{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a4e59fea50672c76a268fae6","clusterId":"c_79da23d3720b53930deb3fa3","slug":"cyberpunk-edgerunners-2-reveals-japanese-and-english-voice-casts","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Reveals Japanese and English Voice Casts","summary":"The official website and social media accounts for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 announced the Japanese and English voice casts on Tuesday. The Japanese cast includes Momoka Terasawa as Roman Carax, Akari Kito as Talia Yang, Koki Uchiyama as D, and Kentaro Tone as Weak Kingsley. Their English counterparts are Valeria Rodriguez, Kimoy Lee, Nazeeh Tarsha, and Clancy Brown, respectively. Rapper RICO NASTY wrote and performed the song \"YOU CAN'T RUN FROM ME,\" which appeared in the second teaser trailer. The first episode will premiere at Anime Expo on Friday at 7:30 p.m. PDT at the Crypto.com Arena. The 10-episode standalone series is set to stream on Netflix this fall. Kai Ikarashi, a storyboard artist and animator on the first series, is directing his debut feature. Bartosz Sztybor returns as producer and writer, with Ichigo Kanno as lead character designer and Masahiko Otsuka as scriptwriter. The first Cyberpunk: Edgerunners series debuted on Netflix in September 2022.","whyItMatters":"The casting of established actors like Koki Uchiyama and Akari Kito, alongside the return of key production staff, signals that the sequel maintains the same creative ambition as the original hit series.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKai Ikarashi is directing the sequel as his feature debut. He worked on the first series as a storyboard artist, animation director, animator, and prop designer. Studio Trigger is animating the new season, the same studio behind the original 2022 series.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRapper RICO NASTY wrote and performed the song \u0026#34;YOU CAN\u0026#39;T RUN FROM ME,\u0026#34; which appeared in the second teaser trailer. The staff described the new series as \u0026#34;a raw chronicle of redemption and revenge\u0026#34; set in the world of \u003cem\u003eCyberpunk 2077\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCharacter descriptions from the announcement:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWeak Kingsley: A veteran edgerunner once known as \u0026#34;King,\u0026#34; now living in the shadow of his former glory.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eD: A Snake Nation netrunner with sharp technical skills and a hunger for revenge, hunting the killer who wiped out his clan.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRoman Carax: A young cinephile searching for real stories in a city that abandoned cinema for neurodance.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTalia Yang: Raised in the corpo towers but hardened by Maelström, fiercely independent and obsessed with her gang\u0026#39;s chrome.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first \u003cem\u003eCyberpunk: Edgerunners\u003c/em\u003e series debuted on Netflix in September 2022 and was voted Best New Anime of the year in Anime Corner\u0026#39;s yearly awards. A prequel manga titled \u003cem\u003eCyberpunk: Edgerunners Madness\u003c/em\u003e launched in December 2024. Aniplex of America will release the original series on Blu-ray Disc in North America on October 28, with Anime Limited and Plaion Pictures handling European home video.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kai Ikarashi steps from storyboard artist to director for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2. His debut feature inherits a series that set a high bar for visual storytelling in the franchise.","twitterPost":"Kai Ikarashi, a storyboard artist on the first series, directs Edgerunners 2. His debut feature inherits a high visual bar.","threadsPost":"Kai Ikarashi directed the first episode of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners as a storyboard artist. Now he directs the entire second series as his debut feature. That promotion from the first series to the director's chair is the quiet story behind the cast announcements.","newsletterBlurb":"The Japanese and English voice casts for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 have been announced, featuring Koki Uchiyama, Akari Kito, and Clancy Brown. 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