Curated playlist
Fiction about prosthetics
- Moby-DickMoby-Dick sold poorly and Melville died in 1891 without seeing it celebrated. Its fame came entirely after his death.
- RoboCopRoboCop's leading actor was fired partway through filming. The 1987 film's suit was too bulky for him to move in.
- Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodFullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood began with a notice printed in the 20th volume of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga, released in August 2008. Its author, Hiromu Arakawa, used that volume to announce that a second anime adaptation was already…
- Ghost in the ShellGhost in the Shell is a Japanese cyberpunk franchise that began as a manga by Masamune Shirow. Its 1995 animated film made a lasting impression on the creators of The Matrix. The Wachowskis showed it to producer Joel Silver and told him,…
- Akira (manga)Akira was the first comic in the world to be colored digitally. Steve Oliff colored the American edition of the manga.
- Battle Angel AlitaA doctor digging through a garbage dump finds a living cyborg head and torso. He names her Alita, after his dead cat.
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainMetal Gear Solid V was first announced as an indie game from a fake Swedish studio. Kojima's team made it.
- Fullmetal AlchemistTwo brothers try to bring their mother back in Fullmetal Alchemist, and lose a leg and a whole body.
- Cyberpunk: EdgerunnersCyberpunk: Edgerunners pulled in 14.88 million hours of viewing during its first week on Netflix, and that was enough to put it in the service's top ten. The animated miniseries premiered on the 13th of September 2022. It follows David…
- Cyberpunk 2077Cyberpunk 2077 broke a record within hours of its midnight GMT launch on the 10th of December 2020. More than one million people played it at once on Steam, and one million viewers watched live on Twitch. Together, the figures doubled the…