Texhnolyze has to be my favorite anime by far. Very complex and philosophical.

@danielchequer5842

Жыл бұрын

I have to watch that again for two reasons: 1 - Tehxnolyze is dark, I mean visually dark and some parts of the anime I literally missed bc I couldn't see the scene 2 - I was a teenager at the time so I did not have maturity to understand or reflect on the themes of this show

@americanstruggler587

Жыл бұрын

@@danielchequer5842 all of it is free on KZread in Japanese with English subtitles.

@dimepia123

Жыл бұрын

when does it start making sense? i tried watching it but was very confused

@danielchequer5842

Жыл бұрын

@@dimepia123 you literally have to watch it all the way

@americanstruggler587

Жыл бұрын

It's a drama so it's slow paced.

You said it best. Texhnolyze is the opposite of "fun" but I appreciate that it doesn't shy away from being uncomfortable and dreadful. I love its use of technology too, it feels surprisingly grounded. Rather than being the cure for humanities ailment it instead serves as a reflection of its people, its directionless. Yeah they achieved limb enhancements but for people either too bored to care or too fixated on violence to do anything innovative with that tech. Tech is only as innovative as its people the people of this world are dark age remnants.

@maxderrat

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree about the technology stuff. It felt real, where so many other forms of augmentation in sci-fi feel like fantasy.

@abelbavdaz6823

Жыл бұрын

@@maxderrat Please do Ergo Proxy too

@user-rm1rf4zw6s

11 ай бұрын

Texhnolyze is fun anime

@ferro1601

10 ай бұрын

When usual anime usually prophecy can be changed,but texhnolyze not

@theplacewhereyouare

7 ай бұрын

Love your last sentence, i've thought about it and it's been thought about for some time I guess. Stone age morality with cutting edge technology seems how our world is at the moment.

Haibane Renmei: Heaven. Serial Experiments Lain: Earth. Texhnolyze: Hell.

@Jurglenuts

2 ай бұрын

Its not Hell.

@NateCreed07

2 ай бұрын

Never finished the last two sadly

@lostinthesestories3082

2 ай бұрын

@@NateCreed07wow but you have the first? The least known of one that’s pretty interesting. How did you end up deciding to watch it?

@NateCreed07

2 ай бұрын

@@lostinthesestories3082 was a long time ago but ran out of shonen to watch but scifi has always been an interesting genre for me, cerebral and over my head sometimes but interesting

@lostinthesestories3082

2 ай бұрын

@@NateCreed07 what did you think of Haibane Renmei?

“All we have to do is to have the will to say “yes” to the journey of life” That struck me. I’m totally terrified by life - way too much bad and disgusting things happened in past and some are happening nowadays. Every day I’m waking up and asking myself throughout the day “is this day worth living?” I couldn’t find the answer. I can’t enjoy my life (yet?). I just have to accept it the way it is and (as psychologists say) be grateful for what I have. Currently I have no energy to change it. Or is it an excuse?

@staciwhite1256

Жыл бұрын

Hello, friend. I’ve been in your shoes, and still struggle from time to time, but I find that when I fill my heart with gratefulness and spend time doing things I enjoy, good people respond to me positively without any solicitation for feedback. When I go back into memories of trauma, dwelling on them without resolution, I relive it emotionally and it can fester and cause unnecessary pain until I find a way to address it (the combination of prayer, talk therapy and self education has been very helpful in managing hopelessness and anxiety for me). I sincerely hope you find your “will to say ‘yes’ to the journey of life”. For all it may be worth, I pray you find contentment and happiness. 💕

@worstmusicproduction

Жыл бұрын

@@staciwhite1256 , thank you, Staci. Your words mean a lot. I’ll try once again.

@realswobby

Жыл бұрын

I try to think that despite of how I feel atm, I have to still keep doing things to avoid this stagnancy, even if it all has no deeper meaning, at least it may lead to smth good during my lifetime and, well - the alternative is just terrible, laying for days in bed depressed, doing absolutely nothing ambitious, I know very well how all of this feels so I decided to just try doing things and just ignore my current feelings, and appreciate my tiniest efforts and achievements I get. This does give me some positive feelings and I guess this is what's all about it. No need to search for smth more meaningful than your lifetime, imo death gives to everyone final answers, whatever they may be. Searching for divinity while being still alive is like trying to see what's after death and stay alive, it's pointless.

