7 anime to watch if you like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

polygon.com:

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners has taken the Internet by storm. The latest anime by Studio Trigger and director Hiroyuki Imaishi is based on the universe of Cyberpunk 2077 and Mike Pondsmith’s TTRPG. The 10-episode limited series has not only won the hearts of critics and anime fans alike as one of the best series to premiere this year, but also managed to reinvigorate the game’s fan base in an impressive display of post-launch synergy.

The people have spoken: They want more cyberpunk. And while the anime itself may have reached its natural conclusion, and the first (and presumably last) DLC expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 is still quite a ways away, we’ve scoured our databanks to bring you a list of some of the best anime, both cyberpunk and not, to watch after Edgerunners. And yes — we know Ghost in the Shell (streaming on Roku) and Akira (streaming on Hulu and Crunchyroll) are the regular go-tos when it comes to all things cyberpunk anime, but much like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners itself, we’re venturing off the beaten path and blazing our own with this list.

Soon after Edgerunners premiered on Netflix, audiences immediately drew comparisons to the 2009 sci-fi action drama Redline. Directed by Takeshi Koike, known for his work on such anime as Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine and the Animatrix short “World Record,” the film follows Sweet JP, a daredevil street racer with a corkscrew pompadour hellbent on taking home gold in the galaxy’s deadliest racing event: the Redline Grand Prix.

The likeness between Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Redline is especially uncanny during the highway chase scene between David and a pair of Tyger Claw biker assassin in the former’s third episode, “Smooth Criminal,” with many viewers noticing