7.723 minSeason 1 • Episode 20
LatestIchise and Kano have a showdown. What will become or remain of the city of Lux? More origins of the Lux is revealed.
Denizens of Lux 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; the Union, a fanatical populist group interfering with Organo's affairs; and Racan, a marauding group of Texhnolyzed youths.
Direction
Yoshitoshi ABe's design creates atmosphere so thick you choke.
Cinematography
Minimal dialogue, maximum shadow. Every frame is deliberate punishment.
Sound
Keishi Urata's industrial hum becomes the city's consciousness.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Texhnolyze was deliberately structured with minimal dialogue in early episodes to force viewers into the same alienation its characters experience.
The series forms an unofficial 'despair trilogy' with Serial Experiments Lain and Haibane Renmei, all sharing character designer Yoshitoshi ABe's fixation on transformation and identity.
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