The 90's Suicide Squad Cyberpunk Horror Anime
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2021
- In today's video, we take a look at the 1990 cyberpunk anime Cyber City, and see what it has to say through that and why it should be remembered. Thank you for watching.
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Hey everyone, hope you're doing well! Thanks for watching the new video, it was a fun one to work on. I also really hope you are having a great spooky October in the lead up to Halloween and that you can get some good horror movies watched. Thanks once more, and I'll see you again.next time.
If you think Dune is a horror movie, then sure lmao lmao
Hello you might want to put an epilepsy warning somewhere. Strobing visuals at 12:31
I would like to say that this was a wonderful video and look forward to all the other content I have yet to watch on your channel and videos you will make in the future.
Really happy I subbed to you.
I am a bit confused about the body modification comment in this video. Comparing it to tattoos seemed odd. Since I mean, a LOT of people have tattoos. Maybe not the super poor, but in the USA a good amount of others do.
I can't wait for your next video, you're so talented at this. Such an interesting show and will definitely dress up as Benten for my next Halloween.
I really enjoyed this video, but I should point out that this "show" was an OVA. It's not that it was cancelled after only three episodes... It was (most likely) made with only these three episodes in mind. OVAs specifically were created to be short-run, direct-to-VHS (or Laserdisc) series that were given greater budgets than a full 24 (or whatever) episodes of an actual TV show.
My favorite animes are OVAs. The original Dangaioh (1987 with Pai Thunder) is my #1 favorite. I've found with OVA series the quality is just fantastic so I totally understand what your saying.
Came here to say this. So weird as this info is readily available on the Wiki page, and is a really important part of the context of what this series was. OVAs were allowed to be more violent and sexual, and concentrate their budget on less episodes, which achieved higher quality animation. Its why a lot of 90s anime has the quality it has, which he mentions yet seems to have no idea why. The most rudimentary research of his subject would have brought this to attention.
I haven't researched the series myself, but some OVAs are made into shows sometimes (albeit, in a dumb way, which expands say--two OVAs into a 4-part miniseries).
The opposite also happens, a series gets turned into OVAs to get new fans the same story or give better style and budget to an aging series.
"The History of Trunks" is one of DBZ's more liked 40-minute OVAs, and it was later incorporated into the tv show as a two-part episode.
Many OVAs or OAVs were optioned by Japanese studios in the '80s with the intention of being stand alone explorations of IP with the hope that were they successful, the studio could then leverage said IP into an ongoing series. So the video above isn't wrong in the sense that seeing a syndicated TV series grow out of the first three episodes would have been an acute possibility that was never realised.
@@sboz86 ova is a dumb term
A ghost, a Frankenstein, and a Dracula. This series definitely needed more episodes to see what other monsters could be cyberpunked. Witches, zombies, werewolves, and so many more need to be touched on.
Wow, now that you pointed out I can see it clearly. Very smart show indeed.
Oh this is actually kinda interesting. If we use the Orwellian class system of 1984:
1. The Ruling class or Dracula class would be the corporations and governmental institutions that seek to benefit at the expense of everyone else.
2. The Educated class or Ghost class perfectly shows the encouraged depravity of peoples' whose ambition have been exploited by "a system that makes men torture."
3. The Worker class or Frankenstein Class represents a majority of people who are subject to the whim of the above without the power to change it.
Had this series continued we might have seen Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as the promising people who could advance the world. But whose skills are squandered due to this wicked society preference for "short term gains over long term progress".
If you want to know what’s up with those quotes, number one is from Charlie Chaplin's speech in The Great Dictator, while the other one is related to a discussion between Quark and Nog from Star Trek DS9 regarding what humanity has accomplished in 5000 years.
@@erikthomsen4768 I like to imagine the Frankensteins as low level managers and zombies right below them as the labor force. Working people until they're dead and then some, and taking the most preferred bits of those workers to create the low level admins who are the same as the workers, but are given just enough attention and praise that they think of themselves as above the rest, when the vampires just look down on them all equally.
@@IamJacksSTD A triad within a triad? I would never have thought of that. But I have seen it before while studying feudalism. Petty Kings under Kings of Kings and Emperors alike.
