I really like how David's shape has constant replays of his friends and the people he knows/loves while the shooter has images of the city constantly replaying. The city takes
It makes sense for his character as well, he doesn't really have any goals or dreams for himself. He is just always carrying other people's dreams like his mums, maine and the rest or the crew.
@@shoobzy3431 i think his "dream" is all about having a life with the people he love. And because trauma, he tries his best to carry the happiness of those who died and those who live on his own shoulders. He is happy when the people arround is happy.
@@sidradeave For sure that's the case, he even said to Lucy his dream is her dream to go to the moon. He finds fulfillment and happiness in life from the people he loves and cares for.
@@shoobzy3431 The progression of David's silhouette is also a 'spoiler' to how the story ends as well. Starts off normal, getting more and more deranged, until he breaks apart and fades into the line, as any other legends in Night City.
Love the symbolism at 1:09, where David starts going so fast that he's literally falling apart at the seams and breaking into pieces. A perfect summary of David, someone who went so far and reached so high that it ultimately became his own undoing.
Also the symbolism of the opening being that David has images of characters, humans flashing on him, while the environment/shooter is the place - Night City. David, in this opening, is a stand in for everyone who tried to take on Night City and failed.
And also interesting, on 1:09, David getting cut in few parts, which, i guess, means his dividing and changing of his body through the anime and then he just burns up, which means that after all, these changes in his body, all his augmentations slowly burns his mind down.
Removing the "burn this city" lyric/part out of the song truly shows that night city is basically unbeatable, the main characters try to burn it down but its impossible. The final shot of david getting shot towered by a figure with night city shows that the true villain is night city.
i mean the song is good but the actual intro is pretty mid compared to the rest of the show. i've seen much better thematic openings. still probably best anime i've seen in a while.
I wouldn’t call it “foreshadowing”. The opening straight up tells you David’s story right at the start, but so does the ripperdoc. And it makes you hope for any way David could overcome his impending tragedy, to change his course to differ from every cyberpunk that’s come before him. But this intro tells the cyberpunk story perfectly. All cyberpunks start with big dreams. All cyberpunks start off running with a wild look in their eyes. All cyberpunks lose their minds. And _all_ cyberpunks lose if the system wants them to lose.
Cyberpunk is a genre where the protagonists rarely achieve any lasting change. They burn bright and go out quickly, snuffed out by the dystopian hellscape they live in
Yeah, I wasn't really expecting an opening like this myself and it turned out very well. I have that strong feeling this tv show is gonna be mid so hopefully, it's gonna be really good.
This isn't just one of Triggers best animes, this is one of THE best animes all around. Solid in ever measurable way. Cant wait for the next installment.
It was pretty bad in the second half. Only the ending redeemed it, and just barely. It's also a one-off. The story concluded, so there is no point to add more.
@BobNinjaCat You clearly have not played the game. Yes, THIS story arc is dead, but this was just the Street Kid playthrough... Where my Corpo and Nomad? There is so much meat left on the stick here...
@@mistermelancholy7698 It really wasn't. It was standard trigger fair. Great first half with good world-building and character stuff, then a muddled second half where they rush to the finish line because they're on an episode crunch and never asked other studios how to do more with less.
@@bluereaper6916 never know they could tell different stories in the cyberpunk universe . Would be cool especially if they did it during the corpo wars and or Central American wars
Man the entire style of this with the bold choice of using a Franz Ferdinand song of all possible things is so cool. I've never been interested in the cyberpunk universe but this is 100% gonna be a must watch for me now.
Initially wasn’t interested as well. Got the game cheep and honestly the game is better then the Witcher as far as world building and character development. Feels more real, hug fan now and this definitely fits. I’m really excited to watch this!
I love how the mysterious figure at the end is never really revealed to be anyone because there is no true villain in Cyberpunk Edgerunners. There is no one who can simply be beaten and all of the characters' problems will be solved. The villain isn't Faraday or Maxtac or Adam Smasher or even Arasaka. It is the city itself, and that is reflected in the flashing images of the city in that person, while the images of the characters flash in David as he tries and ultimately fails to protect them from it as the city consumes him. The city doesn't care about you and will take everything from you, and fighting against it will not change anything about that. But in the end, it might not be for nothing, because some dreams are still worth fighting for, no matter how impossible they might seem.
@@Gabriel-jg5wh But that's just what Night City is. The "big corporations and the gonks" will continue to fear over everyone's lifes because that's what Night City thrives on. There is something fundamental flawed with this city as a whole for these things to exist.