Texhnolyze is my favorite anime I never recommend it to anyone. Calling it a "slow burn" is an understatement, the subject matter can really mess with you if you're in a low place. I understand why you suggested watching the video first, but watching it blind was a hell of a ride. The last few episodes were shocking, when I hit the credits I sat in the dark and soaked it in for a good hour. If I knew the ending going in it wouldn't have that same impact on me. Also the OP song is a banger.

@FilosofiaDeJuegos

10 ай бұрын

No lo conozco, ¿podrías darme una descripción de él por favor?

@user-rm1rf4zw6s

8 ай бұрын

Other anime nihilism main villain:i wanted destroy world,world is meaningless,hahahaha Texhnolyze villain:'evolution 'human 'evolution 'human

@KiMON_52

6 ай бұрын

Juno Reactor always goes crazy

@testoftimegaming5219

4 ай бұрын

I feel you i can never recommend angel egg people are just either bored or confused 😅

@zerosolis6664

2 ай бұрын

​@@testoftimegaming5219Honestly I say they are just on a lower wavelength. When media confuses people its because they just can't understand whatever its trying to bring across. Media illiteracy is a real thing

I'm thrilled someone else has watched this; we have to be a few far between. Texhnolyze is one of my favourite anime, probably even top 5. When it first came out, I gobbled it up, and it's one of the rare anime that makes me shed a few tears. I always recommend it with the warning that it IS very slow, but just stick with it, and it's amazing. Those last few minutes of the anime... so heart wrenching. I just love it, and your video has done a justice. Thank you for making this video. It means a lot to me.

@stapuft

Жыл бұрын

anime is the plural of anime, just FYI

@Etidorhpa

Жыл бұрын

@@stapuft Right, thanks. Auto correct loves to do the one thing it's supposed to not do lol.

@stapuft

Жыл бұрын

@@Etidorhpa LOL been there¿my fat thumbs dont help much either.

@lodeyo

11 ай бұрын

what are your other top 5-10? i feel the same way about texhnolyze and am curious what other anime series people recommend.

@Etidorhpa

10 ай бұрын

Well Texhnolyze as I said, then whew, Ergo Proxy, Paranoia Agent, Paprika, Hellsing (Original series, not Ultimate) Uraboku, Gintama, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Vampire Hunter D, Devil May Cry, Castlevania... the list could just go on. @@lodeyo

Texhnolyze, upon my first viewing, has struck me as something that I can never truly forget, nor should I forget. It made me cry for 2 days after finally wrapping around it's story and the fate of all the characters in the show. It all lead to nothing, and Ichise is left to rot fully knowing he is the last human left in Lux.

@serraramayfield9230

Жыл бұрын

The earth will heal regardless, perhaps something could return.

@caduhidalgo4996

Жыл бұрын

​@@serraramayfield9230 That being said, I wish the series could explain what happened to the Theonormals, or if they could have a chance to be normal humans once again. They definitely didn't put enough emphasis in them (The Theonormals).

@serraramayfield9230

Жыл бұрын

@@caduhidalgo4996 We know that the majority died off apart from the humans who became Shapes.

@justgrey3114

Жыл бұрын

based texhnolyze enjoyer rocking a gintoki pfp

@13KillerShadows

Жыл бұрын

I agree, I've mentioned technolyze ONCE since I've seen it 10 years ago, but I still remember it, even though afterwards I hated it. I raged for the last real "human" Ran's outcome, with her end... I hated the world she lived in... With no happiness or good memories and yet was still a "person". I was sad for weeks. I will never recommend this show, but I'll always have it in a corner of my mind. (And quite recently I watched a video on the lore of a game called "fear and hunger" with yet another character I feel deserved so much better. That story also centers around godhood and transcendence.maybe I just hate "ruined innocence")

Despite the fact that Texhnolyze has probably the bleakest depiction of humanity's future in animation I've ever experienced, I love this show to pieces. I first watched it in december 2017, when I was 16 years old, and although it didn't change my outlook on life, it most certainly reinforced it. Despite everything that this story may be trying to convey being absurdly depressing, I cried some of the most cathartic tears of my life watching this masterpiece, because I've never felt more at peace with my inevitable death and how meaningless my life had been up to that point. There's comfort in accepting that you're powerless, and yet what kept me going back then despite that was my belief that, even if my efforts were lacking in meaning in the practical sense, they held personal meaning through what my experiences defined them as. I've cried and cried and cried until my tears dried out every single episode, because what Texhnolyze displays is a showing of raw and unfiltered human connection, not through words, but through actions, and how that shakes up the foundation of a world shapen by innaction, almost like a butterfly effect. It's as subtle as a slap to the face of a depressed shut-in, and that's why it's beautiful. The lingering shots of delapidated architecture and the long pauses between every action only strengthens this 22 episode long punch to the gut, because this sort of breathing room gives us room to process the emotional charge of what every character is going through in their painful life journeys. Texhnolyze is as much about death and decay as it's about life, and how the many moments of stillness in our lives are needed for us to have the will to carry on when things seem their bleakest. It's not supposed to be fun, it's a wake up call and a celebration of what makes our existence precious and irreplaceable, and I wouldn't want my favorite anime to be any other way.

