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Cyberpunk Anime: A Comprehensive List of Everything (exolymph.news)
55 points by exolymph on June 5, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 11 comments



Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 - I distinctly remember almost giving up on that series because I couldn't see a compelling plot forming, but then around episode 12 shit hit the fan, hard. Seriously wild ride all the way to the end, highly recommend.


Last anime I watched where I experienced something similar was Steins Gate. It was a bore up until episode 12 and the story just took off afterwards.


Awesome list. I noticed it has Casshan on it, which I didn't know; what I do know is Casshern[0], the real life adaptation and one of the most WTF inspiring movies I've ever seen.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casshern_(film)


Very comprehensive. A lot of edge cases though. To my understanding the Memories compilation [1] consisted of 3 films (Magnetic Rose, Stink Bomb, Cannon Fodder), and while they were all sci-fi there's only one I would really consider to fit the genre (Cannon Fodder). Magnetic Rose is borderline and Stink Bomb just plain isn't for obvious reasons (lol). GenoCyber I wanted to watch but I've heard it is more a masterpiece in gore than anything remotely Cyberpunk.

A lot of these I have simply never heard of (& I thought I was an expert) so I will have to check 'em out. I always say that good starting off points are the Masamune Shirow films and OVAs (GiTS, Appleseed, Black Magic, Dominion, etc) and Psycho-Pass (a real gem).


Be sure to definitely check out Dennou Coil and Time of Eve, if those are new ones to you. They tackle augmented reality and robot-human relationships, respectively, in a way that really makes you think.


Nice, nice! Good call. I am surprised that I've never heard of Dennou Coil before now. Looks extremely interesting, as does Time of Eve. Thanks.


Does anyone have any "top picks" from this list?


Psycho-Pass, Serial Experiments Lain, Neo Tokyo, Akira, Ghost In The Shell (1995)


Is 'Reboot' really cyberpunk?


It is most assuredly not. Even its status as an 'anime' is rather tenuous.


If you can expand on your argument, I'll consider taking it off the list.




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