What is Cyberpunk anime?

Cyberpunk focuses on computers or information technology, usually coupled with some degree of breakdown in social order. The plot often centres on a conflict among hackers, artificial intelligences, and mega corporations, tending to be set within a near-future dystopian Earth.

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Bubblegum Crash

6.62

Description:

The saga of the Knight Sabers continues as the group tries to find out who or what is behind the recent string of robberies, murders, and Boomer malfunctions which are somehow related to the creation of an advanced artificial intelligence. Furthermore, it seems that the Knight Sabers may be breaking up. (Source: ANN)
Type

OVA

Episodes

3

Ep.Length

45 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

1991-05-25

Black★★Rock Shooter: DAWN FALL

(Black★★Rock Shooter: DAWN FALL)

6.1

Description:

The year is 2062. Earth has been left in ruin after the failure of a labor automation project when the AI called Artemis waged war against humanity. A girl, Empress, awakens in a research lab. As one of the three surviving guardians, she must destroy the Orbital Elevator before Artemis can complete its construction. Failure will result in a machine army overrunning Earth. However, Artemis' Unmanned Forces and a cult may have motives of their own. (Source: Disney+)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2022-04-03

PSYCHO-PASS PROVIDENCE

(Psycho-Pass: Providence)

7.76

Description:

January 2118. Chief Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department, Akane Tsunemori, receives a report of an incident on a foreign vessel – the body of Professor Milicia Stronskaya has been discovered. Behind the incident is a group known as the Peacebreakers, a foreign paramilitary organization and a new outside threat who are targeting the professor's research papers known as the “Stronskaya Document.” Reunited with Shinya Kogami, a former fugitive from the Criminal Investigation Department, Akane grapples with a case that quickly escalates beyond their expectations. The Stronskaya Papers could reveal a truth that would shake Japan's government, and even the Sibyl System, to the core. It is in this untold story that the missing link is revealed. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

120 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2023-05-12

A.D. Police (TV)

(A.D. Police: To Protect and Serve)

5.76

Description:

Set a few years before Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, A.D. Police chronicles the tales of Mega-Tokyo's special police division designed to control rogue Boomers in the city. A.D. Police Officer Kenji Sasaki faces a major dilemma: he loses another partner to a rabid boomer. A day after he's sent off-duty, he receives a new partner in the form of German cop Hans Kleif. Funny thing is that Kenji sucker-punched Hans at a bar the night before. Not only does Kenji face the everyday task of controlling Boomers, he has to learn to adjust with his new partner.  (Source: ANN) 
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

1999-04-08

Midnight Eye: Gokuu

(Goku: Midnight Eye)

6.49

Description:

Furinji Goku is a detective who has an "eye of god". While he was investigating the murder case of his colleague when he had been an officer, he was pressured to stop it by the police executives. However, he continue investigating, and he lost his left eye. When he was about to be killed, a mysterious group helped him and transplant an artificial eye. The eye was a super technological device that connected to the whole computer network in the world, and enabled him to control any computers. (Source: AnimeNfo)
Type

OVA

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

50 Min

Rating

Mild Nudity

Status

finished

Aired

1989-01-27

Blame! Prologue

5.54

Description:

Based on the manga Blame! by Nihei Tsutomu, serialised in Monthly Afternoon. In a city that is said to have thousands of levels, making it impossible to tell the sky from the ground, the mysterious Killy wanders the bizarre and foreboding levels of this mega-structure, where the boundaries between machine and living organism have been obscured. (Source: AniDB)
Type

OVA

Episodes

2

Ep.Length

4 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2007-09-07

Love, Death + Robots Volume 2

(Love, Death + Robots Volume 2)

7.64

Description:

A second collection of shorts.
Type

ONA

Episodes

8

Ep.Length

15 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2021-05-14

Lazarus

0

Description:

The year is 2052—an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe. The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain. Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure-all drug with no apparent drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes ubiquitous... and essential. However, soon after Hapuna is officially introduced, Dr. Skinner vanishes. Three years later, the world has moved on. But Dr. Skinner has returned—this time, as a harbinger of doom. Skinner announces that Hapuna has a short half-life. Everyone who has taken it will die approximately three years later. Death is coming for this sinful world—and coming soon. As a response to this threat, a special task force of 5 agents is gathered from across the world to save humanity from Skinner’s plan. This group is called "Lazarus." Can they find Skinner and develop a vaccine before time runs out? (Source: Adult Swim, edited)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

current

Aired

2025-04-05

Gall Force 1: Eternal Story

(Gall Force 1: Eternal Story)

6.43

Description:

Two advanced civilizations, the Paranoids (a race of alien humanoids) and the Solenoids (who are all women) are waging a war that has gone on for centuries. When the Solenoid fleet leaves a battle to defend an experimentally terraformed world from the Paranoids, one damaged Solenoid ship, the Star Leaf, is separated from the fleet. Only seven women remain alive on the ship: Eluza, the captain, Rabby, the solid more or less main character, Lufy, the brash pilot, Catty, the mysterious science officer, Pony, the pink-haired ditzy tech, Patty, a solid crew member, and Remy, the cute one. After narrowly escaping the battle, the crew of the Star Leaf decides to continue with their orders and rendezvous at planet Chaos to defend it. It turns out, however, that their ship is the subject of a Paranoid experiment. In the end, it is up to the remaining crew Star Leaf to defend the artificial paradise of Chaos from the Paranoid fleet and the plans of the Solenoid leaders. (Source: AniDB)
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

86 Min

Rating

Mild Nudity

Status

finished

Aired

1986-07-28

Alexander Senki

(Reign: The Conqueror)

5.44

Description:

Prince Alexander, son of King Philip, and heir to the Macedonian empire, must fend off political saboteurs, assassins, and the jealousy of his own father to ascend to the position of king. Once there, he begins his quest to conquer all nations and become known as the Great King, though an ancient prophecy foretells that he will be the destroyer of the world and forever remembered as the Devil King. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

20 Min

Rating

Mild Nudity

Status

finished

Aired

1999-09-14

Yurei Deco

(Yurei Deco)

6.34

Description:

The story begins when Berry, an average girl from an average home, meets Hack, a girl who looks like a boy. Charmed by Hack, Berry meets up with the team Hack leads, the Ghost Detectives Club. Members of this club are “socially dead,” working invisibly within the digitally controlled society of Tom Sawyer. As she works with the group, Berry learns about Zero, a mysterious figure who lurks within Tom Sawyer’s underground. She and Hack decide to chase down this figure, and in time, the truth behind the city is revealed... (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2022-07-03

Ultraviolet: Code 044

(Ultraviolet: Code 044)

6.25

Description:

044 becomes the strongest female soldier excelling in combat through gene manipulation using a virus. However, in exchange for her abilities, her days become numbered. The next mission of the government is to destroy a bloodthirsty squad, Phage, and its leader King. In her battle, she encounters a Phage soldier, Luka, and finds herself unable to kill him. She wonders why, but as a result, Daxus Jr., the leader of the government group, regards her as a traitor. She is targeted by both Phage and the government, and she runs away with the injured Luka. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2008-07-01

Altered Carbon: Resleeved

(Altered Carbon: Resleeved)

6.73

Description:

On the planet Latimer, Takeshi Kovacs must protect a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside a no-nonsense CTAC. (Source: Netflix)
Type

ONA

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

74 Min

Rating

Status

finished

Aired

2020-03-19

Let You Down

(Let You Down)

7.84

Description:

Music video directed by Ilya Kuvshinov for the song Let You Down by Dawid Podsiadło. Note: The song was used as the ending theme for the anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Type

music

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

4 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2022-09-12

Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 2nd Season

(Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 2nd Season)

7.19

Description:

The second season of Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045.
Type

ONA

Episodes

12

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2022-05-23

Midnight Eye: Gokuu II

(Goku II: Midnight Eye)

6.34

Description:

Goku, the lone wolf private detective is back, contracted by Yoshiko, a mysterious, beautiful and very afraid woman, to find and save her brother, Ryu. Will Goku be able to protect Yoshiko from her step father's soldiers long enough to find her brother? Meanwhile Ryu, the unfortunate subject of a military experiment gone bad, leaves a trail of bodies behind him and has no intention of being found or saved by anyone. Will Goku have to kill the man he is supposed to save? Will even his omniscient cybernetic eye and sceptre be enough to help him defeat this indestructible killing machine? (Source: AniDB)
Type

OVA

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

53 Min

Rating

Mild Nudity

Status

finished

Aired

1989-12-22

Eat-Man '98

6.77

Description:

The continuing adventures of Bolt Crank, the World's Greatest Mercenary, who has the ability to eat any object, mostly metal and weapons. When the time comes, Bolt can then reproduce those weapons and items in his right hand. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

1998-10-08

Malice@Doll

6.39

Description:

Malice, a sex robot living in an abandoned human city, is assaulted and violated by an mysterious creature. Upon awakening, Malice finds out that she has become human and can pass on her humanity to her fellow machines. However, her gift soon becomes a curse when her fellow robots rage out of control after being exposed to the pleasures of life. (Source: ANN)
Type

OVA

Episodes

3

Ep.Length

30 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2001-04-27

Appleseed XIII Remix Movie 1: Yuigon

6.58

Description:

This is a remix, theatrical release of the first half of the Appleseed XIII series.
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

2 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2011-06-13

Koutetsujou no Kabaneri: Ran - Hajimaru Michiato

7.32

Description:

The opening movie/promotional video to the Koutetsujou no Kabaneri: Ran - Hajimaru Michiato mobile game released in December, 2018.
Type

special

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

1 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2018-09-22

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