Favourite Cyber-punk Anime (13 titles)
Basically a collection of sci-fi / technology based Anime films and series' that I consider worth trying
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Ghost In The Shell
This is definitly head of the family, anyone interested in sci-fi or anime should make this a priority to watch even if only to find out what all the fuss is about!
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Ghost In The Shell
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Richard George, Mimi Woods, William Frederick
Director: Mamoru Oshii
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Set in the year 2029 and following World Wars III and IV, a Japanese-led Asian block dominates world affairs. The alliance maintains its international supremacy through its elite security force whose cybernetically enhanced operatives tackle an array of hi-tech terrorists and other threats to ..read more »
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from 13,774 members
Ghost In The Shell 2 - Innocence
A very good sequel with impressive artwork yet missing a key element for the most part (the major)
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Ghost In The Shell 2 - Innocence
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Akio Ohtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Koichi Yamadera
Director: Mamoru Oshii
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It is the year 2032, and the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyond distinction. Humans have forgotten that they are human, and those that are left co-exist with cyborgs--human spirits inhabiting entirely mechanized bodies, and dolls--robots with no human elements at all. ..read more »
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from 6,251 members
Ghost In The Shell - S.A.C. - Vol. 1
Section 9 reborn, with a stylised major and a highly intelligent plot, plus interesting and unquie team members ( cute robots :D)
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Ghost In The Shell - S.A.C. - Vol. 1
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Akio Ôtsuka
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Based on the manga by Masamune Shirow and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX takes viewers to futuristic society where technology has saturated citizens' daily lives. Along with the new technology comes new types of crime that exploits it, but female cyborg Major ..read more »
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from 2,506 members
Ghost In The Shell - S.A.C. - 2nd Gig - Vol. 1
As with all secret governmet organisations they never truly disappear, they just have a rest until they are needed again :)
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Ghost In The Shell - S.A.C. - 2nd Gig - ...
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Akio Ohtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Koichi Yamadera
Director: Kenji Kamiyama
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This is the second series following the 'Ghost In The Shell' feature film. Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 are once again fighting terrorists both in the real world and the on-line world. In this series Section 9 are on the case of a hired assassin out to kill high ranking officials, a gifted ..read more »
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from 1,207 member
Gundam Wing - Vol. 1 - Shooting Stars
For me this is the best of the all different Gundam installments. It focuses on the political debate and conflict around a civilisation that has divided in to two key groups with civil war looming they fight for independance.
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Gundam Wing - Vol. 1 - Shooting Stars
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Mark Hildreth, Scott McNeil, Kirby Morrow
Director: Gordon Hunt
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This incredibly popular extension of the venerable GUNDAM series has spawned a rabid following all over the globe. The series begins as the space colonies have grown tired of the oppressive rule by the Earth government, a corrupt organisation ruled by people who have no real interest in the ..read more »
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from 370 members
Gundam Wing - Endless Waltz - The Movie
picking up where the series left off Endless Waltz answers a few questions and lets us see what happend next, did peace last ?
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Gundam Wing - Endless Waltz - The Movie
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Mark Hildreth, Scott McNeil, Kirby Morrow
Director: Gordon Hunt
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Taking place one year after the GUNDAM WING anime television series, ENDLESS WALTZ finds both the Earth and the space colonies at peace. With all conflict seemingly resolved, the Gundam pilots have sent their weapons of war into the sun to be destroyed. Unfortunately, one of the colonies seizes ..read more »
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from 314 members
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed - Vol. 1
Unlike Gundam Wing this series puts a stronger view on the effect of war on people and how emotional reactions result in unending conflict
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Mobile Suit Gundam Seed - Vol. 1
on DVD
Starring: Akira Ishida, Souichiro Hoshi
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
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The war between Earth and its space colonies has turned childhood friends Kira and Athrun into enemies. In their Mobile Suits (giant manned robots), they undergo a life-changing epic!
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from 299 members
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed - Destiny Vol. 1
This series tries to show what if the tables had been turned and if it was the other side that made first strike and engineered their solidiers, but with an even greater focus on the individuals rather than the bigger picture
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Mobile Suit Gundam Seed - Destiny Vol. 1
on DVD
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
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Directed by Mitsuo Fukada, this branch of the epic Gundam anime franchise begins with the world at relative peace. This slightly unstable state has been brought about by a truce between the Plant and Earth forces, but for people like coordinator Shin Asuka, the battle is not over.
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from 154 members
Last Exile - Vol. 1
The lovely story of a brother and sister trying to survive as orphans while being mixed up in the complex world order they are living in and ultimatly changing. not a great ending to this one but only because you don't want it to end there . . .
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Last Exile - Vol. 1
on DVD
Starring: Mayumi Asano, Chiwa Saito
Director: Koichi Chigira
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Based on an imaginary planet where sky vehicles permeate the skies, Claus and Lavie are an heroic pilot duo. When they fail an assignment to make a special human delivery, however, they find themselves caught up in an aerial adventure.
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from 961 members
Fullmetal Alchemist 1
Again another pair of orphans but this time two brothers who dabled in Alchemy to try resurrect their mother and the the story of how they coped with the consicuences of their actions.
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Fullmetal Alchemist 1
on DVD
Starring: Romi Paku, Rie Kugimiya, Yuuko Satou
Director: Seiji Mizushima
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As the State is becoming ever more powerful, it plans to seize a legendary object which will deliver omnipotence. Meanwhile, an alchemist is searching for a stone which has the potential to restore all that has been lost...
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