{"id":2017601,"date":"2026-06-29T15:48:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2017601"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:48:42","slug":"netflixs-cyberpunk-edgerunners-season-2-gets-a-first-trailer-starring-a-character-with-perhaps-the-biggest-death-flag-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2017601","title":{"rendered":"Netflix&#8217;s Cyberpunk Edgerunners Season 2 gets a first trailer, starring a character with perhaps the biggest death-flag of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cyberpunk-2077\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Cyberpunk 2077<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Netflix&#8217;s Cyberpunk Edgerunners Season 2 gets a first trailer, starring a character with perhaps the biggest death-flag of all time<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Cams out.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-season-2-roman.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Cyberpunk Edgerunners screenshot showing Roman with a video camera.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"cyberpunk-edgerunners-season-2-roman.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"320\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Studio Trigger \/ Netflix<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-29T15:48:42+00:00\">June 29, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"c177243e-1a0c-42f8-9d7b-0169323adfa3\" data-name=\"Cyberpunk 2077\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2077\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Cyberpunk 2077\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2077\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Cyberpunk 2077\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2077\" title=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2077\"><br \/>\n  Follow Cyberpunk 2077<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>A trailer for the second series of Netflix&#8217;s animated Cyberpunk television series Edgerunners has been released at long last, giving us the first proper look at the new cast of characters and their adventures through Night City.<\/p>\n<p>The teaser trailer shows plenty of violence, as expected, blended with some clear mental and emotional trauma impacting the four main characters it highlights. A cool touch is that many shots we see are captured through one of these characters&#8217; video camera, and as such have a retro anime style to them.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 | Official Teaser 2\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mV7451mcw-E?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/mV7451mcw-E\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 | Official Teaser 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>You can watch the new teaser trailer here!<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mV7451mcw-E\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We don&#8217;t actually see (or hear) any of these four main characters speak to each other in this teaser trailer, so their relationship remains unclear. However, the high-intensity music and action-focus is one hell of a tone-setter.\n<\/p>\n<p>What little can be seen with these characters sets them firmly apart from the tragic crew of the first season, but they nonetheless seem primed for a bad time. The young boy especially, with a camera and a clear desire to point it at gnarly stuff happening in the Cyberpunk setting may have the largest, brightest death-flag hovering over him I&#8217;ve ever seen in a fictional work since the Carmines in the Gears of War games. That, or he&#8217;ll be the most crooked of the crew.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The initial season of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-shows-cd-projekts-cyberpunk-is-still-worth-fighting-for\">Cyberpunk Edgerunners proved to be an outstanding success<\/a> winning multiple awards. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/when-people-are-sad-im-a-bit-happy-cyberpunk-edgerunners-season-two-is-going-to-be-sadder-bloodier-and-darker\">an emotional rollercoaster<\/a>, one that proved not only critically successful but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-2077-anime-edgerunners-getting-physical-blu-ray-release\">commercially successful too<\/a>. As such, this follow-up season has big shoes to fill when it releases on Netflix later this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>A trailer for the second series of Netflix&#8217;s animated Cyberpunk television series Edgerunners has been released at long last, giving us the first proper look at the new cast of characters and their adventures through Night City.<\/p>\n<p>The teaser trailer shows plenty of violence, as expected, blended with some clear mental and emotional trauma impacting the four main characters it highlights. A cool touch is that many shots we see are captured through one of these characters&#8217; video camera, and as such have a retro anime style to them.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 | Official Teaser 2\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mV7451mcw-E?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/mV7451mcw-E\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 | Official Teaser 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>You can watch the new teaser trailer here!<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mV7451mcw-E\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We don&#8217;t actually see (or hear) any of these four main characters speak to each other in this teaser trailer, so their relationship remains unclear. However, the high-intensity music and action-focus is one hell of a tone-setter.\n<\/p>\n<p>What little can be seen with these characters sets them firmly apart from the tragic crew of the first season, but they nonetheless seem primed for a bad time. The young boy especially, with a camera and a clear desire to point it at gnarly stuff happening in the Cyberpunk setting may have the largest, brightest death-flag hovering over him I&#8217;ve ever seen in a fictional work since the Carmines in the Gears of War games. That, or he&#8217;ll be the most crooked of the crew.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The initial season of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-shows-cd-projekts-cyberpunk-is-still-worth-fighting-for\">Cyberpunk Edgerunners proved to be an outstanding success<\/a> winning multiple awards. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/when-people-are-sad-im-a-bit-happy-cyberpunk-edgerunners-season-two-is-going-to-be-sadder-bloodier-and-darker\">an emotional rollercoaster<\/a>, one that proved not only critically successful but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-2077-anime-edgerunners-getting-physical-blu-ray-release\">commercially successful too<\/a>. As such, this follow-up season has big shoes to fill when it releases on Netflix later this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Cyberpunk 2077 Netflix&#8217;s Cyberpunk Edgerunners Season 2 gets a first trailer, starring a character with perhaps the biggest death-flag of all time Cams out. 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