Texhnolyze
| Category: | TV Series |
| Adult: | No |
| Native: | TEXHNOLYZE |
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| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Aired: | Apr 17, 2003 [21 years 9 months ago] |
| Ended: | Sep 25, 2003 [21 years 3 months ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
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| Links: | MAL ANIDB ANN ANILIST |
In the vibrant yet dilapidated underground city of Lux, the denizens have come to call it "The City" and treat it as a sentient force. Three factions vie for control of the city: the Organo, a strictly professional conglomerate with ties to the criminal underworld in the prosthetics business (Texhnolyze); the Union, a fanatical populist group interfering with Organo's affairs; and Racan, a marauding group of Texhnolyzed youths. Trying to get by on a daily basis are: Ichise, a stoic prize fighter who loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged promoter; Oonishi Keigo, a young but level-headed executive of the Organo who has many enemies; and Ran, a little girl who has a very important gift that affects the entire city. As they struggle to accept the challenges that they are dealt, they bear witness to major events that determine whether the city continues to exist.
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Episode 1: Stranger
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-04-17
Ichise is a prize fighter in the city of Lux. When a meeting with a hired woman goes awry, he is tracked down by a member of Organ—who cruelly severs his right arm.
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Episode 2: Forfeiture
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-04-24
In a fit of blind rage, Ichise tries to attack and loses his left leg to the same blade. Left to live in his mutilated state, he drags himself through the alleyways.
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Episode 3: Texhnophile
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-05-01
Ichise wakes up in a lab where a beautiful doctor has taken him in and prepares a set of new limbs for him using a new experimental Texhnolyze process. Elsewhere, men from the Alliance attempt to assassinate one of Organ’s top men, Onishi.
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Episode 4: Synapse
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-05-01
Yoshi analyzes the politics of Lux and the switch in leadership from the Elder of Gabe to Onishi. Meanwhile, the doctor performs the operation on Ichise—who isn’t ready to accept his new lease on life just yet.
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Episode 5: Loiter
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-05-15
Disoriented from the procedure’s effect on his body, Ichise escapes from Doc’s lab before he is fully adjusted to his new limbs and distorted vision. Then he gets a brutal greeting from Ishii on the streets—but he may have a follower on his side.
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Episode 6: Repetition
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-05-22
After wrecking her car on a desolate highway, Doc meets a man from outside the city. Ichise finally realizes the strength of his texhnolyzed parts, and proves he has the mettle to confront the man who put him in his position.
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Episode 7: Plot
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-05-29
Onishi releases Ichise from captivity after Doc performs a few repairs on his prosthetics. Then, tension between Organo and the Alliance rises as a masked assassin lays waste to members of both factions.
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Episode 8: Crucible
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-06-05
The level of violence rises after an unidentified arson sets fire to Alliance headquarters. Shinji and his Rakan thugs interrupt Onishi’s attempt to negotiate with the leader of Alliance—inciting a bloody war on the streets.
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Episode 9: Wiggle
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-06-12
Mayhem follows Onishi as Organo loses faith in his power as a leader. A messenger delivers a warning that investigations from above the city have begun. When Onishi returns home, it is evident that there is little room for wrong moves or carelessness.
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Episode 10: Conclusion
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-06-26
The struggle for control of Lux continues. Two factions plan to take advantage of the other’s recent weaknesses, but the outsider orchestrating the mayhem reveals his motives to Shinji. Then, Onishi finally faces the antagonist in a deadly showdown.
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Episode 11: Vagrant
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-07-03
Attempting to take over Organo, one of Onishi’s former allies fails to make an impression on the Rakan and the Union. Ichise joins in a hunt for a man responsible for the recent bombing to clear Onishi’s name and stop the swine trying to take his place.
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Episode 12: Precognition
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-07-17
After joining Organo, Ichise starts working with Toyama. Ran is wandering the streets alone when he sees her, and she is soon consumed by visions of his future.
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Episode 13: Vista
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-07-24
Onishi visits the Elder of Gabe for advice and receives a message from the Seer about his future. When she tells Ichise her visions of his future, he swears that he won’t allow it.
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Episode 14: Rejection
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-07-31
Violence still taints the territories of Lux. Doc calls Ichise in to repair his hand—and to use him as her key to escape the city and return home. When things don’t go quite as planned, Ichise’s killing instinct takes over.
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Episode 15: Shapes
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-08-14
Reports of several men going missing include sightings of a ghost-like figure at every scene. Deceit runs rampant within Organo, and Ichise is roped into a murderous scheme. Meanwhile, a member from the Class pays Onishi a visit.
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Episode 16: Strain
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-08-21
Ran struggles to accept her role as the Seer, which stirs up threats from those who rely on her clairvoyance. An army of fully-texhnolyzed beings invade Lux to snuff out the 100 year era of violent gang wars.
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Episode 17: Dependence
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-09-04
The Class spares no one in the slaughter to “clean” the streets of Lux. Every man now fights desperately to survive, regardless of their former ties. Hal returns to show off his new strength and settle his score with Shinji.
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Episode 18: Throne
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-09-11
Ran flees Gabe and creates a gathering at the Obelisk. When Onishi arrives at the Hill, he is granted guidance to stop Kano before he achieves his ultimate goal.
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Episode 19: Heavenward
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-09-11
Ichise and Doc head above ground to warn the government about Kano’s threats—only to find people patiently awaiting their fate.
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Episode 20: Hades
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-09-11
Ichise’s mission to return to Lux is delayed by a familiar face—on a brand new body.
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Episode 21: Encephalopathy
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-09-18
Ichise struggles down the air shaft as his texhnolyzed limbs lose power, only to find the underground city devoid of power and on the brink of destruction. Shinji heads to the Hill on a fool’s errand to eliminate the Class.
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Episode 22: Myth
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2003-09-25
Everything unfolds exactly as the Seer had envisioned. As the war between the humans and the Shapes comes to an end, those remaining succumb to the city’s insanity. Longing only to protect Ran, Ichise fulfills her prophecy in his last acts of desperation.
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