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Just FYI it was a tabletop RPG in 1988. Long before it was a videogame. However the anime does base the visuals heavily off designs from the videogame.
cyberpsychosis is one of the most interesting concepts in the cyberpunk 2077 universe imo and I'm glad we got a show that touches on how it affects people and the ones around them.
@@TK-7193 no it is more like dissociative psychosis than dementia. well I guess a lil similar but dementia with turn your brain into mush. you can live as a cyberpsycho and not die from. being a psycho. you'll just kill indiscriminately whilst hallucinating that you are back in one of your memories. basically PTSD plus preexisting mental illness (even if you weren't meant to get them until later in life then can be brought on early and have symptoms exacerbated by stress and trauma) and lots of Implants. eventually they don't feel like themselves or they think they aren't themselves. or they just hallucinate everything around them and have no idea what's real.
@@TK-7193 It's a disorder where people dissociate from the self and lose empathy for others. The way the show talks about it is quite a bit like taking a lot of hard drugs, like Eduardo said, and in a way it is. But you can go cyberpsycho having any sort of cyberware, even just a cyberhand. If we take as hard drugs, then it's kinda like taking meth and krokodil and possibly going wild the first time you take a hit. At the same time, cyberpsychosis seems to be an allegory for PTSD, or to be a new form of PTSD. You might notice cyberpsychos rarely tend to be from the upper echelons of society, usually the bottom. Most people end up over the edge as a result of trauma to the mind, whether a lot really fast or little by little over time. What do rich people have to deal with trauma that poor people don't? Access to mental health services. That's probably why Adam Smasher hasn't gone full cyberpsycho despite having an empathy score of "Yeah, right..." instead of 0 like any other super-kitted out person. There's also an argument to be made about it being an allegory about alienation by a society that gives absolutely no fucks about you and sees you as replaceable as a plastic straw, but I've rambled enough for today
Sleep paralysis demon is probably one of the best ways to describe this show. After finishing it I actually had trouble turning my brain off and going to sleep. I thank the Poles at CD for injecting Slavic depression directly into Night City.
@@jayanderson5864 it's just a (somewhat joking) stereotype that eastern-european games and other media tend to be very depressing and dark (think stalker, metro, darkwood, pathologic and many more) and while CDPR aren't exactly in line with this trend, it's hard to deny that their games' worlds aren't exactly whimsical either
I really loved the metaphor of Maine reaching the end of the desert road, and David pushing on past into the desert as he makes his escape. Really hits hard when you think too much about it.
This anime really did broke me hard. It was the best piece of media that ive watched in a long time it was sensible and it touched me deep. I cried real bad at the end.
I remember watching the first 6 episodes back-to-back and feeling fuzzy inside by that feeling of found family with David and the crew. A city as cold as the stone it was built from finally offers the kid a break and a break I sometimes think would be interesting for myself. Why wouldn't I wanna do illegal stuff and earn 10x the bread I do now while making friends who'll have my back? Then the cyberpsycho hobo happend and I got socked in the face by a sledgehammer. I forgot: this is Night City. The bad isn't a prelude to the good- it's not a ladder that you climb up in there. Bad shit happens all the time, and it'll happen to you too. ESPECIALLY you. Now I'm at the final episode and shit has never looked this bleak. I don't wanna live in Night City anymore.
No happy endings in night city. Edit: Also I would never want to live in night city. Thats like wanting to live in the fallout universe or the attack on titan universe.
"Everything is very industrialised, yet broken." Very good observation, as this is very close to the central idea of the cyberpunk genre, also known as "High Tech, Low Life".
Lucy smiling at the end seal this show as an instant classic. In spite of the dark themes of hopeless struggle against one's inner demons and the uselessness of fighting against fate, it ends with a glimmer of hope. Hope within oneself that it is possible to rise above barbarism, hope for humanity to achieve peace and happiness, hope fueled by love. Love, trust and patience are stretched to their extremes, but these virtues survived Night City.
I hate how much I love this comment. I still feel like the ending as we see it is truly awful (AMAZING by awful for Lucy lol) but this? I guess it really does give us hope that there IS a future for her, still
@@justinchalifoux4424 some kind of future, for better or worse. At least there is something beyond the predatory allure of fame and status, that it doesn’t end with a hopeless struggle against the odds. Lucy is, for me, the catalyst for personal transformation, that things can get better if you strive for them and hold out hope that the end of the story is not written yet.
@@BobyChanMan God, you perfectly said it, man. I guess thats why even I still classify this as "bittersweet". It's like I knew what you just said deep down, but you just worded it out. But that alone is why I still think of this as a tragedy. That in this grim future, just for a single person to finally look behind all the material and SIMPLY ACKNOWLEDGE the true worth of life BEYONR MONEY... requires so much sacrifice to lift the veil. Beautiful show.
Just like other people are saying I hate this comment too ,but it the fate that humanity will have to suffer through and it is the truth no matter how much i denie it.
Health insurance companies making you have to pay yet another fee for how urgently the ambulance gets to you or even if the ambulance gets to you at all is probably the next logical step in the American health care system.
@@ajthevillageidiot It is not a right, at least not a negative one (and positive ones get used to further the power of corpos and governments disguised as a good thing, like minimum wage). In 1910, the physician oligopoly was started during the Republican administration of William Taft after the American Medical Association lobbied the states to strengthen the regulation of medical licensure and allow their state AMA offices to oversee the closure or merger of nearly half of medical schools and also the reduction of class sizes. The states have been subsidizing the education of the number of doctors recommended by the AMA. In 1925, prescription drug monopolies begun after the federal government led by Republican President Calvin Coolidge started allowing the patenting of drugs. (Drug monopolies have also been promoted by government research and development subsidies targeted to favored pharmaceutical companies.) In 1945, buyer monopolization begun after the McCarran-Ferguson Act led by the Roosevelt Administration exempted the business of medical insurance from most federal regulation, including antitrust laws. (States have also more recently contributed to the monopolization by requiring health care plans to meet standards for coverage.) In 1946, institutional provider monopolization begun after favored hospitals received federal subsidies (matching grants and loans) provided under the Hospital Survey and Construction Act passed during the Truman Administration. (States have also been exempting non-profit hospitals from antitrust laws.) In 1951, employers started to become the dominant third-party insurance buyer during the Truman Administration after the Internal Revenue Service declared group premiums tax-deductible. In 1965, nationalization was started with a government buyer monopoly after the Johnson Administration led passage of Medicare and Medicaid which provided health insurance for the elderly and poor, respectively. In 1972, institutional provider monopolization was strengthened after the Nixon Administration started restricting the supply of hospitals by requiring federal certificate-of-need for the construction of medical facilities. In 1974, buyer monopolization was strengthened during the Nixon Administration after the Employee Retirement Income Security Act exempted employee health benefit plans offered by large employers (e.g., HMOs) from state regulations and lawsuits (e.g., brought by people denied coverage). In 1984, prescription drug monopolies were strengthened during the Reagan Administration after the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act permitted the extension of patents beyond 20 years. (The government has also allowed pharmaceuticals companies to bribe physicians to prescribe more expensive drugs.) In 2003, prescription drug monopolies were strengthened during the Bush Administration after the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act provided subsidies to the elderly for drugs. In 2014, nationalization will be strengthened after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“Obamacare”) provided mandates, subsidies and insurance exchanges, and the expansion of Medicaid. Basically, government and shady oligarchs are at fault. It is not the fault of the free market.
I finished the game last night and goodness gracious is it good. The anime really drives home the feeling of “we’re fucked”. The story itself is already lifechanging. It makes today’s world feel like a tea party compared to life in Night City. In Night City, shootings are a daily occurrence, corruption is in the roots of the city, and everyone could potentially be a great friend or your greatest enemy. But the bugs have definitely been toned down. Don’t get me wrong, they’re still there, but slightly less so.
Cyberpunk is some of the deepest world building I have ever witnessed. Mike Pondsmith is a genius. I've never been more immersed in a world. The anime, the video game, im about to dive into the novels which I'm very excited about. I've never had a world pull me In enough to get the novels.
