Thanks to incredible animation that was years ahead of the curve and a soundtrack that pushed the envelope back when it was released in 1988, Akira nails the attitude of cyberpunk and raised the bar for anime at the time. While it has plenty of mind-bending themes, Akira’s cyberpunk impact is a more overt collision of style and substance. Akira At first glance, Akira may not seem like the typical cyberpunk adventure, but there’s no denying that it possesses all the hallmarks of the genre through its gritty dystopian future, grimy technology, and a level of mainstream success and influence that can still be felt to this day. An energetic and youthful exploration of technology that skips the bleaker outlook of many entries on this list, Dennō Coil is Stranger Things by way of Hayao Miyazaki, an overlooked gem that was simply too far ahead of the curve when it was first released in 2007. Hints of a more supernatural element are thrown into the mix, multiple plot threads are woven throughout the tale and it all ends on a satisfactory high note. The underrated Dennō Coil is a colourful and surprisingly detailed series with a young cast that’s thrown into a reality which has collided with the virtual world. As they struggle to accept the challenges that they are dealt, the characters bear witness to major events that determine the survival and fate of the city.Dennō Coil The cyberpunk genre may mostly focus on distant futures and feature technology that could be made real one day, but seeing an anime show reach into the future and pull out a surprisingly accurate prediction of tomorrow? Now that’s a rare treat. The series has an ensemble cast, but events particularly focus on Ichise, a stoic prize fighter who loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged promoter Oonishi, a young but level-headed executive of the Organo who has many enemies and Ran, a little girl who has a very important gift that affects the entire city. Three factions vie for control of the city: the Organo, a strictly professional conglomerate with ties to the criminal underworld in the prostheses business ("Texhnolyze") the Salvation Alliance, a fanatical populist group interfering with the Organo's affairs and the Racan, a marauding group of Texhnolyzed youths. Denizens of Lux have come to call it "The City" and treat it as a sentient force. The events take place in the vibrant yet dilapidated underground city of Lux. Konaka, and produced by Yasuyuki Ueda, with original character design by Yoshitoshi ABe. Texhnolyze (テクノライズ, Tekunoraizu) is a Japanese anime television series directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, from a screenplay by Chiaki J.
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