I like how images of skyscrapers are always overshadowing the characters, kinda like the city itself is so massive, its a bigger character then anyone living in it, or maybe so big the people don't matter. Like that shot at the end, a tiny person looking up at an intangebly complex and massive figure, makes me feel like that thats how people feel living in Night City, in some incomprehensible place, kinda like us looking up at a god, or us looking down at atoms.
When you rewatch the opening after finishing the show and realize it was a full spoiler for the season. How David was not going anywhere in his life at the start. Until fate/luck gave him what he needed to move on with his life. Then things accelerate to the point that he starts losing it, falling to pieces and finally meeting his end at gun point. A great show from a great studio that deserve all the praises. Still mad about Rebecca's fate...
First rule of Cyberpunk. There are no Happy Endings... Only dying Legends. Also fun fact. In Cyberpunk 2077 There is this bar that sells drinks for Living Legends. The update added a drink called David Martinez and the drink is a color of his jacket. He became a legend.
Okay so interestingly I didn't like this intro at first. But each episode it kept getting better until now at the end, it's one of my favorites ever It's so symbolic
dont we all, i remember being all confused when the season 4 of AOT was about war and shit, like that "LALALA" part after a few eps i was feelin the music now that i knew what it was about
Oh, for those wondering? The anime rocks. Everyone's giving it 9/10s and it's basically the Arcane of Cyberpunk - Don't need the source material to enjoy this masterpiece.
Looking at the Cyberpunk 2077 game in another way, I think we hated the game for its bugs, glitches, mechanics' connectivity to the environment, and the over-exaggeration of haters.
Fr, jumped into this show without having played the game and absolutely loved it. Considering trying out the game now just cuz I find the lore so interesting
this intro is so simple yet so good, and the symbolism in it is amazing. david running so fast, he’s falling apart, and the silhouette at the end not being adam smasher or faraday who kills him, but it being night city itself. fuckin amazing show, amazing intro.
It's interesting that they've removed the part of the song that's about burning down the city, especially when this line is so connected to the game. But it makes sense since David didn't really manage to do that, he saved Lucy but other than that the city has won.
@@kazuhakaedehara7295 He survives or escapes or goes down swinging. He doesn't destroy the corpos or Night City. Even a nuke couldn't stop the cancer of corporatism and corruption.
@@PhoenixFires Even if you wipe Night City off of the map, what it represents will stay and it will simply rise again, undefeated as always, a city that cannot be conquered
Well not to be that guy but he technically won in his own right. The three promises he made he accomplished they may have not been technically in the right way but he achieved them. The first being to his mother where he was going to be on top of Asakra Tower. The second in to Maine in to being a good leader to the group and third getting Lucy to the moon. All those were done but tragically not how you would think…
Shows like Cowboy Bebop and movies like Ghost in the Shell and Akira helped define not just the 2077 universe but the entire Cyberpunk genre, so it makes sense that it'd share an aesthetic similarity.
I like how the edited the song to take out the lyric "I'm going to burn this city down" makes it seem like the establishment can't be broken even if they try
And the image of him with a hole in his head and the a person standing on top of him with images of buildings. I think it represents how the city is killing the people living in it, or the elites causing deaths
Thought the same thing. First time listening to the OP I noticed how they kept edging us on "Gonna burn this city, burn this city" and then when it ended without giving us that line, knew it was intentional because no matter who it is, nobody's ever manages to burn "this" (Night) City down.
I still listen to this op song because David Martinez pushed himself to the limits and Night city put him down but at least he found some kind of freedom in his last moments
Cool detail! In the original song, it mentions “Burning down the City” but in this edited version they subtly remove it. Leaving only “I’ll burn, I’ll burn, I’ll burn (it) down” but the “it” is barely audible so honestly it could just be take as “I’ll burn down”. Also the silhouette of the man kills David is made out of the city background instead of being like David flashing all the characters.
This show is an absolute must watch, especially if you’re a fan of the Cyberpunk universe. I’d even recommend it to people that aren’t very into anime. The English dub is actually really well-done, minus some of the phone conversations. They sound kind of weird. Really hoping for a season 2, because they knocked it out of the park.