One of the big reasons it all works is that it isn't merely based off of a video game franchise, but a tabletop rpg franchise that's been around for about 40 years. Mike Pondsmith went into so much detail about not just the world, but Night City alone that it's kind of staggering. Him and his team also seemed to understand where the world was maybe going, though they jumped the gun on the dates a little. For example, the early 2020's is when shit hits the fan for Night City. But it was the 90's when North America tore itself apart.
well... with the exception of Cyberpunk v3, the third edition which progressed the metaplot in very weird directions... it was basically retconed, with Cyberpunk RED filling the gap between Cyberpunk 2020 (the second edition, the most popular) and 2077 (the video game)
This is unironically the best video I’ve watched in months. I love the fast paste cutting and the implementation of frank Sinatra. It feels so wrong together especially with this anime but fits perfectly. Dude keep up the work your fantastic(and also I feel your test).
@@AnimeFan4Life2022x its one of the side gigs, a side optional mission you can head to on the map. Wish I could give you the name tho, it's not a very memorable one.
Honestly nothing could’ve prepared me for the short yet memorable ride this show was,even a couple days after fishing it it STILL lives rent-free in my head,sh*t got me with the surprise depression. Except for a few continuations I feel that this season was pretty weak,but this show single-handedly saved the season imo. PLEASE let this be the new standard for anime adaptation of games!
Naw, we live in the Cyberpunk future already. Now every game will try the tactic but 99% will be no better than any of the Resident Evil games or Mortal Kombat movie or whatever. I'm sadly confident Arcane and Edgerunners will be the exception.
Every time when I think about Edgerunners I remember the dark and ominous mood of the 2012 teaser trailer of Cyberpunk 2077. That atmosphere of a dystopian and violent future is perfectly captured in the show. And man, I don't think that we're that far from this kind of dark future...
@@copo2835 the only concern is that America has sadly some cultural influence over Europe, but it's fine to expect that we would diverge in healtcare and guns, maybe also corporate lobbys ( as europe unione tries to hold on big companies ) and that s a relief
The anime does such a good job of grounding itself into the game that it made me want to reinstall it several times. A game that I beat and forgot about for a year. I feel like its such a perfect blend of CD Projekt Red's excellent world-building and art style, and Studio Trigger's amazing animation and unique storytelling.
they also poked fun at cops spawning in behind the camera when Maine complained about how quickly they responded and how it always felt like they were popping up out of nowhere
Edgerunners only scratches the surface of the future horrors a cyberpunk future could bring. If you dig into the lore of the game you'll pray for that future to never come.
Gonna be honest the ending didn’t make me cry because the moment I saw 10 episodes and glanced cyberpsychosis in the synopsis of the last episode. Well I knew it wasn’t going to end well…
Why do you guys care about a 2d animated show you guys are acting like children how can you get attached to basic characters with a basic story it's not that hard to just watch the show and say that was a show you guys act like it's a part of you like it's a part of your reality that you've been missing when it's just a TV show calm down
0:26 it's actually hard to convey how similar the game and show are in atmosphere, tone, narrative, themes, aesthetics and basically everything else. They are VERY much related.
I mean it's literally just neuromancer lol. I don't think anyone working in near future sci-fi wouldn't be intimately familiar with the atmosphere and themes.
Just the PPL AI - Enemys and Atmosfere during the battle or After it with no Quests aint the same at all - The battles themself dont feel simular - the game Lore deeper Lore is lacking - It has good Main Story - not much is know about the World itself - World Feels Empty - The CyberWare in CP Game does not feel or look so cool - Well it does have CUT content maybe they will add more in future.. - The look of the Town and Arasaka Plot do feel simular. - Ohh and the Deaths of Close ones to you in game and anime. Issiue is - CP Game has realy short and lacking in story depth beggining It does not feel you get to chose who you are or who you whant to be in the game - The Story is interesting but lacks Quests that make change to the world and how PPL recive you and conseqences of your choice. Anime is a lot better than the Game - theres is no doubt in my mind - The feel of it - the twists in the story - the feel and knowledge of his decion making and conseqengec that will come. But lets look at Witcher - The Game is better than the Anime Game Has Interesting Quests and Side Quests that can be done in Many ways - and you feel that the decision you make affect the world around you and PPL - Instant or at later stage of play. You dont feel like Anime Looks better - or the story is better - or Skills Clothing or anything is in anime that could make the game look or feel better. Wither 3 has bigger Poll of PPL that you meet and develop feelings with.. CP in that feels lacking to - does not feel like you did meet a lot of PPL - got to know there storys - get to decide if they good and worth helping out.. CP looks amazing Graphicly and Has Great Main story - but after that - world feels empty - side quests dont feel that great ( some but most not ) - your skills and looks of cyberwere dont feel that amazing - especialy compared to Anime. and no freaking Wiafu in game but in Anime xD
Before: Ah this looks like a fun action packed "turn your brain off" anime to watch after work After: How tf can fictional animated characters make me so emotional 😭😭😭😭😭 I don't think I've ever felt this emotional and stirred up after fictional content like a game, movie, show whatever... it's an incredible feeling that they made this hir so hard but so sad... classic example of wishing I never watched this masterpiece... Amazing show, one of the best anime ever made, this is an experience not to be missed. This one really stuck with me all the time and the song is so bitter sweet and romantic man... CD and Trigger nailed this one perfectly. I loved all the characters in the gang but to be honest David was starting to act like an a$$hole to the end of the show and even though he's got everyone telling him to stop pushing the limits of his body or he'll go cyberpsycho he still does it anyway to fulfil his egotistical pride and deadpan mindset, and things turned out tragic. He's a likeable character but he really doesn't deserve Lucy honestly since she basically begged for him to stop to save his life and he not only doesn't understand but threatens to break up which hurts Lucy... What a a$$hole! He also doesn't deserve Rebecca too lol. I think this show does a great job showing the downfall of a person who strives to hard for power and abandons his humanity and what matters to him, and no one could stop him in place in ruining himself... it's quite a tragic story since the developers are really good at making feel attached to characters and then ripping them away painfully...😣🤨 Anyways the show really did made you FEEL so many emotions by the end. Sadness, melancholy, emptiness etc etc... 😫 ,,,,,,,,,.
This is a show that pushed our emotions, beliefs and minds to the edge. When the show ended, it felt like Night City had taken people I care about. Left me thinking about revenge and also about moving on.....real world prototype of Braindance in action.
I love what you did with the pacing. The transitions between comedy and the more "analytical" sections were great. I liked how you kept the images moving quickly, never stopping for too long making the transition from each section practically seamless. I tried find anything that you could improve upon but you've practically mastered your editing style. Good work :)
@@anormie8549 0:26 it's actually hard to convey how similar the game and show are in atmosphere, tone, narrative, themes, aesthetics and basically everything else. They are VERY much related. The Anime is Canon to the game's Universe, and a recent update even directly brough in some locations and weapons from the show. Hell, backgrounds from the show were literally the 3-D models from the game.
0:38 Netfflix did nothing but gave Edgerunners space to stream and mayhaps some money. If they produced it it'd be crap like everything they touch. But I agree. The way the characters are introduced and such is pretty swell. Story is predictable but they managed to somehow give any emotional connection to the cast in such a short 10 episode time.....
Im so glad that edgerunners is a thing. Without it, I wouldnt have bought the game and played it. The game is so good and the anime is even better. I am currently shilling it to my friend 👍
Mike Pondsmith’s world of Cyberpunk is absolutely amazing, Cyberpunk 2020 was my first TTRPG, and I have a really big soft spot for the universe. So glad Edgerunners picked up where 2077 stumbled.
Going back to a more chill editing style was a good choice this time, this anime deserves it. Happy to see you experiment and try different things out. And the music on this anime omg.
