{"id":85066,"date":"2026-06-28T11:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T15:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85066"},"modified":"2026-06-28T14:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T18:38:33","slug":"cyberpunk-edgerunners-2-sets-fall-2026-release-with-first-look-at-4-new-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85066","title":{"rendered":"Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Sets Fall 2026 Release With First Look at 4 New Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>Netflix has revealed first character details and a fall release window for its anime sequel series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/tv\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-2\">Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix, CD Projekt Red, and Studio Trigger took to X\/Twitter to roll out information about the new cast of characters coming to Season 2 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/cyberpunk-2077\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a> anime spin-off. It came with the promise of a fall 2026 release window, narrowing down its premiere timeline as fans await a more specific release date.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the announcement came with a sneak peek at four new characters: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/edgerunners\/status\/2070145078941594019?s=20\">Weak Kingsley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/edgerunners\/status\/2070567773567078631?s=20\">D<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/edgerunners\/status\/2070930176393855400?s=20\">Roman Carax<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/edgerunners\/status\/2071171753724846181?s=20\">Talia Yang<\/a>. The new gang graces the cover of the first Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 poster, which you can see below.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"image-with-caption\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/06\/28\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-2-characters-1782661452497.jpg\" data-image-title=\"undefined\" data-image-class=\"article-image-full-size\" data-image-link=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/06\/28\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-2-characters-1782661452497.jpg\" data-caption=\"Cyberpunk%3A%20Edgerunners%202.%20Image%20courtesy%20of%20Netflix.\" \/>\n<p>Netflix published information about the four new Night City names across social media and in collaboration with various content creators. As shared via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/news\/latest\/2026\/6\/28\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-season-2-fall-2026-release-date-visual\">Crunchyroll<\/a>, Weak Kingsley is described as a veteran Edgerunner who &#8220;now lives in the shadow of his former glory.&#8221; D is a Snack Nation Netrunner looking for revenge as he &#8220;hunts the killer who wiped out his clan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Roman Carax is the youngest of the group and is described as a &#8220;cinephile in search of real stories in a city that abandoned<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has revealed first character details and a fall release window for its anime sequel series, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2. Netflix, CD Projekt Red, and Studio Trigger took to X\/Twitter to roll out information about the new cast of characters coming to Season 2 of the Cyberpunk 2077 anime spin-off. It came with the promise of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":85068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85066"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85070,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85066\/revisions\/85070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}