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Although not perfect, I wish more anime like this still released today. The story is a slow burner, the animation is mediocre, and it's confusing as hell. But the writing, character designs, art, music, and atmosphere are pure bliss. What makes it so especially great, though, is how all of its negative aspects have a purpose. Texhnolyze is all about the often mundane, gritty life of us people on Earth experience and it uses its stylistic approach to support that theme. I found myself on my phone a lot while watching—especially in he first half— and only looking up only at the exciting parts, and ... I think that was probably intentional.

No spoilers, but those who stick around through the mundanity of the show get to experience a 4D show. It's so meta that it hurts, and yes the show preaches nearly non-stop. What makes it great is that it lets YOU have free rein to interpret its messages. Think Serial Experiments Lain and the game Nier Replicant combined. I pray we get more anime like this that are not overly concerned with "looking pretty" and overly appealing to non-anime fans. Texhnolyze is ugly, violent, boring, and AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

Other notes:
- Opening is an absolute banger
- Voice acting is great
- Character design is perfection
- EPISODE 19 IS ONE OF THE BEST EPISODES OF ANIME, especially 9:00

It’s a nasty, cringey, and slow-paced experience but also a masterpiece. Stands at my number 3 for favorite shows of all time. You have to go in knowing that the show is critiquing most of its themes and content, not condoning them. Once you get that, you’ll love the show!


Pros:
9/10 characters — one of the best written protagonists ever, and everyone’s character arcs should be studied.
10/10 plot
10/10 soundtrack — The Pearl Brothers made one of the most iconic soundtracks ever
10/10 themes — Preachy but not in a bad way
10/10 art direction / character design
10/10 Dub — one of the best I’ve ... ever heard
∞/10 atmosphere — truly one of a kind

Cons:
7/10 ending
7/10 plot consistency— some arcs are definitely better than others
6/10 animation

The best TV show I have ever watched, and the dub is PHENOMINAL. No joke, these ratings aren't even dramatized:

Pros:
10/10 characters - some of the best characters in any medium and Yōsuke Kuroda managed to flesh them out in so little time + budget.
10/10 plot
10/10 soundtrack - composed by tsuneo imahori so it's expected lol
10/10 villains
10/10 themes - thought provoking but definitely not preachy or annoying
10/10 art direction / character design
10/10 atmosphere -the pros of Trigun's and Black Lagoon's combined
... ∞/10 ending

Cons:
5/10 animation- definitely not great, but it honestly doesn't limit the show in any way.

Thank you for reading!
IMPORTANT- start on episode 2

EDIT- it’s been over a year since I’ve watch Gungrave and it’s still my no.1 of all time. Bunji stan forever