Cyberpunk Animes

Like your site, anime needs + GIS SAC 2nd gig.
thanks

Hi Net, I agree. I haven’t gotten done reviewing all the movies or animes - the list above is just the ones I’ve gotten to so far. GITS SAC seasons one and two are DEFINITELY on the agenda.

kool, yea it’s, (the best out of GITS-SAC series), a post-cypnk that address many, and not only, psychological, philosophical and political issues concerning driods society in such a manner you avg. anime, drama mech geek would be floored. It’s overflowing with historical written and real references the penetrate and cross refrence the very ideologies that a droid, society with humans and driods (hu-droid) mixed may stuggle with, almost the ego/id macro and micro levels, and it moves fast; moreover, it plays homage to many interesting movies, not all dystopic or mecchanoid, but certainly well done, and finally the quality of 3d/animation from I.G. is well worth the watch alone.
I am sure I did’t even give it enough clarity. heh
well, peace
n

PS, the new Ergo Proxy is very hot. man, meebe i send you a list or the links to where i postsed allot of these swf/avi’s
out, peace

Hi Net,

I have a listing in the meatspace of all the cyberpunk movies and animes I’ve encountered and seen (and reviewed so far). I’m up to episode 8 on Ergo Proxy so far and am keeping up in the second season of GITS SAC as well. If you know of others not on that list, PLEASE PLEASE post them.

The issue with posting GITS SAC (and many others) is that I didn’t want to put all the good ones up first, as this would leave me with nothing but lower quality movies to review. For instance, I just got around to doing Brazil recently. I’ll probably be doing Minority Report in a few days. Both of these are movies I’ve been VERY familiar with for a long time.

I will probably review GITS SAC season 1 different from season 2. BTW, so far, I like the second season better (although I still like the original GITS movie more).

Juicy list. (meatspace)
re: P.D., eeew so jealous, can only get #3 ova.
Yea, I can scramble (uncramble) for list for ya.
yip yip 2nd gig best.
n
btw who are you? got a profile, send me a link to your droids profile.

ps, I do have Ergo 10 now, . Karas will be soo much fun.
I think the only thing I havn’t gotten into on your site I guess would be the games, I was a “Quake kid” fps stuff, not much else.
ever heard of the game KGB? (ok that’s a different fourm).
Brazil the classic prolly hard to review cause it’s out there already, that maovie change my life back in the day, like Heavy Metal, anime wasn’t avail to me that young. Yea, to bad Cruise was in Minority Report, however I stopped trying to be a cyber snob years back, you can learn of anything if it correalates, if it doesn’t move on, theories are all important to look at, some certainly more than others, but as with the advent of our future unfolds and the cyberpunk makes this second comeback, weee were alll in for a good one. I am glad I stopped by your site pretty fun stuff, and your intentions are pretty earnest. and you certainly have a fun hobby which I admire.
peace, N

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Hi Net, thanks a bunch for stopping by. I hope to see you on here regularly. It’s good to find more cyberpunk anime fans. We do have some games reviewed here - there are four people who on and off have reviewed them. They games list on the right gives you access to these:
http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/cyberpunk-games/

But yeah, there are still lots left to do.

Hey, you got a section on cybrpnk comics? point me 2 it, I see you have stuff on Enki Bilal, and you know about Transmetropolitain, (the Watchman yea that one is easy, and Geoff Darrow of course ect)… just wanting to read more.

Saw a link NYC2123 that one is new to me, looks tasty! Oh and I skimmed your article on the whole ‘post-cypunk” snippt, reading more after coffee. Tasty, tasty stuff.

You like Neon Genesis Evangelion, EVA? that’s just today’s anime add.
n

yea and you link to
Moebius nice..

Hi Net, I don’t know that I’d consider Neon Genesis Evangelion cyberpunk, would you? Regarding cyberpunk comics, so far, I’ve only gotten around to actually reviewing Transmetropolitan, but I’ve read many more. This is definitely on the agenda. There is sooo much to review, but I’ve decided to mostly concentrate on movies and animes till I get the bulk of them done.

