Cyberpunk
What is Cyberpunk?
Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.
Cyberpunk characteristics include:
- Dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
- Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
- Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
- Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
- Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and what it means to be human.
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It was a decent movie. I've not yet gotten around to watching the anime which I suspect will be better, but in isolation, I actually thought it was pretty good.
Yeah what you watch first changes your opinion a lot of times. It's like a caveman saw copper first thought it was shiny and kept it but it got rusty and Green but he still loved it when he found it new. Then he finds gold at some point and realises gold was superior shiny value all along. So better to learn about copper first so you can appreciate it and it's not diminished by obvious comparison.
However, for me when i saw the movie (I saw movie first anime later) , I thought it was one time watch. And I discarded watching GiTS because I thought anime would be similar. I only watched anime because some YouTuber went on and on about how that movie affected everything from wachowski brothers in matrix to battle angel Alita. And that's when I decided to give it go. And as I watched it, I regretted not seeing it sooner.
My point being it's all pointless, you enjoy what you think is nice. You watch what you want to watch. My recommendation is to watch anime, but I am sure there are people in the world that will find anime to be hot garbage.