Cyberpunk: Edgerunners debuted on the Netflix platform on September 13 this year and is sure to achieve a dizzying success soon. The production itself was announced on June 25, 2020 during the CDP Red stream, where it was also announced that the Japanese studio Trigger would be responsible for the production. At the moment, the series has sensational ratings and the Internet is slowly spreading information about how good this series is.

The very fact that CDP dared to make Polish-Japanese anime was already interesting. These are not two creative cultures that often clash. And the result of this extraordinary collaboration has been incredibly good. The animation itself is at a very high level. Some elements of animation will probably become an icon in the production of anime set in similar realities. Like answering phone calls, one that was reflected on the screen which that forced the characters to freeze or translate it into facial expression. Every use of Sandevistan by David, both showing a slowdown in time and the energy sent by the implant to the body, also looked fantastic. Even if it used existing concepts.

Plus, the game’s anime compatibility is really amazing. A lot of work has gone into capturing the specific locations, characters, clothing and backgrounds. The level of detail in mapping the game’s anime environment while maintaining style and lighting is impressive. Studio Trigger did a really good job here.

The story is psychotically dynamic. Each subsequent episode raises the stakes. Both in terms of history and in terms of gore, and there is a lot of it. The series is saturated with visual effects, music that changes the atmosphere from scene to scene. There is no room to breathe, but not because the script was poorly written, but because it was assumed to be so.

The viewer feels like he or she must sit pressed into the chair, witnessing cyberpsychosis, unable to look away. Just like David in one of the episodes. Anyway, it was no accident that this scene found its way to the trailer. It is a very carefully thought-out show that we have never seen on this scale.

The world of Night City in which the action takes place is clear, beautiful and nasty at the same time. It is a performance on a similar level as in Arcane. We are aware of all the lights and shadows of this place. We easily move from the slums up to the top, modern floor of the Arasaka Corp office building.

Additionally, the music was a bit of a surprise for me. Mainly because a large portion of it, especially the most emotional motives, were made by Poles, mainly David Podsiadło. It’s been a long time since I heard a Polish track with such a level of sophistication as “Let Me Down”. And it was a very big surprise for me. A positive surprise.

Overall Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is a real, recommendable wonder and it remains to be hoped that the next production in this series is already planned. And maybe Trigger smuggled the information that it is, because in one episode we see that “Edgerunners” in the production of JK has as many as 32 braindans…