Netflix Jacks In For More Cyberpunk: Egderunners

We’re heading back to Night City for another spin off from CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077.

Everything’s coming up cyberpunk lately, and the latest slice of culture from the neon-lit dystopia of the dark future is the news that we’re getting a sequel series to Netflix‘s Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

Not quite a second season, it seems. While Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is set in the same universe as its forebear, and takes place after the events depicted, it’s feeling more like another story in the same ‘verse rather than a direct follow-on. Hard to say for sure, though.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Trailer

What’s the plot?

All we have is the following:

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 presents a new standalone 10-episode story from the world of Cyberpunk 2077— a raw chronicle of redemption and revenge. In a city that thrives in the spotlight of violence, one question remains: when the world is blinded by spectacle, what extremes do you have to go to make your story matter?

Director Kai Ikarashi (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, SSSS.Gridman) brings a bold, cinematic vision to the series, supported by the lead character designer Kanno Ichigo (Promare, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners). They’re joined by returning collaborators Masahiko Otsuka (Gurren Lagann, Promare) and Hugo Award winner Bartosz Sztybor as showrunner, story writer, and producer.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is created in collaboration with CD PROJEKT RED and animation studio TRIGGER and is now in production with a planned release on Netflix in the future.

Who’s in it?

Oh, we are way too early for that, choombatta. Given this follows on from the events of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners season 1, there’s a chance that some characters may recur. And let’s face it, death is no barrier in a genre where brains get uploaded or copied all the damn time. We might even see season 1’s doomed hero, David (KENN/Zach Aguilar) again, or some version of him. But no hard casting data has dropped as yet.

When’s it out?

Again, way too early for a date.

What’s the vibe?

I’m so in the bag for this stuff, I liked the game before they fixed it. To be clear, I liked it a hell of a lot more after. So, while it instantly goes on my To Watch list, YMMV.