@Rx79100

3 ай бұрын

Ichise is really good example or model of people struggling in life. He'll take any trash at him while he remain true to himself and try to achieve his goal. ( and yeah while the entire world is crumbling down around him. )

Thrilled you ended up watching Texhnolyze. There's limited YT content on the series (though what little exists is quality, especially the one that highlights the parallels of the mouse utopia experiment to the civilization above ground), and your strengths in psychology, philosophy, and dedication to providing unique insight are a much needed addition to this classic. While in my top 5, this is one of those series that I go out of my way to almost never recommend, even to friends who have very similar tastes to me because it is definitely slow and arduous (though I find it much less so on subsequent viewings). However, it blows my mind how, like SEL, prescient its thesis is today. Lain reminds me of some of Greg Egan's short stories written in 80's and 90's in that they were borderline prophetic. You can consume it today and totally forget that they were created in a time when the impact of the sociotechnological implications were nebulous. For instance, Lain also depicts a post social media world, though it is at a level of abstraction (and somewhat auxiliary to the overarching philosophical concepts). The manifestation of Lain's different identities along with her seeming omnipresence throughout the series is, in my mind, a representation of the fragmentation of many different identities that manifest via social media and other Internet communication forms (forums, anonymous, pseudo anon, real identity). This compounds with how others varying identities perceive your strands of identity. Egan has a distant spiritual relative in his short story 'Unstable Orbits in the Space Of Lies'. I consider them distantly related because it incidentally predicts how social media divides us by identity and ideology to the point that it looks like unseen forces are physically causing people to segregate, as if in separate orbits. If you had no exposure to technology, this would be observable as such. All that said, I think if I had watched Texhnolyze in the decade it came out, I would have considered it a masterpiece, but not something that you watch more than once or twice. More importantly, at that point in time, the strangling effects of our environment and the society we were living in was not so evident. Having first watched it in this decade, it's relevance today is entirely clear to me. It may be the most impactful piece of fiction I've consumed. The persistence of struggle in Lux, a world that from its inception does everything it can to demoralize its residents becomes moving when later juxtaposed with the sanitized, safe, and ascended utopia above ground. If I watched this in my 20's, a darker time in my life, maybe the depressing factors and futility may have impacted me more than the crux of the show, which is ultimately a rebuke of almost everything presented; fatalism, utopian-ism, nihilism, technocracy, etc. The bleakest depiction in anime is a rebuke of itself. Yoshii, Ichise, Onishi, Shinji, the Union - these characters all represent different philosophical approaches to impending doom, whether from chaos as stasis, apocalypse, or sociological heat death (this one being the worst). However, the unifying thread is that the pursuit of vitality and embracing of life, which is at its greatest in the face of death, is the ideal paramount to all others. Of course, there will be plenty who disagree with my interpretation, in part or whole, and probably more who may take issue with my view of our current world as a slow closing in of the walls. However, it also seems obvious to me that the creators at least had related fears despite the early 2000's being a far different time. Great video, as per usual, Max. Thanks

@DaTLMusic

Жыл бұрын

I loved this show. Ive already seen lain and ergo proxy and loved them too. Do you have more recommendations like this one?

@ArawnOfAnnwn

7 ай бұрын

@@DaTLMusic Philosophical anime? Monster, Paranoia Agent, Ghost in the Shell (movie), Psycho-Pass, Sonny Boy, Berserk, Kino's Journey, Babylon, Angel's Egg (movie). They deal with a variety of subjects, not necessarily the same things as Texhnolyze, Lain and Ergo Proxy. But they all give you something to ponder. For something more uplifting, you can always check this seasons' breakout sensation, Freiren. Although Kino's Journey isn't particularly sad either.

@DaTLMusic

7 ай бұрын

@@ArawnOfAnnwn angels egg was excellent! I've got most of these on my to watch list and I'm about halfway through monster, ill add sonny boy to the list for sure. If you haven't seen mawaru penguindrum, I think you would enjoy that based on those

@ArawnOfAnnwn

7 ай бұрын

@@DaTLMusic Oh I know Penguindrum. The guy who made it is also known for a few other anime, namely Revolutionary Girl Utena, Yurikuma Arashi and Sarazanmai. Kunihiko Ikuhara is known for being big on queer anime, if that's your interest.