"Imagine yourself trying to live in a place like this. A City where everything works according to the rich while at the same time nothing makes sense to the people at the bottom" Dude you just described the current world.
studio trigger always animated cute anime girls. but they always dreamed to animate bloody mess ,organs and cool fighting scenes and their dream come true and they created masterpiece
1:25 I actually got offended by the script LMAO They also draw weird clothing-fusing naked people, and the director of CP Edgeruners was also in Gurren Laggan (what I find an animation pioneer and masterpiece)
The anime basically tells the same story as the game just in a different media format, I wish when games had a movie/anime adaptation they did things like this, instead of trying to tell you what the games do good at that won't work in this form of media they give you different characters that have the same problems but can show it in the media it's made in.
Doesn't every Cyberpunk story predict a bleak future where we're effed? But let's be serious, this was a great Cyberpunk anime, if not the best in years!
Also the game is way better now than it was at launch. And personally I always loved the game despite its glaring flaws for the same reasons i like the anime.
I care more for the story and immersion factor than anything else. Maybe that’s why the anime ending hit just as bad as the game ending for me. Playing the game beforehand gave me a sense of immersion in the anime.
Not gonna lie, I feel like the city was wildly underused. They could do a whole different character and story there, and I would pay them again. I would love to see the character "U" instead of "V", just a blank slate "you" character with more branching story paths and a less linear destiny. That game deserves more replayability and challenge. "Very Hard" mode is basically not hard at all, and the story of V is legendary but not exactly what a lot of players wanted. I honestly think people wanted to play their own story, and go any direction with it they wanted, siding with whoever they wanted, just basically a true open story for an open world.
@@pismodude2 With a bunch of different factions like new vegas. Thinking of the independent game makes me wonder how will that work in cyberpunk. I mean your character is already op in what happens in the game with feats including killing smasher.
thanks to the idea that Night city is so diverse and witness to millions of stories makes it possible for people to write so much stuff, new characters, different events and they can all be justified as canon.
As a Witcher/CDPR fanboy, I knew prior to Cyberpunk’s release that if CDPR got anything right it would be creating an immersive and deep world to engage with. And to my horror, about 10 hours into my play through I realized the immersive and beautiful world they created hit a bit too close to home. It was the grim dark fantasy/sci-fi fictional setting that I usually lose my mind for, but my realization at how accurate it was to our world that we live in made me actually sad. It was the most potent media I’ve experienced that so thoroughly portrayed the experience of a human mind locked into a body that is being abused and exploited for sex, labor, money and dopamine. What is supposed to be a being created in God’s image, reduced to a technology hijacked meat bag. Cyberpunk’s setting is one that we are dangerously close to being in, and as beautiful as the game is, I have had a hard time picking it back up.
@@TapiKoks I should blame god for human ugliness? Ok fair enough. Do you thank god for human beauty and kindness? Just wondering how consistent we’re being here.
@@daveyjoneslocker4703 Yes. I thank God for beauty and kindness and I can only blame Him for human sins. This what He created, this is what He accepted.
CDPR didn't create this world. They made the atmosphere of the written pages, but Mike Pondsmith, tabletop design LEGEND, created this wonderful world and stories. Night City is his child, don't disrespect that.
@@xdredbruny2 semantics dude. I damn well know The Witcher is a book series and Cyberpunk was a role playing game. CDPR created a world for players to explore in game. Nothing about that statement is false. You’re just addicted to “uhm akshualky” And I quote “creating an immersive and deep world to engage with”. Creating a world, not originating an intellectual property. Did you truly expect me to say “crafting a map based on the original intellectual property originated by Mike Pondsmith”? It’s CDPR’s world, based on Mike’s original role playing game and lore. It’s ok to say they made the world that exists in the video game. You’re like the child that says “no you didn’t make that, God did”
what i love about cyberpunk (game and anime) and what scares me, is everything they show is already present. they just turned the "saturation up." and that's... damn breathtaking and terrifying. edit: but i think it is a little bit sad that the cyberpsychos in edgerunners and in 2077 are two totaly different things. i guess in the anime they could not show people running nuts because of society. so they made it a "cyberware problem"
Its both... but yeah. In the show they made it only cyberware problem. The fact that in game most vets are going nuts cuz of shit they saw and how they got fucked after returning back to normal life is not even mentioned.
I remember seeing on Twitter "cyberpunk anime" and immediately thinking, "what is this also gonna release unfinished?" And then I watched the trailer and was immediately blown away by the animation quality and then I saw the words "studio trigger" appear and suddenly all my doubts about this disappeared and I knew it was gonna be amazing I was wrong, because amazing is just simply not enough to describe this anime, its actually nearly perfect, it might be the best anime of this year, but we do seem to have a couple bangers coming up like chainsaw man and mob psycho and I cant wait to see if they can surpass this
3:35 That was never a flaw, thats the right way to write. TIts called: show, don't tell. Expostition is the lazy way to introduce information. But when you get to experience it alongside the main character its was more engageing. Also I urge everyone who hasnt to play the game. IT is good. Bugs are fixed, performance is better. And its writing was always exceptional. But all I see is: HURR Game buggy. but anime is cyberpunk without bugs HURR. Seriously the game adds so much more to the way you see this world/city.
@@jakespacepiratee3740 Just form the credits: executive producer: Rafał Jaki, producer: Bartosz Sztybor, screen story by: Bartosz Sztybor, created by: Rafał Jaki, (end credits) story by: Bartosz Sztybor, Łukasz Ludkowski, Jan Bartkowicz etc. (so, a few Polish guys), produced by CD Projekt Red (polish producer), the entire stylistics was created for the game by the polish CDPR team (you can find a lot of places, vehicles, furnishings, clothes and other stuff from the game in the anime, the entire world was adopted from the game to the anime), plus, there are some polish easter eggs in the show, like polish music (in polish or in english but by polish artists, like "let you down" by Dawid Podsiadło) etc. I think that the fact the story is so fresh is thanks to a bunch of guys from outside of the anime creative community.
I finished this masterpiece yesterday and it made me cry a freaking lot when i went to listen "i rly want to stay at your house" end remembering all the good moments with the crew and the protagonists and it made me feel super gloomy, now that song is 24/7 in my mind. Im watching other currently running animes but i feel like they are not enough to fill the void edgerunners gave me, its just so good. I wish it had a continuation but i feel like it wouldnt be the same without the crew. Now im trying to recover from this masterpiece hoping i can feel joy again with other animes 😄. [Anyone sharing the same experience?].
Cyberpunk started as a tabletop game, surprisingly. Four editions, plus splatbooks of extras, and then a new edition roughly coming out when 2077 was announced.
Got this video in my recommended a few times over the last day and I was kinda thinking that it would be some moody doomer-fest. It ended up being very well-edited and well-written. Great work!!
Nice work! Loved the video! I too believe that as time goes on we will look back at this series and the Cyberpunk franchise and realize just how prescient it was.
why the fuck YT creators make shit like this....then not get alot of views like...This shit is good shit, the shitshow of a memefest but at the same time does what its based on, dude you deserve more
The scariest part about that there are people like me who see that as a utopia. Since that’s what I’ve dreamt about as a kid. A city that never sleeps is filled with adventure and the mundane it’s kind of beautiful. Idk might be to high
What do you get when you combine DouchebagChocolat and Maxor? This channel. Thank god I've found you. 2k subs? I feel like you're gonna replace the k with an m if you keep at it, this is preem stuff choom.
I find its lack of Gainax Kick is disturbing! No but for real, this anime raises their level even higher than their best works before, including during the Gainax days. Imaishi can be a genius when you set him free.
Edgerunners was so good it made me cry and also simultaneously convinced me to never, ever have kids. Something about Night City feels so....possible? Like it could 100% be our reality within 20 or so years. I mean look how much things have changed since the pandemic. I loved every single character in this show but am I gonna contribute my DNA to them existing IRL? Fuck no, not unless things get significantly better in my lifetime. It takes a pretty amazing show to both be oodles of fun and make someone rethink their entire lineage.
i really believe it is gonna be a reality or it could be, there’s a couple of paths i think humanity can take right now, a world like night city, we kill ourselves off with nuclear warfare, we create very advanced Ai’s within the next 100 years that’ll either help us advance even further or kill us off, rapid climate change could kill us. there’s so many things that could happen to our species both positive and negative. I dare say it looks grime in some instances, but i have hope we’ll bounce back even through our darkest hours.
