Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is an anime series and prequel spin-off of produced by Studio Trigger under the supervision of CD Projekt RED. It premiered on Netflix on September 13, 2022.

Overview
Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid — David — trying to survive in Night City, 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.

Locations
The anime takes place in Night City and the Eastern Wastelands of the surrounding Badlands. Parts also take place on the Moon.

Production
Hiroyuki Imaishi (Gurren Lagann, Kill la Kill, Promare) directed 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 was 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 in English took place on September 12, 2022 on |twitch.tv.

Containing 10 episodes, Edgerunners premiered on Netflix on September 13, 2022.

Both the opening and ending songs were chosen by CD Projekt RED, while the rest of the soundtrack was chosen by Studio Trigger.

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