Everyone seems to act like they are in change. But even the Pope at his most powerful was still beholden to someone above. What a crazy pattern. ……
and ninjas!
I thought the concept of "internalized body horror" you brought up in the video was fascinating, and I just realized that it was my favorite thing-I just didn't know what to call it. I would love to see you talk about something like eXistenZ, which I think fits this "internalized body horror" label pretty precisely.
One of my favourite moves back in the day. And besides Naked Lunch the best Cronenberg movie in my opinion.
@@muaddib7037 You're right, it's definitely underrated, especially in comparison to Videodrome - agree with Naked Lunch as his best work also - personally I would probably rate the Fly a little higher than eXistenz tho but they are both great in their own way.
Let's see videogame fleshbag or sentient cockroach typewriter?
I'll take confused sexual experience for $2000...
@@Dong_Harvey In the background of Red Dwarf, a concept like that ends up as one of a string of events which which leads to an anti-biotech revolution.
@@thoughtengine The dwarf!
I miss 90s anime, god the long hair and elegant frames. That vampire one looks fantastic.
Best of the 3 by far, highly recommend it.
@@iboofer Ditto. Most interesting character too.
90s anime has some classic stuff.
Vampire hunter d is excellent also
@@DirtRider999 Bloodlust is even better. Ninja Scroll,Wicked City,Street Fighter2,I could be here all night,there are so many great anime from that era. Fist of the Northstar,Fatal Fury,man there are so many different ones.
Yeah, but the reason why pirates are often depicted with peg legs, eyepatches, or both is because being a sailor was extremely dangerous and often resulted in the loss of limbs, or other disfigurement.
In a world where companies find it easier to get a machine to to a job (a world we are already partially in and still careening further into), becoming part machine will be seen as highly marketable. When something becomes marketable, many people adopt it as an aesthetic.
Going back to my original statement, sailing was not the only marketable skill in the 1700’s, and a lost limb, or eye, would often result in a decrease in performance. In cyberpunk, replacing a limb can almost always make it more functional. That’s why you see most people embracing cyber mods, while you wouldn’t see it in real life in historic, or contemporary scenarios.
Yes, and outside of settings like Rifts, you can't fire energy bolts or generate shields with a tattoo or piercing. People have all kinds of reasons for bio-mechanical augments, which could be to make themselves a more powerful bully, a more destructive soldier, or just so they can have the limb usable again after accidents or diseases rob them of them. This could lead to all kinds of totally cyberpunk stories, like Cybernetics Destroys Your Soul plots, what augmentation is really morally acceptable, what they have to do to get the stuff eg. end up in huge debt, steal parts and have dodgy doctors fit them, cyber-snatching etc.
And then, what will the characters be afterwards?
What I'm really thinking, here, is that comparing real-life tattoos, fashion and piercings to bio-mechanical and even bio-techno augmentation in cyberpunk is like comparing a picture of a vehicle with a real one - one is just an image, the other has physical functions in the real world. You can't get into a picture and drive to a distant location.
Maybe if you're a blue collar worker. White collar, your mods won't be as visually obvious, which might mean that modifications won't be so attractive. The bourgeoisie that prized fair skin, as it meant that they didn't have to do hard labor in the sun. Like he mentioned, the general population might want to stay as they are, because it suggests that they were already good to begin with, no augmentations required. Another feather on the cap.
Well, today if you want Cyberpunk narratives you just need to watch the news.
Just wait until Facebook really gets their little dystopian "metaverse" going...
@@TenereAMir my doctor is possessed by adware!
You best start believing in cyberpunk dystopias. You're in one
Sadly, we're living in the lamest cyberpunk dystopia. Where the frontiers between human and artificial are fading, because people are turning into robots, not the opposite.
@@adynat0n That's one of the most interesting comments I've encountered on here.
I’ve always assumed that cybernetic “enhancements” would actually be bad. Like, you’d sell good body parts out of need and then the mechanical replacements would cost about half of what you earned, but always be troublesome, requiring a lot of maintenance and causing a lot of psychological/emotional trouble.
The flesh body requires maintenance too
@@Americanbadashh And if my aunt had tires she’d be a bicycle.
