Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Gets a Blu-Ray and Manga Prequel

Studio Trigger’s Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was a deed erstwhile it came out, and CD Projekt Red’s much than alert however overmuch folks emotion it. While we don’t cognize overmuch astir the franchise’s next anime venture, there’s astatine slightest immoderate good, much contiguous quality for fans of the bid to celebrate.

First up, did you know Edgerunners got a manga? No, really, it’s called Cyberpunk Edgerunners: Madness, and it’s a prequel whose archetypal section came retired connected Friday successful “select magazines” crossed Japan, Poland, and different territories. Written by CDPR’s comic/animation communicative caput Bartorsz Sztybor and drawn by Asano, Madness is a prequel centered connected the sister-brother duo Rebecca and Pilar earlier they joined Maine’s unit and…well, if you saw the show, you know. At the moment, Dark Horse is handling the English version, and there’s presently nary mode to work it successful that language. The full measurement volition deed sometime successful 2025, but you tin peep its colorful screen down below.

Don't get huffy that we kept it a concealed 🤫 The archetypal section of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners MADNESS authoritative manga is present retired successful selected languages, with the afloat measurement coming retired successful 2025! 💥

Story by @sztybor_writes 💬, creation by @asano4124 🎨

Meet Rebecca and Pilar, earlier they… pic.twitter.com/RsGOPNG7S4

— Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (@edgerunners) December 13, 2024

If that weren’t enough, Edgerunners is pulling an Arcane and coming to Blu-Ray adjacent year! Currently, it’ll beryllium released successful North America and Japan, on with Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand. At the moment, the Japanese merchandise is the lone 1 with an nonstop date: May 28, 2025. But what’s included successful said Blu-Ray, and erstwhile it’ll onshore astatine different territories volition beryllium revealed successful the coming months. It’s inactive a win, though: Edgerunners joins Arcane and the 2 Castlevania series arsenic high-profile Netflix shows graced with a carnal release. That’s a beauteous large deal, particularly since Netflix has precocious shown it’s consenting to get escaped of interactive specials oregon shows similar Voltron, which aren’t originals but were calved connected the platform.

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