A third teaser trailer has been revealed for the upcoming Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 anime series, which will premiere on Netflix worldwide on October 20, 2026. The trailer was first unveiled during an industry panel at Anime NYC 2026.
Kai Ikarashi (Cyberpunk Edgerunners Episode 6 storyboard artist and animation director et al., Tengoku Daimakyo Episode 10 storyboard artist and director et al.) is directing Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, with TRIGGER handling the animation production.
Other staff include Ichigo Kanno (Metallic Child animation trailer director) as lead character designer, Naoto Uchida as assistant director, TRIGGER CEO Masahiko Otsuka (Cyberpunk Edgerunners assistant director and co-scriptwriter, Promare and Gurren Lagann assistant director) as scriptwriter, and Tsuneo Imahori as music composer. Bartosz Sztybor (Cyberpunk Edgerunners narrative director) is credited as the showrunner, story writer, and producer.
Meanwhile, the main voice cast will star:
- • Momoko Terasawa as Roman Carax
- • Akari Kito as Talia Yang
- • Koki Uchiyama as D
- • Kentaro Tone as Weak Kingsley
The anime’s first episode had its premiere at Anime Expo 2026 on July 3, 2026 at Crypto.com Arena. It will have 10 episodes.
The first Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime series was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi (Promare, Kill la Kill, Gurren Lagann), with Yoh Yoshinari (BNA: Brand New Animal and Little Witch Academia director) and Yuto Kaneko (BNA: Brand New Animal animation director) as character designers. It began streaming on Netflix on September 13, 2022.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners inspired a prequel spin-off manga and video game collaborations with GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE– and Wuthering Waves. An artbook, titled The Art of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, was also released.
The synopsis of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is described as:
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 pulls you back into Night City, where lives become entangled to the extreme. Weak, a washed-up cyberpunk legend, is now forced to live without chrome as he searches for a sense of purpose in a world that’s passed him by. Meanwhile, the deadly nomad D sets out on a path to revenge that brings him close to corpo secrets never meant to be found. Across this ten-episode standalone series, uncover a story of family, obsession, legacy – and how your lens reflects the stories of the people around you.
Sources: Netflix Anime Official YouTube Channel, press release
