サイバーパンク エッジランナーズ
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
An original anime series set in in the universe of Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner—a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk. (Source: CD PROJEKT RED) Note: The first episode received a pre-screening at Anime Expo on July 2, 2022. The first 3 dubbed episodes were streamed on Twitch as part of a co-stream promotion on September 12, a day before the show’s premiere.
Names
| Original | サイバーパンク エッジランナーズ (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners |
| English | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners |
| Chinese | 赛博朋克：边缘行者 (simplified · via wikidata) |
| Also known as | Cyberpunk: Mercenários · 電馭叛客：邊緣行者 · CYBERPUNK: อาชญากรแดนเถื่อน · Киберпанк: Бегущие по краю |
Facts
| Format | ONA (net original) · 10 ep · 24 min · 4h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2022-09-13 (Summer 2022) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | TRIGGER |
| Source | Video game |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | ActionDramaPsychologicalSci-Fi |
| Themes | CyberpunkCrimeDystopianCyborgMale ProtagonistGangsUrbanClass StruggleOrphanGunsGorePrimarily Adult CastHeterosexualDrugs |
| Streaming | Netflix |
Reception
| Community score | 8.65 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 8.64 / 10 |
| Composite | 78.1 |
| On lists | 382,001 |
| Favourited | 29,661 (7.8%) |
| Completion | 90.7% |
| Drop rate | 1.4% |
| In backlog | 15.0% |
| Score spread σ | 1.35 |
| MyAnimeList | 8.62 / 10 |
Score distribution
17242307368841,17852,71465,591716,632839,374968,5311052,119
Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Summer 2022 | S+ | 1 of 76 |
| Format | ONA (net original) | S+ | 1 of 857 |
| Studio | TRIGGER | S+ | 1 of 32 |
| Source material | Video game | S+ | 1 of 530 |
| Year | 2022 | S | 5 of 318 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi | S+ | 7 of 1,409 |
| Season (all years) | Summer | S+ | 8 of 1,662 |
| Genre | Psychological | S | 11 of 416 |
| Length | Single-cour | S+ | 12 of 2,668 |
| Era | Early 2020s | S | 14 of 1,596 |
| Genre | Action | S | 19 of 2,765 |
| Genre | Drama | S | 32 of 1,917 |
| Origin | Japan | S | 39 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Hiroyuki Imaishi, Yoshiyuki Kaneko |
|---|---|
| Series composition | Yoshiki Usa, Łukasz Ludkowski, Jan Bartkowicz |
| Character design | You Yoshinari |
| Original creator | Mike Pondsmith, Rafał Jaki |
Related
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| character | — | Let You Down |
| other | 2026 | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 |
AniList id 120377 · MAL id 42310 · record updated 2026-08-27