If we get anything clear from the new Cyberpunk Edgerunners trailer, it’s that they are not going to hang out with little girls: Netflix starts its particular countdown ahead of its premiere with a tremendous and very explicit display of explosions, amputations, shootings and even amazing bursts of punches at impossible speeds. The perfect amalgamation between science fiction, manganime and ultraviolence.
A whole festival of colors and cries of pain condensed in two minutes and conveniently accompanied by the ninth Symphony of Beethoven, but also a demonstration of the talent and commitment of Studio Trigger (Kill la Kill o Little Witch Academia) at the time of taking the CD PROJEKT RED videogame to its field and, from there, telling a new story that, from now on, he refuses to leave the viewer indifferent.
From here it is time to clear up the great unknown that the trailer leaves us: What is Cyberpunk Edgerunners? Without going into too much detail, the young man David Martinez he has received a powerful implant that gives him unnatural strength and speed. Along with the netrunner Lucy will start his own outlaw crusade as Edgerunners, convinced that they can take back control of their lives in a city obsessed with technology and body modification.
Cyberpunk Edgerunners was announced in June 2020, months after the launch of Cyberpunk 2077, and is set in the same city as the video game, although it will offer a completely original story and created for the occasion in which CD PROJEKT RED itself participates directly with Rafał Jaki (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher: Ronin) as Showrunner and Executive Producer.
Although, it has been very clear to us that the anime based on the universe of Cyberpunk 2077 It is not for all audiences -just like the video game itself- the new trailer also positions the series as the next great adaptation of video games to the Netflix catalog. A good adaptation? We’ll soon find out: Cyberpunk Edgerunners will premiere next September 13.
