Spoiler Warning for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 1 Ending
Fans would be hard-pressed to succumb to the idea that some series just don’t ever get the greenlight on a new season, no matter how much success it generated when it was live. That won’t be the case forCyberpunk: Edgerunners, as talks behind the scenes reveal that the high-stakes, high-rewards series is teasing its second season.
Originally thought to have succumbed to the curse of Netflix and its history of not giving shows their second or third installment, with anime’s newfound popularity,Cyberpunk: Edgerunnersis getting a second chance. It may have taken years to get development underway, but there’s no better time than now to get amped up for what season two has to offer.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Confirmed to be Getting Its Second Season
Season Two is On the Way With More News to Come
During one of the panels at Anime Expo, it was confirmed thatCyberpunk: Edgerunnerswill receive its highly anticipated second season. Production is already gearing up for a new project as the streaming service has confirmed that Studio Trigger will once again be taking up the mantle in bringing back that same stunning animation and quality with its new installment.
One of the lead writers on theCyberpunk: Edgerunners’panel, Bartosz Sztybor, jokingly stated,“Don’t get too excited, David’s dead,“and further backed that up by saying that he wasn’t satisfied with the amount of sadness in the first season, only spelling trouble for later renditions."[Season two] will be sadder, darker, and more bloody.”
Thus far, one ofCyberpunk: Edgerunners’directors, Kai Ikarashi, and the previously mentionedscreenwriter, Sztybor, have been confirmedto be returning to the project. There are still more details yet to be revealed on which other key members will also be taking part, so fans will have to keep an eye out for any further developments.
What Will Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' Second Season Entail?
One Producer on the Project Already Hinted at the World’s Expansion
While the interview may have been conducted a few years ago, it’s likely that the direction for a sequel or continuation hasn’t changed. When asked about what a second season would involve,producer Satoru Honma statedthat he was very content with how the anime panned out, but hadn’t planned anything beyond that season.
“Just to be clear, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was planned as a standalone work, so there’s no such thing as ‘we are actually working on season 2 in the background. Even if we could make more anime in the future, I don’t know if it would be season 2 or something completely different.”
While fan favorites like Lucy may not be returning in the new season, Honma and the creatives have expressed interest in exploring more animations set withinCyberpunk’suniverse. According to the director, a new cast of characters who are “younger and fresher” will expand the world-building alongside the studio that spearheadedEdgerunner’soriginal success.
