On This Day in Anime

Four years ago, we followed David Martinez as he traded his humanity for a piece of military-grade cyberware. After a brutal incident leaves his life in ruins, he turns to the Sandevistan to chase a future he can never actually reach.

Studio Trigger brings a frantic, high-contrast aesthetic that perfectly mirrors the protagonist's reliance on speed. The animation vibrates with the same nervous tension that keeps the city's desperate denizens awake.

It is a gut-punch of a story that refuses to sugarcoat the cost of ambition. Watching the city chew up its inhabitants remains a harrowing experience four years later.