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26/08/2025

Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction set in a dystopian future. It is characterized by its focus on a combination of "low-life and high tech". It features a range of futuristic technological and scientific achievements, including artificial intelligence and cyberware, which are juxtaposed with societal collapse, dystopia or decay.

Movies

Matrix (1999)

Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Final fantasy VII: Advent children

Takes place two years after the events of FF VII, focusing on the appearance of a trio that kidnaps children infected with a disease called "Geostigma". Cloud Strife, suffering from the same disease, goes to rescue the children, and discovers the trio's plan to resurrect Sephiroth

Anime

Serial experiments lain (1998) • Triangle Staff

Lain, an introverted fourteen-year-old, is one of the many girls from her school to receive a disturbing email from her classmate Chisa Yomoda, who recently committed suicide. Lain's life is turned upside down as she begins to encounter cryptic mysteries one after another.

Videogames

Soma (2015) • Frictional games

After being involved in an accident that left him with permanent brain damage, Simon Jarret decides to try an experimental therapy involving a brain scan. However, once the brain scan is done, he wakes up to find himself in a desolate, futuristic facility, with no signs of human life.

Books

I have no mouth and I must scream (1967) • Harlan Ellison

A sentient supercomputer named AM, eradicates humanity except for five individuals. These survivors are kept alive by AM to endure endless torture as a form of revenge against its creators.