JKL is Violence, Drunk Driving, or on the particular case, G.I. introspection with cheaply constructed objects.) No, you just try to guarantee the availability of the fix and choose your recreations carefully.

Watching the visualizations for an MP3 (OGG FLAC, whatever) player is more good for ya.

Posted by: Steve Nordquist at February 23, 2005 11:16 PM
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