Anime isn’t dead, it’s just financed by Netflix now.
I haven’t played Cyberpunk yet, so I might be not familiar with all the terms, but on the other hand, it’s so derivative from the genre there isn’t much that I feel I’m missing.
Storywise, it’s pretty standard. You have Boy with Abilities, in our case ability to slow time, or more correctly speed himself up, more than a regular implant user should. We have a Misterious Girl that saves him.
We have a gang he runs with.
Animation is serviceable. There aren’t that many frames, and they use shortcuts (cloud of gunmoke never changes shape, it’s just a decall), but the style compensates for it.
I also appreciate how mature it is. Isn’t afraid of ultraviolence or nudity.
Timeskip is another bit I appreciate. Allows for a character growth within a season.
My favorite character ended up being not David or Lucy, but Becca:
Despite her child-like appearance and obvious inspiration from Harley Quinn.
It’s a beautiful and complete story, and I’m glad they didn’t try to extend it further.