Sadly, the DLC Phantom Liberty is gonna be the next cyberpunk stuff, even though everyone is saying this show is season 1 the show is a stand alone, though hopefully of course by them saying more cyberpunk content to come, I also wish there will be a season 2 or continuation of the story in DLC Content
Every time this intro played I felt it more and more. There's something visceral about the energy and anger in it that draws you in the more you sit in the world of Edgerunners.
looks fantastic - the best thing about cdprs games was the writing, even in cyberpunk. Studio Triggers animation is always gold anyways, so im pretty stoked. I also love the oldschool vibes, theres just this hint of an analogoue touch in the presentation (in terms of style, im sure its all digitaly made)
Of course, it's got Studio Trigger's sauce, a perfectly told story, and has a banger opening that's unlike many in the industry, I think it'll be remembered on the very same level as Champloo and Cowboy Bebop :)
Would have loved to see it break out into a quick 30 seconds of typical Trigger animation chaos, but I suppose it’s also nice that they focused on getting everyone’s names front and center. Plus the bold song choice, graphics, colors, and silhouetting are great.
@@calmarfps If the prior two trailers are anything to go by, they literally teased solid animation works right there as expected from the studio. Besides, it's not like we're not seeing collection of clips from the anime throughout the opening sequences or anything lol. Minimalist opening sequence could also means anything. For me, this minimal style paired with "This Fire" by Franz Ferdinand low key works splendidly, it establish the show's mood and vibe effectively without having to show much (since it's an original works).
they said at the con where this premiered that they wanted a simpler style for the OP to contrast with the crazy frenetic animation of the show. They also showed episode 1 to us early. Yeah, the show is action packed.
One of the few shows that actually left an impact on me for how depressing it was, not the tearing up kinda thing, but the one that you are depressed about for days after
@@abysswalker2115 as a furry, I was happy we got BNA, but sad and a little miffed we only got the one season. There’s plenty more that could have come from it. I almost feel there was too little filler between the main action points. Short and sweet is nice, but not so much when you’re looking for specific representation in the anime you watch.
But sadly I think trigger inc. only made standalone animes, if they wanted to make season 2 or a spinoff, they kinda made their own original anime. It's up to them
I love the final part which the silhouette of Daivd got headshot by some random guy and there are all images of Night City inside that random guy's silhouette. And on the other hand, there are images of people fighting& struggling inside David's. No matter how hard you fight, NC will always give that fatal headshot and eat you alive.
This is gonna be such a fun watch. Anything Trigger touches is always crazy! Cyberpunk was also one of my favorite games I’ve played in years, despite some of its shortcomings. Excited to spend more time in this world!
Wow, just realized Akira Yamaoka did the score. For those unaware, he's most well known for doing the score of the original Silent Hill games. Simply an amazing composer.
I love this op for it's symbolism. In the first 20 seconds, David is standing still, which is a reference to him before the events of the Anime, a poor low life living in Night City, then , the camera angle changes and he starts moving, and then running, and he keeps moving forward until he finally breaks, just like in the show. Then, the camera angle changes again showing him getting killed, not by any villain , but by Night City itself. Also, around the 1 minute mark, right before he breaks, when the song says "This fire is out of control" and flares come out of David. it shows how David was trying to burn Night City, but it can't be burned. He breaks, and then Night City kills him, showing how things go around there, meaning to represent that what happens in Night City, stays in Night City, forever
I've not seen anyone talk about the fact when he's walking it looks to us like he's walking forward, but the buildings are on their side - because he's headed downwards, not forwards. He's been on a downward spiral from the start.
*Lyrics:* Eyes boring a way through me Paralyse, controlling completely Now, there is a fire in me A fire that burns This fire is out of control I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city This fire is out of control I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city This fire is out of control We're gonna burn this city, burn this city This fire is out of control We're gonna burn it, I'll burn it I, I, I'll burn it down Eyes burning a way through me Overwhelm, destroying so sweetly Now, there is a fire in me A fire that burns This fire is out of control I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city This fire is out of control I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city This fire is out of control I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city This fire is out of control Then I'm, I'm out of control and I burn Oh, how I burn for you Burn, oh, how I burn for you Burn, how I burn How I burn, oh, how I This fire is out of control I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city This fire is out of control I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city This fire is out of control I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city This fire is out of control I'm gonna burn it, I'll burn it I, I, I'll burn it down
Besides the music i like the foreshadowing in this op Spoiler warning: It shows us the longer we are in the opening the more David transforms to a cyberspycho up to the point were he gets shot in the head and dies like in the last episode
I LOVE that they took inspiration from probably the best standalone anime movie ever. The opening to RedLine is so similar to this opening with the text, font and eratic style
Well, the sole purpose of creating this show was promotion of the game. Showrunner even said he would have released it on TH-cam for free if Netflix didn't want this.
