Gephyrophillia | Watch This Space #73

Originally Posted on 07/05/2003 by Jeff Harris

I will be the first to admit this in the United States.

If I had my way, Zentrix will be the next ReBoot.

Zentrix will do for anime what ReBoot did for western animation, and considering the impact that ReBoot had in North America, that's saying a lot.

What is Zentrix?

Think The Matrix mixed with ReBoot in a fantasy world that is a lot like our own.

Just as the case in the world of The Matrix, technology has taken over the Earth. Robots rule the human race, and they are controlled by Omicron, a central computer which was originally created by Emperor Jarad of Zentrix City, who built the computer in the first place. Jarad's only child, Princess Megan, goes back seven years in the past to prevent Omicron's coup, which could save the planet. However, this very unlady-like princess reverts to a body of an eight-year old child. Omicron sends many assassins after Megan, but with the help of her father, a boy named Nick, and a huge Zentroid robot named Zeus, she manages to engage in many adventures. However, Omicron has plans of his own involving another Zentroid who's just as powerful as Zeus, Quantum.

From Imagi and M6, Zentrix is already in the can with 26 episodes completed. It premiered in France in a test run before making it's first full run in Japan earlier this year, and by all accounts, it's pretty exciting. It has everything you can ask for. Comedy. Drama. Action. Fantasy. And big honking robots. This series could do for Asian animation what ReBoot did Stateside . . . present computer-animation in a digestable, fun-filled television series.

Looks like fun, and nobody has snagged it Stateside (yet).

(GREETINGS FROM THE FUTURE: Eventually, Zentrix did come to the United States courtesy of Bandai Entertainment. Unfortunately, the series failed to find a home on television sets across the country. The studio behind the series, Imagi, produced the well-received TMNT animated movie and the much-loathed Astro Boy animated movie. Imagi went through financial setbacks and closed up shop in 2010, though one of their final productions, an adaptation of Gatchaman, is still in development. Maybe. - jh, 7/10)

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Jeff Harris
The Bridge Creator/Webmaster
July 5, 2003

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