Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
サイバーパンク エッジランナーズ
An original anime series set in in the universe of Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner—a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk. (Source: CD PROJEKT RED) Note: The first episode received a pre-screening at Anime Expo on July 2, 2022. The first 3 dubbed episodes were streamed on Twitch as part of a co-stream promotion on September 12, a day before the show’s premiere.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is a ona with 10 episodes, from Summer 2022, produced by TRIGGER, rated 8.5/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
An original anime series set in in the universe of Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner—a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk. (Source: CD PROJEKT RED) Note: The first episode received a pre-screening at Anime Expo on July 2, 2022. The first 3 dubbed episodes were streamed on Twitch as part of a co-stream promotion on September 12, a day before the show’s premiere.
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Tags
- Cyberpunk — Set in a future of advanced technological and scientific achievements that have resulted in social disorder.
- Tragedy — Centers around tragic events and unhappy endings.
- Crime — Centers around unlawful activities punishable by the state or other authority.
- Dystopian — Partly or completely set in a society characterized by poverty, squalor or oppression.
- Cyborg — Prominently features a human character whose physiological functions are aided or enhanced by artificial means.
- Male Protagonist — Main character is male.
- Class Struggle — Contains conflict born between the different social classes. Generally between an dominant elite and a suffering oppressed group.
- Gangs — Centers around gang organizations.
- Urban — Partly or completely set in a city.
- Body Horror — Features characters who undergo horrific transformations or disfigurement, often to their own detriment.
- Orphan — Prominently features a character that is an orphan.
- Guns — Prominently features the use of guns in combat.