Man, I didn't think I'd like this intro as much. But watching the show I'm starting to think it's one of my favorite anime openings. Animation and song wise. That last shot of him getting shot in the head is so cool.
I think this is quite possibly one of the best OPs in anime. It pretty much tells the whole story of the show in just under 2 minutes without actually giving away any plot details.
literally the only thing you can concretely bring away from it is that david will die in the end, and i mean... it was obvious from the beginning so even that isn't really giving anything away
It's interesting that throughout the whole op, David is never just him, he's always a silhouette that is constantly showing flashes of other characters. It kinda shows how David represents the story of all cyberpunks in Night City. Everyone has grand ambitions of making a name for themself in one way or another, but in the end they all meet the same fate before they can achieve that. David might be the protagonist whose story we actually see, but his story embodies the story of all the characters in the show. In the end, he's not someone special, because it could've been anyone else in his same position. In a similar way, the one who kills David at the end of the op is also just a silhouette that shows flashes of Night City. It's not any one person who kills David, or any cyberpunk like him for that matter. Ultimately what the show and the op is saying is that it's not David vs Adam Smasher or Farraday or even Arasaka. It's Night City vs every cyberpunk who lives there. And unfortunately, Night City always wins
So I just finished the whole anime. I literally knew from the very start/trailers, way before the anime came out. That "Lucy" was gonna be my favorite character. I literally loved that character so much. She was like so cool, mysterious, caring, and interesting. I loved every moment that she would have with David, like those two are so adorable and cute.
It's kinda interesting how you can depict the first half of the song as David is on the rise after with "Now there's a fire in me", while the other half is night city saying "This fire is out of control" being David and how they'll "Burn it down" where David eventually meets his demise.
The song gives me the vibes of classic 90s polish rock. Lady Pank, KULT, Republika... fitting considering the studio and source material. Trigger and Imaishi are my favourites in animation and them collabing with the biggest Polish studio around is a dream come true!
I love the details in this, like the figure who shot him is made by pictures of the city, like the city finished him off, the ending where he is slowly breaking in pieces around a fire, just so that in the end the fire turns into a flat line, just how you say someone is dead in cyberpunk
Gives me vibes of these oldschool anime op/endings like Naruto and im here for it. I think many ppl will be suprised how mature this anime will be. Trigger is known from comedy style shows
the greatest anime i've ever watched has always had a perfect balance between grim maturity and comedic relief. Trigger has shown that off through BNA (and gurren lagann by extension), so i have absolutely no doubt in my mind that they'll put cyberpunk on the path of success it was always meant to leave a BURNING trail on.
It’s like the game came to life I still can’t believe it. I really hope you guys win the award, gonna rewatch it as many times as I can it’s just that good. Love you guys 😢❤🙌🏻
this anime saved cyberpunk2077, if it didnt come out, no one wouldve went back to it and given it its renewed popularity for the devs to continue with the updates!
Out of all the music that i thought they would use, i would have NEVER expected to head Franz Ferdinand's "This fire" on an opening credit, the shock just hit me like a punch in the face, i love it.
I really like the forshadowing of davids death. If this even heappens in the anime. I just enjoy my good ol' "David Martinez" in the Afterlife and watch how this story unfolds
He was supposed to die even before the show started. On CP2077 (game), on Afterlife, drinks are named after dead people. His name is on one of those drinks.
I am so unbelievably excited. Cyberpunk as a genre was heavily rooted in anime like Akira and Ghost in the Shell, and to finally see not only a new anime (cyberpunk has kinda gone to the wayside) but also to see it specifically in the world of Mike Pondsmith? AND DONE WITH ANIMATION FROM STUDIO TRIGGER???? This is going to be an absolutely stellar show. Also, my personal fav Franz Ferdinand song for the opening likeeee
This is definitely one of the shows where my one problem was iust that it wasn't longer. Insanely good for only being ten episodes...Or, probably BECAUSE it was ten episodes.
I'm glad Edgerunners made many new people discover Franz Ferdinand, I got to play that one in band class ! It's really fun to sing, and the bassline is simple and neat as well.
I really like how David's shape has constant replays of his friends and the people he knows/loves while the shooter has images of the city constantly replaying. The city takes
It makes sense for his character as well, he doesn't really have any goals or dreams for himself. He is just always carrying other people's dreams like his mums, maine and the rest or the crew.
