Sky Crawlers
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In a world where corporations snuff out the competition by sending fighter jets to attack their offices, teenage pilot Kannami Yuichi is reassigned to a new base. There, he meets Tokino, a carefree pilot who enjoys the company of older women, and Kasanagi Suito, his superior officer who he slowly falls for. However, not everything is as it seems. Soon, distressing questions are raised about Kannami's predecessor, a race of perpetual adolescents known as the Kildren, and the enemy ace of the skies, Teacher.
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Serial Experiments Lain
Alt titles: Lain
- TV (13 eps)
- 1998
"I have only abandoned my body, I still live here" - are the words emailed to friends of Chisa, several days after her death by suicide. As Lain delves deeper into the world of the "Wired" (also known as the internet), the line between it and reality becomes more and more unclear. Close the world, open the nExt.
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add recBoth animes are slow paced, a bit dark, almost eerily quiet, and phsycological. The main characters in both animes seem to have alternate personalities or lost memories of some kind and it's up to them to learn about them. I think if you liked one you'd like the other...
Angel's Egg
Alt titles: Tenshi no Tamago
- Movie
- 1985
In a dark and largely abandoned city a little girl wanders in search of something – beneath the folds of her dress she carries a mysterious giant egg. While living on the streets, she encounters a lonesome warrior who has forgotten his past and his purpose and, like the girl, travels aimlessly. Now they journey together, mistrustful of each other whilst sharing in the silence of the city. But who is the little girl? Who is the warrior? And what form of creature lies sleeping inside the egg?
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Texhnolyze
- TV (22 eps)
- 2003
In an experimental city of despair and carnage, ORGAN will do anything necessary to gain power and wealth. Unfortunately for one underground boxer who was mutilated, a rogue doctor has given him what ORGAN specializes in and he despises: Texhnolyze body parts. Will these cybernetic appendages help exact his revenge upon the one who made him this way?
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add recTwo extremely difficult and pretentious anime - they make absolutely no concessions as far as enjoyment goes to the viewer. They move deliberately and slowly; their characters are completely colourless, and the subtext is king. If you enjoyed one of these morose yet fairly memorable works it is possible you will like the other.
Ergo Proxy
- TV (23 eps)
- 2006
In a futuristic world almost barren of life, mankind is confined to mechanized domed cities where A.I.’s control all aspects of life. In this world, humans are no longer born, they are manufactured in a production line; and alongside them live androids known as autoreivs. Within one of these domed sanctuaries named Romdeau lives Re-l Mayer, one of a few citizens who aren’t entirely prevented from thinking. Her grandfather's prominent position and the affection of the scientist Daedalus have left her more free will than is normally allowed, but Re-l has started to question the sanctity of the city and the citizens' perfect way of life. With mysterious beings known as proxies causing havoc and a man named Vincent causing great influence on her life, Re-l must travel outside of the city to find the answers she seeks and discover the mystery behind "the awakening".
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add recWell, both of these anime(s?) deal with the human condition as a whole, and the existential crisis in particular.
In both anime(s?, again), the main view point is that the ad hoc raison d'erte of the average human is determined by the role he is given in society by "the powers that be".
In Ergo Proxy, we see manifestations of those powers in the Regent and the Council, and, ultimately, Proxy One. Proxy One is also a hint to the idea of Free Will, but to save the spoilers, I won't ellaborate on that.
In Sky Crawlers, these powers are mainly the government.
The main difference between the stand points of the two anime(s? once more) is that while Sky Crawlers maintains that the human condition is a closed circle of events, and existence itself will keep it's balance by replacing rogue peons should they try and break free, Ergo Proxy claims that each individual has the power to challenge the status quo of the world.
Yukikaze
Alt titles: Sentou Yousei Yukikaze
- OVA (5 eps)
- 2002
In the distant future, Earth is being invaded by a mysterious alien race known as the JAM. Though suffering heavy casualties, mankind unites and repels their advance, pushing them back to their homeworld of Fairy. As to not take any chances of another attack, an expeditionary force is formed to pursue and eradicate any who managed to flee. The campaign is successful, with all but a few small pockets of JAM completely destroyed, and preparations are made for the fleet to return to home. Enter Leiutenant Rei Fukai, the pilot of a reconnaissance fighter jet known as the Yukikaze. With victory close at hand, he is assigned to do one final sweep of Fairy to put an end of the threat for good. However, during the flight, he is attacked by an unknown jet that appears to one of mankind's own, and barely manages to escape. Though the JAM are all but gone, it seems a new, more deadly threat has emerged, fiercely determined to stop the fleet from returning home alive...
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add recBeautiful CG-animated aerial dog fight. I particularly liked the use of WWII-era style in the airplane designs in Sky Crawlers.
However, I didn't particularly like the stories for both anime. The antagonists in Yukikaze and the context for the fighting in Sky Crawlers remained vague.
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