The Anti-Japanese Racism and Orientalism of Cyberpunk - From Blade Runner to Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk is an increasingly popular aesthetic and sub-genre in the world of entertainment. First gaining mainstream prominence with Blade Runner in 1982, the rain and neon soaked streets of this Californian dystopia have inspired multiple works of fiction in Manga, anime, comic books, TV, films and video games. However, it comes loaded with a host of several problems. This video analyses the problematic tropes, the American-Japanese Politics of the 1980's that seeped into this fiction and how it still rears its head today. My Patreon:   / thekavernacle   My Unofficial Discord:   / discord   My Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2g88k90... My Subreddit:   / thekavernacle   My Personal Reddit:   / tommycahil1995   Follow me on Twitter:   / thekavernacle   My Instagram:   / thekavernacle   My Medium:   / thekavernacle   Thanks to my patrons: -Xero Britt -Eriq Brown -EB -Scrumptical -Josie -Steeze4Real -Salty Marshmellow -Garlic Bread -Kunal Dhir -James Karanicholas -Nicholas Ellis-Brown -Nico Gillespie -Patrick Johnson -Devon Alexander -Mac Berg -M4crolid -Marius James Adam -Nicholas Walls -Stephen Reineccius -The Incredible Bastard -Sean Locke -Andrew Brown -Kyle Rogers -Martin Teshome -Muhammed Khan -Sarah -Patrick Mansfield Niemi -Rioting Pacifist -Devon -Martina -Del Toro -Joel Meltzer -Marcus Octavian -Molly Frances -Jaycee Urbina -Tarsibu -Ryan Van Schaack -Chanka Ranatunga -Erik Anderson -pp2bigjg -fei chang -Abdulla Althani -Alex Bryant -Jordan Southerland