Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Drops on Netflix with All 10 Episodes

Netflix dropped all ten episodes of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 simultaneously on October 20, 2026, making it one of the most anticipated anime releases of the year. The series is produced by CD PROJEKT RED, the studio behind the Cyberpunk 2077 video game, in collaboration with Japanese animation powerhouse Studio TRIGGER. This season is a fully standalone story with an entirely new cast of characters set in the same dark, neon-drenched Night City, meaning viewers do not need to have seen the acclaimed first season to follow the new narrative. Director Kai Ikarashi takes the helm, while writer and showrunner Bartosz Sztybor returns, drawing on a story influenced by 1990s action cinema. The new season promises an even more raw and brutal take on the world of the dark future, following a fresh crew of street mercenaries — called Edgerunners — navigating corpo violence, identity loss, and survival in a hyper-capitalist dystopia. The all-episode drop immediately sparked global binge-watching and social media discourse, with Night City's visual style, brutal storytelling, and synthwave soundtrack driving conversation across gaming and anime communities worldwide.