Netflix released a second trailer on Monday for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the upcoming sci-fi action anime from Studio Trigger (Kill la Kill, Promare) based on CD Projekt Red’s 2020 open-world RPG Cyberpunk 2077 and set in in Mike Pondsmith’s tabletop world. Cyberpunk RPG.
The series follows David, a street kid trying to make a living in the body modification-obsessed metropolis of Night City. After crossing paths with Lucy, an elusive computer hacker, David decides to pursue a life as an “edge runner” – an outlaw mercenary for hire willing to take on the most notorious cyberpsychs and criminals in the city in its search. become a so-called legend.
Edited by Studio Trigger themselves, this new trailer offers viewers a dizzying amount of visual stimuli packed into just under three minutes with shots of various supporting characters, multiple gunfights, the series’ apparent antagonist “Corpo”, as well as some how many eyes capturing scenes of David using what appears to be the Kerenzikov Effect – a cyberware ability from Cyberpunk 2077 that allows players to shoot and dodge enemy attacks as if they were slowing down time.
Hiroyuki Imaishi (Gurren Lagann, Kill la Kill, Promare) directs the series along with creative director Hiromi Wakabayashi (Kill la Kill), with character designs by Yoh Yoshinari (Little Witch Academia, BNA: Brand New Animal) and a original composed score. by Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill series).
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners will premiere on Netflix in September.