This has all the makings of an instant classic for me. It’s exactly suited to my tastes — exactly my type of anime, story, and art. It’s dark, it’s deep, and it’s subtle. It’s the type of show where if you don’t pay attention, you’ll have no idea what is going on. The type of show most people have to watch twice in order to see once.
Ergo tells the story of a dome city where humans live alongside robots. It’s another of those futuristic “model citizen” utopia gone bad scenarios. Re-l Mayer is an inspector from the Citizen Information Bureau, and is tasked with investigating a murder case, which quickly becomes something very strange. Something that could change her life forever.
The art in the first episode alone is absolutely beautiful. The pacing of the story, the 5.1 sound, everything about this series screams quality so far. The first episode is so mysterious I’m not even sure I can describe what happened. Basically, Lil and her autoreiv partner, Iggy, are on the trail of a series of murders they believe linked to an autoreiv virus. The real problem, however, seems to be a mysterious experiment that has gone horribly wrong. It has escaped, and is and now running amok among the city.
I sincerely hope Ergo Proxy can keep the high standards. So far it could be called Ghost in the Shell meets Witch Hunter Robin, and that’s one great combination in my book. I picked it up mainly because of the dark art and Re-l holding a shotgun type weapon looking very deadly, but I’m glad to see the story matches the style.
