Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is a 2022 cyberpunkweb anime series based on the video game Cyberpunk 2077 by CD Projekt Red. The series was animated by Japanese animation studioTrigger under the supervision of Polish CD Projekt and premiered on Netflix in September 2022. Set in the Cyberpunk universe created by Mike Pondsmith, the anime serves as a prequel to the game and takes place about a year before the events of Cyberpunk 2077.
Setting
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is set in Night City, a self-reliant metropolis located in the Free State of California that suffers from extensive corruption, cybernetic addiction, and gang violence. The city is split into six districts, each of which has its own precise living requirements, and is controlled by several megacorporations, including Arasaka and its rival Militech. The anime’s story is primarily set in Santo Domingo, the oldest, poorest, and most industrial district of Night City.
Plot
In a dystopia overrun by corruption, crime, and cybernetic implants, an impulsive but talented street kid named David, after losing everything he has in a drive-by shooting, makes the choice to survive on the wrong side of the law as an “edgerunner”: a high-tech, black-market mercenary also known as a “cyberpunk”.