I would say that visionaries didn't "dream" of a dystopian future. They saw where we were going, had a nightmare and tried to warn us about it.
Very nice to see one of my favourite OVAs getting some recognition. Decades before I became small time "internet famous," I used to contribute to a fanzine based on it with other people from the UK anime convention scene in the early 90s, then revisited it years later when I became a translator to find that it's equally but differently great in both English dub and Japanese original dub. I also very much appreciate the effort Rory Mcfarlane took in composing a completely new soundtrack. Back then we only had access to the VHS tapes but nowadays you can just slap on the DVD, switch between Japanese/English music and dialogue and easily compare how the mood of certain scenes are affected by the different musical choices, and Cyber City is probably the only anime where I prefer the English dub and music. The Japanese language in general just doesn't really do swearing or sarcasm, so Sengoku especially sounds very chilled out in the original Japanese compared to the sick burn dispenser he is in the dub.
I don't know, just all round great stuff that could really only have been made in Japan's bubble era, along with stuff like Bubblegum Crisis, Akira, Birth, Gunbuster etc. We just don't see art and animation as detailed and technical as this anymore, and you just know that all those cybernetic augments would be out of place looking 3D objects if they were to make more now.
Wanted to show some appreciation for your *Doctor Who* and *Tie Fighter* animes.
Have you seen *Angel Cop?*
Holy shit it’s OtaKing. You’ve been famous for a real long time, man. I remember in the early 2000s finding your work. Awesome to see you around!
Huh. That wouldn't have been Cyberage would it? I remember grabbing a copy at a con one year :)
I wouldn’t call using your channel for stream archives and getting less than 10k views on videos “internet famous” even small time.
Interestingly, Cyberpunk 2077 (for all its flaws) show body modification in just the kind of light you suggested - most visible body mods are on the poor who can't afford the high-end invisible stuff, or the body mod extremists, or celebrities out to shock. Most upper crust are shown with the bare minimum visible, with at most having replaced their faces with idealized perfect faces in ways that aren't always obvious. Adam Smasher is an extreme example of those who get combat modifications to stay ahead of everyone else, Johnny Silverhand himself is a war veteran, which is why his arm is so blatantly a prosthetic, but is otherwise not visibly augmented by all that much.
The mid 1980s to late 1990s were the Golden Age of anime.
You can not change my mind on this opinion.
OVAs really gave shows a unique, edgy feel that can't be matched.
The core concept reminds me a lot of Psyco Pass season one (Futuristc city were criminals are use to investigate crimes). But I belive this anime in particular takes a really intersting look on what is being a paw in the sistem.
It’s been a while but I think Psycho Pass used “Wolves” as partners to detectives. The Wolves were cops who’s “crime coefficient” went above the accepted limit (an outrage since it was inevitable given their line of work).
The comic Suicide Squad are used for reconnaissance missions or extraction. Harley Quinn and the Suicide Squad being sent to deal with Superman or a demigod is Hollywood influenced horseshit.
Facts
Indeed. It's a straw man argument that often gets thrown around by folks really more familiar with these characters from the movies or from memes. Very rarely in the comics do they actually go up against anyone that powerful and when they do it is almost never the initial Mission they are sent out on, more of a situation where those people show up to stop them or deal with a larger problem that has unfolded tangentially connected to the squad's mission.
But other than that and the likewise mischaracterized comment about Superman towards the end I really enjoyed this video.
Yeah I was going to mention the original 80s comics were political missions the US knew they shouldn't be caught doing. Which is why the new movie is a lot better than the old one!
@@mo3870 Suicide Squad (80s comic) was comprised of B/C level villains who quite frankly aren't good at being villains. They are expendable mercenaries, not the Justice League. James Gunn understood that but unfortunately, David Ayer didn't and neither did the author of this video.
Just wanted to highlight that we do (sort of) know why they're serving life sentences. In the opening montage for the series where their names, bios and (oddly) racial makeups show up on the screen, we can see that all three of the heroes were guilty of, at the very least, murder. I want to say Gogul and Benten/Merill were also drug runners, but I haven't seen this series in about a year or so. So they're all (as far as we know) serving justifiable life sentences, although as you mentioned the circumstances are vague at best.
