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| The worst first episode of any anime season I've ever watched.. To all the new viewers.. just skip episode 1. It will whisper "Drop this series, drop it now" in your ear for 24 minutes. Skip this episode. You'll only miss 3 lines of dialogue, some grunting, and some heavy breathing. Even if you start from the much better episode 2, by just reading the MAL description of this anime you will not have missed any plot what so ever. |
semianonymous said: The worst first episode of any anime season I've ever watched.. To all the new viewers.. just skip episode 1. It will whisper "Drop this series, drop it now" in your ear for 24 minutes. Skip this episode. You'll only miss 3 lines of dialogue, some grunting, and some heavy breathing. Even if you start from the much better episode 2, by just reading the MAL description of this anime you will not have missed any plot what so ever. What? I loved the first episode. Really interesting visual and sound creating a great atmosphere. |
 Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
black1blade said: semianonymous said: The worst first episode of any anime season I've ever watched.. To all the new viewers.. just skip episode 1. It will whisper "Drop this series, drop it now" in your ear for 24 minutes. Skip this episode. You'll only miss 3 lines of dialogue, some grunting, and some heavy breathing. Even if you start from the much better episode 2, by just reading the MAL description of this anime you will not have missed any plot what so ever. What? I loved the first episode. Really interesting visual and sound creating a great atmosphere. Great atmosphere is no doubt important..but for some reason this series purposely takes it to the extreme... for whatever reason it reminds me of a middle school girl putting on makeup for the first time... the result.. way too much makeup... translation.. way too much "atmosphere".. strike a balance unless you want to look like a clown with face paint. Let's be honest... all you need to know to understand EVERYTHING after this episode is prize fighter punches manager for nearly gouging his eyes out... manager is angry.. manager wants to hurt prize fighter... proceed to episode 2. |
semianonymousOct 3, 2015 1:57 AM
| Wow! That art! I don't like Madhouse at all (their anime and how it looks) but here... Just wow, great work!! Backgrounds!! I prefer moe characters design, but I can't say anything bad about it. Amazing work, best looking thing which I've ever seen form Madhouse. Story? Nothing has any sense, but it was probably done in this way specially. And that OP! Juno Reactor!!! |
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
Veronin said: What did I just watch. |
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| - Everyone praises Texhnolyze - Every fifth person has it in their TOP 1 spot in favorites - Hmm, gonna watch the 1st ep - AMAZING, best first episode I've seen in a while, so intriguing so mysterious, it went past in like 2minutes, totally got sucked into it - Please every episode be like that :-} - 1st ep - 10/10 |
| I absolutely loved it. The beautiful animation and dark, creepy atmosphere totally sucked me in. Can't say I understood a lot of what was happening but that's what makes it so intriguing. |
| i got what was going on with the "street fighter" guy. have no clue though on the girl and the worker. Ok episode, can understand the complaints with the fact that not much explaining is done through speaking, but, if you read into the animation you can grasp the situation a bit better. |
| Argue? Nah Too lazy For That... Are You Ready!~Gulcasa |
Beatnik said: I'm going by dodgy memory but at the time this was released I remember reading that the creator of the show said the first episode was intentonally done this way to scare off casual viewers. That would make sense, I have no clue wtf is going on. |
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| What I love about discussions revolving mindfuck series such as Texhnolyze is that there are those who claim to know how the series should be exclusively interpreted (that kind of my way or the highway-esque mentality) and those who wear their first impressions on their sleeves and admit defeat by saying they were confused and disliked it. I enjoyed the first episode and I won't talk about the animation or anything like that. I liked the sequencing and imagery. If it's true that the first episode is supposed to scare off the casual viewer then I can say the same for other genres that fail to capture my interest. |
| 臭い- |
| Not much talking, thats good because i can focus on whats happening instead of reading lol. A really different anime. Great Episode. |
| Well that was great, extremely weird but great |
| So, I have a question - Am I supposed to understand this first episode? Because I sure didn't. At all. I mean, the way they did the sound effects and everything was really awesome, but I have no clue what happened. semianonymous said: prize fighter punches manager for nearly gouging his eyes out... manager is angry.. manager wants to hurt prize fighter... proceed to episode 2. I honestly didn't even get that. I know that he's a prize fighter from the description of the anime, but I sure as hell didn't get that that women was his manager. And the whole sex-and-then-taking-out-eyes-and-suddenly-everythings-weird scene. Also, the description said that he lost an arm and an leg for his manager? Geez, nevermind, I just didn't get jackshit. I'll still continue watching this though, since it seems quite interesting. kurodayuchi said: I enjoy the comparison between Ichise getting his arm chop off and a lizard, at the end of the episode (the capacity of creation of new limbs). Literature class all over again, huh xD? |
Call-Me-CaptainJun 20, 2016 7:08 AM
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| Kinda Aeon Flux vibe, stuff's just presented to you that doesn't necessarily make any sense. |
| Oh I'm liking the ED song. Tbh when it comes to atmosphere-centric shows like these, having a good ED or OP song is really helpful. It helped me snooze through the more boring parts of Ergo Proxy and Lain. |
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| What I got from this episode is that the woman who got punched in her face by the MC took revenge on him by having his arm cut off. Im not sure but I think they cut off his arm which he used for that punch in her face. Everything else remains mysterious though. |
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| Meh, this anime literally pissed me off. Worst episode of anything ive seen. I dont have time for anime like these. |
| Not much dialogue, it was a interesting episode nonetheless, still kinda confusing and a little bit boring on the other hand. But I guess that's normal at this point, since almost nothing was explained. The only thing I got was that the guy was prostituting himself and he hit the client when she was about the sting his eyes with her nails. As revenge she told her subordinates to slash off his arm.( those guys could also be just hired). A big plus is definitely the heavy atmosphere which was really intriguing. This kind of show is usually not my cup of tea, but I'm gonna keep watching for the aspects I liked about this episode. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| So that appeared to be two or three stories told in a very confusing show don't tell way. Best way to get my thoughts together would be to separate them into themselves so... here we go. Since I wrote an essay I'll put it in a spoiler tag. I think I have enough of an idea that's going on, despite a ton being wrong, that the show will at least make some sense now that I got my thoughts together. ps I'll edit this later for any disgusting mistakes. |
| Loved the tension, the atmosphere, the anguish and anxiety. I'm in. |
 SEIZON SENRYAKU: Hungry 100% of the time.Vzla-IT |
| sucks that this isn't based on a manga series. need to watch this soon |
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| I don't know if I will regret this. |
| Alright, this is my first rewatch and I'm very excited to solve more puzzles of the storyline this time. The atmosphere was as great as the first time when I was watching this episode. |
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| Well that was...different. It was intriguing enough to keep my interest on what will happen next and it seems the first episode was done with little dialogue intentionally so we'll see how it goes in the upcoming ones. Also, really dug the OP song. |
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| What the f*ck did I just watch? Oh Japan, here you go again... |
| Perfect! Watching this episode was like discovering a spirit animal. |
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| Round three and I still love it. |
SilentSword114Oct 22, 2018 3:38 PM
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| That was... different I think the last anime as confusing as this one that I saw was Baccano, that later became one of my favorites, so let's hope this turns into something good as well |
Wait, did you just say that Jojo is shit?  |
juschenfe said: worse than sel. i hate pseudo intellectual shit with no emotional impact Nobody cares, LoGH fan Anyways, I liked the first episode, but not sure I understand everything that is going on. Nice atmosphere, but not as intriguing as Lain's. Definitely solid up until now, the realistic art style is pretty good. |
| gecko at the end definitely tried to sell my mans some body parts insurance "15 minutes could save you 15% or more" looking ass |
| Floyd Mayweather English Tutor |
| all i can say is that i understood nothing. am i hooked? hell yeah! |
| “Life is a constant process of dying.” |
| I wanted to go outside due to how surreal it was. The atmosphere really makes you think. |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| Wow... that was... special. |
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| Arthouse breathing ASMR. Very nice. |
| I hate everyone equally |
| That..... was interesting ... |
| ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
| English: The first 11 minutes had no dialog at all. Texhnolyze shows that it is a different show from the others. Very unique direction and photography methods and a lot of quality. It was a disturbing episode, I think that is a good definition for the promising beginning. Portuguese: Os primeiros 11 minutos não tiveram nenhum diálogo. Texhnolyze mostra que é um show diferente dos demais. Direção e métodos de fotografia bem únicos e com muita qualidade. Foi um episódio perturbador, acho que essa é uma boa definição para o início promissor. |
semianonymous said: The worst first episode of any anime season I've ever watched.. ????? Despite the lack of dialogue, the sound and cinematography in this episode were amazing and really set the tone and atmosphere this show is striving for. This episode operates more as a mood and atmosphere setter rather than a plot setter which has pulled my curiosity in even further. |
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| Holy freakin shit now I watched everything |
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