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• Actors: Artist Not Provided
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
• DVD Release Date: February 22, 2005
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006FFRLG
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #66,337 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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• This is item 6 in The Texhnolyze Series.

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Those who yield to madness and those who fight against it... Those who end their lives, as if there's no escaping it... Men who carried on their own way of life lived in Lukuss, a place where death and serenity ruled... The king of the new world took his throne, and the girl, who was tossed about by fate, ended her mission. Was there a reason for the battle fought by these men of honor? A horrible demise approaches.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indeed it does need intepretation. Now quit bitching., May 25, 2005

By	Amanda "AM" (Kentucky) - See all my reviews

I followed Texhnolyze through it's fansubs, waited patiently for each DVD to come out.
You don't have to sit and ponder, look hard and deep to find a meaning in Texhnolyze. It hits you right in the face from the beginning.
There are some people out there that society likes to forget. Likes to shove to the backburners and ignore. In this tale, they are a whole race of people - the people of the underground city of Lux.
And even within them, sides are chosen. You're either in or your out. Ichise is one of these outcasts and he lives by what he knows. The only thing he knows - his strength, his brute force.
This point is particularly brought out in one of the last episodes, when Ichise makes the decision to protect Ran. He's come to feel something for the girl and, perhaps, in a way she reminds him of the mother he could never save. So he goes to offer the only thing he's sure of having - his body. That's always been his bargaining chip, always been what everyone wanted.
Anger, rage and fighting. Though are all Ichise knows. How do you expect him to act any less animalistic than the animal this society made him become? It's clear through most of the show that he doesn't know how to react to people.
Likewise, it's the same old sort of theme out of many a popular sci-fi movie - man bringing about an end to his own world. Ichise inadvertantly is thrust into all of this by his texhnolyze, Ran is thrust by her visions and everyone else by some intricate connection. But eventually, Lux collapses because of technology, the classic warning given in so many Apocalypse movies.

Not each episode requires such in-depth searches for meaning. It all fits into the grandier scheme and message of the series itself. This series, as a whole, is a very good series. It does require connecting together pieces and keeping larger themes in mind, as well as a little psychology but what good series /doesn't/?

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Raw and Depressing, February 24, 2005

By	A. Tsai "Tenchu" (Yorba Linda, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Is this series depressing or what? This final dvd for Texhnolyzed shows more of the madness generated by the wild beast that is potentially brewing within all humankind. The human world was divided into the peace loving populace and those with more of a propensity towards violence, who were banished to the underground world of Lukuss. A scenario of what may happen to the world under such policies is illustrated. If non-traditional, Nihilistic story lines and raw animated expressions are what you're looking for, pick up this series.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WELCOME TO MAD CITY, October 15, 2005

By	Sesho "www.sesho.libsyn.com" (Pasadena, TX USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This beautiful but at times unsatisfying show finally comes to a conclusion that most people will find depressing and hopeless, much like Wolf's Rain. Ichise's journey to the surface world to warn them of an impending attack seems pointless when most of the people have evolved into ghost-like wraiths that only live on memories of their past lives. He decides to return to Lukuss for the sake of Ran, the seer that has watched over him for much of the show. Onishi meanwhile looks for answers in the voice of the City that has always spoken to him about his best course of action. If the city cannot be saved and brought back by from its madness, then mankind itself might become extinct!

Texhnolyze, like a fine work of art, enlightens and frightens, by showing the dangers of tying man's evolution to technology instead of evolving spiritually. The show is beautiful and sublime but does not conform to the "Hollywood" model of having a happy ending. Some issues are too big to be decided by cookie-cutters. We're dealing with tragedy here in which even if the characters knew the answers to ending the crises, they wouldn't have the power to implement them. Such is life. Great show if a tad disappointing.