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A science fiction genre. Basic themes include the dehumanizing effects of technology, and the accompanying societal breakdown. Think dark and dirty, with lots of wires and neon.

Cyberpunk is a postmodern dystopian genre noted for its focus on ”high tech and low life". 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.

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 accomodated by a cyberpunk setting.

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

Notable Cyberpunk franchises

* Burst City

* Cyberpunk (series)

** Cyberpunk 2077

** Cyberpunk Edgerunners

* Cyber City Oedo 808

** 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

* Post-Apocalypse

* Cyber fashion

* Tag group:Technology

External links

* Wikipedia: Cyberpunk