I’d equate cyber augmentation more to iPhones than tattoos. They’re functional and status symbols that everyone wants. I agree more with the Ghost in a Shell view where anyone choosing NOT to augment themselves would be weird or controversial.
I agree
This channel is such a goldmine. I’ve learned about so many good movies, comics, and shows that I never would’ve learned about otherwise.
Re: Tattoos as a luxury. That one hits home. I have several pieces by well known artists, each one costing me close to 300 an hour. It's literal high fashion these days. Nothing like the stigma that came with them when I was a kid. When I was growing up, tattoos were just for gangs and punks in the public eye. Now I talk about them like a brand, "this one was by Gene Coffey, this one was by Scarlet Sinclair, this one was by Megan Massacre, ..." What a strange time to be alive.
I'm sure this is a thing in certain circles and I'm not saying you're wrong, but this is very much not a common experience. I know men and women from all walks of life who have tattoos, and none of them go around talking about the tattoo artist who inked them, beyond maybe a recommendation. I have never, ever heard someone brag on the "brand" of tattoo they have lol. I mean sure there are "celebrity" tattooists, but these are not artists who 99.9% of the population will be going to see.
Strange indeed. Many tattoos are like a CV in certain circles, and the artists most likely don't want to be identified.
@@jokerzwild00 this, 100% this.
"my I love your nose" "why thank you, its a Steinman"
While i normally love your videos one point in this one is irking me. When describing the body mods you are neglecting the superhuman abilities, or just the general functionality the implants grant, when compared to a purely aesthetic modification like tattoos and piercings. It would be more akin to investing in a piece of equipment, or a vehicle, or even surgery such as a knee replacement being just getting your legs replaced. I do agree that making them scarce does give them more impact narratively, but in real life i believe they could catch on as the practical demand for them could rise, which would over time lead to it becoming a more widespread practice in general.
I completely agree I feel like it would become a major trend sort of similar to what we have with fashion cars, food, music, video games anime and sexual toys today. Just a lot more weird and powerful.
Great video as always! I really enjoy your analysis of media and have been binge watching all your videos recently. Though i have to point out, this anime is classified as an OVA so it wasn't cancelled and was intended as a three episode series from the beginning
Kawajiri is a personal favorite when it comes to anime directors. Glad to see him getting some love!
I had to watch this after your comment about it in the Nic Cage video. So glad I did! This OVA was a great time, a true hidden gem. Thanks!
You have such interesting takes on different topics and your writing is fantastic.
I think I've watched all your videos now 😂
I'm gonna have to check out cyber city.
Keep up the great work!
I feel like a lot of the problem with modern day Cyberpunk is that it kind of mindlessly fetishizes the Blade Runner look without understanding any of the substance or context behind it. It's all big neon lights and holograms and people with whacky body mods, but none of the actual understanding of why those things are presented in the first place. They appropriate the general aesthetic without understanding the meaning, and even if they do it's often paid lip service as opposed to being genuinely explored.
This is about the coolest thing I've clicked on in a long time. I almost skipped over this video because I thought it was a meme/joke of some kind since that's what I seen about it early youtube due to the eng voice acting. I'm so glad I took a chance and watched, you introduced me to a new favorite. Keep on talking about what you find interesting, no matter if others do
Fantastic overview of one of my favorite anime OVAs. I actually think the 3-episode length works perfectly for it, to be honest. It also only feels fresher in today's climate considering that prison labor is a worsening issue and most modern cyberpunk media amounts to "super cop on steroids blows out the back of a sexaroid while headshotting poor people."
I would also like to call attention to Yoshiaki Kawajiri's direction. Most Westerners dismiss the vast majority of anime directors in favor of aping the surface level elements of Hayao Miyazaki's films, but I think a lot of Western animation creatives could learn a lot about animation direction, storyboarding, and color palettes from Kawajiri's works. What a lot of Western animators try to convey through character animation/acting, Kawajiri conveys through the storyboard. His works feature excellent animation to be sure, but so much of what makes them effective is the consistently clear and stellar shot composition.
