Cyberpunk 2077 is an action role-playing game released in 2020. Although having some technical issues at the release, the game later received a lot of praise and became a big success. Critics pointed out the depth and quality of the story as well as vibrant characters and immersive atmosphere. So when CD Projekt RED (the developer of Cyberpunk 2077) announced an anime based on the game, fans were hyped.
Cyberpunk Edgerunners was animated by the Japanese Studio Trigger and supervised by the developer of the game, CD Projekt RED. The show aired on Netflix in 2022. It is set in the same universe as Cyberpunk 2077 and takes place about a year before the events of the game. The anime received a lot of compliments from the audience and won Anime of the Year at the 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards.
The first seconds of the anime show you the beauty and danger of the Cyberpunk world and hype you up with the dynamic soundtrack. One of the first things you notice is the dazzling animation, which keeps surprising and impressing you throughout the entire series and makes the action scenes look even more spectacular. The beautifully brutal sights captivate the audience and don’t let them take their eyes off the screen.
Behind that smashing art style lies a deep and heartbreaking story. The series is dense with events and action and rarely allows the viewers to rest and take a break. The writing of Cyberpunk Edgerunners is so good that some fans are still bawling their eyes out and saying that the feeling of a broken heart stays with you long after you’ve finished the series.
The reviews are mostly highly positive, and apparently it doesn’t matter if you were a game fan before watching the series, or if you started your cyberpunk journey with the anime — the story will impress you anyway. Some gamers confess liking the show despite never being anime fans: they say the plot of the story is so gripping that binge watching the show was their only choice. Maybe it will even make them watch more anime in the future.
No matter how good Cyberpunk Edgerunners was, the producer says that there won’t be Season 2, making the series a standalone work. Fans agree that this is probably the right decision since the story is incredible just the way it is, and there’s no need to take risks and be in danger of ruining such a phenomenal project with an unnecessary sequel.
Has the Cyberpunk anime lived up to expectations?
Cyberpunk 2077 is an action role-playing game released in 2020. Although having some technical issues at the release, the game later received a lot of praise and became a big success. Critics pointed out the depth and quality of the story as well as vibrant characters and immersive atmosphere. So when CD Projekt RED (the developer of Cyberpunk 2077) announced an anime based on the game, fans were hyped.
Cyberpunk Edgerunners was animated by the Japanese Studio Trigger and supervised by the developer of the game, CD Projekt RED. The show aired on Netflix in 2022. It is set in the same universe as Cyberpunk 2077 and takes place about a year before the events of the game. The anime received a lot of compliments from the audience and won Anime of the Year at the 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards.
The first seconds of the anime show you the beauty and danger of the Cyberpunk world and hype you up with the dynamic soundtrack. One of the first things you notice is the dazzling animation, which keeps surprising and impressing you throughout the entire series and makes the action scenes look even more spectacular. The beautifully brutal sights captivate the audience and don’t let them take their eyes off the screen.
Behind that smashing art style lies a deep and heartbreaking story. The series is dense with events and action and rarely allows the viewers to rest and take a break. The writing of Cyberpunk Edgerunners is so good that some fans are still bawling their eyes out and saying that the feeling of a broken heart stays with you long after you’ve finished the series.
The reviews are mostly highly positive, and apparently it doesn’t matter if you were a game fan before watching the series, or if you started your cyberpunk journey with the anime — the story will impress you anyway. Some gamers confess liking the show despite never being anime fans: they say the plot of the story is so gripping that binge watching the show was their only choice. Maybe it will even make them watch more anime in the future.
No matter how good Cyberpunk Edgerunners was, the producer says that there won’t be Season 2, making the series a standalone work. Fans agree that this is probably the right decision since the story is incredible just the way it is, and there’s no need to take risks and be in danger of ruining such a phenomenal project with an unnecessary sequel.
