Editing Cyberpunk (section)

==== Influence ====
''[[Akira (manga)|Akira]]'' (1982 manga) and its [[Akira (1988 film)|1988 anime film adaptation]] have influenced numerous works in animation, comics, film, music, television and video games.<ref name="vice">{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-akira-has-influenced-modern-culture/|title=How 'Akira' Has Influenced All Your Favourite TV, Film and Music|work=[[Vice (magazine)|VICE]]|date=September 21, 2016}}</ref><ref name="filmschoolrejects">{{cite web |title='Akira' Is Frequently Cited as Influential. Why Is That? |url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/akira-influence-12cb6d84c0bc/ |website=[[Film School Rejects]] |date=April 3, 2017}}</ref> ''Akira'' has been cited as a major influence on [[Hollywood films]] such as ''[[The Matrix]]'',<ref name="gaeta-empire">{{cite journal|date=February 2006|title=200 Things That Rocked Our World: Bullet Time|journal=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|issue=200|page=136|publisher=[[EMAP]]}}</ref> ''[[Chronicle (film)|Chronicle]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Woerner|first=Meredith|title=Chronicle captures every teen's fantasy of fighting back, say film's creators|url=http://io9.com/5881852/chronicle-is-a-movie-about-every-teens-fantasy-of-fighting-back|publisher=[[io9]]|access-date=25 May 2012|date=2 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226195315/http://io9.com/5881852/chronicle-is-a-movie-about-every-teens-fantasy-of-fighting-back|archive-date=26 February 2014}}</ref> ''[[Looper (film)|Looper]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Rian Johnson Talks Working with Joseph Gordon-Levitt on LOOPER, Hollywood's Lack of Originality, Future Projects and More|work=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|url=http://collider.com/rian-johnson-reddit-ama/|date=2012-09-25}}</ref> ''[[Midnight Special (film)|Midnight Special]]'', and ''[[Inception]]'',<ref name="vice"/> as well as cyberpunk-influenced video games such as [[Hideo Kojima]]'s ''[[Snatcher (video game)|Snatcher]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamecritics.com/great-games-snatcher|title=Great Games Snatcher|work=GameCritics.com|first=Ben|last=Hopper|date=February 20, 2001|access-date=2011-08-24}}</ref> and ''[[Metal Gear (series)|Metal Gear Solid]]'',<ref name="polygon"/> [[Valve Corporation|Valve]]'s ''[[Half-Life (series)|Half-Life]]'' series<ref>{{cite news |title=Half-Life tiene varias referencias a Akira |url=https://as.com/meristation/2018/08/29/noticias/1535543681_545901.html |work=[[:es:MeriStation|MeriStation]] |publisher=[[Diario AS]] |date=August 29, 2018 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The most impressive PC mods ever made |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/the-most-impressive-pc-mods-ever-made |work=[[TechRadar]] |date=June 14, 2018}}</ref> and [[Dontnod Entertainment]]'s ''[[Remember Me (video game)|Remember Me]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Feature: "Life is Strange" Interview and Hands-on Impressions |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2015/01/28/feature-life-is-strange-interview-and-hands-on-impressions |work=[[Crunchyroll]] |date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> ''Akira'' has also influenced the work of musicians such as [[Kanye West]], who paid homage to ''Akira'' in the "[[Stronger (Kanye West song)|Stronger]]" music video,<ref name="vice"/> and [[Lupe Fiasco]], whose album ''[[Tetsuo & Youth]]'' is named after Tetsuo Shima.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lupe-fiasco-is-avoiding-politics-on-tetsuo-youth-20131025|title=Lupe Fiasco's 'Tetsuo & Youth' Avoiding Politics – Rolling Stone|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2 December 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117113659/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lupe-fiasco-is-avoiding-politics-on-tetsuo-youth-20131025|archive-date=17 November 2014|date=2013-10-25}}</ref> The popular bike from the film, Kaneda's Motorbike, appears in ''[[Steven Spielberg]]'''s film ''[[Ready Player One (film)|Ready Player One]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/42981-ready-player-one-anime-easter-eggs-gundam|title= 'Ready Player One' Anime Easter Eggs Include Gundam, Voltron and Much More|work= inverse.com|first=Eric|last=Francisco|date= 30 March 2018}}</ref> and [[CD Projekt]]'s video game ''[[Cyberpunk 2077]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cyberpunk 2077 devs "will be significantly more open" |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/cyberpunk-2077/cyberpunk-2077-announcement-future |work=[[PCGamesN]] |date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Digital rain animation small letters shine.gif|thumb|An interpretation of digital rain, similar to the images used in ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]'' and later in ''[[The Matrix (franchise)|The Matrix]]'']]

''[[Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)|Ghost in the Shell]]'' (1995) influenced a number of prominent filmmakers, most notably [[the Wachowskis]] in ''[[The Matrix]]'' (1999) and its sequels.<ref name="silver-anime-2">{{cite interview |first=Joel |last=Silver |title=interviewed in "Making ''The Matrix''" featurette on ''The Matrix'' DVD}}</ref> ''The Matrix'' series took several concepts from the film, including the [[Matrix digital rain]], which was inspired by the opening credits of ''Ghost in the Shell'' and a sushi magazine the wife of the senior designer of the animation, Simon Witheley, had in the kitchen at the time,<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.wired.com/story/the-matrix-code-sushi-recipe | title=The Matrix Code Sushi Recipe | magazine=Wired}}</ref> and the way characters access the Matrix through holes in the back of their necks.<ref name="uk">{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/19/hollywood-ghost-in-the-shell | title=Hollywood is haunted by Ghost in the Shell | work=The Guardian | access-date=26 July 2013|date=19 October 2009|last=Rose|first=Steve}}</ref> Other parallels have been drawn to [[James Cameron]]'s ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'', [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]'', and [[Jonathan Mostow]]'s ''[[Surrogates]]''.<ref name=uk /> James Cameron cited ''Ghost in the Shell'' as a source of inspiration,<ref>{{cite news |title=Hollywood is haunted by ''Ghost in the Shell'' |first=Steve |last=Rose |newspaper=The Guardian |date=October 19, 2009 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/19/hollywood-ghost-in-the-shell |access-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130308101232/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/oct/19/hollywood-ghost-in-the-shell |archive-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref> citing it as an influence on ''Avatar''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schrodt |first1=Paul |title=How the original 'Ghost in the Shell' changed sci-fi and the way we think about the future |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/original-ghost-in-the-shell-movie-influence-2017-3 |access-date=14 June 2019 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=1 April 2017}}</ref>

The [[original video animation]] ''[[Megazone 23]]'' (1985) has a number of similarities to ''The Matrix''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Megazone 23 - Retroactive Influence|publisher=[[A.D. Vision]]|url=http://www.advfilms.com/titles/megazone/|access-date=2010-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204175820/http://www.advfilms.com/titles/megazone/|archive-date=2005-02-04}}</ref> ''[[Battle Angel Alita]]'' (1990) has had a notable influence on filmmaker James Cameron, who was planning to adapt it into a film since 2000. It was an influence on his TV series ''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]'', and he is the producer of the 2019 film adaptation ''[[Alita: Battle Angel]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Live-Action "Alita: Battle Angel" Finally Shows Its Hand |url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/12/08-1/live-action-alita-battle-angel-finally-shows-its-hand |work=[[Crunchyroll]] |date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=October 16, 2018 |archive-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116063802/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/12/08-1/live-action-alita-battle-angel-finally-shows-its-hand |url-status=dead }}</ref>