Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Anime Trailer Reveals October 20 Premiere Date

Ready to get burned again? A brand-new trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 was unveiled at Netflix's Anime NYC stage event today, revealing an October 20 premiere date and teasing that "the lines between redemption and revenge will blur.""A Rusty Dream," written, performed, composed, and arranged by DOUDOU, is also previewed. The full song will release on August 22.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2** Anime Trailer**

The core cast of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2** **includes:

Weak Kingsley voiced by Kentaro Tone (Haku in Utawarerumono Mask of Truth)

Once known as “King,” a veteran edgerunner at the top of his game, Weak now lives in the shadow of his former glory.

Voiced by Clancy Brown in the English dub

D voiced by Koki Uchiyama (Shigaraki in My Hero Academia)

A Snake Nation netrunner with sharp technical skills and a sharper hunger for revenge, D hunts the killer who wiped out his clan.

Voiced by Nazeeh Tarsha in the English dub

Roman Carax voiced by Momoka Terasawa (Chika in Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!)

Roman Carax is a young cinephile chasing real stories in a city that’s abandoned film for braindance. Obsessed with documenting truth, he shadows the lives of others — only to learn that unlike his favorite reels, Night City’s stories are messy, brutal, and rarely tied up with a clean ending.

Voiced by Valeria Rodriguez in the English dub

Talia Yang voiced by Akari Kito (Nezuko in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)

Raised in corpo towers but hardened in Maelstrom’s grip, Talia is fiercely independent and steeped in the gang’s hyper-violent, chrome-obsessed culture.

Voiced by Kimoy Lee in the English dub

Set in the world of R. Talsorian Games' tabletop RPG and CD PROJEKT RED's Cyberpunk 2077 video game, the first iteration of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi (Promare) at studio TRIGGER and won Anime of the Year at the 2023 Anime Awards.Kai Ikarashi (Little Witch Academia animation director) directs Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 at studio TRIGGER, with series composition by Masahiko Otsuka (Promare), character designs by Ichigo Kanno (Delicious in Dungeon key animator) and music by Tsuneo Imahori (Trigun).The upcoming series is described like so:

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.

Source: Press Release, Cyberpunk 2077 on YouTube