Netflix has revealed the opening title sequence for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, an all-new anime series set in Cyberpunk 2077‘s world.
On Sunday, during the Studio Trigger 10th Anniversary & Announcement panel at Anime Expo 2022, fans caught the first episode of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Unfortunately, the rest of us won’t see that until the show’s premiere in September. It’s an original story ripped straight from the mean streets of Night City, so a playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077 isn’t necessary ahead of time. The official synopsis
“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,” the official plot synopsis for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners reads. “Having everything to lose, he stays alive by becoming an edgerunner — a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk.”
Check out the opening credits for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners below. Yes, that opening track is none other than “This Fffire” by Franz Ferdinand.
2022年9月配信 アニメ『サイバーパンク エッジランナーズ』公式オープニング映像が公開！ @trigger_inc #Edgerunners pic.twitter.com/FSVFmWJU8y
— CD PROJEKT RED Japan (@CDPRJP) July 3, 2022
Studio Trigger, best known for Kill la Kill and Little Witch Academia, is working closely with CD Projekt Red on Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Hiroyuki Imaishi of Gurren Lagann, Kill la Kill, and Promare fame will direct the series alongside Hiromi Wakabayashi, with Yoh Yoshinari undertaking character designer and animation director duties. That’s a stacked list of names, no matter how you slice it.
Netflix has been teasing this project for ages, so it’s good knowing that it’ll still come out. Despite Cyberpunk 2077 not living up to the hype initially. CD Projekt Red is still slowly but surely patching the game, and that massive expansion is due next year.
We’re coming up on Cyberpunk 2077‘s second anniversary this December, which is a frightening reminder that time goes by too fast. Since then, the open world RPG has sold more than 18 million copies.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
