Hi, I am quite new to anime and I would like to try getting into it a bit. I want to ask for some recomendation of some cyberpunk or futuristic anime. Thanks in advance 😘
My recommendations:
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners based on the popular Cyberpunk 2077 videogame. It’s damn good!
- Ghost in the Shell, the entire franchise, as its amazing! I’d recommend starting with the original movie but the 2.0 version as it has updated effects and CGI. Then as far as actual anime series, you can’t go wrong with Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex or Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045. This is one of my favorite all-time franchises!
I mean I know I gotta watch Edgerunners as I am really into the Cyberpunk lore and even play Cyberpunk Red, the ttrpg so yea 😅
Yes I loved Edgerunners because it is so short so not a huge time investment to get into and wrapped up in one shot. And I didn’t play the game, but the anime made me really want to play it. I am however waiting for the DLC to come out before venturing into the game.
This music video is worth a watch too which shows a character from before the timeline of Edgerunners. Can watch before or after.
Cannot agree any more with Cyberpunk egderunners. It soared into my top 10 anime list. I still tear up when listening to that song
Steins;gate doesn’t exactly fit your criteria, but I think it’s worth a watch anyway. It’s a really quality time travel story.
I love Steins;Gate! I will warn - it has a slow burner start but it really is worth it.
I feel like the slow burn really adds to it. I’d treat it like a slice of life anime for the first half.
I wish I hadn’t ruined my first watch of Steins;Gate by starting from one of the last episodes. It got me excited, but there was so much stuff referring to earlier episodes that made me realize I’m not watching the first episode. I’m waiting just a bit longer to restart watching. I did the same with Battlestar Galactica’s last season and got all excited like “Holy shit this last season is going to be crazy” before realizing I just completely ruined the whole season for myself.
Seconding Akira and Ghost in the shell, Steins;Gate is great too.
One of the first ones I saw (and I love cyberpunk and scifi shit) was Serial Experiments Lain and it was one of the first ones to get me absolutely hooked. Mind you, it is weird and strange, but if you’re into stuff like David Lynch at all you’ll love it.
Others to look into that aren’t exactly cyberpunk, but futuristic/scifi nonetheless: Neon Genesis Evangelion (finish it, it gets really cool towards the end and I thought all things mecha-anything was just dudes being silly about robots), Cowboy Bebop, Ergo Proxy and Gantz (might seem silly at first, but gets interesting towards the end).
I have seen Lain, and loved it so much
Psycho-Pass might be up your alley. It’s about Japanese society under the Sibyl System, a system that determines how likely you are to do crimes. Depending on your score, you could get jailed or killed by police.
Gotta start with the classics - Akira is the universal Anime film that others get judged by. Ghost in the Shell, as ModularTable said. Bubblegum Crisis Battle Angel Alita
The anime series Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bepop both fit that description in their own way.
I think you’ll also like the anthologies: Neo Tokyo and Memories.
And the movies: Redline, Akira, Metropolis and the original Ghost in the Shell.
I also need to mention Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind, Laputa: Castle in the Sky and Summer Wars. These ones aren’t exactly Cyberpunk but I would say they scratch the same itch; only in a different way.
*I also suggest you read the manga BLAME!, it’s about as cyberpunk as you can get. Just be sure to read happy, regular things at the same time so you don’t get depressed.
Things that come to mind quickly are Ghost in the Shell, Ergo Proxy, Texhnolyze, Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Psycho-pass.
Serial Experiments Lain isn’t really cyberpunk but has aged to be retrofuturism.
It’s old but my absolute favorite sci-fi anime is Gunbuster/Top o Nerae! (Aim for the Top! in English).