Dont have children. This way you can be a lonely, miserable, resentful middle aged adult ready to throw your life away for a corporation as soulless as you are. And when they finally come to take everything you have, you will have nothing to fight for. Why would you fight for yourself if you're lonely, miserable and resentful? This kind of thinking is exactly what the fictitious(or not) elites want. Its easy to control weak, unmotivated people and when people dont have a strong family core, they become weak and unmotivated.
@@shobithmathew5666 I'm sure it was a satirical remark lol. Maybe to appreciate the realistic worldbuilding factors that makes it so you can see society as it is right now, heading in such a direction.
I dunno, man, this shit got me so fucked up BUT I’m still having kids hahaha. As a man, it’s up to us to ensure our children our strong enough to survive the world. It’s beautiful, despite how much I’ve suffered. People have suffered. My children deserve to have the same trials and tribulations. Because what’s in the end is so very worth it. I mean, shit, this show touched my heart and restored my souls urge for romance. Love in the end is why.
3:16 i think i recognize that one. "Te voy a enseñar" "Como baila el sapito dando brinquitos." Jokes at side, i gonna watch the show after this analysis and other more videos.
This is the first video from your channel that I've seen, but you make it indirectly clear that you're not familiar with the Cyberpunk genre or even the video game the show is set in, I know you say you didn't play the game at the end but it was noticeable before that. The title feels misleading as well as there are many things that could be discussed but this is more of a review. To help with a better understanding of cyberpunk, I'd recommend Blade Runner, Blade runner 2049, Ghost in the Shell, Akira, and Altered Carbon. Your line at the beginning along the lines of "stolen by Japan" is actually very fitting for the Cyberpunk genre lol as Asian economy and immigration were huge fears during the time of the genre's conception and paint the background for Chinese-themed cities and Japanese mega corporations ruling over everyone.
@@takanara7 the first season and the books of Altered Carbon are good. The second season had a lot of pacing and plot issues, but the first is a beautiful and fun ride.
The cyberpunk genre is ripe with this sorta feel and perfect for our now cynical outlook on reality that's only going to spiral more and more unto a broken parody of what the media we made was supposed to mimick.
@OkayConstruct It does not have to be this way once the old world order collapses, it's ok to feel cynical about the world but try to be optimistic for once
Ok, I'm just starting to cringe, because everytime i see a cyberpunk on youtube i hear *_Netflix_* did a good job. And yeah, it kinda did *_by not putting their dirty fingers on this production_* This is fully produced by cd project and studio Trigger. Netflix has nothing to do with it, beside just putting it on their platform. And that's a GOOD THING. Also, bruh, these are Polish songs. It's like saying that witcher was a hispanic production, bruh.
I ain’t ever moving to the USA 💀💀💀 I used to complain about he taxes Canada has. But realizing this free health care may have saved some poor sod from being like David? Hell yeah I’ll do that. Even if I don’t ever use the healthcare
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*The Incorrect Summary of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners*
My thoughts exactly.
This is indeed correct
Accurate 💯
i hope max0r reviewinh this
Just FYI it was a tabletop RPG in 1988. Long before it was a videogame. However the anime does base the visuals heavily off designs from the videogame.
Mike Pondsmith said it best... "The world of Cyberpunk is a warning, not an aspiration."
to bad no one else sees this, fortunately i do believe we’ll bounce back even after this chapter of our society.
@@dream8870 Or maybe everyone DOES see this, but.. they don’t care.
@@dream8870 it’s a sad world we live in, it’s only a matter of time
Honestly would rather live in cyberpunk than this hellscape called america
@@beangobernador Both are the worst
cyberpsychosis is one of the most interesting concepts in the cyberpunk 2077 universe imo and I'm glad we got a show that touches on how it affects people and the ones around them.
Plus the game and anime do a much better job at getting you to understand what cyberpsychosis even is than the 2020 sourcebook.
isnt cyberpsychosis just cyborg dementia? or did i miss some new lore?
@@TK-7193 no it is more like dissociative psychosis than dementia. well I guess a lil similar but dementia with turn your brain into mush. you can live as a cyberpsycho and not die from. being a psycho. you'll just kill indiscriminately whilst hallucinating that you are back in one of your memories. basically PTSD plus preexisting mental illness (even if you weren't meant to get them until later in life then can be brought on early and have symptoms exacerbated by stress and trauma) and lots of Implants. eventually they don't feel like themselves or they think they aren't themselves. or they just hallucinate everything around them and have no idea what's real.
@@TK-7193 it's much closer to a drug addiction and how it affects the user and people around it.
@@TK-7193 It's a disorder where people dissociate from the self and lose empathy for others. The way the show talks about it is quite a bit like taking a lot of hard drugs, like Eduardo said, and in a way it is. But you can go cyberpsycho having any sort of cyberware, even just a cyberhand. If we take as hard drugs, then it's kinda like taking meth and krokodil and possibly going wild the first time you take a hit.
At the same time, cyberpsychosis seems to be an allegory for PTSD, or to be a new form of PTSD. You might notice cyberpsychos rarely tend to be from the upper echelons of society, usually the bottom. Most people end up over the edge as a result of trauma to the mind, whether a lot really fast or little by little over time. What do rich people have to deal with trauma that poor people don't? Access to mental health services. That's probably why Adam Smasher hasn't gone full cyberpsycho despite having an empathy score of "Yeah, right..." instead of 0 like any other super-kitted out person.
There's also an argument to be made about it being an allegory about alienation by a society that gives absolutely no fucks about you and sees you as replaceable as a plastic straw, but I've rambled enough for today
Sleep paralysis demon is probably one of the best ways to describe this show. After finishing it I actually had trouble turning my brain off and going to sleep. I thank the Poles at CD for injecting Slavic depression directly into Night City.
I’m curious about that ‘Slavic depression’ you mentioned. How would you describe it in the context of Cyberpunk?
@@jayanderson5864 it's just a (somewhat joking) stereotype that eastern-european games and other media tend to be very depressing and dark (think stalker, metro, darkwood, pathologic and many more) and while CDPR aren't exactly in line with this trend, it's hard to deny that their games' worlds aren't exactly whimsical either
@@void-creature Ah, I think I get it now. Would you say that this trend among Eastern-European games is a result of the region’s tragic history?
@@jayanderson5864 Nah. We just really enjoy edgy stuff tbh
@@jayanderson5864 it could be, just listen to "Russian doomer music" and that shit do hit different.
I really loved the metaphor of Maine reaching the end of the desert road, and David pushing on past into the desert as he makes his escape. Really hits hard when you think too much about it.
"Cyberpunk Edgerunners predicts a dark future"
That's just Cyberpunk in general.
Don’t forget it’s an anime based off a video game that is based off of a board game first published in 1988.
Like Pondsmith said, "Cyberpunk is a warning, not an aspiration."
in the cyberpunk universe the dark future started in 1989
@@2265Hello which are both are based off bladerunner which was based off a book
@@thefatbob3710 not surprised tbh
This anime really did broke me hard. It was the best piece of media that ive watched in a long time it was sensible and it touched me deep. I cried real bad at the end.
That's Trigger for ya.
I finished the show for the first time on Saturday and I’m STILL struggling
I remember watching the first 6 episodes back-to-back and feeling fuzzy inside by that feeling of found family with David and the crew. A city as cold as the stone it was built from finally offers the kid a break and a break I sometimes think would be interesting for myself. Why wouldn't I wanna do illegal stuff and earn 10x the bread I do now while making friends who'll have my back?
Then the cyberpsycho hobo happend and I got socked in the face by a sledgehammer. I forgot: this is Night City. The bad isn't a prelude to the good- it's not a ladder that you climb up in there. Bad shit happens all the time, and it'll happen to you too. ESPECIALLY you. Now I'm at the final episode and shit has never looked this bleak.
