Ergo Proxy - DVD

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The domed city of Romdeau is a self-contained paradise — or so its citizens are encouraged to believe. Humans and AutoReivs, sophisticated android companions, coexist in carefully managed harmony under the absolute authority of the Regent and the Citizen Intelligence Office. Re-L Mayer is a CIO inspector — sharp, bored, and descended from the ruling family — who is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by AutoReivs infected with the Cogito virus, which grants androids self-awareness and drives them to kill. Her investigation leads her to Vincent Law, an immigrant worker from the outer dome whose past is obscured and whose connection to a monstrous superhuman entity called a Proxy becomes increasingly apparent. When Romdeau's secrets begin to surface and Re-L and Vincent are both driven into the lawless world outside the dome with the self-aware AutoReiv Pino, the series transforms from a neo-noir detective procedural into something far stranger — a road trip through a dying world haunted by questions about consciousness, identity, and what it means to be god or human in a world that has outlived its purpose. Ergo Proxy is a 23-episode cyberpunk psychological thriller produced by Manglobe — the studio behind Samurai Champloo — directed by Shūkō Murase and written by Dai Satō (Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: SAC, Eureka Seven). The series aired on WOWOW from February to August 2006 and draws heavily from Gnosticism, existentialism, and the writings of Descartes, Derrida, Lacan, and Husserl — embedding philosophical references throughout its episode titles and character names. The ending theme is Radiohead's "Paranoid Android," licensed from the band directly.Notable Staff & Voice Talent Director: Shūkō Murase (Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge character design, Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie animator, Gundam Wing character design)Screenplay: Dai Satō (Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Eureka Seven)Character Design: Naoyuki OndaStudio: Manglobe (Samurai Champloo, The World God Only Knows, Gangsta)Music: Yoshihiro Ike (Kai Doh Maru, Arc the Lad, Kaiba, Freedom, Gungrave, Gravitation additional)Opening Theme: "Kiri" by Monoral (from ep. 3)Ending Theme: "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead (licensed directly from the band) Japanese Cast:• Kōji Yusa as Vincent Law / Ergo Proxy• Akiko Yajima as Re-L Mayer (Tenchi in Tokyo, Steel Angel Kurumi, Haibane Renmei, Inuyasha Movie 2, Ergo Proxy)• Houko Kuwashima as Pino (Gate Keepers 21, Ceres, Z.O.E. Dolores I, Noir, Kaiba, Claymore, Space Brothers, Canaan, Gundam SEED, Gilgamesh, xxxHOLiC)• Sanae Kobayashi as Daedalus Yumeno (Elfen Lied — Lucy / Nyu, Freedom — Ao)• Hikaru Hanada as Raul Creed English Dub Cast (Geneon Entertainment — ADR Director: Taliesin Jaffe):• Liam O'Brien as Vincent Law / Ergo Proxy • Rachel Hirschfeld as Re-L Mayer • Karen Thompson as Pino • Travis Willingham as Raul Creed (FMA 2003 & Brotherhood — Roy Mustang)DVD Features (All Volumes) • English Dolby Digital 5.1 / Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1• English Subtitles• Geneon Entertainment PreviewsSpoken Languages: English & Japanese Audio, English Subtitles Edition Details Japanese Title: エルゴプラクシー (Erugo Purakushī / Ergo Proxy)Runtime: ~575 Minutes (Complete Series, 23 Episodes, 6 Volumes)Director: Shūkō MuraseDVD Release Year: 2006–2007Original Broadcast Date (Japan): February 25 – August 12, 2006 (WOWOW)Publisher: Geneon Entertainment USA (original); FUNimation Entertainment (reissues)Rating: 16+Region: Region 1 (U.S. / Canada)Genre: Cyberpunk, Mystery, Psychological, Science FictionThemes: Amnesia, Android Consciousness, Conspiracy, Domed City Dystopia, Gnostic Mythology, Post-Apocalyptic, Proxy Beings Media assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted. Show more