Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is coming to Netflix in Fall 2026 with a brand-new crew
Netflix and CD Projekt Red have confirmed that Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is returning for a second season in Fall 2026. The new series will be ten episodes long, produced once again by Studio TRIGGER, and arrives with a completely fresh cast — no David Martinez, no Lucy, no continuity baggage from Season 1. A first teaser trailer dropped June 29.
The new crew
The story stays in Night City but follows four new characters. Weak Kingsley is a veteran edgerunner once known as "the King," now well past his prime. D is a netrunner from the Snake Nation nomad clan, hunting down the people who killed his crew. Roman Carax is a self-styled documentarian who rejects braindances and wants to capture Night City's stories on film. Talia Yang is a corpo-turned-criminal with a taste for chrome and violence. The tagline Netflix is running with: "New crew. Same chaos."
Character art for all four was revealed by Ichigo Kanno, the same designer behind Season 1's distinctive look. Kai Ikarashi — who directed the standout Episode 6 ("Girl on Fire") in Season 1 — takes the helm for the full season this time. Masahiko Otsuka handles the screenplay.
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Why it matters
Season 1, released in 2022, did something rare: it rescued a game. Cyberpunk 2077 launched in 2020 as one of the most troubled AAA releases in recent memory, but Edgerunners turned it into a cultural moment, sending player numbers surging and cementing the anime as one of Netflix's strongest game-to-screen adaptations alongside Arcane and The Witcher. Season 2 has a lot of goodwill to build on — and, per Kotaku, is aiming for a noticeably darker and more mature tone.
Replacing the teen-protagonist formula with an older lead is a deliberate creative shift. Weak Kingsley's story explores corporate survival and long-term consequences — territory the first season barely touched. GamesRadar notes Ikarashi's promotion from single-episode director to full-season showrunner as a signal that TRIGGER wants to deepen the series rather than repeat it.
What we don't know yet
An exact release date within Fall 2026 hasn't been set. Voice cast and English dub details haven't been announced. An Anime Expo panel on July 3 is expected to fill in more of the picture. The series is a standalone story, so you don't need to have watched Season 1 — though you probably should anyway.