@DaTLMusic

7 ай бұрын

@@ArawnOfAnnwn naw the focus of Penguindrum isn't queerness, if you haven't seen it, definetly watch it

Texhnolyze is one of the greatest most painfully underrated anime ever made. An anime that sets up the negative interpretation of Nhilism and then completely subverts it purely through the action the main character takes rather than the end result of those actions.

i honestly haven't seen anything in media that made me as horrified as the Shapes, i cannot tell you how hard i gasped when i saw Haruhikos head on top of the shape it made me shiver with fear

@matthias6933

10 ай бұрын

Yep, the introduction to the shapes took me completely off guard too.

@saaimhaider8703

5 ай бұрын

There was something so disturbing seeing the human faces of the Shapes twitching as Ichise was walking through the dead asf city. This show does horror very well

I seriously can't thank you enough for making a video on Texhnolyze. This series is my favorite show period and I watch it once a year to gather more information with each watch. It is sad to me that a lot of people can't keep up with plot when it's not shoved into their face like Tik Tok. Yes it is rough to watch for other people. For me.. well I love the pacing. Really. The long drawn out environmental shots with that beautiful eerie music, the profound dialogue, build ups like in the episode "loiter", ... it even has whole concepts explained in about 2 minutes when you pay attention. For example there is a scene where a guy working for the "lighting engines" that keep the lights on in lux explains how people's eyes have blackened over time, losing hope and the whole scene is flooded with eye-like shapes. This is a concept for example you forgot to mention. The concept of black eyes (having lost faith in living), blue eyes (e.g. Ichise and Doc, the thriving will to live and progress the story forward) and golden eyes (e.g. Ran and Kano, overseeing the inevitable doom). For anyone who wants to dive deeper into the rabbithole that is Texhnolye, a BIG shoutout to "BadRespawn". This man has done gods work analysing the show, Ran, the shapes, the shows links to the Calhounian mouse utopia... This is one of the most profound shows you will ever watch. If you have any interest in deeply philospohical subject matter, this is a must watch. Sit through it, get the MCU glasses off and feel through it all.

I got a smile from ear to ear when I saw the thumbnail. Calling Technolyse has to be one of the most underrated and underappreciated animes of the 2000s. Thank you for giving it the much deserved praise it deserves

I've never clicked a notification so fast! This was one of the first anime series that I really dug into analytically, and it's stuck with me ever since. I'm so glad you're covering it, it's just so good!

Texhnolyze has one of the most 'painful to get through' pacings I've ever seen. It's the biggest factor that holds people from getting into it imo.

@maxderrat

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree, Griffith.

@MarcAlcatraz

Жыл бұрын

its ironically immersive because of that lol

@user-sl6gn1ss8p

Жыл бұрын

I actually really enjoyed the pacing, and even preferred the pacing of the first half and felt it was a bit jarring when it started moving faster by the end

@Dhips.

Жыл бұрын

On the bright side it keeps people from memeing it super hard like they do with Lain. It's also far more depressing. I love it.

@sprawlz6466

Жыл бұрын

That’s what stopped me from really enjoying it. The first episode had no dialogue and people can say “it’s artistic” all they want, but there were like 4 things that happened in episode 1. With dialogue, I feel like they could’ve conveyed those things in 6 minutes. I support artistic creativity until it interferes with a story’s pacing to that extent. I felt that way during many other points of the show too. I thought it was a frustrating watch. Not to mention that show is so far up it’s own ass it had me rolling my eyes lol

I need to rewatch some of these older series. Texhnolyze, Serial Experiments Lain, and Ergo Proxy being three big ones.

@Alexandroras

Жыл бұрын

Recently finished to rewatch Ergo which me understand it after a few years. Still really good. Lain is next on my list

@Myself0094

Жыл бұрын

I think Shinsekai Yori being much newer fits this row very well too..

@quantum.9883

Жыл бұрын

All three series have one producer in common.

@lowserver2

9 ай бұрын

does ergo proxy ends as bleak as this? if it does i will not watch it lmao, no need to spoil@@Alexandroras

@alchemistofsteel8099

9 ай бұрын

Black lagoon is a good action anime

Max your topics for video essays are spot on for me. I have a feeling you're kind and friendly. I wish I had a friend like you. Watching how deep and beautiful is your mind gives me hope. Coz I know I'm not alone in all this "life" mess. Keep up good work. Yellow is a new black for me 🔥

@maxderrat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for leaving this sweet comment.

