Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Gets New 10-Episode Anime Series on Netflix
Studio Trigger revealed at a panel for the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime at Anime Expo on Friday that a Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 anime is in production. Ichigo Kanno from Studio Trigger drew the below poster.Kai Ikarashi (who was a storyboard artist, animation director, animator, and prop designer for the first series) is directing the new series as his directorial debut. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners producer and writer Bartosz Sztybor is again working on the series, and Ichigo Kanno (animation director and key animator on the first series) is the lead character designer. Masahiko Otsuka is returning as the scriptwriter.The new series will stream on Netflix.The staff will show a "closed-door viewing" of new teaser footage at Studio Trigger's panel on Friday.The staff describe the series: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the anime series by Studio Trigger based on CD PROJEKT RED's Cyberpunk 2077 game, debuted on Netflix in September 2022. The game is itself based on Mike Pondsmith's Cyberpunk tabletop RPG game series.Aniplex of America will release the series on a complete Blu-ray Disc set in North America on October 28. Anime Limited and Plaion Pictures will release the series on home video in Europe, and Sugoi Co will release the series on home video in Australia and New Zealand. A prequel manga titled Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Madness from artist Asano (BNA: Brand New Animal manga) and writer Bartosz Sztybor (CD PROJEKT RED) launched on the Comic Alive+ website in December, and is getting a release in seven languages aside from Japanese. Dark Horse is releasing the series in English in print.Sources: CD Projekt RED, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime's X/Twitter account, CD PROJEKT RED Japan's X/Twitter account, Bartosz Sztybor's X/Twitter accountANN's coverage of Anime Expo 2025 is sponsored by Yen Press and Ize Press!
