Anime
Recipe for hate – a review of Genocidal Organ (anime adaptation, 2017)
The year is 2020 and since a nuclear terrorist attack on Sarajevo in 2015, the first world has gone in full on surveillance mode. Faces, brainwaves and heartbeats are monitored by various devices at e...
Last Week in Cyberpunk 1/19/19
Hello you beautiful digital angels. We are back with another Last Week in Cyberpunk, bringing you news of the latest massive privacy breach, a killer new short film by Keiichi Matsuda, and some u...
Akira: When Cyberpunk Anime Meets Body Horror
Hello there my fellow fans of the futuristic frenzy that is cyberpunk. I recently had the opportunity to check out Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira, from 1988. I really enjoyed this film as I’m sure most other...
Netflix’s Blame!: A World Beyond Dystopia
It’s not uncommon for science fiction to venture into the realm of the quasi-mythological. Tales like Zardoz and The Sword of Shannara take place in distant post-apocalyptic futures in which for...
A Cyber Short Double-feature Review! – Hardwired & Zauvek
Sipping a cup o’ joe with my eyes glued to the neon lattices of the matrix. I sink in dream and I, myself, am empowered by the electricity in my veins. I am your saviour. I am your new god. Hardwired ...
The Alternative Soundtrack to Ghost in the Shell – with Lennon, Cornelius & the sounds of AI
The average cyberpunk fan has probably seen both the original Ghost in the Shell anime and its sequel Innocence; if feeling generous, they may have also checked out the 2002 TV anime, Stand Alone Comp...
An Echo in the Temple – Revisiting the Ghost in the Shell Original Soundtrack
With the forthcoming release of Ghost in the Shell (2017) at the end of March, I’ve been preparing myself. I’ve rewatched the 1995 anime. I’ve listened to the soundtrack. I’ve held back from binging o...
A Brief Overview of the Ghost in the Shell VR Diver; ‘She’s incredible math’
It is officially Ghost in the Shell month, and though this short trailer has been out for a little while, I thought that it would be prudent to perhaps shine a bit of a light on the GITSchannel’s VR ...
Cinepunk from Korea to Japan
Many have made light (or should that be neon-light?) of the fact that modern-day Japan and its neighboring countries actually come close to what was envisioned by cyberpunk cinema and literature all t...