I'm really thankful the almighty algorithm led me to your channel. You really get it. After finding out what I found out about climate change and knowing what I know from human history, I had become quite horrified at my prospects. The writ of fate being severed and with no way of going back, I was steadily allowing this despair to get to me. Living in a doomed world, what the fuck was I to do? Thankfully you are there to remind me. This video reminded me of one of my all time favorite quotes from Midnight in Paris: “The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence” and I'm glad that spirit lives on. Despite having witnessed, continuing to witness, and knowing that I will continue to witness the worst aspects of human life, I am eternally surprised and at awe of the wonders and joy of what it means to be human. Life truly is worth living and you remind me of that. Thank you.

Texhnolyze is one of the greatest anime of all time in my view, and I'm SO HAPPY you made a video on it like I did. Thank You so much for this!

I watched Texhnolyze when I was in the perfect mood for a slow burner like this. It's one of my favorites. But after I finished the series, I was looking for analytics and interpretations on youtube. There were a few videos, but I was very disappointed in the amount of them, and - while also interesting - they all focused on the similarities to lux and that rat experiment (I don't know its name anymore. It's when you throw a bunch of rats into a "perfect" environment and can watch while their "society" slowly decays). You concentrate far more on the topics that made Texhnolyze interesting to me on a philosophical and emotional basis. So thank you :)

I dont know anyone who actually likes lain, but...I LOVE LAIN

@lorefox201

Жыл бұрын

WE ALL LOVE LAIN

@D.IronsWorld

Жыл бұрын

@@lorefox201 I'll drink to that. Let's get lost in digital space, well we're kinda linked. Matrix had that cyberpunk Lain vibe, for sure The Wachowskis took some notes.

@IafetCoto

Жыл бұрын

Let us all love lain

@Kittyjingles28

Жыл бұрын

The thing I loved the most the first time I saw lain was its super wild shadows. Instead of shadows they're like transparency masks over drippy art

@jocylinfrancis930

Жыл бұрын

I remember watching it. I don’t think on it very much, perhaps because I came to the same conclusions way before I watched it, but it’s a solid recommendation.

Oh my! Is this one of those "old" animes which had that Philosophical background to it like "Monster"? I'll give it a watch for sure. 🙏 Bro. Back in the day, animes had a hidden meaning to it - a hidden message to it. Nowadays, sadly everything is being mainstream-ized. I wish get more animes like this or ,for example, _Psycho-Pass, Code Geuss, Monster, Death Note, FMA etc._ But hell, thank you Max for a detailed analysis of this. This had me hooked the entirety of the video. Very thrilling and deep.

Max slowly working through the anime I was obsessed with but could not find anyone who would watch it with me in the early 2000s.

Have you thought of checking out Ergo Proxy? Whenever I hear about classic psychological anime, Ergo Proxy is brought up alongside Lain and Texnholyze. It’s hard to understand, but it has a look and feel that’s all it’s own, and is overall a very fascinating show. And has a great dub to boot.

Thank you for covering this series, it's rare to see it getting any mentions. Though Bad Respawn had another interesting take on the series in one of his videos, about its paralells with the Behavioral Sink theory and the "mouse utopia" experiments in the sixties, and how a large part of the show can be read as a commentary on some issues Japanese society is currently facing.

I love Texhnolyze, but even after many years since I watched it, the final episodes still lingers in my mind...

This is one of my favorite animes. It would be nice more people would review it

Texhnolyze will always hold a place in my top 10 things ever made in anything ever

This anime hit hard even a few years back when I watched it. It feels like it would be even more relatable now.

Very VERY few pieces of media left me feeling as void as this one did. It's definitely a slow burner but that ending is a shock to the psyche like nothing else. Similar to legend of the galactic heroes , if you're patient with it, it will pay off on it's terms IMHO. You just gotta know what you're getting into.

There's simply not enough discussion about this legitimately profound anime, thanks for making this

The philosophy on this one in particular hit me rather hard, really rocked me the full 20 minutes. Great video, so much to sit with.

I remember the first time I watched this show, I was so captivated in uncovering the mystery and symbolism I took notes (which I never do when watching something) but when I got to the final episode I just broke down and started thinking to myself, it was all for nothing, almost like I was in ichise's shoes in a weird parallel way.

I personally saw it more as a demonstration of the folly of searching some vaguely defined “perfection” in an inherently imperfect world, especially if it entail losing your “imperfect” humanity.

