A new key visual and trailer have been unveiled for the upcoming Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2 anime series. The anime will premiere on Netflix worldwide on October 20, 2026 and will have 10 episodes.
The newly released trailer features the series’ English dub version, with its cast including:
- • Valeria Rodriguez as Roman Carax
- • Kimoy Lee as Talia Yang
- • Nazeeh Tarsha as D
- • Clancy Brown as Weak Kingsley
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 returning as the animation production studio.
The anime’s other staff include Ichigo Kanno (Metallic Child animation trailer director) as lead character designer, Naobito 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. CD Projekt Red VP of Franchise Bartosz Sztybor (Cyberpunk Edgerunners narrative director) is credited as the showrunner, story writer, and producer.
Meanwhile, the main Japanese voice cast will star:
- • Momoko Terasawa as Roman Carax
- • Akari Kito as Talia Yang
- • Koki Uchiyama as D
- • Kentaro Tone as Weak Kingsley
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 was released on Netflix on September 13, 2022.
The anime series are inspired by CD Projekt Red’s 2020 sci-fi open world RPG Cyberpunk 2077, which is in turn based on the tabletop RPG by Mike Pondsmith.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners have also spawned 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.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2’s synopsis 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 X/Twitter (2), Crunchyroll News
