Watch Akira

Batou investigates gynoids that killed their owners; the only anime ever to compete for the Palme d'Or.

Section 9 against the Laughing Man over twenty-six episodes, in a continuity of its own, scored by Yoko Kanno.

Watch The Animatrix, a collection of animated short films set in the Matrix universe.

Neo-Tokyo, biker gangs and a psychic child; Otomo's six volumes the film only sketched.

Major Kusanagi and Section 9 in Shirow's dense cyberpunk pages, with footnotes.

Watch Ghost in the Shell, a groundbreaking cyberpunk anime film exploring themes of identity and technology in a futuristic world

A princess tries to make peace with a toxic jungle and the insects that guard it.

A device that enters dreams is stolen; the parade sequence Inception took notes from.