Subbed. Fair play for giving this brilliant series its due! I have it on VHS, but sadly I no longer have a machine to play the tape. The creators put huge effort into making the stories, settings and characters detailed and believable. I especially love Benton's garrotte wire, it's so elegant and fits so well with his aesthetic. Much as I love the series, in a way I'm glad there are only 3 episodes, because it will always be this fresh and vibrant and will never become stale.
I know it's more of a tangent to the video, but I really appreciated your comments on Cyberpunk 2077. You succinctly but more thoroughly explained what I've been saying since release: that everything surrounding the game's development and release was more in the spirit of the cyberpunk genre than anything you see in the game.
Great video aside from that as well, of course. This is definitely going on my must-watch list.
Rarely comment on videos but just wanted to say that this is one of your videos I find myself thinking every now and then. Your analysis and observations of the ova and the themes of it are all very well articulated and I feel like I now understand better a lot of the core aspects of the subgenre that have gone over my head in the past. The fact you don't limit your video topics to just one or two things are one of the reasons I'm always excited to see new uploads from you.
Thank you so much for this video. Your writing is excellent, and I am now so taken with this series that I would otherwise have never come across.
I disagree with you on the fashion. You're right that most people are unexpressive with clothes. However, most people also want to fit in and if what is popular is high fashion with body modding you will see it everywhere.
People generally like to look high class so they buy things they can't actually afford to signal wealth.
Its human nature and in a super capitalist world it makes sense to look successful.
It also might end up being the only thing available, if that's what sells most.
most people do not think that way. most people just buy what fits at the store, whatever it is.
Also if enough time has elapsed, the costs of these goods would come down and make them generally available to the public. Basic economics. Thanks Thomas sowell
@@overlordRX Thomas Sowell is a God among men
I always had the same time thoughts about cybernetic implants, would a person really cut off a perfectly functional limb to have it replaced with a mechanical augmentation? I think a lot of people, if they are being honest, would say no. But I can think of a reason people would have these types of body modifications against their will.
In a society where capitalism is completely out of control, I would assume worker's rights are nearly non-existent. Health and Safety would be trumped by profit and productivity, in blue collar jobs serious injury would be more common place. Cyberwear could be used to keep employees productive. Or, alternatively, maybe as a part of their contract of employment, they have to accept body modifications to work in a hostile environment. This would make cybernetics a sign of "working-class" pedigree, like tattoos.
I would, I’m a transhumanist. The closer I can get to looking like Adam Smasher the better.
@Mauw Shady stuff according to who exactly? Please elaborate.
Is not that crazy, I mean we have aesthetic surgeries skyrocketing.. It depends on the cost and if the trend catch on.... Obviously not every one would but id be more common that we might think; and it doesnt have to be something that can be seen but a functonal implant, I can realistically see ppl implating in them machines that can do what our phones do now in a discrete manner
@@Sordatos I think there's a big difference between a purely cosmetic procedure and a procedure as radical as a cybernetic prosthetic. Even a breast enhancement is minor surgery in comparison. You'd be looking at a whole body parts being cut away and replaced by a machine. I can see your point with some discreet body parts being useful. I imagine an eye, for example, equipped like a pair of smart glasses but with a higher level of tech with a small phone implant with a bone induction speaker would be cool. I could see that, but I also imagine something that sophisticated being out of the reach of the common man.
I can also imagine poorer people who desire that sort of tech having an implant that does the same thing but with adverts being beamed straight into your eye and into your skull to pay towards the cost of installation.
@@midnightmosesuk there is also the probability of poor people being used as experimental Guinea Pigs in the development of these enhancements, much like they are for medical and pharmaceutical purposes already..
I would imagine some poor and homeless people being forced to accept these surgeries without even being paid retroactively
I love good cyberpunk, but I feel like we need something more like star trek right now. That's why I'm rooting for solarpunk to take off. It has to acknowledge the struggle we're going through right now, but land on positive solutions to our problems. Something to say that it is going to be possible to live through this and adapt to the new world coming. Inspirational but real. Here's hoping.
Would be nice, but seeing what was done to federation and concepts of star trek in general in last few series it doesn't seem likely.