Hmmm, Well, now obviously exact definitions may be necessary in science, and critiques and learning ect, however a distinction is necessary of when an exact definition creates negativity, prejudices per say, which is where I try to refrain from, my definition of cpnk changes, actually is sometimes a feeling of what I like, and sometimes requires definition. That said, being fan of EVA and not a know-it-all on EVA, my instinct is to say it has flairs of cyberpunk influences however is over ridden with Religious intent of apoc-post-apoc senarios.

Let’s just use the definitions in which your reviewing your films:

Negative Impact of technology on humanity: Well the earth’s pretty much trashed, and there is the physical underground city that NERV is in, and they are attempting to manipulate and recreate a new human species, “artificial evolution” by use of technological tools as well as “spiritual”. ( I will address the whole post apoc-christian thing last.)

Fusion of man and machine: well the children’s souls certainly merge/ become one with with the machine to make it function. Rei “zero” although not said outright, is a suggested “breed” type of droid.
Thus it is not a direct physical bio-mechanoid type droid, in a sense it is where they are plugged in to a machine, virtually. Dunno, pluggin’ into machines not being limited to artificial devices that are the very components that machines are made from, like using drugs to “plug in”, or psyche ect (this reminds me of the book “RIM”), This I am sure raises questionability upon “cyberpunk” or not. no? Simply put some of the children have the natural ability to plug in and some have been breed to do so. hmmmm?

Corporate control over society: Well NERV is a corporation, (although secret, which also has gov. ties) and it is trying to manipulate the evolution of humans into a new species.

Story focuses on the underground: Well by your definition, ugh, no, my interpretation of the “underground” and oppressed I guess I clump these two for this for EVA would be that the children are all psychologically damaged, which is a form of oppression, and their is no “anti-hero” that saves the oppressed. However EVA via Rei doing the nasty, produces a type of miracle “re-birth” at the end, which is really fuzzy whether it is going to be “good” for humanity or not, or it may just be.

Ubiquitous Access to information: Well there again, no; however, the children do “hack” the machine in a few moments, if I am remembering this right.

Cyberpunk visuals and style: well it is anime, heh.

So once again, it has flairs of cyberpunk tendencies however is over ridden with Religious intent of apoc/ post-apoc scenarios. But the concept of connecting to a machine alone was enough to ask what you thought, and is a common theme in what may be called cyberpunk, movies ect.
hmm could be more thourough, but I am sure this enough to respond to.
N

Hi Net, you make a compelling case. Perhaps its because I just don’t associate Mechas with cyberpunk. This may be my own bias though. I will go back and take a look at it. I do agree that it’s one of the most highly regarded animes. Does anyone else want to comment on this?

Yea, mecha has it’s own genre allready.

Koolio, just got your reccomended: “Wonderful Days”, “One Point 0″, and “IGPX” gonna be a fun night. Watched Ergo 10 last night, the mystery unfolds! Gonna spy and lurk at you guys in meatspace from now on, goodness which avatar?… mebbe an anti avatar.
peace
net

IGPX was my silly idea

I posted the same comment in the japanese films, i didnt see this here. But i have an anime im looking into that we should put up, Megazone 23 (or Two Three)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megazone_23

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Just something i wanted to share.

Hi, Zeonic Freak! You should post those in the forums, the comments are not really the best place for that kind of stuff.

have you checked out dead leaves? i dont know if it would qualify, but being my favorite, it’s worth a shot.

Hi BadAsh, Dead Leaves doesn’t really sound like cyberpunk to me, but it certainly sounds pretty wierd! Haven’t seen it yet though, but I’ve heard of it.

O.K. I don’t know if you havent heard of it yet… but Ergo Proxy is defonitly one worth looking at and defonitly listing… I know they are only to disk 2 in the US but it’s defonitly worth looking up. If I was rating It I would say…

Degree of Cyberpunk Visuals: High

Correlation to Cyberpunk Themes: High

But that’s just me personally…

Hi Forefront, I’ve actually done a number of posts on Ergo Proxy. Yes, this is definitely in the queue for being reviewed. I will hopefully get to this in the next month. And yeah, its awesome!

