💥 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 (2025) — Plot, Cast, Release Date & What’s Next for Night City’s Rebels

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 — Night City Reignites with Blood, Neon, and Vengeance

David is dead. But Night City lives on.

When Cyberpunk: Edgerunners first premiered in 2022, it sent shockwaves through the anime world, offering a brutally stylish, emotionally devastating, and unforgettable journey through the neon-drenched chaos of Night City. Now, nearly three years later, Netflix and Studio Trigger are officially bringing us back to the dystopia with Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, a standalone 10-episode saga of redemption and revenge.

And this time, the stakes are even bloodier.

🌆 Back to the Blinding Lights of Night City

With David Martinez’s tragic journey etched into cyberpunk legend, Edgerunners 2 shifts focus to a new cast of desperate outlaws, ruthless fixers, and broken heroes fighting to survive in a city that devours the weak. The sequel isn’t a direct continuation of David and Lucy’s story, but it carries the same emotional weight, explosive action, and unfiltered look at the dark heart of Night City, a place where spectacle overshadows reality and every connection comes with a price.

The show promises to ask one searing question:“When the world is blinded by spectacle, what extremes do you have to go to make your story matter?”

🎬 The Dream Team Returns (and Expands)

With this new chapter comes a bold new creative vision:

• Director: Kai Ikarashi (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, SSSS.Gridman)

• Character Design: Kanno Ichigo (Promare, Edgerunners)

• Showrunner/Story/Producer: Bartosz Sztybor (Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Hugo Award Winner)

• Writer/Advisor: Masahiko Otsuka (Gurren Lagann, Promare)

With Studio Trigger once again handling the animation and CD PROJEKT RED producing, expect a visually blazing, emotionally raw, and philosophically deep story that stays true to the cyberpunk ethos while exploring new characters and consequences.

⚔️ What to Expect in Edgerunners 2

• A brand-new antihero in a decaying system, likely shaped by David’s legacy

• A standalone story, meaning you don’t have to watch Season 1 (but you should)

• More netrunning, mecha-style upgrades, and high-tech warfare

• Corporate manipulation, street justice, and heartbreak at every corner

• References to Cyberpunk 2077’s game lore, including Arasaka, Militech, and maybe even more cameos

• A darker tone—leaning deeper into revenge, trauma, and what it means to be remembered in a city that forgets fast

💀 Recap: Where We Left Off

David Martinez’s fall in Season 1 was poetic and gut-wrenching. A student-turned-edgerunner, his rise and eventual death at the hands of Arasaka’s Adam Smasher symbolized Night City’s ruthless machinery—one that chews through anyone who dares to dream.

Lucy escaped to the Moon, fulfilling her dream. But that ending wasn't peace—it was survival.

Now, with Edgerunners 2, we're diving back into the hellfire.

📺 Release Info

• Title: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2

• Episodes: 10

• Streaming: Netflix

• Produced by: CD PROJEKT RED x Studio Trigger

• Planned Release: TBD (In Production as of July 2025)

🎭 The Cyberpunk Legacy Continues

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners wasn’t just an anime—it was a cultural phenomenon. It revived interest in Cyberpunk 2077, broke into global top charts on Netflix, and won Anime of the Year at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023.

Its mix of gritty storytelling, techno-surrealism, and emotional devastation made it a fan favorite. And with Edgerunners 2, Trigger isn’t trying to recreate the same story—they’re taking us even deeper into Night City’s soul, where memories are fragile, violence is currency, and survival is art.

💬 Final Thoughts

Edgerunners 2 isn’t just a sequel—it’s a cybernetic resurrection. A story for anyone who's ever felt broken, forgotten, or forced to carve their name into a world that doesn’t care.

So plug in, chooms. Night City’s calling again.