![]() There is a constant pain that sits beneath the surface of the story. It’s referenced in the series’ haunting ending theme and it’s what drives him. While it would have been easy to cast his relationship with his mom to the side as the story developed, the internal pressure he faces, knowing that he’s disappointing her is the show’s leyline. Having everything to lose, he stays alive by becoming an edgerunner-a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk, set on taking from and disrupting the order that favors the Megacorporations even if that means working for fixers. The series tells a standalone, 10-episode tale about a street kid trying to survive in Night City-a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. The good news for those who didn’t play the video game that this story fits into is that you can jump into the series without that prior knowledge. But when tragedy happens, David finds out where all the money was coming from, and finds himself struggling to keep alive, find purpose, and prove himself to an unforgiving world. Tackling this head-on allows the series, at least so far, to showcase how technology can be a path out of poverty while also being the cause of inequality, to begin with. ![]() She works night and day just to pay tuition and keep the washing machine fed. For her part, she’s a single mom looking to ensure a future for her son that she can’t even dream of as a member of Trauma Team. The series opens with the hard-up but extremely intelligent student teetering on delinquency but pushed to keep going to a school that bullies him and beats him out of respect for his mother Gloria. He’s not supposed to succeed at Arasaka’s elite academy, and he certainly isn’t supposed to have a future. ![]() Like the comic series coming out of Titan comics, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners widens the game’s world, and gets closer to realizing the politics and class conflict that defines the genre the video game takes its name from.ĭavid is a street kid from Santo Domingo. Centered on telling the story of David Martinez, a teen in Night City, Edgerunners is pulling out the deep class inequities that are the backbone of the cyberpunk genre. While the trailers prioritized the vibrant violence and high strobe explosions, Edgerunners is shaping up to be more than just its aesthetics. I mean who better to adapt an IP as vibrant, loud, and explosive as Cyberpunk than studio Trigger?Ĭyberpunk: Edgerunners is a stunning visual experiment that pushes morality, the body, and violence to the edge. Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi-the man behind Gurren Lagann, Kill la Kill, and Promare-with creative director Hiromi Wakabayashi, character designer, and animation director Yoh Yoshinari, and an adapted screenplay by Yoshiki Usa and Masahiko Ôtsuka, this is an anime is a bit like lightning in a bottle. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is the latest animation from studio TRIGGER, in collaboration with CD PROJEKT RED and creator Rafał Jaki, this new Netflix Original Anime brings the world of Cyberpunk to life with its signature, hyper-stylized and vibrant style-this is where I implore you to watch Promare because of mechs and boyfriends. ![]()
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