CD Projekt Red and Studio Trigger Team with Netflix for CYBERPUNK: EDGERUNNERS Anime Series
Cyberpunk 2077 is probably the most highly anticipated game of the year. What could build the hype up even more? If the game got an accompanying anime series. CD Projekt Red has teamed up with Studio Trigger and Netflix and they’ve announced Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. This is a 10-episode anime series set to premiere in 2022 and will be set in the same universe as Cyberpunk 2077.
CYBERPUNK: EDGERUNNERS tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner—a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk.
Adam Badowski of CD Projekt Red released the following statement:
We are so excited to finally reveal that we are working on an anime in the Cyberpunk world. We’ve devoured just about all the cyberpunk fiction there is to watch, read, and play; it’s a genre that leaves so much room for creativity, and has had such a strong influence on us. CYBERPUNK: EDGERUNNERS is our love letter to cyberpunk as a whole, and to stories told in animated form.
Masahiko Otsuka said:
We at TRIGGER are thrilled to work with CD PROJEKT RED to create a brand-new story set in the world of the highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077. It’s a huge challenge to adapt this universe into an anime, but we are eager to face it head-on.
Edgerunners will be directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi with Otsuka serving as assistant director. Hiromi Wakabayashi will serve as creative director, Yoh Yoshinari and Yuto Kaneko as character designers, with Yoshiki Usa and Masahiko Otsuka adapting the screenplay. Akira Yamaoka is composing the original score.
Talking about creating the series, Imaishi said:
I’ve always loved cyberpunk as a genre, but always found it difficult to create as an original work. This is why I’m very excited to be working with CD PROJEKT RED on this project. It won’t be easy to please both game and anime fans, but I love a challenge, and I’m looking forward to the production. We’ll do our best to meet and exceed expectations.
This is going to be awesome. Studio Trigger does a fantastic job on their projects and CD Projekt Red has rolled out a bunch of excellent games. I’m pumped up for 2022!