Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Sets Netflix Release Date

By Evan Valentine

Netflix has certainly shown itself as a player in the "anime streaming wars". One of the markets that the streaming service has dove into is video game adaptations, with the likes of Castlevania, DOTA: Dragon's Blood, Dragon's Dogma, and Arcane being a few prime examples. Now, the platform is set to explore new areas of the game world created by CD Projekt in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, with the series revealing when fans can expect to binge the ten episodes of the show.       

Cyberpunk 2077 went through its fair share of controversy when the game was first released, running into a number of technical issues that made its debut more than a little rocky. Luckily, the world created by CD Projekt has managed to, for the most part, overcome these hurdles, and in doing so, has been able to further highlight the technologically advanced world. Aside from the video game, there have been more than a few comic book series that further flesh out the world of Cyberpunk, so it makes sense that Netflix would capitalize on the stories of Night City with an animated adaptation of their own.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners will release on Netflix on September 13th, with the Official Website for the series confirming as such while featuring new artwork from the upcoming anime series that will further take viewers into the world of Night City from the CD Projekt game:

Edgreunners will be led by voice actor David Martinez for the English Dub, with the director of the anime, Hiroyuki Imaishi, previously working on some of the biggest titles for TRIGGER including the likes of Gurren Lagann, Kill la Kill, and Promare to name a few. 

If you haven't had the opportunity to learn about Edgerunners, Netflix released an official description of the upcoming ten-episode series that reads 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."

Are you hyped to dive into this technologically advanced world next month? What other video game franchises do you think deserve an anime adaptation of their own? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, and the world of Cyberpunk. 

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