Netflix's 10-Part Sci-Fi Miniseries Is So Good, It's Becoming A Full Series

Published Aug 8, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT Sean is a senior writer for ScreenRant and has been writing about new TV releases since December 2023. He has received multiple advance screenings of popular shows and ideated his own coverage read by hundreds of thousands of readers. Sean is a self-published author of a Western novel. Sean has also written award-winning opinion pieces related to local politics while getting his Bachelor's degree in journalism. A 10-episode science fiction miniseries on Netflix is so good that it was recently promoted into a full, multi-season show. While Netflix is best known for either multi-season shows like Stranger Things and Wednesday or for canceling shows prematurely, the streamer also has a fair range of great limited series. Some of the best shows on Netflix, in fact, were planned out as a single, standalone season that told a complete story, like The Haunting of Hill House. One of the absolute best limited series on Netflix is Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, which takes place in the same world as the Cyberpunk 2077 video game and Cyberpunk TTRPG. As the name suggests, Edgerunners is an animated sci-fi cyberpunk show that follows David Martinez as he dives headfirst into the world of illegal mercenary work and extremely dangerous cybernetic implants, all while seeking revenge against the mega-corporations that rule Night City. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is, simply put, one of the best miniseries on Netflix. It boasts 100% approval with critics and 95% approval with viewers on Rotten Tomatoes, it revitalized Cyberpunk 2077 after its notoriously buggy launch, and it got untold thousands of viewers hooked on the franchise. It's a remarkably beautiful and tragic story that transcends its genre, and it's widely regarded as one of the greatest anime series ever made. It's clear to see why Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is so beloved, but even with its popularity, a sequel seemed out of the question. The show was marketed as a miniseries, and the ending of Edgerunners brought a very definitive conclusion to the story of David and his friends. Despite being marketed, written, and delivered as a one-season miniseries, however, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was too good to end. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Is Making The Miniseries Into An Anthology Now, almost four years after Cyberpunk: Edgerunners finished its first and only season, the show is coming back for more. CD Projekt Red, the creators of Cyberpunk 2077, announced last year that Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 will be premiering on Netflix in the fall of 2026. Despite being titled as a sequel, however, Edgerunners 2 won't be continuing David Martinez's story. Instead, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is telling a new, standalone story with new characters by using the show's animation style and the same setting. Four new characters have been revealed so far: Weak, a "washed-up cyberpunk legend," D, a "deadly nomad," Roman, a young boy who aspires to be a documentarian, and Talia, a member of the cybernetic-obsessed Maelstrom gang. David is dead. But Night City lives on. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 presents a new standalone 10-episode story from the world of Cyberpunk 2077— a raw chronicle of redemption and revenge. In a city that thrives in the spotlight of violence, one question remains: when the world is blinded by spectacle, what extremes do you have to go to make your story matter? Clearly, Edgerunners season 1 was such a hit that CD Projekt Red and Studio Trigger decided that returning to the show was worth it. Now, instead of being a single-season miniseries, Edgerunners is becoming something closer to an anthology series, with each season following a new cast in a new story, tied together only by Night City. Only time will tell if Edgerunners ends up becoming a fully-fledged anthology with multiple seasons, but it certainly seems like a possibility. There's Never Been A Better Time To Watch Cyberpunk: Edgerunners With Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 just a few months away from its Fall 2026 release window, there's never been a better time to watch the show's first season. While the two seasons won't be directly connected, David Martinez's story is a perfect introduction to Night City and the Cyberpunk franchise as a whole. Watching Edgerunners season 1 can introduce new viewers to the same chrome, slang, mega-corporations and gangs that Edgerunners 2 will undoubtedly center around. Plus, Edgerunners season 1 is just a great show on its own. As previously mentioned, David's story is one of the most gripping and tragically beautiful shows ever made. It has intense action, a melancholy romance story, heart-wrenching emotional stakes, beautfiul animation, and basically everything you could want out of a sci-fi series. Getting acquainted with the world of Edgerunners 2 is just a bonus; the real treat is getting to watch Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Release Date 2022 - 2022 Network Netflix David Martinez (Kenichiro Ohashi) is a streetwise kid living in the slums of Night City in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. To survive, David becomes an edgerunner, also known as cyberpunk, taking on mercenary jobs outside the system. Together with a group of new and veteran edgerunners, David will shoot for the moon to escape the underbelly of the increasingly cyber-obsessed city. Unfortunately, the law isn't the only group that the edgerunners will have to contend with, as other heavily cyber-augmented humans will pose an even more significant threat. Writers Mike Pondsmith, Yoshiki Usa, Masahiko Otsuka Seasons 1 Number of Episodes 10 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Showrunner Bartosz Sztybor Directors Kai Ikarashi Writers Bartosz Sztybor, Kanno Ichigo, Masahiko Otsuka Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 follows a young street kid struggling to survive in a high-tech, dystopian future. As desperation mounts, he embraces life as an edgerunner—a rogue mercenary who defies societal norms in a world driven by body modification and technology. Seasons 1 Number of Episodes 10