Edgerunners Will get a Blu-Ray and Manga Prequel

Studio Set off’s Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was a success when it got here out, and CD Projekt Red’s greater than conscious how a lot of us find it irresistible. Whereas we don’t know a lot in regards to the franchise’s next anime venture, there’s no less than some good, extra current information for followers of the sequence to have a good time.

First up, do you know Edgerunners bought a manga? No, actually, it’s known as Cyberpunk Edgerunners: Insanity, and it’s a prequel whose first chapter got here out on Friday in “choose magazines” throughout Japan, Poland, and different territories. Written by CDPR’s comedian/animation narrative head Bartorsz Sztybor and drawn by Asano, Insanity is a prequel centered on the sister-brother duo Rebecca and Pilar earlier than they joined Maine’s crew and…nicely, should you noticed the present, you recognize. In the mean time, Darkish Horse is dealing with the English model, and there’s presently no method to learn it in that language. Your complete quantity will hit someday in 2025, however you may peep its colourful cowl down under.

Do not get mad that we stored it a secret 🤫 The primary chapter of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners MADNESS official manga is now out in chosen languages, with the total quantity popping out in 2025! 💥

Story by @sztybor_writes 💬, artwork by @asano4124 🎨

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

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

If that weren’t sufficient, Edgerunners is pulling an Arcane and coming to Blu-Ray subsequent yr! Presently, it’ll be launched in North America and Japan, together with Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand. In the mean time, the Japanese launch is the one one with an actual date: Could 28, 2025. However what’s included in mentioned Blu-Ray, and when it’ll land at different territories shall be revealed within the coming months. It’s nonetheless a win, although: Edgerunners joins Arcane and the 2 Castlevania sequence as high-profile Netflix exhibits graced with a bodily launch. That’s a reasonably large deal, particularly since Netflix has lately proven it’s keen to eliminate interactive specials or exhibits like Voltron, which aren’t originals however had been born on the platform.

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