We Liked: The Animation
Going hand in hand with the slick aesthetic of course is how masterfully Cyberpunk: Edgerunners moves. There’s lots of great detail in characters, who feel vibrant and exaggerated even in small moments, but of course the standout appeal of the show is its hyperkinetic action.
This is largely in part because of one of the series’ main gimmicks—David’s first cybernetic upgrade is a military spinal implant called a “Sandevistan” that allows him to operate so fast that he goes into the equivalent of bullet time. It’s rendered in the show as the whole world around David turning a shade of pale green, as he slowly moves in a realm where everything around him is practically static, leaving pastel “shadows” of himself like a trail behind. It’s incredibly well done, and in the few times the series rewinds to show us what David’s actions look like to the “normal” world it’s somehow just as impressive. It’s a show dripping with style at every opportunity.
