CD Projekt Red announced today thatCyberpunk 2077will be getting an anime miniseries on Netflix in 2022 , and the team behind the project is one that will have long - metre fans of the culture medium worked up . Cyberpunk 2077is still get in 2020 , though it has been delayed twice now as CD Projekt Red attempts to get everything just correctly before the release of its first loose globe RPG sinceThe Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt .

While anticipation forCyberpunk 2077remains high , the delays , partner with several controversies , have certainly create unexpected hurdles for the game to jumpstart over on the path to its release . Most prominently , Cyberpunk 2077has been criticized for having tough representations of both raceway and gender . Though some of those issues have reportedly been cover , andCyberpunk 2020creator Mike Pondsmith has certify the undertaking , it stay to be meet just how well the secret plan handles complex subjects like sex study and gang violence . Visually , at least , there have been telling presentation , andCyberpunk 2077gameplay take care as strong as ever - with CD Projekt Red eager to increase thegame ’s appeal across several mediums .

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That ’s why aCyberpunk 2077anime miniseries on Netflix is getting made . CD Projekt Red announced the task onYouTubeduring it ’s Night City Wire introduction , alongside the studio that will be working on it - Studio Trigger , a renowned squad that is best be intimate for serial likeKill La Killand the gorgeous anime filmPromare . The serial , which will be calledCyberpunk : Edgerunners , will be a standalone tarradiddle set in the humankind ofCyberpunk 2077 , and will free on Netflix in 2022 .

cyber-terrorist : Edgerunnerswill run for ten episodes , and will follow a vernal protagonist who feels like he must become a free-lance outlaw to survive the gritty , unfair world ofCyberpunk 2077.Cyberpunk : Edgerunnerswill arrive to Netflix with Studio Trigger put its best infantry forward on the anime ’s production , with impressive talent like Hiroyuki Imashi ( Gurren Lagann , Kill la Kill , Promare ) and eccentric designers Yoh Yoshinari and Yuto Kaneko ( both far-famed forLittle Witch Academia ) .

ACyberpunk 2077anime miniseries on Netflix was totally unexpected by most fans , but it ’s a pleasant surprise , especially since it ’s being make on by such a beloved studio in Studio Trigger . WithCyberpunk 2077 ’s release still slated for November 2020 , however , it does mean that both CD Projekt Red and Studio Trigger are bank on the game being popular enough that over a twelvemonth removed from its story , buff will still be craving more . It ’s an interesting bet , but thetalent on both sides- for the game and for the anime - speak volumes to the likelihood of it pay off .

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