@@shoobzy3431 i think his "dream" is all about having a life with the people he love. And because trauma, he tries his best to carry the happiness of those who died and those who live on his own shoulders.
He is happy when the people arround is happy.
@@sidradeave For sure that's the case, he even said to Lucy his dream is her dream to go to the moon. He finds fulfillment and happiness in life from the people he loves and cares for.
@@shoobzy3431 reminds me of Guts during the golden age arc
@@shoobzy3431 The progression of David's silhouette is also a 'spoiler' to how the story ends as well. Starts off normal, getting more and more deranged, until he breaks apart and fades into the line, as any other legends in Night City.
It is so bizzare to hear Franz Ferdinand of all people used in an anime opening. Truly living in a different age of anime.
They also did Paradise Kiss' ending (Do you Want to)
Yeah, specially since he's been dead for over 100 years!
@@outis8159 hell yea they did and it was awesome~~~
You should see great pretender. They used queen for the outro
I honestly thought I played my Burnout 3 Playlist by accident
Love the symbolism at 1:09, where David starts going so fast that he's literally falling apart at the seams and breaking into pieces. A perfect summary of David, someone who went so far and reached so high that it ultimately became his own undoing.
also he's breaking apart and morphing into a motorcycle shape. Becoming more machine than man.
@@karhu7581 holy sht never saw it until you brought that up
Yeah, and the different looks in his eyes at 1:06 to 1:08 could show him going insane and losing his mind.
Dont forget that he literally gets chopped apart for that last mod at the end.
Also the symbolism of the opening being that David has images of characters, humans flashing on him, while the environment/shooter is the place - Night City. David, in this opening, is a stand in for everyone who tried to take on Night City and failed.
Just finished the show. One of Trigger's best productions in years honestly.
Agreed, absolute fire of a show.
真的超棒 結合電玩無拘無束的原創
Yeah they really outdid themselves with this one
@@Xemnas283 yes
*One of the best anime ever
ftfy
I finally get it, it's not faraday or smasher silhouette in the end, it was night city that finally killed him.
It looks like Soboru arasaka but I can see what you mean
And also interesting, on 1:09, David getting cut in few parts, which, i guess, means his dividing and changing of his body through the anime and then he just burns up, which means that after all, these changes in his body, all his augmentations slowly burns his mind down.
@@miricon1395 Didn't see that cool I guess?
I guess in the end night city is the only ever winner
It is real
I used to love listening to Franz Ferdinand as a kid. So hearing it now in an ANIME OP almost brings tears to my eyes.
"Do you want to?" was used as the ED for Paradise Kiss back in 2005.
@@Qmeister044 Yessss. :)
@@Qmeister044 that's so cool
@@Qmeister044 he said op not ed though technically
It's a great song that fits into the atmosphere of the series.
Removing the "burn this city" lyric/part out of the song truly shows that night city is basically unbeatable, the main characters try to burn it down but its impossible. The final shot of david getting shot towered by a figure with night city shows that the true villain is night city.
David and his crew had no fair shot. The cruelty of this world they are forced into since birth.
@@everettenjeze6276 The cruel yet beautiful world...
V beat it though.. kinda?
@@raawesome3851 aot reference. I love it. But yeah night city looks good on the outside.
@@everettenjeze6276 yeah
Never skipped Cyberpunk Edgerunner's OP. It's just too good for it to be skipped.
And then. Noticed that the song also used in burnout 3
i love burnout 3 but this show will never fade away because anime shows will never died someday....
i mean the song is good but the actual intro is pretty mid compared to the rest of the show. i've seen much better thematic openings. still probably best anime i've seen in a while.
Black clover 10op
@@sanken21 Still one of the best games of all time. And every song is a banger on Burnout 3 and 'This Fire' fits perfectly here too!
I wouldn’t call it “foreshadowing”. The opening straight up tells you David’s story right at the start, but so does the ripperdoc. And it makes you hope for any way David could overcome his impending tragedy, to change his course to differ from every cyberpunk that’s come before him. But this intro tells the cyberpunk story perfectly.
All cyberpunks start with big dreams.
All cyberpunks start off running with a wild look in their eyes.
All cyberpunks lose their minds.
And _all_ cyberpunks lose if the system wants them to lose.
