Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Begins Streaming on Netflix
The anime arrives alongside a free Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.5 on October 22 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with Switch 2 to follow, so the series premiere and the game's tie-in content land days apart.
Key Facts
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 began streaming on Netflix on October 20, 2026, with all 10 episodes released at once.
- The Japanese-dubbed Episode 1 of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 streamed free on Twitch at 19:00 on October 20, with no archive kept.
- Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.5, also called the Edgerunners 2 Update, is set for October 22, 2026 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version planned for later.
- CD PROJEKT RED plans to reveal Update 2.5 details on the REDstreams program on October 21 via Twitch, YouTube, and Steam, with patch notes due the same day.
- Kai Igarashi directs Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, with Kazu Ichi Sugano as lead character designer and Bartosz Sztybor as showrunner, story writer, and producer.
Reporting from 5 sources: 4Gamer.net, Automaton, Denfaminicogamer, GameBusiness.jp, and 1 more.
CD PROJEKT RED and animation studio TRIGGER began streaming Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 on Netflix on October 20, 2026. The series is set in Night City, the world of the game Cyberpunk 2077, and runs for 10 episodes, released all at once. It is a standalone story with an entirely new cast, told as an ensemble drama built around four characters: Weeck (voiced by Kentaro Tone), a veteran edgerunner once called the King; D (voiced by Koki Uchiyama), a Nomad seeking revenge on the people who destroyed his clan; Roman (voiced by Momoka Terasawa), a boy who films everything with his camera; and Talia (voiced by Akari Kito), a girl devoted to gang culture, violence, and chrome. Kai Igarashi directs. Kazu Ichi Sugano is lead character designer. Masahiko Otsuka and Hugo Award winner Bartosz Sztybor write, with Sztybor also serving as showrunner. The Japanese-dubbed Episode 1 was also streamed free on Twitch at 19:00 on October 20, with no archive kept.
TRIGGER's credits here carry over from the first series: Kai Igarashi directed the previous Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and Masahiko Otsuka and Bartosz Sztybor return to the script, with Sztybor also credited as showrunner, story writer, and producer. Lead character designer Kazu Ichi Sugano worked on Promare and the first Edgerunners.
Game Spark published a review ahead of launch and scored the series a perfect 10. The review calls it an ensemble drama that looks at Night City from a different angle than the first series and credits TRIGGER's current visual work, especially the contrast between stillness and motion. Under the review's "BAD" heading, the weakness listed is: "We simply couldn't find anything to complain about!"
The tie-in Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.5 gets its contents revealed on the REDstreams program on October 21, streamed on Twitch, YouTube, and Steam, with official patch notes due the same day. The update adds items and features to the game, including content inspired by the new anime.
CD PROJEKT RED Japan's Satoru Homma announced the free Twitch screening: "Although it's only Episode 1, you can watch the Japanese version of 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2' for free even without a Netflix subscription." Viewers of the stream can earn a Twitch chat badge, and mirror streams run on channels run by streamers picked from countries around the world.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 5 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- 4Gamer.net 「サイバーパンク2077」，アニメ「エッジランナーズ 2」にあわせた大型無料アップデート2.5を配信開始。アニメの前日譚を描くクエストに加え，二丁持ちや新衣装，DLSS 4.5対応などを追加
- Automaton 『サイバーパンク2077』大型アプデで「二丁拳銃」が実装、ジャッキーになれる。“コンソール向けMod”など新機能盛りだくさん
- Denfaminicogamer アニメ『サイバーパンク：エッジランナーズ2』が本日10月20日16時よりNetflixにて独占配信！伝説的サイバーパンク「ウィーク（CV.利根健太朗）」ら4人の新キャラを中心とした群像劇が展開
- GameBusiness.jp 『サイバーパンク2077』クエストチームの約半数が元Mod制作者。『ウィッチャー』コミュニティから多数採用
- Game Spark 『サイバーパンク2077』Steam売上上位に急浮上！アニメ「エッジランナーズ2」&本編アップデート配信でプレイヤー数も過去3年間で最高に