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A branch of science fiction artistry and aesthetic. Basic themes include the dehumanizing effects of technology, and the accompanying societal breakdown. Think dark and dirty, with lots of wires and neon.
Cyberpunk is a postmodern genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life". The name is a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk, and was originally coined by American science fiction author Bruce Bethke as the title of his short Sci-Fi story Cyberpunk, written in 1980. Cyberpunk can cover numerous themes and motifs but generally involve reflecting on the current anxieties of society and amping them up to an extreme; things like mass surveillance, climate change, mass media, artificial intelligence and any other themes can thus be accomodated by a cyberpunk setting.
Notable Cyberpunk franchises
- 2000 AD
- A.D. Police Files
- AKIRA
- Appleseed
- Blade Runner
- Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
- Blade Runner 2049
- BLAME!
- Bubblegum Crisis
- Deus Ex
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- Dredd
- Elysium
- Equilibrium
- Future Cop: LAPD
- Ghost in the Shell
- Gunnm (Battle Angel Alita)
- Lady BattleCop
- Megazone 23
- Fritz Lang's Metropolis
- Neuromancer
- Ninja Slayer
- Policenauts
- Snatcher
- Techno Police 21C
- Total Recall