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‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2’ Had One Rule: Don’t Look Like Season One

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‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2’ Had One Rule: Don’t Look Like Season One

Wake TF up, Samurai. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, the long-awaited follow-up to 2023’s Anime of the Year winner from Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt RED and studio Trigger, is finally streaming on Netflix. It follows a new ensemble of would-be edgerunners trying their luck in the neon-drenched dystopia of 2078. If David Martinez and V could(n’t) make it, why can’t they?

Ahead of the ten-episode show’s premiere, io9 spoke with CD Projekt RED vice president of franchise and Edgerunners 2 showrunner Bartosz Sztybor about how the team and Trigger aspired to tell a different tale this time around, with a whole new look, sound, and perspective on Night City.

Isaiah Colbert, io9: Shortly after Cyberpunk: Edgerunners season one, CD Projekt RED publicly shut down the idea of a second season. Now, we’re on the cusp of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2. What changed behind the scenes to turn that “no” into a “yes”?

Bartosz Sztybor: I think those words were misinterpreted. The meaning behind it was that Edgerunners is a standalone story, so we won’t continue this story, but the idea of creating more Edgerunners was with me while writing the first one. I already knew that there were more stories to tell about edgerunners and their lifestyle that complement the first Edgerunners.

But my thoughts and wishes were not a greenlight and instant “yes” to make Edgerunners 2 . At CD Projekt RED, we have a strong urge to do unique things and drive for perfection, so it had to be a good storm, a proper anime studio, and a director with a unique voice.


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