Edgerunners 2 Reveals New Characters and Launch Window

Netflix has revealed first character particulars and a fall launch window for its anime sequel sequence, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2.

Netflix, CD Projekt Purple, and Studio Set off took to X/Twitter to roll out details about the brand new forged of characters coming to Season 2 of the Cyberpunk 2077 anime spin-off. It got here with the promise of a fall 2026 launch window, narrowing down its premiere timeline as followers await a extra particular launch date.

In the meantime, the announcement got here with a sneak peek at 4 new characters: Weak Kingsley, D, Roman Carax, and Talia Yang. The brand new gang graces the duvet of the primary Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 poster, which you’ll see under.

Netflix printed details about the 4 new Night time Metropolis names throughout social media and in collaboration with numerous content material creators. As shared by way of Crunchyroll, Weak Kingsley is described as a veteran Edgerunner who “now lives within the shadow of his former glory.” D is a Snack Nation Netrunner on the lookout for revenge as he “hunts the killer who worn out his clan.”

Roman Carax is the youngest of the group and is described as a “cinephile seeking actual tales in a metropolis that deserted cinema for braindances.” Lastly, there’s Talia Yang, a person with corpo and Maelstrom ties whose “coronary heart belongs to chrome and violence.”

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is directed by Kai Ikarashi, with character designs dealt with by Kanno Ichigo. Unique writers Bartosz Sztybor and Masahiko Otsuka are additionally again to work on Netflix and Set off’s sequel present.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 was formally introduced in July of final yr with a short teaser trailer (above), which, in the event you look carefully, appears to characteristic a number of the characters featured in as we speak’s poster. A brand new teaser trailer will likely be revealed tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. PT / 11:30 a.m. ET, however do not anticipate a agency launch date for not less than a short while longer.

“Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 presents a brand new standalone 10-episode story from the world of Cyberpunk 2077— a uncooked chronicle of redemption and revenge,” an official description for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 says. “In a metropolis that thrives within the highlight of violence, one query stays: when the world is blinded by spectacle, what extremes do you need to go to make your story matter?”

See you tomorrow! 👋

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— Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (@edgerunners) June 28, 2026

We do not know a lot in regards to the plot of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, however given the occasions of Season 1, most followers are already anticipating the worst for this new forged of misfits. For extra on the world of Cyberpunk 2077, you may examine how the present’s first season almost included endings that have been someway worse than the one we obtained.

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