Humanity perpetually exists within an existential crisis, which exhibits no signs of ever reaching a legitimate conclusion. Matthew Roe tackles life's biggest question through the lens of Manglobe's original series, Ergo Proxy.
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Ergo Proxy
This has been one of those animes that I have been putting off because of its confusing themes and all. That’s right. The original anime Ergo Proxy could…
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Ergo Proxy is a 2006 cyberpunk/sci-fi and dystopia anime series. I recently completed a blog series analyzing the episodes of Ergo Proxy one by one in detail. Now…
Ergo Proxy – Balancing Act
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Meep meep my friends~! I have about ten drafts of other blog posts I’m working on, but lately, the only thing I’m motivated to write about is Ergo…
Ergo Proxy Episode 11: In The White Darkness (Anamnesis)
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Ergo Proxy Episode 05: Recall (Tasogare)
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Ergo Proxy (Collaboration with In Search of Number Nine)
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Ergo Proxy Episode 03: Leap Into The Void (Mazecity)
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Ergo Proxy Episode 08: Light Beam (Shining Sign)
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Ergo Proxy Episode 14: Someone Like You (Ophelia)
Meep! Welcome. This episode of Ergo Proxy is another one of my favorites in the series, almost up there with with episode 11 (In The White Darkness). I…
Ergo Proxy Episode 12: When You’re Smiling (Hideout)
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Ergo Proxy Episode 14: Someone Like You (Ophelia)
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Ergo Proxy Episode 02: Confessions of a Fellow Citizen
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Ergo Proxy Episode 16: Dead Calm (Busy Doing Nothing)
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Ergo Proxy Episode 16: Dead Calm (Busy Doing Nothing)
The winds have stopped and Vincent, Re-L, and Pino are stranded on their ship in the middle of nowhere!
Ergo Proxy Episode 17: Never-Ending Battle (Terra Incognita)
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Ergo Proxy Episode 18: Sign of The End (Life After God)
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Ergo Proxy Episode 15: Nightmare Quiz Show (Who Wants to Be in Jeopardy!)
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Ergo Proxy Episode 15: Nightmare Quiz Show (Who Wants to Be in Jeopardy!)
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Ergo Proxy Episode 13: Conceptual Blind Spot (Wrong Way Home)
Here we have an episode review and analysis of what is perhaps the saddest Ergo Proxy episode. Just as with my past watches, it was difficult to see…
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