Talk:Japanese cyberpunk

Save the Green Planet

Yes, Save the Green Planet is Korean, not Japanese. Everyone knows that. It is still related to Japanese Cyberpunk. It's inclusion as a "peripherally related" film is referenced. Shieldforyoureyes (talk) 05:02, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Anime manga and others

Please do not put this in that article! Use your head! And try to read this: Japanese Cyberpunk is a genre of underground film. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.191.12.156 (talk) 18:52, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

I agree. The article title should be capitalized. "Japanese Cyberpunk" is a specific cinematic genre of underground live-action film, not just a movie with cyberpunk themes that happens to have been made in Japan or that happens to reflect Japanese film aesthetics/tropes. The anime/manga section should be removed. @95.191.12.156: - let's wait to see if this generates a discussion, then remove it in a few days if no objections are raised. --— Rhododendrites ^talk |  22:13, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

I am, however, going to go ahead and move the article to be capitalized per the sources. --— Rhododendrites ^talk |  22:15, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 21 May 2014

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:31, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

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Japanese cyberpunk → Japanese Cyberpunk – It's a specific movement in film that differs from cyberpunk media that happens to come from Japan (and more importantly, the sources cited capitalize Cyberpunk) – — Rhododendrites ^talk

This is a contested technical request. EdJohnston (talk) 03:55, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