In my opinion one of the most underrated Anime out there, i put it up there with Lain and personaly like it more.

congratulations on getting engaged!! not sure if you slipped that in on purpose or if i missed you mentioning it before

OH SHIT HE ACTUALLY DID IT, i just wrote my one-off comment expecting him to be too busy with video game topics! this anime stuck with me for so long after i watched it 8 years ago. It has always been my definition of a bleak anime with a tinge of hope within it if you can find it.

Always thought that Yoshitoshi ABe’s work (though a lot of people are shared between Lain, Haibane Ranmei, Niea_7, and of course Texhnoylze are all shared together, so I use ABe’s name is an umbrella l) would be great for Max to talk about. The subject matters in these shows jives with him (and myself as well) sooooo well and it’s fun to see what other people think of this show and how they interpret it. The abstractness of these shows and their deeper subtext and meaning will ALWAYS make me love these shows so much, not just as anime, but truly as art.

@nemossangeomatrix6841

11 ай бұрын

I'm very late but maybe look in Chiaki Konaka, the scriptwriter behind Lain and Texhnoylze. (I think he was involved with Haibane but i don't remember how much) ABe is great to use as an umbrella but surely his work with Konaka also influenced his own.

@nyodesu

11 ай бұрын

@@nemossangeomatrix6841 I absolutely agree with Konaka probably influencing ABe’s own work (that and I know the two worked collaboratively on stuff like Lain and Texhnolyze.) I’m not sure if ABe and Konaka actually worked on Haibane together, but I totally agree with the idea that their together could’ve influenced the creation of Haibane and or at the very least some of its ideas and themes.

Texhnolyze is not boring because all of it feels purposeful and you get enjoyment from soaking in the atmosphere.

@normanclatcher

Жыл бұрын

Ya gotta have the patience for it.

@gertl

Жыл бұрын

@@normanclatcher Texhnolyze is α good lesson in pαtience.

@normanclatcher

Жыл бұрын

@@gertl Alphαs? 🤨 Someone reαd my description, didn't they? 😉

@stefdiazdiaz7067

9 ай бұрын

I would say it can be boring but in a good kind of way and in the service or higher ideals than base fun...

Excellent video, man. There is another anime masterpiece - Shinsekai Yori - one of the best biopunk culture artefacts so far. Highly recommend to watch it.

I think the only anime that can come close to this even though it's very different is probably Ergo Proxy. And yeah there are some philosophical and mythical elements embedded in it. Had a rewatch a few months ago and yes it compares and contrasts quite well with it's themes.

@dc7981

Жыл бұрын

Ergo Proxy is simultaneously easier for people to get into and harder at the same time even compared to Texhnolyze. EP will just swap genres randomly while TL will at be more consistent occasionally but both are hilariously underrated

Not many people talk about Texhnolyze and how great of a psychological series it is. Its message and societal outlook has aged really well. Really great video dude glad I found this

@user-rm1rf4zw6s

9 ай бұрын

Kano js pretty i guess

I don't know how else to put it, and it may come across as if I feel negatively about it - which I don't - but Texhnolyze is the one anime that somehow fills me with an indescribable kind of visceral disgust. Maybe it's the rejection of the bleakness and squandered potential for a future for mankind, or maybe it could be my feelings of dread that I too, like Ichise, had a chance to make things right but didn't.

@wilberwhateley7569

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps this is what the author intended - the whole series is about mankind destroying itself in search of a higher ideal.

THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT THIS! MY FAVORITE SHOW OF ALL TIME!!!!

I'm surprised that you didn't bring up Albert Camus, because the final scene where Ichise finds peace, feels like a perfect encapsulation of those immortal lines: "The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. We must imagine Sisyphus happy." That and the last stands by Onishi and Kimata's partisans collectively really hammer home this theme in the final episodes, this idea that actually doing something, fighting against the dying of the light, is what truly matters more than whatever temporal gains or high-minded abstractions people chase after endlessly. And that's been a real inspiration to me, personally. Texhnolyze is a relentlessly dark show, but I don't think that its fundamental message is really so dark at all. It's a tragedy, but it feels very complete and motivating to me. But yeah, one of my favourite anime series of all time, and like several others of those, extremely difficult to recommend without caveats. I actually love how glacially paced it is. It's a bit like Tarkovsky or something where the director lets the atmosphere reeeeaaaallllly sink in.

@user-rm1rf4zw6s

9 ай бұрын

I guess dark show will so beautiful and cool when the messsage is good

Texhnolyze is one of my favorite anime’s of all time. Great analysis as always.

