If you enjoyed Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Netflix’s anime take on the world of CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077, we have excellent news: more is on the way. The streamer and video game company jointly announced Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2 is now in production, with the same animation factory (Studio Trigger) handling the visuals.
The first Cyberpunk Edgerunners was released to Netflix in 2022 and became one of its most popular and critically acclaimed animated offerings — it’s part of the reason Netflix is drowning in video game adaptions right now. It’s times like this I wish I had the time to see everything, as I still haven’t watched the first Edgerunners, but I’m told it’s a closed story and there was no real way to do a second season. Thus, a sequel series instead!
No one outside of Studio Trigger knows what the new series will be about, but they did offer a tiny hint: “When the world is blinded by spectacle, what extremes do you have to go to make your story matter?”
Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2, like its predecessor, will be a 10-episode miniseries. Kai Ikarashi is directing the episodes, while Bartosz Sztybor is doing most of the other work – he’s the showrunner, story writer and producer. Masahiko Otsuka (Gurren Lagann, Promare) is adapting the screenplays and Kanno Ichigo (Promare, the first Cyberpunk Edgerunners) is the lead character designer.
“David’s story might be over, but there’s plenty more to discover in Night City,” says Sztybor. “And to again have the legendary animation studio Trigger along for the ride makes us at CD Projekt Red so excited to introduce a raw, real chronicle of redemption and revenge, something unlike what we’ve done before.”
By the way, there is a sequel to the game coming — what they’re calling “Cyberpunk 2” was announced last May. It won’t be out for a long time, as The Witcher 4 is taking up most of the company’s time. Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2 is likely all the new content relating to the game we’re going to get for years. Hope it’s good! No release window was announced.
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