Netflix Shares Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Preview Featuring an Arasaka Escape
The standalone 10-episode anime arrives October 20, following its first episode’s July 3 screening at Anime Expo.
Netflix released a Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 sneak peek on Tuesday featuring an escape from an Arasaka building. The new story centers on redemption and revenge in the world of Cyberpunk 2077.
Netflix released a new sneak peek at Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 on Tuesday, teasing an escape from an Arasaka building.
The anime premieres October 20 on Netflix. Its first episode screened at Anime Expo on July 3.
Staff describe the standalone, 10-episode story as a raw account of redemption and revenge in the world of Cyberpunk 2077. Its premise asks how far someone must go to make their story matter when spectacle blinds the world.
The cast includes, with Japanese and English performers listed respectively:
- Momoka Terasawa / Valeria Rodriguez as Roman Carax
- Akari Kitō / Kimoy Lee as Talia Yang
- Kōki Uchiyama / Nazeeh Tarsha as D
- Kentarō Tone / Clancy Brown as Weak Kingsley
The production team includes:
- Kai Ikarashi makes his directorial debut after handling storyboards, animation direction, animation and prop design on the first series.
- Bartosz Sztybor returns after serving as a producer and writer on Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
- Ichigo Kanno leads character design after working as an animation director and key animator on the first series.
- Masahiko Otsuka returns to write the scripts.
The anime’s music includes:
- Opening theme: The Cure’s 1978 song “10:15 Saturday Night.”
- Ending theme: Petite Meller’s “Watson.”
- “YOU CAN’T RUN FROM ME,” written and performed by rapper RICO NASTY for the anime, featured in its second teaser trailer.
Studio Trigger’s Cyberpunk: Edgerunners debuted on Netflix in September 2022. It adapts CD PROJEKT RED’s Cyberpunk 2077 game, which draws from Mike Pondsmith’s Cyberpunk tabletop RPG series.
The original anime’s physical releases include:
- North America: Aniplex of America released a complete Blu-ray Disc set in October 2025.
- Europe: Anime Limited and Plaion Pictures released the series on home video.
- Australia and New Zealand: Sugoi Co released the series on home video.
The prequel manga Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Madness launched on the Comic Alive+ website in December 2024. Asano, the BNA: Brand New Animal manga artist, draws it, while CD PROJEKT RED’s Bartosz Sztybor writes it.
The manga is receiving releases in seven languages besides Japanese. Dark Horse is publishing the English print edition.
An update corrected the spelling of Arasaka and thanked FilthyCasual for flagging it.
Source: ANN
