Surely if you keep tabs on the recent popular anime releases then you must have heard about Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, set in the widely appraised gaming franchise Cyberpunk 2077 universe. It also won the Anime Of The Year 2023 Award at CRUNCHYROLL. Even though fans really really loved the ending of the whole series; without us knowing, it actually did take quite a while for the producers to finalize the actual script that we have all seen.
But have you ever actually wondered how Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was brought to life? Worry not, SHACKNEWS themselves chatted with the producer Saya Elder to uncover the show’s core concepts and the collaborative process with Studio Trigger. Dive in with this article to explore what went behind the scenes of our beloved Cyberpunk: Edgerunners!
The Interview With The Producer Of The Show, Saya Elder, Reveals Some Shocking Information
The interview was taken via a video call session with the producer Saya Elder herself. The full video call session with her is available on SHACKNEWS’ official YouTube channel. Here’s the preview for your reference:
From the interview itself a lot of behind-the-scenes information we got to know that was quite surprising for all the fans out there. The most shocking of all those was obviously the amount of time taken to form the final story draft itself, which says a lot about how wild the initial stage of the production was. You can say, it was in shambles!
Through the interview session, we got to know from the producer herself that; CD PROJEKT RED initially had an absolutely different concept for the show. They wanted to express the story of a coming-of-age teenager who aspires to exist to the fullest in Night City, set in the Cyberpunk genre. Then, they shared this idea with Studio Trigger. Everything changed thereafter.
The result was some good 20 months of headstorming and collaboration between the two teams. They worked together on how to bring the world of Cyberpunk 2077 into an anime form. Actually, what they love in Edgerunners today is the fruit of hard work and dedication invested in it. It’s just crazy how the project has come a long way!
Is There Any Possibility Of Getting More Animated Series Like This From The Cyberpunk 2077 Universe?
As the discussions went on, the interviewers from SHACKNEWS managed to pull out the hot question about Saya Elder, the producer, that every fan is drooling to know more about, which is exactly the possibility of a potential season 2 of the series. Here’s what we got to know;
The producer herself confirmed the fact that new explorations for Night City might be in the works even if it’s not in an anime format that is. According to her, it is a gritty, immersive world envisioned by Mike Pondsmith and brought to life through Cyberpunk 2077.
There was no leakage of concrete details, only thoughts on the enormous narrative potential this universe still carries, which drew on already existing extensions like Edgerunners, the Gangs of Night City board game, or Dark Horse-published comic books. With such a populated setting in terms of threads belonging to different stories, Cyberpunk 2077 will have fans looking out for many more tales from people living in Night City sometime in the near future.
If you’re eager for more Cyberpunk adventures, be sure to check out the show on Netflix and explore the world of Cyberpunk 2077, available now on various platforms, including Xbox, PlayStation, and Windows PC.