I don't wanna live in Night City anymore.
come back and tell me your final feelings 👌
@@anormie8549 RIP the homie pilar
I mean, cybernetically enhanced south detroit is a synonym of hell
Yup. Its still a beautiful story
No happy endings in night city.
Edit: Also I would never want to live in night city. Thats like wanting to live in the fallout universe or the attack on titan universe.
"Everything is very industrialised, yet broken."
Very good observation, as this is very close to the central idea of the cyberpunk genre, also known as "High Tech, Low Life".
i had high hopes for this show and im glad my expectations were met
Hell yee
Nah bro I shock to hear the truth
You sound like the kid who does the animal facts videos.
rest assure Studio Trigger always deliver.
Now we hope genshin can do the same.
Lucy smiling at the end seal this show as an instant classic. In spite of the dark themes of hopeless struggle against one's inner demons and the uselessness of fighting against fate, it ends with a glimmer of hope. Hope within oneself that it is possible to rise above barbarism, hope for humanity to achieve peace and happiness, hope fueled by love. Love, trust and patience are stretched to their extremes, but these virtues survived Night City.
I hate how much I love this comment. I still feel like the ending as we see it is truly awful (AMAZING by awful for Lucy lol) but this?
I guess it really does give us hope that there IS a future for her, still
@@justinchalifoux4424 some kind of future, for better or worse. At least there is something beyond the predatory allure of fame and status, that it doesn’t end with a hopeless struggle against the odds. Lucy is, for me, the catalyst for personal transformation, that things can get better if you strive for them and hold out hope that the end of the story is not written yet.
@@BobyChanMan God, you perfectly said it, man. I guess thats why even I still classify this as "bittersweet". It's like I knew what you just said deep down, but you just worded it out.
But that alone is why I still think of this as a tragedy. That in this grim future, just for a single person to finally look behind all the material and SIMPLY ACKNOWLEDGE the true worth of life BEYONR MONEY... requires so much sacrifice to lift the veil.
Beautiful show.
But it felt very loney
Just like other people are saying I hate this comment too ,but it the fate that humanity will have to suffer through and it is the truth no matter how much i denie it.
Health insurance companies making you have to pay yet another fee for how urgently the ambulance gets to you or even if the ambulance gets to you at all is probably the next logical step in the American health care system.
hEalthCare Isn'T a rIGht, iT's a pRiVilEge
@@ajthevillageidiot It is not a right, at least not a negative one (and positive ones get used to further the power of corpos and governments disguised as a good thing, like minimum wage).
In 1910, the physician oligopoly was started during the Republican administration of William Taft after the American Medical Association lobbied the states to strengthen the regulation of medical licensure and allow their state AMA offices to oversee the closure or merger of nearly half of medical schools and also the reduction of class sizes. The states have been subsidizing the education of the number of doctors recommended by the AMA.
In 1925, prescription drug monopolies begun after the federal government led by Republican President Calvin Coolidge started allowing the patenting of drugs. (Drug monopolies have also been promoted by government research and development subsidies targeted to favored pharmaceutical companies.)
In 1945, buyer monopolization begun after the McCarran-Ferguson Act led by the Roosevelt Administration exempted the business of medical insurance from most federal regulation, including antitrust laws. (States have also more recently contributed to the monopolization by requiring health care plans to meet standards for coverage.)
In 1946, institutional provider monopolization begun after favored hospitals received federal subsidies (matching grants and loans) provided under the Hospital Survey and Construction Act passed during the Truman Administration. (States have also been exempting non-profit hospitals from antitrust laws.)
In 1951, employers started to become the dominant third-party insurance buyer during the Truman Administration after the Internal Revenue Service declared group premiums tax-deductible.
In 1965, nationalization was started with a government buyer monopoly after the Johnson Administration led passage of Medicare and Medicaid which provided health insurance for the elderly and poor, respectively.
In 1972, institutional provider monopolization was strengthened after the Nixon Administration started restricting the supply of hospitals by requiring federal certificate-of-need for the construction of medical facilities.
In 1974, buyer monopolization was strengthened during the Nixon Administration after the Employee Retirement Income Security Act exempted employee health benefit plans offered by large employers (e.g., HMOs) from state regulations and lawsuits (e.g., brought by people denied coverage).
In 1984, prescription drug monopolies were strengthened during the Reagan Administration after the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act permitted the extension of patents beyond 20 years. (The government has also allowed pharmaceuticals companies to bribe physicians to prescribe more expensive drugs.)
In 2003, prescription drug monopolies were strengthened during the Bush Administration after the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act provided subsidies to the elderly for drugs.
In 2014, nationalization will be strengthened after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“Obamacare”) provided mandates, subsidies and insurance exchanges, and the expansion of Medicaid.
Basically, government and shady oligarchs are at fault. It is not the fault of the free market.
Well coverage for teeth and your eyes are already ad-ons lmfao we are living it
"Health insurance companies making you have to pay " To be far, no one had to pay health insurance companies if they didn't want to, till 2008.
Canadian Health straight up wants you dead.
I finished the game last night and goodness gracious is it good. The anime really drives home the feeling of “we’re fucked”. The story itself is already lifechanging. It makes today’s world feel like a tea party compared to life in Night City. In Night City, shootings are a daily occurrence, corruption is in the roots of the city, and everyone could potentially be a great friend or your greatest enemy. But the bugs have definitely been toned down. Don’t get me wrong, they’re still there, but slightly less so.
Cyberpunk is some of the deepest world building I have ever witnessed. Mike Pondsmith is a genius. I've never been more immersed in a world. The anime, the video game, im about to dive into the novels which I'm very excited about. I've never had a world pull me In enough to get the novels.
One of the big reasons it all works is that it isn't merely based off of a video game franchise, but a tabletop rpg franchise that's been around for about 40 years. Mike Pondsmith went into so much detail about not just the world, but Night City alone that it's kind of staggering. Him and his team also seemed to understand where the world was maybe going, though they jumped the gun on the dates a little.
For example, the early 2020's is when shit hits the fan for Night City. But it was the 90's when North America tore itself apart.
Dude honestly made a world so deep with lore and detail that you can make a Cyberpunk game about nearly anything.
@@ilo3456 Cyberpunk Papers Please.
@@Punishthefalse Could work
well... with the exception of Cyberpunk v3, the third edition which progressed the metaplot in very weird directions... it was basically retconed, with Cyberpunk RED filling the gap between Cyberpunk 2020 (the second edition, the most popular) and 2077 (the video game)
We need more artist/creators like this
This is unironically the best video I’ve watched in months. I love the fast paste cutting and the implementation of frank Sinatra. It feels so wrong together especially with this anime but fits perfectly. Dude keep up the work your fantastic(and also I feel your test).
Fun fact, in the cyberpunk 2077 game during a certain mission you can get into Rebecca’s Apartment, but it’s only a one time chance.
So basically save and make many back ups of those saves.
What mission would that be ?
@@AnimeFan4Life2022x its one of the side gigs, a side optional mission you can head to on the map. Wish I could give you the name tho, it's not a very memorable one.
@@battlecubes4762 ok thanks 👍
Atleast we can visit Kiwi's place anytime we want
Damn, the editing is on point :D
Studio Trigger is most definitely not known for only drawing cute girls doing cute things.
They made little witch academia and space patrol so it’s not unheard of
@@Cakecrasher true, I guess the key word would be “only”
@@Cakecrasher They're also the ones who made Gurren Lagan back in the day
@@copo2835 and kill la kill
And they also made Kill la Kill, so they know to do cute girls doing ultra violence
Honestly nothing could’ve prepared me for the short yet memorable ride this show was,even a couple days after fishing it it STILL lives rent-free in my head,sh*t got me with the surprise depression. Except for a few continuations I feel that this season was pretty weak,but this show single-handedly saved the season imo. PLEASE let this be the new standard for anime adaptation of games!
Naw, we live in the Cyberpunk future already. Now every game will try the tactic but 99% will be no better than any of the Resident Evil games or Mortal Kombat movie or whatever. I'm sadly confident Arcane and Edgerunners will be the exception.
