Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Why Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Needed a Stand-Alone Story, Not a Tie-In
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners exists because CD Projekt wanted an anime that could stand on its own, not a marketing tie-in. Trigger’s involvement matters here: the studio built its reputation on shows that move fast and hit hard, and that energy fits a story about characters racing toward burnout because the alternative is being forgotten. Hiroyuki Imaishi directed with that same urgency, compressing years of Night City mythology into ten episodes that never slow down long enough to let the audience get comfortable. Netflix’s global rollout gave the series an audience far beyond existing Cyberpunk 2077 players.
Inside the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Voice Cast: David, Lucy, Faraday, and Falco
The Cyberpunk: Edgerunners voice cast pulls from deep anime-dub experience and one major outside name. Zach Aguilar voices David Martinez, and his casting tracks directly with his most notable anime dub performance as Tanjiro in Demon Slayer, a role that required carrying constant emotional escalation without losing the character’s core decency, exactly what David’s arc demands. Emi Lo plays Lucy, bringing the same controlled restraint she developed voicing Tsugumi Hattori in Orient. Giancarlo Esposito voices Faraday, and the casting works precisely because of what he’s known for: roles like Breaking Bad and a lot more on-screen presence built on quiet, controlled menace, and Faraday needed that same unbothered authority. Matthew Mercer rounds out the unit as Falco, drawing on a résumé that includes Levi Ackerman in Attack on Titan.
THE CYBERPUNK: EDGERUNNERS CAST
| Character | English Voice Actor | Japanese Voice Actor |
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