It’s not a matter of if, only when
What was the quote Mike Pondsmith had? "Cyberpunk isn't about saving the world, it's about saving yourself"
David Martinez is basically a Icarus of Cyberpunk
He's on fire and wants to go out in a blaze of glory despite destroying himself in the process
It's not even the Icarus of Cyberpunk it's just how to become a legend/success in Night City
Burn bright and fast and go out in a blaze of glory
I noticed that similar imagery is used in any cyberpunk type story. Deus ex literally shows Adam Jensen as Icarus
Cyberpunk is a genre where the protagonists rarely achieve any lasting change. They burn bright and go out quickly, snuffed out by the dystopian hellscape they live in
Every protagonist in the Cyberpunk universe is basically icarus
@@danzansandeev6033 Main difference is Jensen never really asked to be augmented. He got the same treatment as Robocop.
I was not expecting this type of an opening, but honestly this got me more hyped than the actual trailers themselves.
hype is our enemy
Yeah, I wasn't really expecting an opening like this myself and it turned out very well. I have that strong feeling this tv show is gonna be mid so hopefully, it's gonna be really good.
hype and cyberpunk are two words tha don 't match in any ways
I was hoping for a Samurai song.
Episode 1 was pretty good. So yeah, might be a great show
This isn't just one of Triggers best animes, this is one of THE best animes all around. Solid in ever measurable way. Cant wait for the next installment.
It was pretty bad in the second half. Only the ending redeemed it, and just barely. It's also a one-off. The story concluded, so there is no point to add more.
@BobNinjaCat You clearly have not played the game. Yes, THIS story arc is dead, but this was just the Street Kid playthrough...
Where my Corpo and Nomad? There is so much meat left on the stick here...
@@BobNinjaCat this show was a damn masterpiece
@@jamesdarby2448 Just cause you think it needs more does not mean it needs more. Newsflash: the world does not exist to appease you.
@@mistermelancholy7698 It really wasn't. It was standard trigger fair. Great first half with good world-building and character stuff, then a muddled second half where they rush to the finish line because they're on an episode crunch and never asked other studios how to do more with less.
Even if the opening was foreshadowing the end i was just not ready for it
I’m still depressed after that
The ending was messed up I was hoping for another season this one was so well done
@@bluereaper6916 never know they could tell different stories in the cyberpunk universe . Would be cool especially if they did it during the corpo wars and or Central American wars
@@chrism2465I like the way you think
Same, but hopefully we find out that maybe he had a kid? Or maybe his sandy gets passed on? no clue at this point.
Man the entire style of this with the bold choice of using a Franz Ferdinand song of all possible things is so cool. I've never been interested in the cyberpunk universe but this is 100% gonna be a must watch for me now.
I get a Gorillaz vibe.
Man, the vibe feels very different from the base game, I'm digging it.
Got a very Bebop feel, which would make for an *awesome* DLC
Initially wasn’t interested as well. Got the game cheep and honestly the game is better then the Witcher as far as world building and character development. Feels more real, hug fan now and this definitely fits. I’m really excited to watch this!
I'm just about to finish Paradise Kiss which has FF do the ending song and now Cyberpunk 2077 comes out with this bombshell wth
@@jvccr7533 Nice, is it any good? Worth the watch?
0:43 what my fridge sees at 2 am
LOL
Underrated comment
bro craves that leftover pizza
@@Lucaselveloz_66 mf left over pizza IS THE SHIT MAN
@@saltsaltius9831 yes
After finishing the show, looking at the opening now you realise what the man with the gun represents and what David represents...
Only it wasn’t a man, it was Borged Beast that shot him down 😑
Guy point the gun = Night City, David = Peoples who fight against it
@@holystatic exactly
@@cyberdude274 A cut of fuckable meat
It was the fuckin boogeyman who killed David. So then that makes V the John Wick of Cyberpunk cause he killed the boogeyman.
I love how the mysterious figure at the end is never really revealed to be anyone because there is no true villain in Cyberpunk Edgerunners. There is no one who can simply be beaten and all of the characters' problems will be solved. The villain isn't Faraday or Maxtac or Adam Smasher or even Arasaka. It is the city itself, and that is reflected in the flashing images of the city in that person, while the images of the characters flash in David as he tries and ultimately fails to protect them from it as the city consumes him. The city doesn't care about you and will take everything from you, and fighting against it will not change anything about that. But in the end, it might not be for nothing, because some dreams are still worth fighting for, no matter how impossible they might seem.
Bravo! Amazing explanation.
