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Ergo Proxy
The perfect chaos for an imperfect world.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Rie Saitou
Re-l Mayer (voice)
23 eps
Koji Yusa
Vincent Law (voice)
23 eps
Akiko Yajima
Pino (voice)
23 eps
Yasuhiro Takato
Timothy (voice)
1 eps
Sanae Kobayashi
Daedalus Yumeno (voice)
16 eps
Hikaru Hanada
Raul Creed (voice)
13 eps
Houko Kuwashima
Kristeva (voice)
13 eps
Hirohiko Kakegawa
Manager (voice)
3 eps
Hirofumi Nojima
Researcher (voice)
1 eps
Hidekatsu Shibata
Husserl (voice)
12 eps
Yu Shimaka
Berkeley (voice)
12 eps
Kiyomi Yazawa
Deleuze (voice)
3 eps
Atsuko Tanaka
Lacan (voice)
12 eps
Hiroshi Kamiya
Investigator (voice)
1 eps
Daisuke Hirakawa
AutoReiv (voice)
1 eps
Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi
Iggy (voice)
9 eps
Hidenobu Kiuchi
Clerk (voice)
1 eps
Hiroshi Arikawa
Hoody (voice)
4 eps
Atsuko Yuya
Quinn (voice)
3 eps
Ryuuzaburou Ootomo
Outcast (voice)
3 eps
Kazuya Tatekabe
Outcast (voice)
2 eps
Kanako Tateno
Gutari (voice)
6 eps
Yoko Soumi
Derrida (voice)
13 eps
Yuko Mogi
Outcast (voice)
3 eps
Akihiko Ishizumi
Outcast (voice)
1 eps
Ai Kobayashi
Mayahuel (voice)
1 eps
Nobuaki Fukuda
Patecatl (voice)
1 eps
Eizo Tsuda
Omacatl (voice)
1 eps
Toshitsugu Takashina
Soldier (voice)
1 eps
Kazuhiko Inoue
Kazkis (voice)
3 eps
Kohei Fukuhara
Soldier (voice)
3 eps
Banjo Ginga
Director (voice)
2 eps
Takanori Okuda
Clerk (voice)
7 eps
Chikao Ohtsuka
JJ (voice)
1 eps
Masashi Ebara
MCQ (voice)
1 eps
Daisuke Matsubara
Researcher (voice)
1 eps
Sachiko Kojima
Real Mayer (voice)
4 eps
Takanori Hoshino
Staffer (voice)
2 eps
Bin Shimada
Amnesia (voice)
1 eps
Kenyu Horiuchi
Will B. Good (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Ergo Proxy actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Ergo Proxy reads strongest on World Building, Bingeability and Spectacle.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Thousands of years after Earth’s atmosphere was destroyed, adventure blooms in the strangest of places. The domed city of Romdo is supposed to be perfect, but Re-l Mayer, a young female inspector from the Civilian Intelligence Office, knows better. In this place where humans and robots coexist, she receives a strange message: something is awakening!
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E09
Angel’s Share
Vincent is introduced to a man named Hauer, and learns some truths about Halos and Proxies, discovering a horrific revelation.
- Written by Yuko Kawabe
S01E11
Anamnesis
Vincent finds a strange book store and an even stranger old man, where he discovers more about his true nature. Re-l and Iggy catch up on the Centzon (the Rabbit, the flying ship that Vincent travels by).
- Directed by Kei Tsunematsu
- Written by Dai Sato
S01E01
Awakening
When a series of mysterious attacks involving Cogito infected AutoReivs occur, Re-l is assigned to investigate, and encounters a humanoid monster. Later, she is attacked by two of these monsters at her home.
- Directed by Kei Tsunematsu
- Written by Dai Sato
S01E13
Wrong Way Home
An infected Iggy becomes enraged and kidnaps Re-l, setting out to kill Vincent. Re-l is again confronted by the homeless AutoReiv.
- Directed by Tatsuya Igarashi
- Written by Yuko Kawabe
S01E02
Confession
Re-l struggles to convince her peers of her encounters with the monsters, which she learns are called Proxy. She is removed from the investigation and finds that Iggy has had his memories of recent events erased. Meanwhile, Vincent finds himself on the run from a proxy and then the city’s authorities.
- Directed by Akira Toba
- Written by Dai Sato
S01E10
Cytotropism
Disturbed by recent events, Raul questions the future of Romdo. Meanwhile, Re-l and Iggy explore a strange antiquated dome inhabited only by primitive AutoReivs.
- Directed by Mitsuhiro Yoneda
- Written by Seiko Takagi
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E21
Shampoo Planet
- Directed by Kei Tsunematsu
- Written by Naruki Nagakawa
S01E20
Goodbye Vincent
- Directed by Tatsuya Igarashi
- Written by Yuko Kawabe
S01E19
Eternal Smile
- Directed by Sayo Yamamoto
- Written by Yusuke Asayama, Dai Sato
S01E18
Life After God
- Directed by Mitsuhiro Yoneda
- Written by Naruki Nagakawa
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Takashi KouchiyamaProducer
- Akio MatsudaProducer
Writing
- Yusuke AsayamaWriter
- Seiko TakagiWriter
- Naruki NagakawaWriter
- Dai SatoWriter
- Yuko KawabeWriter
Direction
- Kei TsunematsuDirector
- Masaki KitamuraDirector
- Mitsuhiro YonedaDirector
- Sayo YamamotoDirector
- Akira TobaDirector
- Kusunoki KokiDirector
Cinematography
- Kazuhiro YamadaDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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