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5 milestones that defined cyberpunk anime

Katsuhiro Otomo launched the Japanese cyberpunk subgenre in 1982 with his manga series Akira.

Japanese cyberpunk roots lie in the 1970s punk music scene rather than Western science fiction literature.

Masamune Shirow released the influential manga Ghost in the Shell in 1989.

The 1988 Akira anime film helped spread manga hysteria outside of Japan.

Shinichiro Watanabe directed the 1998 magnum opus Cowboy Bebop, a landmark moment in cyberpunk history.