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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Swapped Directors As CDPR Asked Trigger To Return
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 streamed on Netflix on October 20 with Kai Igarashi as director, replacing Hiroshi Imaishi.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Why it matters
The interview shows the sequel exists because CDPR wanted more Edgerunners and Trigger chose to keep the project in-house with a younger director rather than wait for the original team.
In a Game Spark interview, Igarashi and Trigger president Masahiko Otsuka said CD Projekt Red asked for another series, but Imaishi and chief animation director Yoh Yoshinari were already on other projects, so Trigger proposed a new director and CDPR accepted.
Otsuka, who wrote the series composition and script, said CD Projekt Red approached Trigger after the first series drew a strong response. Imaishi and Yoshinari were already committed elsewhere, so Trigger asked whether a director change was acceptable and CDPR said the studio could continue.
Igarashi had directed storyboards and animation direction on episode 6 of the first series. He said he took the offer reluctantly, seeing little chance of matching the original, and only committed after finding an idea he wanted to pursue. Character designer Kazuki Sugano also worked on that episode.
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