Cyberpunk: Edgerunners to Get Early Premiere

By Nick Valdez

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners will be making its big anime debut with Netflx in just a little under a week, but now fans will be able to check it out even earlier as the series has announced that a special early premiere is coming before the new series officially hits! Cyberpunk 2077 has kicked off a whole new expansion to celebration its upcoming anime debut animated by Studio Trigger, and fans everywhere are excited to see how the franchise enters this whole new anime world. Thankfully, they won't have to be waiting much longer as there will be a chance to check it out with lots of other fans around the world!

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners has announced that the series will be hosting a special early watch party where the first three episodes of the series will be premiered! Taking place at September 12th at 7PM CEST, these first three episodes will be of the English dub as fans can gather to check it all out before the full series hit Netflix on September 13th. Now the series is getting ready to unleash itself with fans, and now there's an excitement for this watch party where everyone can tune in and enjoy these first few episodes together. 

CD Projekt Red, the original company behind the Cyberpunk 2077 video game, produces the series with Rafał Jaki (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher: Ronin) serving as showrunner and executive producer. Satoru Homma, Bartosz Sztybor and Saya Elder serve as producers with Studio Trigger producing the animation for the new series. Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi with Hiromi Wakabayashi serving as creative director, Yoh Yoshinari as character designer and animation director, and features an adapted screenplay from Yoshiki Usa and Masahiko Otsuka.

As for what to expect from the new anime, Netflix officially describes Cyberpunk: Edgerunners as such, "The series tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in Night City — a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he stays alive by becoming an edgerunner — a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk." 

What are you hoping to see in Cyberpunk's anime debut? Will you be checking out the new series early or when it hits Netflix? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!

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