Netflix has released a new trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunnerthe upcoming anime series by Studio Trigger (Kill la Kill, Promare), on Wednesday during the streamer’s ongoing Netflix Geeked Week event. The series will premiere on Netflix in September 2022.
Based on CD Projekt Red’s 2020 action role-playing game Cyberpunk 2077, Cyberpunk: Edgerunner is a 10-episode standalone anime that follows the story of a street kid trying to survive in Night City, a futuristic metropolis obsessed with body modification technology. With no other options, the child decides to become an “edge runner” or cyberpunk; a lawless mercenary willing to do anything to get the job done.
First announced in 2020, the anime will be directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi (Gurren Lagann, Promare) and character designs by Yoh Yoshinari (Little witch academy, BNA: Brand new animal). “I’ve always loved cyberpunk as a genre, but have always found it difficult to create an original work,” Imaishi said during the anime’s announcement. “So I’m really 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.”