Every time when I think about Edgerunners I remember the dark and ominous mood of the 2012 teaser trailer of Cyberpunk 2077. That atmosphere of a dystopian and violent future is perfectly captured in the show.
And man, I don't think that we're that far from this kind of dark future...
Future "in America" , remember to add "in America"
i LOVE PAYING FOR HEALTHCARE
@@BEPPEJHA You're in for a rude awakening if you think it's just the future for America, choom
@@copo2835 the only concern is that America has sadly some cultural influence over Europe, but it's fine to expect that we would diverge in healtcare and guns, maybe also corporate lobbys ( as europe unione tries to hold on big companies ) and that s a relief
@@BEPPEJHA Soros didn't come from America, Klaus Schwab doesn't live in America, you're gonna live in a pod and eat bugs and you're gonna like it
The anime does such a good job of grounding itself into the game that it made me want to reinstall it several times. A game that I beat and forgot about for a year. I feel like its such a perfect blend of CD Projekt Red's excellent world-building and art style, and Studio Trigger's amazing animation and unique storytelling.
It helps that you can recreate some of the Builds in the game. Martinez Brawler Sandevistan Build being one.
There's a video on it.
Also Pondsmith’s world building since this is all based on his tabletop game.
I love how they poked fun at broken car and ragdoll physics
The cars in the anime did some wacky ass shit. But then I get into the game and see the same fucking shit...
Me: Oh... yeah... I forgot
they also poked fun at cops spawning in behind the camera when Maine complained about how quickly they responded and how it always felt like they were popping up out of nowhere
That massive truck which David got the massive cyberware got me chuckling like crazy
And police appearing out of nowhere lol
Edgerunners only scratches the surface of the future horrors a cyberpunk future could bring. If you dig into the lore of the game you'll pray for that future to never come.
Edgerunners broke my heart
Even though i expected the ending it still hit so hard and the songs also stuck in my head too 😭😭😭
Gonna be honest the ending didn’t make me cry because the moment I saw 10 episodes and glanced cyberpsychosis in the synopsis of the last episode. Well I knew it wasn’t going to end well…
Worst part about it is that song. If I ever hear it I need to cry.
its like 2-3 time i see u in comments section of Cyberpunk Edgerunners video lol
Why do you guys care about a 2d animated show you guys are acting like children how can you get attached to basic characters with a basic story it's not that hard to just watch the show and say that was a show you guys act like it's a part of you like it's a part of your reality that you've been missing when it's just a TV show calm down
Forget me for letting you down
Forget me for letting you down again...
Also stuck in my head too
5:50 when you said "violently crashed into a wall" my fucking video started buffering. Absolutely PERFECT.
0:26 it's actually hard to convey how similar the game and show are in atmosphere, tone, narrative, themes, aesthetics and basically everything else.
They are VERY much related.
I mean it's literally just neuromancer lol. I don't think anyone working in near future sci-fi wouldn't be intimately familiar with the atmosphere and themes.
Just the PPL AI - Enemys and Atmosfere during the battle or After it with no Quests aint the same at all - The battles themself dont feel simular - the game Lore deeper Lore is lacking - It has good Main Story - not much is know about the World itself - World Feels Empty - The CyberWare in CP Game does not feel or look so cool - Well it does have CUT content maybe they will add more in future..
- The look of the Town and Arasaka Plot do feel simular.
- Ohh and the Deaths of Close ones to you in game and anime.
Issiue is - CP Game has realy short and lacking in story depth beggining
It does not feel you get to chose who you are or who you whant to be in the game - The Story is interesting but lacks Quests that make change to the world and how PPL recive you and conseqences of your choice.
Anime is a lot better than the Game - theres is no doubt in my mind - The feel of it - the twists in the story - the feel and knowledge of his decion making and conseqengec that will come.
But lets look at Witcher - The Game is better than the Anime
Game Has Interesting Quests and Side Quests that can be done in Many ways - and you feel that the decision you make affect the world around you and PPL - Instant or at later stage of play.
You dont feel like Anime Looks better - or the story is better - or Skills Clothing or anything is in anime that could make the game look or feel better.
Wither 3 has bigger Poll of PPL that you meet and develop feelings with..
CP in that feels lacking to - does not feel like you did meet a lot of PPL - got to know there storys - get to decide if they good and worth helping out..
CP looks amazing Graphicly and Has Great Main story - but after that - world feels empty - side quests dont feel that great ( some but most not ) - your skills and looks of cyberwere dont feel that amazing - especialy compared to Anime.
and no freaking Wiafu in game but in Anime xD
@@aquilamflammeus5569 Yeah very close to William Gibson's OG work. Even with the diamond nanofilament weapon.
@@artursobkow2680 You don't think Judy or Panama count? Did we even play the same game?
Before: Ah this looks like a fun action packed "turn your brain off" anime to watch after work
After: How tf can fictional animated characters make me so emotional 😭😭😭😭😭
I don't think I've ever felt this emotional and stirred up after fictional content like a game, movie, show whatever... it's an incredible feeling that they made this hir so hard but so sad... classic example of wishing I never watched this masterpiece...
Amazing show, one of the best anime ever made, this is an experience not to be missed. This one really stuck with me all the time and the song is so bitter sweet and romantic man... CD and Trigger nailed this one perfectly.
I loved all the characters in the gang but to be honest David was starting to act like an a$$hole to the end of the show and even though he's got everyone telling him to stop pushing the limits of his body or he'll go cyberpsycho he still does it anyway to fulfil his egotistical pride and deadpan mindset, and things turned out tragic.
He's a likeable character but he really doesn't deserve Lucy honestly since she basically begged for him to stop to save his life and he not only doesn't understand but threatens to break up which hurts Lucy... What a a$$hole! He also doesn't deserve Rebecca too lol. I think this show does a great job showing the downfall of a person who strives to hard for power and abandons his humanity and what matters to him, and no one could stop him in place in ruining himself... it's quite a tragic story since the developers are really good at making feel attached to characters and then ripping them away painfully...😣🤨
Anyways the show really did made you FEEL so many emotions by the end. Sadness, melancholy, emptiness etc etc... 😫
,,,,,,,,,.
This is a show that pushed our emotions, beliefs and minds to the edge. When the show ended, it felt like Night City had taken people I care about. Left me thinking about revenge and also about moving on.....real world prototype of Braindance in action.
I love what you did with the pacing. The transitions between comedy and the more "analytical" sections were great. I liked how you kept the images moving quickly, never stopping for too long making the transition from each section practically seamless. I tried find anything that you could improve upon but you've practically mastered your editing style.
Good work :)
LETS FUCKING GOOOOO. But thanks for also sticking around for so long. Real OG.
it's still crazy to me that I wouldn't have even heard of you if it wasn't for a comment over a year ago
Yo u got adhd
Great video style you have there :) reminds me of the same style gigguk is following and it is brilliant🤘
@@anormie8549 0:26 it's actually hard to convey how similar the game and show are in atmosphere, tone, narrative, themes, aesthetics and basically everything else.
They are VERY much related.
The Anime is Canon to the game's Universe, and a recent update even directly brough in some locations and weapons from the show.
Hell, backgrounds from the show were literally the 3-D models from the game.
0:38 Netfflix did nothing but gave Edgerunners space to stream and mayhaps some money. If they produced it it'd be crap like everything they touch.
But I agree. The way the characters are introduced and such is pretty swell. Story is predictable but they managed to somehow give any emotional connection to the cast in such a short 10 episode time.....
Im so glad that edgerunners is a thing. Without it, I wouldnt have bought the game and played it. The game is so good and the anime is even better. I am currently shilling it to my friend 👍
You bought it with the update. 😂 Welcome to the journey
Yea the game is in a way better state then when I played it.
@@Floridamangaming729 I was lucky enough to play it just fine on release. The anime ending made me as depressed as the game’s ending, if not, more,
I HAVE WELL OVER 400 HOURS AND SILL PLAY IT AND FINDING NEW SHIT
sry caps to lazy to retype it
The game is not good
Ngl, this is like the only commentary/documentary video I've liked so far on this anime.
