The future is ready to smack home audiences in the face in the action-packed sci-fi anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, which just unveiled its suped up trailer today. Coming to Netflix this September, the 10 x 30′ series hails from CD PROJEKT RED, the company behind the Cyberpunk 2077 video game, and Japanese animation house Studio Trigger (Promare, Kill la Kill).
The streamer also unveiled official key art today, featuring the show’s character ensemble.
In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become an edgerunner: a mercenary outlaw.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is produced by CD PROJEKT RED with Rafał Jaki (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher: Ronin) as showrunner and executive producer; Satoru Homma, Bartosz Sztybor and Saya Elder serve as producers. The team at CD PROJEKT RED has been working on this new series since 2018. Acclaimed Japan-based animation company, Studio Trigger, is the animation studio on the series and brings the world of Cyberpunk to life with their signature, vibrant style.
Hiroyuki Imaishi (Gurren Lagann, Kill la Kill, Promare) directs the series along with creative director Hiromi Wakabayashi (Kill la Kill), character designer and animation director Yoh Yoshinari (Little Witch Academia, BNA: Brand New Animal), from the adapted screenplay by Yoshiki Usa (GRIDMAN UNIVERSE series, Promare) and Masahiko Otsuka (Star Wars: Visions ‘The Elder’). The original score is composed by Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill series).