Without spoiling anything, the Eva Units are not actually machines and therefore we eliminate the main argument for calling it cyberpunk.

Please review Ergo Proxy soon! It’s as good as GITS SAC in my opinion and more people need to hear about it. Oh yeah, Pino is the cutest anime character EVER

I do like this list. There are some solid titles here, and I’ve seen pretty much most of them. However, I have a question: Would (or could) ROUJIN Z or MEGAZONE 23 be considered cyberpunk?

ROUJIN Z was an anime film from the early 90’s that told the story about an elderly man stuck in a prototype hospital bed. Sounds strange? Well, the “bed” is actually an automated mecha designed to aid the elderly…but as always, things don’t go well.

MEGAZONE 23 is from 1985, and it is one of the first OVA ever made. In what appears to be 1980s Tokyo, a young biker is given a mysterious superbike that transforms into a robotic battle suit…and there’s more. A lot more. He finds out that not only is the top idol singer actually an AI construct, but his whole world is a lie–it’s an artificial construct and it is 500 years in the future.

Both of these might have cyberpunk themes, but…maybe consider them. They’re both excellent.

(Then again…perhaps Satoshi Kon’s new film PAPRIKA as well? Maybe not…)

Keep up the great work!

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Nice list! never heard of Malice Dolls but it seems it right up my ally being a fan surreal stuff.

You might wanna check out Pale Cocoon and put it in the list.

its a short film that takes place somewhere in the future, where of course the earth is trashed and mankind has to live underground in a rather depressing society.
The story follows a man a that works for a department that digs up old records from when the earth was green and restores them. one day he finds a mysterious file…

I really like the athmosphere the anime breathes. lots of brown backdrops with a warm yet eary green/yellowish light.
dont expect action though, its all about 2 characters and the meaning/purpose of the archives.

if you have a spare 22 minutes. check it out!

Check out the anime Denno Coil, Myazaki meets SE Lain !

Hi, do someone knows other series or movies like STEAMBOY, MEMORIES (Otomo), I realy would like to know…

Ergo Proxy and Blame! too… They’re two cyberpunk animes…

How about Armitage III - PolyMatrix (1997)?, or short anime: CodeHunters (2006), or Pale Cacoon (2005)??

What about Full Metal Yakuza by Takashi Miike, or New Rose Hotel?? Or Johnny Mnemonic???

you should watch “Ergo Proxy”! It’s an awesome cyberpunk & philosophical anime by manglobe(samurai champloo)!

I’ve gotta say I’m glad to see Serial Experiments Lain. It’s done in a way which seems more poignant than with many other cyberpunk animes.

Ergo Proxy is really good but for me there are too many religious connotations for it to be cyberpunk. In the end its really not about technology.

Depending on how far back you’re willing to go with anime, I’d recommend reviewing the 1979 movie Galaxy Express 999; I haven’t seen the TV show but the movie is pretty good; I have the region 3 release, which is much easier to find on Ebay. The animation is okay; I don’t find the artwork or character designs to be at all pleasing, but that might just be my personal tastes. The story is really good though.

On the surface it might not seem like it would fit into a site like this and it’s more of a fantastic adventure. It’s set in the distant future and they use trains to move from one planet to another. The visuals aren’t cyberpunk either, until you get to the very end. The main plot revolves around the idea of replacing your physical body with a mechanical body so you can live forever, which very much fits into the realm of cyberpunk. The young boy wishes to get a mechanical body so he doesn’t have to suffer from the cold and can live forever; however, during his journey he sees all of the negative effects such a process has on the people who have already had it done. The movie explores what having a mechanical body does to a person’s mind, and how their mechanical immortality comes at the cost of their very humanity.

Anyway, I won’t give anything else away, but it’s worth checking out unless you absolutely can’t stand 70s anime.

You should add Ergo Proxy on the list.
It’s just the best cyberpunk anime ever created.

Man u should do Blame! Manga review. I dare to say its one of the best from the whole CP.

Just to add Blame! anime is not considered canon even, it was made as bonus to something.