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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners returns with a new cast and divided reviews
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners has returned for a second season set in Night City, the dystopian setting also used in the game Cyberpunk 2077.
The new season follows Roman, a 12-year-old who films life with an old digital camera, alongside Weak, a mercenary called an edgerunner, teenager Talia and Nomad D. Weak risks cyberpsychosis, a psychotic break linked to heavy use of cybernetic enhancements, while Talia has joined the violent Maelstrom gang and D seeks revenge for his family.
The season shifts from one central hero to several connected stories, rather than continuing the first season’s main character David Martinez.
One review praised its new characters and visual style, while another said the separate storylines take too long to come together.
The season’s focus on Roman’s camera also explores the value of tangible images in a city where people often consume entertainment through technology implanted in their eyes.
The reviews offer no information about what happens next beyond this season.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners has returned for a second season with a new cast and director Kai Ikarashi taking over from Hiroyuki Imaishi.
The season follows Roman, Weak Kingsley, Talia and D in Night City.
Reviews disagree: What's on Netflix praises the return, while Kotaku says the season lacks the focus of the first.
The new season uses an ensemble structure and includes scenes filmed from Roman’s old digital camera.
- Who
- The second season follows Roman, Weak Kingsley, Talia and D. Kai Ikarashi takes over as director from Hiroyuki Imaishi.
- What
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners has returned with a second season and an entirely new cast.
- When
- The reviews were published on October 19, 2026.
- Where
- Night City, the setting of the series.
- Why
- Not stated.
What's on Netflix
Kotaku
Season's quality
What's on Netflix
The review calls it a perfect return to Night City and praises its emotional clarity.
Kotaku
The review says the season trades away the first season's focus without benefit.
Story structure
What's on Netflix
The new characters and their interconnected stories give the season its own identity.
Kotaku
The storylines feel loosely connected and take too long to come together.
This story does not have a timeline yet.
- Season
- Second season of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Director
- Kai Ikarashi
- New characters
- Roman, Weak Kingsley, Talia and D
- Setting
- Night City
- Review publication date
- October 19, 2026
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What people are saying
there’s no resting on the laurels of the previous season
The result is that Edgerunners II ties its threads together so loosely that the show meanders for more than half its runtime