Yeah, we're living in cyberpunk; we don't need it in our media.
im late to finish this video. after your introduction and portion on how Cyber City does cyberpunk right, i had to drop what i was doing and watch it myself. im so glad i did! what a cool OVA! thanks for putting it on my radar and great work as always!
This video is on point. An excellent analysis of a fun, obscure work. I appreciate the fact that you don’t flinch at addressing real issues with specificity.
Oh i’m defiantly putting this on my watchlist. Great video!
I never realized how much of my favorite anime was from a single creator. Man I love this series, it's crazy it didn't take off. Only to get ripped off for decades, and still completely missed the point.
This was supposed to be a 3 episode OVA and not a full series, and nothing ripped it off. If you're talking about the Cyberpunk 2077 game it has nothing to do with this anime as it's just set in a typical cyberpunk world.
This was a great video! Thank you for making it
holyyy cowww, that was INCREDIBLE ! thanks its really a wonder to be able to find such a pertinent discourse on youtube, chilling with cool obscure imagery...
THANKS
Will definitely check this out, can't believe I've never heard of it, great video!
dude.....that was excellent. Very thoughtful and insightful video. Great work.
hey man, i really love your videos, and altough i'm not a big fan of cyberpunk, thanks to this video you made me change my opinion on it a little. i genuenly think that the points you brought up about cyberpunk nowadays are extremely valid, like for example how cyberpunk is considered more of an "aesthetic" rather than a way to explore and criticize the power of capitalism and the enrichment of corporations. keep making videos man, whenever i'm done watching one of your vids i'm just left with an amazing feeling of awe and interest. thanks for beign a content creator to stand out. seriously.
I just discovered Cybercity Oedo a year ago after craving more dark grimy anime like Wicked city. Finding it all on UA-cam was amazing! Thank you for discussing it! Your videos are some of my very favorite
Excellent video. I very rarely comment but I found this video so thought provoking that I had to say so. Also by commenting it feeds the corporate algorithm oh God this world is a dystopian hellscape!
Ive watched all of these SEVERAL times. Good job! One of my favorites.
Thanks for doing a cyber city odeo video! It's a short but sweet highly slept upon entry into the cyberpunk anime scene. Any chance you've see Genocyber? I feel like you might enjoy it as well if you already haven't.
In Australia, Cyber City, AD Police and Genocyber were kind of packaged together as the 'Cyberpunk Collection', at least in ads on Manga videos.. I've only seen the first two though, not the latter.. 😕
I had to enable the bell of your channel because I felt bad that saw this video was one day old. I love your content and seeing something new in your channel makes me so happy.
I freaking love 90's anime style.
It's raw and unpolished in a good way. I love seeing the brush strokes in the backgrounds, the crosshatching, the small errors, the paint marks... I love it all so much.
1:50 Somebody finally came out and said it. But I'd say the key point is less Cyberpunk, more dystopian future. They're close but not 100% the same? For example, I wouldn't call the Running Man Cyberpunk as it's more special effects then technical effects. But the main point as it relates to Suicide Squad? "Bombs are implanted in people's necks but it's presented as a common thing? Talk about unchecked power."
Rat girl there commits one crime of attempted grand larceny but gets punished with a literal "life of death" sentence... and people think it's fun.
But I LOVE Cyber City Edo 808. These guys are scum worth rooting for, unapologetic and utterly convicted.
Love your videos. Always something New for me to learn about. Which I enjoy. Thanks 😊
This is a fenomenal video, thanks so much for making this.
I have a new UA-cam and was so glad to see I remembered to subscribe to your channel. When I heard your very distinctive voice I smiled. I knew this was gonna be good, I loved this anime and I hope they are ready to remake this or further the canon especially now that Asian cinema has a wonderful chance to expand into the mainstream audience through streaming. I own D Vampire Hunter and Ninja Scroll but I forgot he also did A wind named Amnesia and now have to find it. Thanks for that, great job.
Great video! You just gave me the kick in the pants I needed to finally sit down and watch this one. I get warm and fuzzy feelings reminiscent of watching the original "Vampire Hunter D" as a child.
Loved this video, great work.
A nicely literate and engaging version of a review-plus-video-essay.
INCREDIBLE!
