3 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 animated film — set in a cyberpunk Tokyo after a nuclear explosion — about motorcycle gangs, psychic powers, and government conspiracy — the film that introduced anime to Western audiences and defined the cyberpunk aesthetic.
Hideaki Anno's 1995–96 mecha anime series — superficially about teenagers piloting giant robots against alien enemies but actually a psychological deconstruction of the mecha genre and an exploration of depression, identity, and interpersonal fear.
MAPPA's anime adaptation of Gege Akutami's manga — about a boy who swallows a cursed finger to save his classmates and must join an organization of sorcerers who fight malevolent spirits.