"Becoming a God is cool and all... But how about _killing_ a God?" (a) Demi-Fiend.

Such good work max. Even the Hotline Miami at the end. Class !!

Yoshii seems likes a version of Loki. Chaos forcing Order to change from a stagnant state.

Dude your videos really breathe life into me. Thank you man.

I remember seeing this anime years ago back in the early 2000s. Watching it really left me with so many questions. It’s like 2001 a Space Odyssey,but in anime form.

By now the only anime missing from the trio is Haibane Renmei. At least is not that bleak but still. Would want to see you talk about it!

Me, seeing the video title: Wonder if they're going to be talking about Texhnolyze. Me, after seeing the video: Yup. Snark aside, Texhnolyze really is a well crafted, well plotted, visually arresting trip down a very, very dark rabbit hole that explores a number of very heavy philosophical subjects and themes through its multifaceted characters. It is an extremely slow burn but I think, in this case, that works in its favor. Sets a tone and mood that draws you into its beautiful despair, wrapping you in that comforting hopelessness as tightly as its characters are. Making you crave something to happen to break the stagnation and tedium if for but a moment. What is happening takes a kind of backseat to HOW it is happening and while its conclusion seems forgone, it still is delivered with an emotional gut punch. Certainly worth a watch but you should definitely take some antidepressants first.

As usual, great video. 4:20 I think you forgot that.

@maxderrat

Жыл бұрын

Yup. I'm going to put it in now. Thanks, man.

I'm glad this video exists because those are two anime I've always wanted to watch

Until we have fully-discovered everything there is to discover, we can’t decide whether life has meaning of not. So the meaning of life must objectively be the pursuit of discovering whether life is actually meaningless or not.

I've watched over 200+ anime and not a single one has ever came close to Texhnolyze, it is a unique work of art and it presents the viewer with so much, it's like eating a banquet for the mind, eyes and ears, it's got so much in it and it's been since i first watched it, without a doubt my favorite anime and tv show of all time. Over the 800+ movies i've watched i'd say the closest thing to it are Bela Tarr, Tarkovsky, and some of Terrence Malik's movies. I'd say it is a philosophical work most of all, but also a meditation of sorts, something that trascends and elevates one mood, i'd suggest watching it whole, take a day off and take it all in.

@Nobodycallsme

11 ай бұрын

Have you checked out serial experiments lain

@Snufkeens

11 ай бұрын

@@Nobodycallsme yes, doesnt even come close

This was my first anime. Watched it on some cable late night block. Loved it.

Wow I would've never expected for this anime to get any kind of traction again. When I first watched it, it felt taxing, like reading some heavy book on philosophy. Thanks for this awesome video. You should definitely check out Ergo Proxy if you like the vibe and the depth of this one.

You know, Max. This is one of my 5 favorite channels in youtube. I really like the content.

I'm gonna watch this , I've always wanted to see a deep and slow paced anime I'm not interested in the usual action oriented animes , thanks Max .

No one ever talks about Texhnolyze and how great it is, fantastic video as always

Thank you for making this life-changing video.

you narrating the ending of texhnolyze followed up by dust from hotline miami is the next level of video essays, thank you so much for this!

Max: this series can be very difficult for some Me: challenge accepted

@danmcmurphy2823

Жыл бұрын

Idk it is such an easy watch for me, the sound track and somber nature is really nice to relax to

@pippop5828

Жыл бұрын

have you watched it? what was the experience like?

@mohammad4110

Жыл бұрын

​@@pippop5828 It's amazing. Don't miss

Didn't expect a proper review of texhnolyze in 2023. Good stuff.Make sure to check out Planetes. It's not in the same genre as lain and texhnolyze,but it's the best portrayal of space travel I've seen in anime

Crazy how few Texhnolyze essays are out there when youtubers nowadays seemingly love being "broken" by various pieces of media. Amazing interpretation, not far from my own.

If we are talking anime one series in particular stands out. It is the Mononoke (2007) Not the movie princess mononoke but Mononoke the series. It is deeply occult and metaphysical concerning the Japanese mythology and beliefs. I think it is one of the most visually stunning and intricate pieces of media i have ever seen and having you see it would be a dream come true!

