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Akira was my first experience with Cyberpunk in anime. In general, my first experience with the genre was the tabletop Rpg Gurps Cyberpunk in the 90's. Since than, I became a Cyberpunk enthusiast! And I have to say, Akira helped to establish ths rules of cyberpunk.
The city is a chaotic place, full of rascals and delinquents, riots all over the city, gang members spreading fear. This is Neo Tokyo. The perfect setting for the main characters and the story.

Characters: 8/10 - Kaneda and Tetsuo are very well written and the other characters are ok. The design of the characters are brilliant, except for Kei. She ... has the same exactly haircut of Kaneda. They could use a different hair style in my opinion.

Story: 10/10 - One of the most brilliant story ever. The arcs are good, the plot twists are surprising and the ending is epic.

Art and Animation: 10/10 - it doesn't look like a 80s anime. The bike chasing is one the best scenes ever in the entire entertainment industry.

Music: 9/10 - I loved the music, but a like bit of rock music would make the soundtrack so much betted.

The anime is an adrenaline injection with lot of action and social critics. The anine exhales High Tech Low Life, you must to watch!

One of the best animr ever. It's intense, full of action and emotion. The anime is an adrenaline injection and the same time there are emotional parts that made me cry. The animation is a masterpiece, studio trigger is incredible.
The story is very surprising, you don't expect some things are going to happen with the main characters.
Cyberpunk is a very unique genre of science fiction, and I have to say, this anime has all elements of a very good cyberpunk story. We have the social critics, the femme fatale persona, the nihilist characters, the rock music, thr hight tech - low life ambience ... etc.
The characters are not easy stereotypes, the are people like us, with flows and strengths. But it's a cyberpunk story, it's very difficult to resist the temptations.
I think people will love it, there is a lot of slangs from the series universe to learn, but it will be a easy job to learn during the watch time.
Cyberpunk Edgerunners is definitely an amazing show. I recommend.