cyberpunk

A science fiction genre characterized by its focus on "high tech and lowlife". Basic themes include the dehumanizing effects of technology, and the accompanying societal breakdown. Think dark and dirty, with lots of wires and neon lights.

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. It was further popularized by the author William Gibson.

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, corporate monopolization, climate change, mass media, artificial intelligence and any other themes can thus be accommodated by a cyberpunk setting.

For the series of the same name, see Cyberpunk (series).

Notable Cyberpunk franchises

• 2000 AD
• A.D. Police Files
• AKIRA (manga)
• Armitage III
• Appleseed
• Baldr (series)

** Baldr Force
** Baldr Sky

• Battle Angel Alita
• Black Mirror
• Blade Runner (series)

** Blade Runner (1982 movie)
** Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
** Blade Runner 2049
** Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

• BLAME!
• Bubblegum Crisis

** A.D. Police Files
** Parasite Dolls

• Burst City
• Cyberpunk (series)

** Cyberpunk 2077
** Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

• Cyber City Oedo 808
• Deus Ex

** Deus Ex: Human Revolution
** Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

• Dominion (manga)

** New Dominion Tank Police

• Dragon's Heaven
• Dredd
• Elysium (movie)
• Equilibrium
• Final Fantasy VII
• Future Cop: LAPD
• Ghost in the Shell
• Lady BattleCop
• MATRIX
• M.D. Geist
• Megazone 23
• Metal Skin Panic Madox-01
• Metalhead (ttrpg)
• Metropolis (Fritz Lang)

** Metropolis (Osamu Tezuka)

• Midnight Eye Gokuu
• Neuromancer
• Ninja Slayer
• PLUTO
• Policenauts
• Psycho-Pass
• RoboCop
• Snatcher
• Serial Experiments Lain
• Shadowrun
• STRAY (game)
• Techno Police 21C
• Total Recall
• VA-11 Hall-A

See also

• Cyborg
• Steampunk
• Dieselpunk
• Biopunk
• Silkpunk
• Solarpunk
• Post-Apocalypse
• Cyber fashion
• Tag Group:Technology
• Tag Group:Visual aesthetic

External links

• "Wikipedia: Cyberpunk":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk