As someone who attended the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners premiere at Anime Expo 2022, coinciding with Studio TRIGGER’s 10th anniversary, I could hardly imagine the phenomenon that was just around the corner. While Studio TRIGGER is known for easily packing their panels every year they come, walking next door to see almost every seat of the 20,000-person arena filled felt like another milestone for the studio, CD Projekt Red and the Cyberpunk project as a whole. Following the premiere of the first episode of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 and the TRIGGER panel at Anime Expo 2026, Crunchyroll News had the opportunity to speak with Edgerunners 2 director Kai Ikarashi alongside series writer and showrunner Bartosz Sztybor about what to expect in the hotly anticipated new season. Image courtesy of CD Projekt Red Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 wants to make something very, very clear: David is dead . But Night City is more than just about one person, as a new crew of characters exhibit other aspects of the city. The new cast includes Weak, a veteran Edgerunner nicknamed “King” who is still processing a past trauma; D, a netrunner looking for the murderer of his clan; Roman, a young boy who is obsessed with traditional filmmaking; and Talia, a Maelstrom member who has greatly altered her body with cybernetic implants.