• Oppose: Are there sources to support the idea of 'Japanese Cyberpunk' as a proper name? The text of the article does not appear to give much evidence. A reference such as this one does not capitalize cyberpunk. So we are left with a concern that Japanese cyberpunk might just be cyberpunk that originates in Japan. EdJohnston (talk) 03:55, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
• Comment - From the sources I looked at, after separating those that refer to media considered under the umbrella of cyberpunk that happens to come from Japan from "Japanese [C/c]yberpunk", it appeared the Midnight Eye ref was the only one that doesn't capitalize it. 3 that do are:
  • http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/japanese-cyberpunk/
  • http://www.fright.com/edge/japanhorror.html
  • http://networkawesome.com/mag/article/japanese-cyberpunk-where-man-meets-machine/
  • Continuing to look around, I'm finding evidence of both. However, since it's already a confusing term (hence why so many anime films make the list), it seems to make sense to capitalize it to distinguish the subject.
  • If it's determined that not enough sources talk about the specific film genre and that despite the current text of the article the subject turns into cyberpunk media from Japan, I don't think there's much sense keeping it separate from e.g. cyberpunk, cyberpunk derivatives, or some other broader article. --— Rhododendrites ^talk |  04:14, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose If this were only about a specific movement in film, then it wouldn't have sections devoted to novels, video games, etc. The main Cyberpunk article doesn't capitalize the common term in the main body instances as is done in the main article here. It should be "people make cyberpunk films" when written generally. I think cyberpunk originating from Japan is interesting, films or novels, but the film activity should probably be an important and seriously-written sub-section of the article as a whole. The sources you list don't always confine the genre to films, even in the articles you list that focus on the best-known films. If only four of the long list of sources deal with the films, then the other media sections should be fleshed out (even if it's Tetsuo-style), for a better article overall.__ E L A Q U E A T E 00:39, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
  • Indeed. As above, it shouldn't have games, manga, etc. They were added, it seems, almost entirely by a single editor who did not understand the subject of the article (perhaps this should have been addressed before requesting the move -- I erroneously assumed it would be uncontroversial). Also as above, and throughout this thread, it isn't simply about cyberpunk (lowercase c) media from Japan but something specific called "Japanese Cyberpunk." So it's not relevant what's capitalized over at cyberpunk. But this isn't supposed to be a discussion of what the article is about. That's presented in the article (though confused by the addition of anime, etc.). --— Rhododendrites ^talk |  03:06, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
    • I don't see any reason to exclude other media when considering the style, when scholarly sources don't.[1] While I agree that the underground films listed share a cyberpunk aesthetic, the sources are very weak and non-scholarly for supporting that this is a specific film movement name. I see the possible argument, but it has to be made by more than a couple of self-published blogs. Ghost in the Shell and Akira are more widely discussed in scholarly sources as examples of cyberpunk aesthetics in Japan than the underground films alone.__ E L A Q U E A T E 06:16, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
      • Japanese Cyberpunk not a "cyberpunk made in Japan", also its (not looking a name) losy companion of films like Akira or (!!!) GiST. "Japanese Cyberpunk" - its a subgenre of body horror! And influenced by films like Videodrome (1983) and other technophobic body-horror not a "Blade runner" and other cyberpunk Sci-Fi what influence in japaneses films like GiTS, Akira and other mainstream manga and anime. If you do not understand what is this a genre - do not argue! Its look very stupid. Sorry for broken english. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.191.35.74 (talk) 11:45, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
        • As the sources (even ones focusing on live action film) used to support the article state, Although this writing focuses mainly on live-action cyberpunk output, Akira's arrival was so important and influential to the sub-genre that it needs to be acknowledged. The sources mostly write of this as a style that had a strong underground film history, but that manifested across media. There's a reason we don't have an article named Cyberpunk cinema but we do have an article Cyberpunk that covers its expression in film and other media. Get better sources than a few fan blogs. For instance, get a scholarly source that uses the name you are saying is used. Otherwise I don't see that the article and current sources support the idea that the term "Japanese cyberpunk" is confined to its expression in film. Books like this suggest that there could be better, more encyclopedic content here. __ E L A Q U E A T E 12:52, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
          • Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Century. At first. Than see some of this films! Its not a cyberpunk! There is no hi-tech, only low-tech, analog technology. Why you so stupid as fuck? First you need watch all this films, than argue. Also your "Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture" - sheety esse made by mainstream anime-otaku. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.191.35.74 (talk)
            • Escape Velocity is an informative book. It doesn't insist that films are the only thing to consider in the genre and it doesn't use a specific phrase to describe a set of films. (You should consider less harassing language as Wikipedia is collaborative.) I don't think the films are unimportant or uninteresting but I think, in the same way as the sources listed, that the topic deserves broader encyclopedic treatment than as a pure and isolated film movement.__ E L A Q U E A T E 15:38, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
              • I clearly see - you just dont understand main difference between THIS subgenre JUST named Japanese Cyberpunk and all other japanese cyberpunk. Also i think you can not see a difference between "cyber punk" and "cyberpunk", am i right? I say`d early - its NOT subgenre of cyberpunk its NOT cyberpunk movie - its subgenre of body horror and its HORROR movie. Do you understand? Or you one who think that en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splatter_film - is an a film about expressionist painters? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.191.35.74 (talk)
                • Tell it to the sources.__ E L A Q U E A T E 18:15, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
                  • See all this film first, than argue, mofo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.191.35.74 (talk) 02:11, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose caps would imply a magazine, film, etc. In ictu oculi (talk) 01:35, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
  • ??? ...then what of French New Wave, Art Deco, Classical Realism, Figuration Libre, Cinema Novo, Free Cinema, Japanese New Wave, Italian Futurism (cinema), No Wave Cinema, Soviet Parallel Cinema, Yugoslav Black Wave, and countless others? --— Rhododendrites ^talk |  03:06, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
    • The biggest difference I see is that you can easily verify that scholars use the terms "Italian Futurism", or "French New Wave". I haven't seen a reliable source that uses this specific term, only for the films, although scholars do make connections between the movies (and other media). Wikipedia can't name a movement before it's generally accepted in sources. That's backwards and WP:OR.__ E L A Q U E A T E 15:38, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
• Comment - Since there's disagreement on the subject of the article, there's certainly no cause to move. It can be closed as not done and I'll start a separate thread for discussing the subject of the article. Thanks. --— Rhododendrites ^talk |  14:30, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

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Overzealous

Is it really necessary to use the term Cyberpunk a ridiculous 60 times in an article of this size? PorkyPowerPeanut (talk) 16:23, 12 April 2023 (UTC)