Cyberpunk 2020 TTRPG has been predicting our dark future since the 80s. Mike Pondsmith knows his shit
First thing I see to become a reality to a T is the schools. The rest will follow
Aight this video is pretty funi and the ending gave me mini chills, subbed fr! also mood with the tests...
Mike Pondsmith’s world of Cyberpunk is absolutely amazing, Cyberpunk 2020 was my first TTRPG, and I have a really big soft spot for the universe. So glad Edgerunners picked up where 2077 stumbled.
After watching Edgerunners I can’t sleep well, I just wanna cry but my heart forbids me to.
Going back to a more chill editing style was a good choice this time, this anime deserves it. Happy to see you experiment and try different things out. And the music on this anime omg.
Much appreciated!
It’s a crime you only have 3k subs super underrated keep it up bro 🔥
9.5/10, would cry again.
I’ve never been so enthralled and satisfied with a 10 episode series in my life, also loved your vid your comedy is good and earned my sub.
I really enjoyed the mix of adhd humor and analytical stuff in this video. Also the Frank Sinatra amv was really cool!
"Imagine yourself trying to live in a place like this. A City where everything works according to the rich while at the same time nothing makes sense to the people at the bottom"
Dude you just described the current world.
and Los Angeles California as well
no
studio trigger always animated cute anime girls. but they always dreamed to animate bloody mess ,organs and cool fighting scenes and their dream come true and they created masterpiece
1:25 I actually got offended by the script LMAO
They also draw weird clothing-fusing naked people, and the director of
CP Edgeruners was also in Gurren Laggan (what I find an animation pioneer and masterpiece)
This show is a masterpiece because it made me cry
i love the video style! it reminds me a lot of scamboli reviews, really cool man keep it up!
The anime basically tells the same story as the game just in a different media format, I wish when games had a movie/anime adaptation they did things like this, instead of trying to tell you what the games do good at that won't work in this form of media they give you different characters that have the same problems but can show it in the media it's made in.
I loved when David Jose Martinez said "Im running on the edge". What an incredible scene
why'd u say his full name lmao
Doesn't every Cyberpunk story predict a bleak future where we're effed? But let's be serious, this was a great Cyberpunk anime, if not the best in years!
> something in cyberpunk genre
> predicts a dark future
damn bro you dont say.
I mean. Have you seen the megacorps that run us? Shadowrun and Cyberpunk 2077 are pretty much spot on. Neuromancer was prophetic
Dont tell me you never ever play Deus Ex before
@@Vietnam_Gigachad What book do you think Deus Ex pulls inspiration from
only 7k subs with this editing?
you're going places.
he was around 2k before this video lol he definitely is
Also the game is way better now than it was at launch. And personally I always loved the game despite its glaring flaws for the same reasons i like the anime.
I care more for the story and immersion factor than anything else. Maybe that’s why the anime ending hit just as bad as the game ending for me. Playing the game beforehand gave me a sense of immersion in the anime.
Not gonna lie, I feel like the city was wildly underused. They could do a whole different character and story there, and I would pay them again. I would love to see the character "U" instead of "V", just a blank slate "you" character with more branching story paths and a less linear destiny. That game deserves more replayability and challenge. "Very Hard" mode is basically not hard at all, and the story of V is legendary but not exactly what a lot of players wanted. I honestly think people wanted to play their own story, and go any direction with it they wanted, siding with whoever they wanted, just basically a true open story for an open world.
@@pismodude2 With a bunch of different factions like new vegas. Thinking of the independent game makes me wonder how will that work in cyberpunk. I mean your character is already op in what happens in the game with feats including killing smasher.
thanks to the idea that Night city is so diverse and witness to millions of stories makes it possible for people to write so much stuff, new characters, different events and they can all be justified as canon.
As a Witcher/CDPR fanboy, I knew prior to Cyberpunk’s release that if CDPR got anything right it would be creating an immersive and deep world to engage with. And to my horror, about 10 hours into my play through I realized the immersive and beautiful world they created hit a bit too close to home. It was the grim dark fantasy/sci-fi fictional setting that I usually lose my mind for, but my realization at how accurate it was to our world that we live in made me actually sad. It was the most potent media I’ve experienced that so thoroughly portrayed the experience of a human mind locked into a body that is being abused and exploited for sex, labor, money and dopamine. What is supposed to be a being created in God’s image, reduced to a technology hijacked meat bag. Cyberpunk’s setting is one that we are dangerously close to being in, and as beautiful as the game is, I have had a hard time picking it back up.
I totally relate and agree.
@@TapiKoks I should blame god for human ugliness? Ok fair enough. Do you thank god for human beauty and kindness? Just wondering how consistent we’re being here.
@@daveyjoneslocker4703 Yes. I thank God for beauty and kindness and I can only blame Him for human sins. This what He created, this is what He accepted.
CDPR didn't create this world. They made the atmosphere of the written pages, but Mike Pondsmith, tabletop design LEGEND, created this wonderful world and stories.
Night City is his child, don't disrespect that.
@@xdredbruny2 semantics dude. I damn well know The Witcher is a book series and Cyberpunk was a role playing game. CDPR created a world for players to explore in game. Nothing about that statement is false. You’re just addicted to “uhm akshualky”
And I quote “creating an immersive and deep world to engage with”. Creating a world, not originating an intellectual property. Did you truly expect me to say “crafting a map based on the original intellectual property originated by Mike Pondsmith”?
It’s CDPR’s world, based on Mike’s original role playing game and lore. It’s ok to say they made the world that exists in the video game. You’re like the child that says “no you didn’t make that, God did”
gotta love the wholesome persona music playing while mans talks about one of the darkest animes on netflix
what i love about cyberpunk (game and anime)
and what scares me,
is everything they show is already present. they just turned the "saturation up."
and that's... damn breathtaking and terrifying.
edit: but i think it is a little bit sad that the cyberpsychos in edgerunners and in 2077 are two totaly different things.
i guess in the anime they could not show people running nuts because of society. so they made it a "cyberware problem"
Its both... but yeah. In the show they made it only cyberware problem. The fact that in game most vets are going nuts cuz of shit they saw and how they got fucked after returning back to normal life is not even mentioned.
"We are 5 minutes away from a future like this"
- Mike Pondsmith
I remember seeing on Twitter "cyberpunk anime" and immediately thinking, "what is this also gonna release unfinished?" And then I watched the trailer and was immediately blown away by the animation quality and then I saw the words "studio trigger" appear and suddenly all my doubts about this disappeared and I knew it was gonna be amazing
I was wrong, because amazing is just simply not enough to describe this anime, its actually nearly perfect, it might be the best anime of this year, but we do seem to have a couple bangers coming up like chainsaw man and mob psycho and I cant wait to see if they can surpass this
Im so excited for both coming out you have no idea 😭
Actually had me hooked through to the end, and I was thinking surely it’s not just this
3:35 That was never a flaw, thats the right way to write. TIts called: show, don't tell.
Expostition is the lazy way to introduce information. But when you get to experience it alongside the main character its was more engageing.
Also I urge everyone who hasnt to play the game. IT is good. Bugs are fixed, performance is better. And its writing was always exceptional.
But all I see is: HURR Game buggy. but anime is cyberpunk without bugs HURR.
Seriously the game adds so much more to the way you see this world/city.
That intro was really good
Who knew that the chronic depression and alcoholism of two entire countries (Poland and Japan) could be refined into some premium type stories.
What connection does Cyberpunk have to Poland?
also you forgot America, as the Cyberpunk Genre also appeals a lot to broke middle-class workers.
