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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Review – A Hugely Successful Netflix Anime
Netflix’s anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is the embodiment of ’80s and early ’90s anime. It’s overly-dramatic, ridiculously bombastic, and exceptionally violent, set in the world of Night City, which we all know from CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk: 2077. The 10 episode series from Studio Trigger (Star Wars: Visions, Promare) arrives on Netflix on September 13, and for an anime series taking place in the world of a video game, it has no right to be this good.
The series follows David, a struggling student at a prestigious academy way out of the price range of what his working mother can afford. David joins the underworld of Night City, becoming an Edgerunner and dives into the world of body-modification. From there, he starts running with other Edgerunners, who are a misfit group of large personalities.
It’s a story about classism, the little guy standing up for himself, greed, all while tinkering with the Ship of Theseus thought experiment. These are all typical tropes you’d see in a sci-fi anime–especially one from decades prior. And while David comes off early on as immature and a bit unlikable, his character arc is incredibly engaging and satisfying. Everyone can relate to youthful rebellion, wanting a better life for yourself, and trying to game the system, taking power from the privileged, so this show has the immense potential to hit that nostalgic part of your brain remembering your younger years.
If you’ve ever so much as played Tekken 3, you owe it to yourself to watch Netflix’s Tekken: Bloodline anime
Tekken is a massively popular series: the latest game in the series bypassing 9 million sales in its lifetime is proof enough of that. But as popular as the series is today, there’s something about the early games in the fighting game franchise – Tekken 2 and Tekken 3, specifically – that left their mark in the cultural consciousness in an altogether different way.
For lots of people, their first exposure to Bandai Namco’s 3D fighter was in Tekken 2 – but thanks to Demo One discs and the proliferation of Platinum games on the original PlayStation, I’d wager more people eventually got their hands on (and spent more time with) Tekken 3. And rightly so; it was argueably better than Tekken 2 in every way – and there’s something about the style, the music, the story, and the whole aesthetic that just belongs so wholly in the 90s. It’s become more than a game; it’s become a vessel for nostalgia.
It’s fitting, then, that Netflix’s latest video game adaptation revolves mostly around Tekken 3. Tekken: Bloodline’s story takes us back to just before the third King of Iron Fist Tournament; we see a young Jin Kazama being taught by his mother, Jun, to channel his rage and power – and only use his martial arts prowess for good. Tragedy befalls the family, and Jin is instructed to seek out his paternal grandfather: Heihachi Mishima. One of the richest, and most evil, men in Japan.
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime series will debut on Netflix September 13
The premiere date for anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners has been set for September 13.
The show will debut on Netflix and all 10 episodes of the standalone series will premiere at the same time. Alongside the announcement of the official release date comes a trailer for the show and it rather “bloody” so it may not be safe for work.
The show tells the story of David Martinez, a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city.In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, he decides to take control of his destiny by becoming an edgerunner, a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk.
Netflix’s Cyberpunk 2077 anime show Edgerunners streams into your brain from September 13th
The anime series based on CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 starts streaming on Netflix on September 13th, a new trailer has revealed. Jack in, boot up and sit down to watch the not-safe-for-work trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners below. Just tell your boss they’re needed in a meeting or something.
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Netflix Lands Hunter X Hunter, Berserk, And More Classic Anime
Netflix has has teamed up with Nippon TV again for a new licensing deal, that will add 13 anime series from the Japanese network to the streaming platform’s library. The new additions include a number of cult-classic anime series with high episode counts, so there’ll be plenty of binging available as these licensed series roll out.
Fans can expect the popular Hunter X Hunter, dark fantasy series such as Claymore and Berserk, the long-running boxing saga Hajime no Ippo, and more when Netflix begins gradually adding these shows to its platform. While some of the series will have a more limited rollout geographically, the majority of these shows will stream in over 100 countries, including the US, Spain, Italy, and the United Arab Emirates during the licensed period.
Hunter X Hunter will arrive first on September 1 with a block of 38 episodes and will be followed by Ouran High School Host Club and Claymore on the same day. You can find the full list below and the overall episode count for each series below: