Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Accounced at Anime Expo
During its panel at this year’s Anime Expo in Los Angeles, CD PROJEKT RED announced that the company has reunited with studio TRIGGER to create a new standalone anime series set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077 titled Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2.
The Anime Expo panel revealed the logo and poster art for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 and confirmed Kai Ikarashi as director of the new episodes.
The panelists included Hugo Award-winning writer Bartosz Sztybor, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners director Hiroyuki Imaishi, and voice actors Emi Lo (Lucy Kushinada) and Zach Aguilar (David Martinez). The panel was hosted by Joey “The Anime Man” Bizinger.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is being developed by CD PROJEKT RED in collaboration with the legendary studio TRIGGER and will be released on Netflix.
At the panel, titled “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners — Behind the Scenes With Its Creators,” Sztybor announced the new collaboration between CD PROJEKT RED and animation studio TRIGGER to create Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2. Together with Imaishi, he shared an exclusive reveal of the anime’s official logo and its poster art.
Imaishi also took the opportunity to officially pass the torch to Kai Ikarashi (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, SSSS.Gridman), who will make his directorial debut. Ikarashi joined the panel with a recorded video message and debuted a Director’s Voice video to share more about his motivations for the anime.
“David’s story might be over, but there’s plenty more to discover in Night City. And to again have the legendary animation studio TRIGGER along for the ride makes us at CD PROJEKT RED so excited to introduce a raw, real chronicle of redemption and revenge, something unlike what we’ve done before,” said Sztybor, showrunner, story writer, and producer for the upcoming season.
He will be joined by lead character designer Kanno Ichigo (Promare, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners) and Masahiko Otsuka (Gurren Lagann, Promare), who will be responsible for the screenplay adaptation. The panel concluded with an invitation to a closed-door viewing of new teaser footage at the Peacock Theater during studio TRIGGER’s panel later that evening.
