Just finished watching the anime, Cyberpunk Edgerunners. I literally watched it from beginning to end in one sitting, and it's one of my new favorite anime's that I have seen. It has everything, amazing color, graphics, special effects, music, all the characters were all unique in their own ways, and an amazing story, that just kept drawing you in with each episode.
The show is only ten episodes, but somehow they managed to pack everything that was needed within all ten episodes, in my opinion, it was paced very well, it wasn't too fast, or too slow, it wasn't too slow that you wouldn't get bored, and was fat paced enough to keep you on edge, with each episode, making you anticipate the next episode in a heartbeat.
It's based on the videogame, Cyberpunk 2077, but the story is set up before the events in the game, so basically if you haven't played Cyberpunk 2077 yet like me, then your fine, you don't need to play the game, in order to understand what's going on in the anime, Cyberpunk Edgerunners. Which in my opinion, was a very smart move.
I've heard of this anime on and off for a while, but at first I thought it was overhyped, and since I haven't played Cyberpunk 2077 yet, I figured I wouldn't be able to watch the anime, but after I kept seeing some clips of it on TikTok, I finally decided to give it a go. So I doubled checked weather you needed to understand the story of Cyberpunk2077, in order to understand the anime Cyberpunk Edgerunners, and once I knew they weren't directly linked with each other, I decided to give it a go and watch it.
Literally from the very first episode to the last episode, I was completely hooked, emersed in the story, wanting to know what was going to happen to all the characters with each episode that I watched. It was honestly so good, that I don't want to spoil the story at all, that's how good it is. But I will say this, this is one anime I would highly recommend to anyone who enjoys, anime mixed with sci-fi, cyberpunk, and sweet flavor of mystery and romance.
The way that the story is written and set up, once you think you know what's going on, at one point it completely flips, leaving you hanging, second guessing of what's going to happen next. When the story flipped like that, that's when I knew, that the story was well written. Something that I haven't seen in a long time. With all the characters, you don't necessarily get a backstory with all of them, but you still get a sense of who they are in a way. Making you care about the characters, and what will happen to all of them.
Once the last episode was over, I immediately checked to see if there would be a season 2, and sadly no there won't be. It's a stand alone anime. Even though it's one season, and only 10 episodes, I would still recommend Cyberpunk Edgerunners. Sometimes, the shorter the better, and when it came to this show, it was the case. This is one anime, that I definitely rewatch again soon, and I would put it on my list as one of my favorite anime shows that I have ever seen.
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