This review is wonderful! I love it. Cyber City was such a well made series. It's criminal there's only 3 episodes.
Love the video. I agree with the topic of the amount of body modification in cyberpunk media.
The only cyberpunk film that *I’ve seen* where body modification is a thing and most people don’t have it is Nirvana 1998.
In that film it’s rare to see people with body mods. One of the character is blind and has a gruesome eye mod cause he was poor and got it in the black market. Rich people have internal body mods that are basically invisible cause they could afford good surgeons. one of the themes of the film is this blind character desperately trying to make money to get ‘new eyes’.
I really wish newest cyberpunk media would explore this topic a bit more.
Another amazing video essay from a great channel 👍
I really like this video, and appreciate you spotlighting this. I heard you mention in one of your other videos that this one isn't performing as well as your others, I wanted to let you know that I thought it was really cool. Anime has some great sci-fi offerings with horrific and disturbing elements. It's possible some of your audience doesn't typically think of anime and horror going together, and perhaps you can help spread awareness.
Hell yeah what a surprise I've watched this anime on UA-cam many times. It was uploaded long time ago. Great video!
Hi, like every other, another good video. This channel is in my top 3 of UA-cam. Keep doing great, i am your eternal fan!!!
While it defeats the purpose of why you mentioned this video, I'm really glad you did mention it in your Nicholas Cage video as I didn't get notified that you uploaded this video. I didn't have the full notification bell on though (now I do)... Yet I can't help but think that this is tied in with how you said platforms allow critiquing only if the status quo remains... Otherwise they don't promote it (e.g. your video). I really respect you and I hope you continue making amazing videos like the Nicholas Cage video and this one. Your channel has grown to be one of my favorites in recent time, thank you for all your hard work.
This was a great video
Keep up the good work!
What do you mean "We never learn, what they did?" I don't remember which credits exactly, but either opening or ending of the first episode includes police wrapsheets for all three, with their sentences in hundreds of years.
I bought this blu-ray blind. One of my favorite blu-rays - what a brilliant short series. When it ended, I only wanted more.
Been a while since I've watched your videos. Still making solid content, I see. Cheers.
Your critique about not everyone wanting to or being able to afford getting the modifications and stuff was one of the few things I liked about the hunger games. That the rich people in the capitol were the ones with the ridiculous fashion. It felt more realistic.
Great video as always man.
Always good content.
this essay is so well written and edited
Was such a revelation discovering this anime. Excellent critique and take on its (and cyberpunk's) relevance to today's world
I would give anything to see a list of all the media you got these clips from. Great vid!
Thank you for this video!
Great video on a less well known genre for fans of shadows. Thank you for bringing this stuff to people's attention.
idk how the hell i didnt get the notif for this when it came out but glad you mentioned it in the nic cage video
I'm very glad you made this video. This is a work i was completely unaware of and its very interesting. Im not sure if it would interest you, but i would love to hear your take on the alien franchise.
Great work as usual. Big fan! I consider myself an anime fan and i don't recall this show. Testament to your diligence.
Thank you. Loved this ever since I taped it on VHS from Channel 4's late night programming.
I love Kawajiri works but that aside your analysis of the genre is great! I like so much the way you make these video essays, it feels like there is a bonus video inside an already beautiful one. I don't want to bother you but i would really like to hear your thoughts on some comics i made, i feel like i could learn so much from that. Keep doing what you do, you are one of the best on the site.
Fantastic video!
Great video keep up the good work
Fantastic video on one of my favourites. This show has a big following amongst older UK anime fans as it was shown on Channel 4 in '95 and was a lot of people's first adult anime show. Also I highly recommend watching the UK Manga Entertainment dub. It's over-the-top cheese with wall-to-wall swearing but it works with the show. Also that dub features a different score, which may be sacrilege to some, but it fits the show better than the kind of bland Japanese score. Cyber City was recently given a blu-ray release that features the UK, US, and Japanese versions.
I recorded them when they aired on channel 4, and watched the video so much it practically wore out.
Ahhh the 90’s…
Keep up the great work man
I loved this short series and it definitely left me wanting more.
It must not have been cheap to achieve such good animation
Thank you for telling me about this! I will definitely watch it!
