"Cyberpunk: The Edge Runner" - a 10-episode animation series from animation production company TRIGGER, set in the same universe as CD Projekt Red's "Cyberpunk 2077" , finally comes - and it's totally whip.
in any part didn't miss any resources : Its scripts and characters are amazing, the design of the main characters and villains is in line with what you'd expect from TRIGGER and CD Projekt Red, its soundtrack will play on your player for months, as well as the dirtiest moments in a decadent and cruel city with David Martinez and his team.
As one of the animation studios behind "Star Wars: Fantasy" , TRIGGER was founded in 2007 and has cultivated a talented team over the years. In addition to "Fantasy" and "The Edge Runner", it is most famous for developing "Little Witch Academy" (has nothing to do with "My Hero Academy") and "Double Killing Girl" series works.
Studio has the team needed to create compelling animation series and has proven itself to the audience through three previous projects. CD Projekt Red employees in a behind-the-scenes video of a release game posted on YouTube praised the studio's art style and development , which further illustrates what they can do. The art effect of the first trailer is enough to prove this.
The developer behind Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red, not only "produced" the series in a vague sense, but their behind-the-scenes video shows that the company's employees are actually creative teams working with TRIGGER to make the animation a reality.
It is a comfort for fans of the game story and the studio as they play an equal role in the process, which shows that they have invested a high level of creativity in this regard. Whatever media it is, if it were created with care and love for the original material, it would certainly be better than the works without them.
"Cyberpunk: The Edge Runner" is performed and produced by Rafal Jaki (The Witcher Card Game), co-written by Bartosz Sztybor (The Cyberpunk 2077), and directed by Yoyuki Imashishi ( "Tianyuan Breakthrough Red Lotus Spiral Rock" and " Promia " ). It tells the story of David Martinez, a street teenager from the night city of Santo Domingo, who attended the Arasaka Corporation charter school.
A tragedy made him an orphan, and David accepted the enhancement of implanting experimental electronic software and turned to the only life left to him: becoming a fringe runner, a hired electronic mercenary, joining a gang of "electronic punk" partners looking for fame and fortune.
When he first met David Martinez, he was just an unlucky street boy who relied on the black market braindances (XBD) to help him and his mother live. Her bright yellow jacket was passed to David and became the visual cornerstone of the animation , so it is not surprising to include it in the latest game update.
franchise and legend designer Patrick Mills is dedicated to picking out props from the animation that can be incorporated into Cyberpunk 2077, and he agrees:
" David's jacket is an obvious choice because it is an iconic element of the animation , which has a lot of meaning. We are glad that people can pick up props in the game and feel the connection to the animated story in a tactile way.For those who haven't seen the animation, I wish they could wear it as a cool new coat and pose in photo mode, but for those who have seen the animation and learned its backstory, I wish it was another bridge between the animation and the game world . ”
In the opinion of cyberpunk movies, is becoming more and more dependent on technology . The biggest flaw is how it slowly takes freedom from people and isolates them from each other and themselves, forming a spiritual prison. The solution is almost always about fighting for some freedom.
David chose to be a mercenary known as the "edge runner", which is still a mystery, but since the official profile uses the word "fugitive" in explaining what a hunter is, it seems to be influenced by the desire to fight for freedom from the system . The word is related to the Wild West and can't help but reminisce about the images of cowboys and gunmen.
is in line with the M-rated rating of Cyberpunk 2077, which has been rated as a TV-MA-rated TV show. This is not a show for children, although animations are often associated with the children's group.
Animation explores mature themes. It is not without precedent, even for the United States, "The Matrix" derivative movie "Black" The Trip Animation Edition》, there are also a lot of bloody scenes in some clips of the anthology movie. As the main work of Cyberpunk, the original animation also has a TV-MA level, so allows mature themes and images to definitely become a great animation . Fans can take this as a good sign.
CD Fans of the 2020 action RPG game Projekt Red may be curious about how Cyberpunk: The Edge Runner is related to the story of Cyberpunk 2077. The short answer is: This is complicated, long story short. Let's get to the point.
