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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is an anime based around the a tabletop game for 1988 called Cyberpunk. Last year we got Arcane which was based around a video game to which it respected immensely, while keeping up with the lore and adding even more to the already existing one.
Edgerunners, due to what happens in the series, seems to be taking place before the game, so at least in terms of spoilers there are none. In addition, many of the radio stations, weapons, vehicles, NPCs and much more is present here, even some UI elements like the text messages and the minimap are taken straight from the game. It sticks to its roots without trying to be bigger rather a smaller, but much needed companion.
Moody, depressive, stylistic, beautiful, gory, 18+ mannerisms and dialogue, all that and much more add to the overall atmosphere. Cyberpunk was always all that, changing genres on a whim depending on what the story required, and the series does it with exactly the same perfection. Each episode flows smoothly into the next with bombastic action pieces and some rather somber quiet moments. Edgerunners presents breathtaking visuals, dialogue is fast and snappy, music traverses between all possible emotions and much more. If you are on the fence about giving it a shot, I implore you to do just that.
Cyberpunk: 2077 got a bad reputation owing to its disastrous launch, and that remains true even to this day, even if the devs are trying their hardest to fix it. It will always be remembered as exactly that as one overhyped piece of gaming media. Edgerunners is made for exactly those players who actually stuck throughout the hardships of those early weeks and months (and they were pretty rough), but its easily digestible by everyone even slightly interested in its premise.
You can find Cyberpunk: Edgerunners on Netflix.
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