Texhnolyze
In a man-made underground society, descendants of a banished generation vie for control of the crumbling city of Lux. Ichise, an orphan turned prize fighter, loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged fight promoter. On the brink of death he is taken in by a young woman doctor and used as a guinea pig for the next evolution of Texhnolyze. With his new limbs, Ichise is taken under the wing of Oonishi, a powerful leader of Organ, an organization with some hold on Lux. As Ichise is drawn deeper into a war for territorial control of the city, he learns of his possible future from the young girl prophet Ran, who guides him from the shadows in his darkest times. With the explosion of the warfare, Ichise must uncover the truth about Lux and fight for his survival as he realizes his destiny.
- 2003-2003
- 1 season
- Encore Action
- Animation, Suspense, Drama, Science Fiction
- TV-MA
In a man-made underground society, descendants of a banished generation vie for control of the crumbling city of Lux. Ichise, an orphan turned prize fighter, loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged fight promoter. On the brink of death he is taken in by a young woman doctor and used as a guinea pig for the next evolution of Texhnolyze. With his new limbs, Ichise is taken under the wing of Oonishi, a powerful leader of Organ, an organization with some hold on Lux. As Ichise is drawn deeper into a war for territorial control of the city, he learns of his possible future from the young girl prophet Ran, who guides him from the shadows in his darkest times. With the explosion of the warfare, Ichise must uncover the truth about Lux and fight for his survival as he realizes his destiny.
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2003
Episode 1
Stranger
23 mins
A stranger from the surface descends into the underground city of Lukuss. Godforsaken industrial dominion, where prizefighter Ichise is being tempted by a sum of money to be a rich woman's toy.
Episode 2
Forfeiture
23 mins
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.
Episode 3
Texhnophile
23 mins
Ichise awakens in the Doc's studio, where she presents him with Texhnolyzed replacements for the lost limbs. All without any consent to the operation yet with a modification that causes Ichise much distress.
Episode 4
Synapse
23 mins
The stranger roams the streets of Lukuss, assessing the atrophy of its inhabitants and gathering information on the ruling order. Ichise is outfitted with his new arm and leg.
Episode 5
Loiter
23 mins
After escaping Doc's clinic, Ichise wanders around the city, but without a completed calibration of his texhnolyzed parts, it is challenging for him to even walk.
Episode 6
Repetition
23 mins
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.
Episode 7
Plot
23 mins
Doc comes to the detained Ichise and requests that Oonishi set him free. Meanwhile, hostility is kindling between Organo and the Salvation Alliance due to a string of killings clearly designed to spark a full-fledged war.
Episode 8
Crucible
23 mins
The clash between Alliance, Organo, and Racan is about to accelerate, with virtually no one even suspecting they are being manipulated.
Episode 9
Wiggle
23 mins
Oonishi barely escapes from the combat, only to discover that the Organo board has settled on deposing him. Yoshii notifies him that he is far from being done with him and the city.
Episode 10
Conclusion
23 mins
Following the dig site bombing, a member of the Class comes to Lukuss. Yoishii invites Racan to capitalize on this, with Shinji having no idea what he actually schemes.
Episode 11
Vagrant
23 mins
The power struggle in Organo lingers, during which Ichise teams up with Tooyama to search for the person responsible for the dig site bombing.
Episode 12
Precognition
23 mins
Ichise becomes a full-fledged Organo member. He alongside Toyama are assigned to investigate a murder at the Raffia mine, where Ichise's father once worked and was executed.
Episode 13
Vista
23 mins
Oonishi, Ichise, and a few other Organo members travel to Gabe to receive counsel from the elder and the seer about the future of Lukuss, only to uncover something alarming about Gabe's citizens.
Episode 14
Rejection
23 mins
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.
Episode 15
Shapes
23 mins
As senseless infighting inside Organo continues, a rumor about ghost-like figures surfaces. City-wide kidnappings by these ghosts seem to indicate that none of the known groups are behind them.
Episode 16
Strain
23 mins
Oonishi visits Doc to inquire about his recent blue-haired visitor and how serious his intentions and threats are. The Salvation Alliance and Racan continue to lose their followers en masse to Shapes.
Episode 17
Dependence
23 mins
Shapes violently and swiftly take over the city, and the rest of the survivors have no choice but to join forces in what amounts to a frivolous last stand. Doc reveals to Ichise a certain "white lie" she has told about his texnolyzation.
Episode 18
Throne
23 mins
With the remaining Organo obliterated, Oonishi and Shinji ride to the Class compound only to learn that Kano is acting by himself and intends to invade the surface too. They urge Ichise to escort Doc to the surface world to warn them.
Episode 19
Heavenward
23 mins
The trio reaches the surface only to observe the artificial existence of its ghostly masses, who have become so detached from humanity that they have little care for what is going on in the Lukuss or any looming danger heading their way.
Episode 20
Hades
23 mins
Confronted with absolute apathy toward the impending invasion, Sakimura takes the matter into his own hands, and with his task completed, Ichise opts to descend back to the city.
Episode 21
Encephalopathy
23 mins
Oonishi is determined to heed Lukuss's voice one last time.
Episode 22
Myth
23 mins
Ichise, presumably the last remaining sane person in the city, makes his way to Kano as he witnesses the "zenith" of human existence.
