There was an excessive amount of anticipation surrounding this show, much like there was with the initial version of the game before it was improved – it's a cyberpunk-themed anime drawing from Mike Pondsmith’s Cyberpunk universe and acting as a backstory for the video game, occurring roughly a year prior to the events in *Cyberpunk 2077*. CD Projekt, the Polish development studio, officially endorsed it. The stor…

Everything about the story, the people involved, and what they say feels incredibly familiar and unoriginal. It's equally frustrating to notice how illogical and random the action scenes appear to be.

cyberpunk: edgerunners evoked sadness, though I suspect that's inherent to the cyberpunk style itself. It feels less like a warning and more an honest depiction of how we’ll likely interact with technology and capitalism in the future. The series stands out as a prime example of what anime can achieve today, moving beyond its celebrated period from the 90s. It employs familiar anime conventions, certainly, but doe…