Being the Evanescence fan that I am, I found the similarities between Amy Lee on the cover of Fallen and Re-l very interesting. I have no idea if the character designers had Amy Lee in mind or if they even know who she is, but with many American influences as I have stated in my review such as American band Radiohead for the ending theme song, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch. What is your take on it?
For those who don't know Ergo Proxy premiered in Japan on February 25, 2006 and Fallen was released on March 4, 2003.
Dude, do not commit this sin! Radiohead are an english band.
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hahahahaha ur totally right!
ReplyDeletei am a fan of them too!i love amy lee my favourite singer since i was 9..but any way i was looking for anime to watch and mainly the reason i will now watch it was because of the face being so different from other animes and interesting almost familiar..seing your picture of amy and ergo proxy i see the familiarity was valid i see your point
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ReplyDeletenever thought of that ..
im gonna reszearch more into this !!!!
I think that anime is stupid, but any character based on Amy Lee MUST be BAD ASS!!
ReplyDeleteergo was epic shame didnt go for long
ReplyDeleteErgo is epic! If you didn't like it, it means you didn't understand it!
Deletei kinda wish Ergo Proxy's Ending had Continued a bit before the actual ending. if you know what i mean.
Deletehate how animé endings are on a suspence part of the story but leave you wanting to see more. yet it ends.
i loved the entire 23 episodes. they want you to watch the next after next. can i say, i watched it till near 4am. before venturing to bed each night.
When i first purchased ergo proxy the first thing i noticed was the cover of volume 1 was almost exactly like the Fallen Album.
ReplyDeleteI think something you're failing to realise is that Amy Lee bases a lot of her image on the Asian scene. The tilted head and big eyes are typical of the 'little Asian girl' image seen so often in the Asian culture of today. Amy Lee isn't even her real name. It's Amy Lynn Hartzler. Basically what i'm trying to say is that both Amy Lee's and Re-l's image and looks aren't original at all, they just both use the Asian pose and happen to have the same hair style, commonly used, again, in Asia.
ReplyDeleteAMY LEE IS HER REAL NAME, SHE BECAME HARTZLER AFTER SHE MERRIED TO JOSH HARTZLER... LOL
DeleteThe character from the anime looks exactly like her, I can't agree with you...
Well when I started watching ergo, I've always had the impression that Re-l looked familiar. Then i started searching for Amy Lee's photos and it struck me, their both the same! I've also started wondering if it was a coincidence or not.
ReplyDeleteAnd now I see I'm not the only one who has the same question.
who cares if they have AN INFLUENCE or COINCIDENCE... i just think is pretty radf that they look alike XDDDD
ReplyDeleteLol, Radiohead are an American band? Are you a troll?
ReplyDeleteAmy lee is the only one who coan rock that hairstyle, the resemblance is too strong for it to be a coincidence. To the person that said Amy Lee uses styles from the Asian scene - No, the Asian scene uses styles from every other scene in the world, from goth, prep to dread locked styles, Asians can't be credited for creating a style other than that of whatever traditional style they had before western/global influence...and the big eyes look was a thing long before Asians took it on lol.
ReplyDeleteGod! You're very stupid and ignorant hahaha.
DeleteI love both Ergo Proxy and Evanescence. I have 'Fallen' and I didn't see the similarity straight away. I think Amy Lee would love Ergo Proxy and I think the smilarity is just a coincidence. Cogito Ergo Sum.
ReplyDeleteSo this is HELLA LATE, but Re-L Mayer is an anagram for Amy Lee with an r added at the beginning and an r at the end. (saw on Twitter n pasted here via Apocalypsys) Doesn't confirm anything per se but the similarities are way too coincidental to be happenstance.
ReplyDeleteRadiohead isn't American.
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