The story of Cyberpunk: The Edge Runner takes place in Night City, a future metropolis that is the main background of Cyberpunk 2077. While shares the same location , Cyberpunk: The Edge Runner is an independent series with its own original characters whose storyline is with CD Projekt Red's game or Mike Any storyline in Pondsmith's original desktop RPG is different.
Several locations and supporting characters in "Cyberpunk 2077" have noteworthy appearances in "Cyberpunk: The Edge Runner", either as an ally of David and his colleagues, or appearing in the background in a speechless way, so that you can tell at a glance.
Although this series of works never refers to a clear year and date, it can be inferred from the context clues and the appearance (or not appearing) of certain characters that "Cyberpunk: The Edge Runner" happened before the "Cyberpunk 2077" event .
In the comments of The Edge Runner, we noticed the gorgeous animation used to bring new stories from the cyberpunk world into life:
"There are some really shocking visuals throughout the process, and TRIGGER can easily capture them. Like Star Cowboy Series such as and "Star Martial Arts" can present amazing technology around the game characters, and at the same time make their protagonists resonate with the players and make their technology look more ordinary.
"Edge Runner" is very good at this, making extraordinary people feel very down-to-earth.The animation here is the vibrant and exciting , which is necessary for a story, including the robot leaving its own light-colored image version while holding a gun larger than its own arm. While watching some of the battles shown here, I remembered the visual effects of the classic animated movie "Red Line" . "
Mission Director Vovi Sasco and his team ensure a combination of games and animation :
" Cyberpunk 2077 and Cyberpunk: The Edge Runner have the same, fascinating dystopian world, but there are obvious differences in the image styles of the two, so we have to come up with exciting and logical solutions to bring them together.
I asked the task designer expert Danisz Markiewicz to watch the animation and proposed a narrative solution based on the story of "The Edge Runner" and closely linked it to the game. He suggested taking the Braindance route, but in fact, uses animation to edit in the game!
I like this solution and we start to explore how to implement it. Thanks to some other developers, our partners in Netflix, and the extra creativity, we made it a reality. Braindance itself contains two little secrets, and we hope our players will reveal it. "
When it comes to creating the connection between two stories, The process is not just a one-way street, but an organic, cooperative thing . In Sasco's words:
" TRIGGER Studio did an incredible job to bring the Night City to life in the animation, and people familiar with the game can easily recognize where the key events occurred. What I found fascinating is that at first TRIGGER was inspired by the game, and then when we started to enrich the game in the Edge Runner update, we were inspired by their excellent work.
This is why the placement of braindance, equipment and all other minor events throughout the mission is very deliberately associated with the storyline of Cyberpunk: Runner on the Edge. This mission was designed to express our thanks to fans of Cyberpunk 2077 and Cyberpunk: The Edge Runner. "
The rhythm of each episode is amazing. Class struggle, online psychosis and the company that dominates the residents of the night market are the protagonists of this wonderful story, which can be played in the "Cyberpunk 2020" game or the entire "Cyberpunk 2077".
This story just emphasizes CD Projekt Red's controversial production has always been positive, and these positives have been forgotten by the audience in the process of playing the ambitious Cyberpunk: The Edge Runner. In a parallel world, Cyberpunk 2077 achieved good results on the first day, and Netflix's series was even more popular.
I don't know what I'll think after waking up from the hangover of this series, but when I think of other animations inspired by great video game works, they all can't get close to the greatness of Cyberpunk: The Edge Runner .
in the past, according to the The animations produced by sub-games are made through vague stories, where the characters they are based on seem to exist just to become another marketing equipment that accompany the license; here, they want to tell and create something valuable, let the audience and all those involved in the implementation remember .
"Cyberpunk: The Edge Runner" will change the animation trend based on video games? I don't know, but its advantage is not that it is an excellent IP-based animation; the advantage of "Cyberpunk: The Edge Runner" is that it is an excellent animation itself.
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