In an era when scifi movies mostly sugarcoated the future for us, cyberpunk emerged as a hardhitting alternative. Contrary to the utopian world in the conventional scifi stories, cyberpunk deals with a dystopian fictional and futuristic world, where higher technological advancements do not equal high quality of life. It explores various scifi elements like cyborgs, artificial intelligence, and virtual space.
Anime wasn’t devoid of the influence of cyberpunk, and we had some iconic cyberpunk anime back in the day. The central characters in these would be social outcasts, cynical, and often violent antiheroic characteristics were seen in them. Besides the actionpacked setup, these anime also raised some philosophical questions regarding the viability of overdependency on technology. The thoughtprovoking idea was where to draw the line between humanity and artificial intelligence! In this video, we have ten remarkable cyberpunk anime that are a mustwatch for all scifi fans out there!

0:00 Intro
1:46 Parasite Dolls
3:31 CYBER CITY OEDO 808
5:08 Mardock Scramble
6:44 Memories (1995)
8:30 The Animatrix
9:48 BLACK MAGIC M66
11:21 Megalo Box
12:54 BLAME!
14:22 Patlabor 2
15:54 Megazone 23