Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2 Producer Explains Why This Season's Ending Is So Different From What Fans Expected

We sat down with Bartosz Sztybor, the showrunner, writer, and producer for Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2, who explained the ending of the anime’s second season and why it’s so tonally different from the first.

Warning: Major spoilers for Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2 below!

If you’re a Cyberpunk fan, you’re likely well-acquainted with the genre’s tragic overtones. This version of the future — a version toward which we seem to be hurtling faster and faster — isn’t a happy one, and it’s no surprise; with corpo technocrats stepping on the throats of world governments and the quality of life steadily decreasing in spite of massive technological advancements, it’s difficult to find a bright spot in the grimy worlds of Neo Tokyo, futuristic Chiba, and of course, Night City.

This was reflected perfectly in the heart-wrenching conclusion of Edgerunners’ first season, where basically everybody died and only one person got a ‘good’ — if heart-breakingly bittersweet — ending. …