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Re:Post-Human Nightmares – The World of Japanese Cyberpunk C... by dfxm12 on Monday January 25, 2021 @10:55AM (#25904610)
I know they're referred to as Japanese cyberpunk, but it's almost like a different genre or subgenre, akin to body horror, with an over-emphasis on melding flesh and machinery, to the point where we have to question if the characters are human anymore. I feel like I heard a more specific name for this genre (or sub genre) a while back, but have since forgotten it. Or maybe "Japanese cyberpunk" is a distinct genre from "cyberpunk". I really enjoyed some of these, especially Electric Dragon 80000 V.

My first exposure to something influenced by Japanese cyberpunk is probably Billy Idol's Shock to the System music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx2fZU5USus.

Re:Post-Human Nightmares – The World of Japanese Cyberpunk C... by wodenokoto on Monday January 25, 2021 @11:08AM (#25904796)
Wikipedia calls it “cyberpunk body horror”

> Tetsuo: The Iron Man (鉄男, Tetsuo) is a 1989 Japanese cyberpunk body horror film.