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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2

2026 anime series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is an upcoming original net animation (ONA) miniseries created by Rafał Jaki. Produced by the Polish video game company CD Projekt Red and the Japanese animation studio Trigger, it is set to be released on Netflix on October 20, 2026. Set in the dystopian Cyberpunk universe created by Mike Pondsmith, the anime is a standalone sequel to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and tie-in to the video game Cyberpunk 2077.

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