Cyberpunk 2077: Opening credits for Netflix series Edgerunners revealed

In 2020 and before the release of Cyberpunk 2077, the Polish developer studio announced CD Projekt Red already announced the series Edgerunners, set in the universe of the futuristic role-playing game, which will finally land on Netflix this September. In ten episodes you can look at new characters but a well-known one night city be happy.

The first real trailer for the Netflix series was unveiled at Netflix Geeked Week in early June, and Studio Trigger was able to spectacularly demonstrate all of its animation business experience. Well published Netflix the opening credits of Cyberpunk Edgerunnersin which the bright colors and beautiful animations were able to shine again alongside big names.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners: Studio Trigger meets Franz Ferdinand

You can take the term “Opening Credits” literally for the video, which is just under two minutes long: the names of the many great artists who worked on the series flicker in front of the iconic yellow of Cyberpunk. As already mentioned, the Japanese is responsible for the animations studio triggersespecially with series like Little Witch Academia or Kill La Kill won the hearts of anime fans.

The credits now at least mention some of the studio’s many employees: Masahiko Otsuka and Yoshiki Usa for example, who were responsible for the script of Cyberpunk Edgerunners. or Yo Yoshinori and Yuto Kanekowho in turn created the wacky character designs.

However, one name in the credits should be known to music lovers in particular, or more precisely fans of British indie rock: Der Song der opening credits comes from the band Franz Ferdinand and listens to the fiery name “This Fffire”. As some commentators under the YouTube video point out, this is quite an unusual choice, but it does an excellent job of underlining the skillful animations of the intro.