2/1/2024 0 Comments Modern anime tank crewman![]() Themes: Authoritarianism, Psionics, Mechanised Urban Law Enforcement Worth watching for the visuals alone, there are some gorgeous animations and the designs of the robotics and military hardware are inspired.Īkira | Date Released: 1988 | Director: Katsuhiro Otomo | Trailer The plot is basic and many scenes are borderline comedic with the teenaged protagonist trapped in the MADOX mecha suit ordering a bento in a 7-11 he just crashed into and filling it with diesel in a petrol station. Director Shinji Aramaki is worth noting as he also directed most of the Appleseed animes and provided the mecha designs for Bubblegum Crisis, dozens of other anime and the spinner design in Blade Runner Black Out 2022. ![]() While only 40 minutes long, MADOX-01 has cinematography and animation that puts most modern anime to shame. A young mechanic winds up trapped inside the “MADOX-01” test mecha and battles across Tokyo as the army and a fanatical tank commander attempt to destroy the suit, and him, as a terrorist threat. ![]() Synopsis: This OVA is more of a mecha theme than cyberpunk, however being set in the near future (from 1987) and with a plot focused on a military robotics suit that is lost in Shinjuku, the aesthetics and urban context push this into the cyberpunk genre. Themes: Robotics, Military-Industrial Complex Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 | Date Released: 1987 | Director: Shinji Aramaki | Trailer The series was influential in its narrative framework and genre tropes to numerous cyberpunk animes that followed. While dated now and clearly inspired by various mecha and cyberpunk franchises that came before it, it features solid 80’s Japanese animation techniques and matching score. ![]() Synopsis: Set in 2032 Tokyo, this OVA follows “Knight Sabers” an all female mechanised squad that battles “boomers”, the cyborg products of the nefarious Genom megacorporation. Themes: Cybernetics, Robotics, Mechanised Urban Law Enforcement ![]() Each title includes a set of relevant science fiction themes, a brief synopsis and what value the film may have for viewers.īubble Gum Crisis | Date Released: 1987-1991 | Director: Katsuhito Akiyama | # of Episodes: 8 | Trailer This is a short list of Japanese anime and OVA and Western animated films and television shows in the cyberpunk genre, sorted by release date. ![]()
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