CyberPunk 2077 spin-off anime series ‘CyberPunk: Edgerunners’ to premiere in 2022

CyberPunk 2077 developers CD Projekt Red recently announced a new spin-off anime series based in the CyberPunk 2077 universe. The show, titled ‘CyberPunk: Edgerunners’ will be premiering in 2022. It will be made by Studio Trigger, the studio behind the popular anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion.

The blog post announcing the series suggests CyberPunk: Edgerunners will follow the events of a new character, who happens to be a street kid “trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future.”

The Anime series will be directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi. Some other shows by the director you may know about are Gurren Lagann and Kill la Kill. The team behind the series will also consist of creative director Hiromi Wakabayashi, character designers Yoh Toshinari and Yuto Kaneko.