This also explains why JRPGs final bosses are always god

@DiamondsRexpensive

5 ай бұрын

Holy shlt.... You are right

I fucking love serial experiments lain. So fucking neat, niche, unique, and experimental

@Nobodycallsme

11 ай бұрын

Me two bro I really wish we had a lot of anime’s like it

Texhnolyze is such an extraordinary anime, one of the greatest ever made. As a screenwriter, I'd say the themes of this anime are extremely hard to portrait in this form of media, and still achieve the artistic greatness. If this anime would have been remade as a live-action film, directors I see fit would be Tarkovsky, Bergman, Bresson... But they were from a different era, long gone. As well as Texhnolyze that hasn't been seen by many after almost 20 years. Only those who understand and appreciate this form of art will stumble upon this phenomenal piece of storytelling and stick to it until the very end. IF I had to choose some modern director, that would be Ming-liang Tsai and Bi Gan.

Nice episode Max. I remember watching this anime when I was younger.

my favorite anime, watched 3 times and about to rewatch again

lmao at how Yoshii is the ABOVEground man

Very well done, you really knocked this video out of the park! Those are two of my fav anime. Tex can drag at times but it really makes you think, and the emotional impact when the final credits roll is strong.

Can't not love a video that has Loneliness 1A in it

Yoshitobi Abe is my ABSOLUTE favorite anime artist.

I love that you had clips of claymore in the opening that's a great show.

An analysis from Boogiepop Phantom (the original) could be great.

Present Day haha Present Time hahahaha "Static Noise" "And you don't seem to understand"

“And you don’t seem to understand-“ 🎶🎶 I still listen to the theme song ❤

Hey Max. So, Bayonetta 3 has been out for a while now and I firmly believe it to be a surprisingly profound experience through it's incorporation of the philosopy's of Jung and Nietzsche.. I've tried to convey this a couple of times since this is largely overlooked by the fandom but honestly im not eloquent enough to properly phrase my thoughts. Should you ever find the time I hope you at least play it once, at best I'd love your thoughts and given that Kamiya, the author, has expressed he feels the game is misunderstood providing a palpable explanation of the concepts leveraged might actually do some real life good, arguably, for both the misunderstood author and the disgruntled fanbase.

Im always been a huge fan of this type of anime, some of my favorite being Lain, Ergo proxy, psycho pass (S1) ghost in the shell, Angel egg, and some others but I did watch texhnolyze and I'm not gonna lie I fell asleep at least 3 times early on, but I like it.

I love Texhnolyze as an adult anime, but the ending was too depressing for my basic mind to comprehend.

@snipersougo13

Ай бұрын

I honestly didn't think it was that depressing

SE lain is ahead of it’s time, a hidden gem, and not a lot of people give it a chance but should, such as ergo proxy ESPECIALLY.

if you haven't already you HAVE to look into haibane renmei, it's the most uplifting psychological anime ive ever seen

Have you heard or know about Cashern Sin’s? Gawd its so depressing, maybe theres some metaphorical knowledge to gain from it

I picked up a full boxset of this years ago but never got around to watching it, I'll have to actually give it a go sometime soon

I really enjoyed Texnholyze despite its bleak. On a different note, I have them all on dvd and there are funny outtakes and the like that we still quote 19 years later 😂

Both were on Spanish tv very late in the night, also noir and ghost in the shell. I would like to shake firmly the hand of the person in charge of the programming and invite him for lunch.

Texhnolyze is my favorite anime and I don't think we'll ever get anything about it ever again.

Serial Experiments Lain was the first anime I bought as a kid, back when it was 25 dollars a VHS too

Wonderful video as always ! Bonus: I liked the Hotline Miami OSTs you implemented into this video. You placed them very subtle but still fitting and noticeable.

dude i love ur channel and i LOVE Texhnolyze! my favorite piece of media

I love this anime bro great video

Great video, got really emotional

Texhnolyze is one of my all time favorite shows. Just finished my second rewatch after ten years. Way better than Lain and Ergo Proxy. Also, I didn't mind the slow moving parts.

this is probably the best video essay of texhonlyze that i've found!! ty for the video

Both shows are absolutely great! I saw Texhnolyze really late at night in the middle of the night and had no idea what I was watching but still loved it😁😁

I would argue that humans don't crave divinity and perfection. They crave eternal gratification and novelty. Unbounded experience. That may manifest as craving of achieving new heights and chasing perfection. But as you alluded to, it would ring hollow and bring on despair as they realize there is no more perfection to be found.

@Dunge0n

Жыл бұрын

I just want to daydream, make art, watch naughty art, eat well and nap whenever the fuck I feel like. Forever. That sounds like "perfection" to me.

@TealWolf26

Жыл бұрын

@@Dunge0n know what? yeah, me too

@nikolajignatiev6323

Жыл бұрын

What most people seem to forget and Max likewise, is... we won't ascend to godhood with our present mindset just as animal can't become humans. First your mind has to reach it's potential, rest will follow.