“This is the most amazing thing I've seen since Arcane”. Hideo Kojima is excited about the new anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

On September 13, the 10-episode anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was released on Netflix; it was developed by the creators of Cyberpunk 2077 CD Project Red

and Japanese anime studio Trigger.The anime received high ratings. For example, on the RootenTomattos website, the project received 100% freshness and received a 97% rating out of 100 among site users. Now the author of Death Stranding and founder of Kojima Productions, Hideo Kojima, has spoken about anime in the style of cyberpunk, looking ahead, he is delighted.

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Hideo said that this anime is the most amazingthing he had seen since “Arcane” (Arcane), a 2021 animated series based on the League of Legends game universe. And the project itself reminds him of “Cyber ​​City OEDO 808” Yoshiaki Kawajiri's “Cyber ​​City OEDO 808”. Kojima is also confident that the Edgerunners anime will appeal to everyone.

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This is the most shocking thing I've seen sincesince the Arcane I saw last year!!! Or rather an incident! A miracle work by &#8220;Netflix&#8221;, which planned to implant both the IP &#8220;Cyberpunk&#8221;, and the unique feeling of &#8220;Cyberpunk&#8221; &#8220;Trigger&#8221;! I'm sure you'll like it! https://t.co/gLjbIJ2XYD

&#8211; HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) September 20, 2022

For those who are not in the know

Cyberpunk:Edgerunners tells a standalone 10-episode story in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe about a street kid trying to survive in a future city obsessed with technology and body modification. At the risk of losing everything, he decides to become an edgerunner &#8211; a criminal mercenary also known as a cyberpunk.

The anime is available to watch on Netflix.

For those who want to know more

We recently wrote that after the release of the Edgerunners series, interest in Cyberpunk 2077 has skyrocketed.