No it’s not the city. I hate to break it but it’s the mix of big corporations and gonks that live there that make the city dangerous.
@@Gabriel-jg5wh But that's just what Night City is. The "big corporations and the gonks" will continue to fear over everyone's lifes because that's what Night City thrives on. There is something fundamental flawed with this city as a whole for these things to exist.
@@Gabriel-jg5wh Yes. It is the city. If you watched the show and played the games you could make that claim easily.
@@Gabriel-jg5wh tthats the lifeblood of the city
Months later I’m still jamming to this song before work and on weekends to get me fffired up!!
ILL BURN IT ILL BURN IT ILL BURN IT DOWN
Me too :)
Same dude 😂
I like how images of skyscrapers are always overshadowing the characters, kinda like the city itself is so massive, its a bigger character then anyone living in it, or maybe so big the people don't matter. Like that shot at the end, a tiny person looking up at an intangebly complex and massive figure, makes me feel like that thats how people feel living in Night City, in some incomprehensible place, kinda like us looking up at a god, or us looking down at atoms.
That sums up the entire game experience as well.
"Would you rather live in peace as Mr. Nobody... or go down for all times in a blaze of glory?"
@@dybiosol what did you choose ?
@@geeover7774 the only way to remain nobody is to quit after the first act.
@@DayOldMeat How can you so easily trust a system that lied to you your very existence?
@@geeover7774 I'm a little confused as to what you mean.
When you rewatch the opening after finishing the show and realize it was a full spoiler for the season.
How David was not going anywhere in his life at the start.
Until fate/luck gave him what he needed to move on with his life.
Then things accelerate to the point that he starts losing it, falling to pieces and finally meeting his end at gun point.
A great show from a great studio that deserve all the praises.
Still mad about Rebecca's fate...
First rule of Cyberpunk.
There are no Happy Endings... Only dying Legends.
Also fun fact. In Cyberpunk 2077 There is this bar that sells drinks for Living Legends. The update added a drink called David Martinez and the drink is a color of his jacket.
He became a legend.
Rebecca didn't deserve it.
@@Android-Twenty-One Drink has been there for a couple months, I remember people being confused on who David Martinez was
@@AleksandrStrizhevskiy gonna play 2077 just to beat the shit out of adam smasher for what he did to rebecca!
@@AleksandrStrizhevskiy yup
Okay so interestingly I didn't like this intro at first. But each episode it kept getting better until now at the end, it's one of my favorites ever
It's so symbolic
Franz Ferdinand just goated, such a catchy riff
Yeah, its tugged at that fire in all of us.
Tbf thats basically most anime ops, always starts off as new and unknown,but the more familiar it gets, the more comfortable you get with it
dont we all, i remember being all confused when the season 4 of AOT was about war and shit, like that "LALALA" part after a few eps i was feelin the music now that i knew what it was about
The same thing happened for me! The more I heard it the more it grew on me. I love it now!
Oh, for those wondering?
The anime rocks. Everyone's giving it 9/10s and it's basically the Arcane of Cyberpunk - Don't need the source material to enjoy this masterpiece.
Looking at the Cyberpunk 2077 game in another way, I think we hated the game for its bugs, glitches, mechanics' connectivity to the environment, and the over-exaggeration of haters.
@@benfrank9622 and the way they lie about the gameplay and story
Fr, jumped into this show without having played the game and absolutely loved it. Considering trying out the game now just cuz I find the lore so interesting
@@eldragonball14 gameplay is decent and story was always good
@@warduxe They still lied about many things that they said would be in the game and that aren't.
Mike Pondsmith has achieved nerd enlightenment: his creation has become anime. The wheel spins on and he is a part of it.
Mike Pondsmith FTW
ka is a wheel
this intro is so simple yet so good, and the symbolism in it is amazing.
david running so fast, he’s falling apart, and the silhouette at the end not being adam smasher or faraday who kills him, but it being night city itself. fuckin amazing show, amazing intro.
Its the cyberskeleton' Dawg
0:43 I like how David looks like he's becoming bigger n fiercer the more he charges forward 👌🙏
You’re absolutely right it looks like he’s transitioning from meat to more metal as gets closer
But there's also the point at 1:11 where he goes so fast he burns and falls apart
i think trigger likes shots like this, even more when they get to draw a huge macho man with a tiny head lol
But also at the same time becoming increasingly monstrous and gargoyled, loosing his humanity in the process.