I can't believe a person who isn't me or Bennett The Sage actually watched this. I felt like I had something rare when I found it on DVD. What a great video.👍
I need to watch this! Thank you 🙏
7:46 dang how did Gendo Ikari get into this show?
Also I remember seeing, "a wind named amnesia" during the summer, had a good time watching it.
I feel like you have awakened a long buried memory with this anime from my freshman year of college in 2000 at an anime club meeting. Wow...
To comment on your point addressing the ubiquity of body modifications in a cyberpunk setting, I would argue that it makes total sense for a society driven by out of control corporate greed to be hyper focused on the aesthetic of of power as a virtue in leu of having any power themselves. It also makes sense that their wouldn't be a strong moral outcry against these things since the institutions that would be traditionally opposed to extreme body modification would be the church or some other religious organization. With the primary theme of cyberpunk being overwhelming corporate control it makes sense that religion and the state would have very little influence as the arbiters of what is moral and what is just respectfully.
On top of your thematic point, I would say that an interface between machine and human nervous system would be too good for anyone who can afford it to pass up. It'd likely turn people into superhumans that can live 10x longer, run faster than Usain Bolt, lift heavier than the strongest people in the world, think faster than the smartest, have perfect teeth, skin, vision, perfect mental and physical health, etc. It'd be too useful and desirable to pass up. People who reject it will likely be unable to compete in the workplace, for example, or even gain social acceptance if they can't physically or mentally compete with these enhanced superhumans.
A wind named amnesia is terrific and terrifying. Thanks for even mentioning it, and showing some TGP clips; love that creepy flick to death
Used to love watching this on VHS back in th day,good shit.
Its back on bluray. I have the dvd.
This was a very interesting watch! I don't consume a lot of cyberpunk media, it's not usually my thing, but this definitely made me think about it in ways I don't usually.
The only thing I disagree with is the body augmentation, and disagree is a strong word- but I think the body augmentation thing in cyberpunks actually a lot less cool and about autonomy than is usually presented. I know a lot of trans people who love the trope in particular, but it being the norm in the worlds of cyberpunk mean either 2 things to me-
1) it isn't a progression of the tattoos and piercing and tongue modifications, its a progression of socially acceptable forms of body mods, like breast implants, or lipo. Rather than being the counter culture growing stronger, what is considered normal and good and beautiful is different, which feeds into my other way of viewing it-
2) It's just. capitalism. I know it's common for people do do their OWN body mods in cyberpunk media, but if everyone has that and it's normalised- i think it would just be a result of companies realising that they can make more money by pushing for more and more outrageous body mods. Plus, imagine how much they would make selling the items needed for upkeep on bionic arms and such... oil, new coats of paint (you need to keep with the seasons trends after all), i guess the thing I would compare it to now is how women are forced to shave because razor companies wanted to make more money
great video as always! But now, I got bo burnhams 'funny feeling' in my mind...
They're not forced to shave.
@@Spudcore societal pressure is a thing
@@Starcheopteryx It is but I think we are too hasty these days to conflate things that require our voluntary consent with force. If we cannot distinguish these two, then we may end up finding ourselves in a truly forceful society that largely denies our human rights where authority figures can actually lock you up or kill you if you don't act or think or speak or dress in a way that they like.
@@Starcheopteryx That is a very different thing to being forced. Words mean things.
i think you're really onto something!!! cj the x has a section in their video on bo burnham where they say cell phones essentially make us cyborgs, they're just outside our bodies. you're totally right on that in the way it's weird to not have a cell phone in modern american society, i can imagine it being weird to not have the new augmentation in the future!!
23:20 considering that they all get a gut wound (and to the lower right), I have to wonder if it’s a nod to Lancelot wounding himself with his sword in the film *Excalibur (1981)* (as the wound was a reminder of his crime of betrayal/human weakness, as well as, as he puts it, he is fighting himself)
25:04 … Gigen?
commenting for engagement, great video btw!
Excellent video 👌
nice seeing a video again
Well done thanks for introducing this show to me.
amazing video
I disagree about cybernetic implants. You’re looking from the idea of our culture, not from an alien, warped culture that cyberpunk may enter