Tag Archives: Steins;Gate

Oh Mayuri, Mayuri, Mayuri

The entire anime community is torn up over the recent episodes of Steins;Gate and it’s really all your fault, Mayuri. But it’s okay; I saw this coming so I whipped together a little something to help my anime watching buddies get through these tough times. Video after the jump.

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Defining Cyberpunk and Steins;Gate

The cyberpunk world is always shockingly recognizable—it is our world, gotten worse, gotten more uncomfortable, inhospitable, dangerous, and thrilling. — Rosenthal

Recently, the anime community has labeled Steins;Gate as cyberpunk or post-cyberpunk. But hold on a minute now — before we crown the king, putting it up there with the likes of Neuromancer, Blade Runner and Japan’s own Ghost in the Shell, we must answer one question: what is cyberpunk?

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