@@jakespacepiratee3740 Cyberpunk 2077 is a Polish game and thats the only connection there is I think
@@jakespacepiratee3740 Just form the credits: executive producer: Rafał Jaki, producer: Bartosz Sztybor, screen story by: Bartosz Sztybor, created by: Rafał Jaki, (end credits) story by: Bartosz Sztybor, Łukasz Ludkowski, Jan Bartkowicz etc. (so, a few Polish guys), produced by CD Projekt Red (polish producer), the entire stylistics was created for the game by the polish CDPR team (you can find a lot of places, vehicles, furnishings, clothes and other stuff from the game in the anime, the entire world was adopted from the game to the anime), plus, there are some polish easter eggs in the show, like polish music (in polish or in english but by polish artists, like "let you down" by Dawid Podsiadło) etc. I think that the fact the story is so fresh is thanks to a bunch of guys from outside of the anime creative community.
Ok, but adding "Memories of you" from Persona 3 to the monologue... That was a stroke of genius
I finished this masterpiece yesterday and it made me cry a freaking lot when i went to listen "i rly want to stay at your house" end remembering all the good moments with the crew and the protagonists and it made me feel super gloomy, now that song is 24/7 in my mind. Im watching other currently running animes but i feel like they are not enough to fill the void edgerunners gave me, its just so good. I wish it had a continuation but i feel like it wouldnt be the same without the crew. Now im trying to recover from this masterpiece hoping i can feel joy again with other animes 😄.
[Anyone sharing the same experience?].
Cyberpunk started as a tabletop game, surprisingly. Four editions, plus splatbooks of extras, and then a new edition roughly coming out when 2077 was announced.
Got this video in my recommended a few times over the last day and I was kinda thinking that it would be some moody doomer-fest. It ended up being very well-edited and well-written. Great work!!
Let's goooooooo
The subtle edits we're pretty worth it
The Anime didn't do the prediction, the TTRPG did all that.
Nice work! Loved the video! I too believe that as time goes on we will look back at this series and the Cyberpunk franchise and realize just how prescient it was.
"Cyberpunk Edgerunners predicts a dark future", how about the entirety of the Cyberpunk genre? Joking
Don't forget how thing can be fcked up like in the Deus ex
Having a anime show INSIDE a game is epic.
the fact that it isnt 500 episodes is even more epic
This was all I was thinking while watching, how depressing the world could end up
Wow, you're using a Anime to predict the future. Wonders never cease.
why the fuck YT creators make shit like this....then not get alot of views like...This shit is good shit, the shitshow of a memefest but at the same time does what its based on, dude you deserve more
Because it’s the same as other creators
The scariest part about that there are people like me who see that as a utopia. Since that’s what I’ve dreamt about as a kid. A city that never sleeps is filled with adventure and the mundane it’s kind of beautiful. Idk might be to high
A dark future? Johnny Silverhand died in 2027. He was basically fighting Japanese amazon
How cyberpunk culture predict our future since 1981.
Congrats kid, you got it now.
What do you get when you combine DouchebagChocolat and Maxor?
This channel.
Thank god I've found you. 2k subs? I feel like you're gonna replace the k with an m if you keep at it, this is preem stuff choom.
I'm honored!
Dude that is amazing!
I expected nothing of a show from a game.. It really hit different
Expected an great review video and got some goofy products instead. Good job, this is great
I find its lack of Gainax Kick is disturbing! No but for real, this anime raises their level even higher than their best works before, including during the Gainax days. Imaishi can be a genius when you set him free.
"They're doomed."
"Yes... but a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts. It's a privilege to be among them."
Let's hope we will get a season 2 of this masterpiece.
I really doubt sadly. But maybe for the best since all of us left it with good memories
Lucy on the moon well thats gonna be interesting
Best video I’ve watched on this platform by far, holy shit.
Edgerunners was so good it made me cry and also simultaneously convinced me to never, ever have kids. Something about Night City feels so....possible? Like it could 100% be our reality within 20 or so years. I mean look how much things have changed since the pandemic. I loved every single character in this show but am I gonna contribute my DNA to them existing IRL? Fuck no, not unless things get significantly better in my lifetime. It takes a pretty amazing show to both be oodles of fun and make someone rethink their entire lineage.
i really believe it is gonna be a reality or it could be, there’s a couple of paths i think humanity can take right now, a world like night city, we kill ourselves off with nuclear warfare, we create very advanced Ai’s within the next 100 years that’ll either help us advance even further or kill us off, rapid climate change could kill us. there’s so many things that could happen to our species both positive and negative. I dare say it looks grime in some instances, but i have hope we’ll bounce back even through our darkest hours.
Dont have children. This way you can be a lonely, miserable, resentful middle aged adult ready to throw your life away for a corporation as soulless as you are. And when they finally come to take everything you have, you will have nothing to fight for. Why would you fight for yourself if you're lonely, miserable and resentful?
This kind of thinking is exactly what the fictitious(or not) elites want. Its easy to control weak, unmotivated people and when people dont have a strong family core, they become weak and unmotivated.
thats a bad decision if you decide something based off a anime
@@shobithmathew5666 I'm sure it was a satirical remark lol. Maybe to appreciate the realistic worldbuilding factors that makes it so you can see society as it is right now, heading in such a direction.
I dunno, man, this shit got me so fucked up BUT I’m still having kids hahaha. As a man, it’s up to us to ensure our children our strong enough to survive the world. It’s beautiful, despite how much I’ve suffered. People have suffered. My children deserve to have the same trials and tribulations. Because what’s in the end is so very worth it.
I mean, shit, this show touched my heart and restored my souls urge for romance.
Love in the end is why.
3:16 i think i recognize that one.
"Te voy a enseñar"
"Como baila el sapito dando brinquitos."
Jokes at side, i gonna watch the show after this analysis and other more videos.
Night City is Roanapur (BlackLagoon) and Ergastulum (Gangsta) on steroids
I can’t believe trigger still managed to get space in Edge runners.
This is the first video from your channel that I've seen, but you make it indirectly clear that you're not familiar with the Cyberpunk genre or even the video game the show is set in, I know you say you didn't play the game at the end but it was noticeable before that. The title feels misleading as well as there are many things that could be discussed but this is more of a review. To help with a better understanding of cyberpunk, I'd recommend Blade Runner, Blade runner 2049, Ghost in the Shell, Akira, and Altered Carbon. Your line at the beginning along the lines of "stolen by Japan" is actually very fitting for the Cyberpunk genre lol as Asian economy and immigration were huge fears during the time of the genre's conception and paint the background for Chinese-themed cities and Japanese mega corporations ruling over everyone.
Thanks for the honest feedback!
Don't forget reading Neuromancer and other early William Gibson books. Dude literally came up with the word "Cyberspace" Altered Carbon sucks, btw.
@@takanara7 the first season and the books of Altered Carbon are good. The second season had a lot of pacing and plot issues, but the first is a beautiful and fun ride.
It's like predicting a wet cement to be solid cement floor in the future.
The cyberpunk genre is ripe with this sorta feel and perfect for our now cynical outlook on reality that's only going to spiral more and more unto a broken parody of what the media we made was supposed to mimick.
@OkayConstruct It does not have to be this way once the old world order collapses, it's ok to feel cynical about the world but try to be optimistic for once
Who knew Frank Sinatra would work so well for cyberpunk.
Ok, I'm just starting to cringe, because everytime i see a cyberpunk on youtube i hear *_Netflix_* did a good job.
And yeah, it kinda did
*_by not putting their dirty fingers on this production_*
This is fully produced by cd project and studio Trigger. Netflix has nothing to do with it, beside just putting it on their platform. And that's a GOOD THING.
Also, bruh, these are Polish songs. It's like saying that witcher was a hispanic production, bruh.
2:04 backbone? I see what you did there.
This show made me suddenly really support universal healthcare
I ain’t ever moving to the USA 💀💀💀
I used to complain about he taxes Canada has. But realizing this free health care may have saved some poor sod from being like David?
Hell yeah I’ll do that. Even if I don’t ever use the healthcare
Man you did me dirty with the memories of the city soundtrack from P3.
Studio Trigger: " The _LOLI_ stays till she gets Pwned big big bad corporate robot "
Bro literally this anime obviously has touched and obviously changed “some” people and the scenes had my dying in both good and bad ways