Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is an upcoming anime series and spin-off of created by Studio Trigger for Netflix. Containing 10 episodes, it will premiere on September 13, 2022.

Overview
Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid - David - trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future, Night City. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner—a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk.

Production
Hiroyuki Imaishi (Gurren Lagann, Kill la Kill, Promare) will direct the series along with assistant director Masahiko Otsuka (Gurren Lagann, Promare), creative director Hiromi Wakabayashi (Kill la Kill), character designers Yoh Yoshinari (Little Witch Academia, BNA: Brand New Animal) and Yuto Kaneko (Little Witch Academia), and the adapted screenplay by Yoshiki Usa (SSSS.GRIDMAN, Promare) and Masahiko Otsuka (Gurren Lagann, Kill la Kill, Promare). The original score will be composed by Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill series).

Edgerunners was showcased on June 8th at the Netflix's Geeked Week 2022.

A preview event hosted by CD Projekt RED showcasing the first three episodes of Edgerunners will take place on September 12, 2022 on |twitch.tv.

Main Cast

 * Zach Aguilar as David Martinez
 * Emi Lo as Lucy
 * William C. Stephens as Maine
 * Marie Westbrook as Dorio
 * Stephanie Wong as Kiwi
 * Ian James Corlett as Pilar
 * Alex Cazares as Rebecca
 * Matthew Mercer as Falco
 * Gloria Garayua as Gloria
 * Borge Etienne as Doc
 * Giancarlo Esposito as Faraday

Guest Cast

 * JK
 * Katsuo

Locations

 * Night City
 * City Center
 * Corpo Plaza
 * Arasaka Tower
 * Memorial Park
 * Santo Domingo
 * Arroyo
 * Megabuilding H4
 * Watson
 * Northside Industrial District
 * All Foods Factory
 * Moon

Credits

 * Creator: Rafał Jaki
 * Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi
 * Assistant director: Yoshiyuki Kaneko
 * Animation studio: Trigger
 * Executive producers: Rafał Jaki, Dylan Thomas, Taiki Sakurai, Yoshiki Usa
 * Producers: Saya Elder, Bartosz Sztybor, Satoru Homma
 * Animation producers: Shunsuke Shida, Naoko Tsutsumi
 * Screen story: Bartosz Sztybor
 * Script: Masahiko Otsuka, Yoshiki Usa
 * Creative support: Hiromi Wakabayashi
 * Character designer: Yoh Yoshinari
 * Assistant character designers: Yuto Kaneko, Yusuke Yoshigaki
 * Background director: Masanobu Nomura
 * Color design: Yukiko Kakita
 * Composite director: Tetsuya Kawata
 * Editor: Masato Yoshitake
 * Sound director: Hiroki Urakari
 * Sound effects: Hiroki Nozaki, Airi Kobayashi
 * Original score: Akira Yamaoka
 * Opening animation director: Hiroyuki Imaishi
 * Opening storyboard: Kai Ikarashi
 * Opening staff: Shigeto Koyama, Hiromi Wakabayashi, Tuyoshi Kusano, Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Eiji Tsuchida, Koji Aramaki, Shoichi Kita, Ryoma Sanpei
 * Opening song: This Fffire by Franz Ferdinand