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Lux is a dystopian city buried deep beneath the earth's surface,
long ago forgotten by those on the surface. The people have
given into despair - cheap sex and violence is found everywhere.
The city is split into a number of factions that control the
streets with brute force. The Orugano and the Rakan control
the larger parts of the city, but maintain a balance of power
in order to produce the one thing that gives the city a purpose
- Texhnolyze, a substance that binds with humans to produce
cybernetic limbs. Across this great wasteland of human misery
the great obelisk silently watches. Though the city seems
doomed, four people will decide its fate. Yoshii, a new arrival
from the surface world; Onishi, leader of the largest gang
faction in the city; Ichise, a failed boxer on the run in
the city; and Ran, a strange young girl who has visions of
the future...
Volume
Two of Texhnolyze contains episodes five to eight
of a twenty-two part series. The running time for this disc
is about one hour, forty minutes. The opening title sequence
is a dark affair set to a thumping dance beat.
Episode
five (Loiter) sees Ichise finally caught and thrown
down into the sewers - left to die. Meanwhile, Yoshii gets
all jiggy with some extreme sex, all watched by the enigmatic
Ran. Episode six (Repetition) sees Ichise, bloodied
from his ordeal, explore the more desolate parts of the city
and Doc gets to meet Yoshii for the first time. In Episode
seven (Plot) the Doc and Onishi clash over the fate
of Ichise, as the audience waits for the plot to kick in.
Lastly episode eight - Crucible - parts of the city are ablaze
following deliberate arson. Meanwhile the main characters
wander round the city, experiencing general weirdness.
The extras are a little strange, we have the opening animation
without any credits, which whilst, admittedly, are impressive
are a little redundant. The Alternative Dialogue Outtakes
did wet my appetite, after all who does an animation characters
fluff their lines. Well there are not many of them but you
get the idea of what the voice over actors get up to when
they're bored, short but funny. On top of that is the throw
away trailers and DVD credits, those poor guys try and get
in every time. Audio is stereo in the usually flavours and
the picture is great, I'm just waiting to find one that sucks
so I have more to say about it, from a technical point of
view.
Coming
into the story at this point is frankly quite confusing, you
don't really get an idea of what is going on or any of the
characters motivations. The story unfolds more in images as
dialogue is at a minimum. So you can either take this anime
as deep and meaningful or a load of old tat, which is using
images of sex and violence with a thin layer of mumbo-jumbo
to justify a bit of animated titillation. Given that criticism,
the animation is very beautiful, and for that alone the DVD
would be well worth a look.
Charles
Packer
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