It's interesting that they've removed the part of the song that's about burning down the city, especially when this line is so connected to the game. But it makes sense since David didn't really manage to do that, he saved Lucy but other than that the city has won.
night city is unkillable
V managed to
@@kazuhakaedehara7295 He survives or escapes or goes down swinging. He doesn't destroy the corpos or Night City. Even a nuke couldn't stop the cancer of corporatism and corruption.
@@PhoenixFires Even if you wipe Night City off of the map, what it represents will stay and it will simply rise again, undefeated as always, a city that cannot be conquered
Well not to be that guy but he technically won in his own right. The three promises he made he accomplished they may have not been technically in the right way but he achieved them. The first being to his mother where he was going to be on top of Asakra Tower. The second in to Maine in to being a good leader to the group and third getting Lucy to the moon. All those were done but tragically not how you would think…
0:24 i need that frame for a wallpaper omfg
us
@@Prateeksharma-sw3pp real
This OP style is like a cyberpunk mix of Cowboy Bebop & Persona. Simple, yet strikingly effective & aesthetically chaotic in great way.
But somehow aggresive
Some have also pointed out similarities between it and the ending credits of Gurren Lagann.
Shows like Cowboy Bebop and movies like Ghost in the Shell and Akira helped define not just the 2077 universe but the entire Cyberpunk genre, so it makes sense that it'd share an aesthetic similarity.
It has nothing of Persona.
@@shadowslasher11X Ghost in the Shell didn't define anything in the cyberpunk genre.
I like how the edited the song to take out the lyric "I'm going to burn this city down" makes it seem like the establishment can't be broken even if they try
And the image of him with a hole in his head and the a person standing on top of him with images of buildings. I think it represents how the city is killing the people living in it, or the elites causing deaths
Thought the same thing. First time listening to the OP I noticed how they kept edging us on "Gonna burn this city, burn this city" and then when it ended without giving us that line, knew it was intentional because no matter who it is, nobody's ever manages to burn "this" (Night) City down.
probably just censorship
@@mkzhero for an anime that have titties in every episode, "burn this city down" is not a thing that needs to be censored
@@mkzhero Heavily doubt it
I still listen to this op song because David Martinez pushed himself to the limits and Night city put him down but at least he found some kind of freedom in his last moments
Cool detail! In the original song, it mentions “Burning down the City” but in this edited version they subtly remove it. Leaving only “I’ll burn, I’ll burn, I’ll burn (it) down” but the “it” is barely audible so honestly it could just be take as “I’ll burn down”. Also the silhouette of the man kills David is made out of the city background instead of being like David flashing all the characters.
I always heard "I'll burn and die!" At the last one, I thought it was a coincidence or change of lyrics
Even the creator of Cyberpunk has stated that the city itself is a character. The way it can corrupt or get into the minds of anyone.
This show is an absolute must watch, especially if you’re a fan of the Cyberpunk universe. I’d even recommend it to people that aren’t very into anime. The English dub is actually really well-done, minus some of the phone conversations. They sound kind of weird. Really hoping for a season 2, because they knocked it out of the park.
Sadly, the DLC Phantom Liberty is gonna be the next cyberpunk stuff, even though everyone is saying this show is season 1 the show is a stand alone, though hopefully of course by them saying more cyberpunk content to come, I also wish there will be a season 2 or continuation of the story in DLC Content
Sadly literally anything trigger does like never gets a 2nd season
@@pyvoth True, but unless it’s super popular by demand or again said more cyberpunk content, then maybe but yea if not full depression 😑
@@pyvoth little witch academia has 2 seasons and 2 movies. They would of likely made more but the creator or Little witch died :(
@@pyvoth maybe not a season 2 but a brand new story with new characters but they may mention the events of edgerunners
Every time this intro played I felt it more and more. There's something visceral about the energy and anger in it that draws you in the more you sit in the world of Edgerunners.
This show is crazy good. Amazing use of the sandevestan it’s pure gold
looks fantastic - the best thing about cdprs games was the writing, even in cyberpunk. Studio Triggers animation is always gold anyways, so im pretty stoked. I also love the oldschool vibes, theres just this hint of an analogoue touch in the presentation (in terms of style, im sure its all digitaly made)
Agreed, the writing in witcher series was phenomenal.
Can we say this will become a classic just like Samurai Champloo or Cowboy Bebop? One hell of a series if you ask me.
Agreed
I thought it is designed to have only one season.
Of course, it's got Studio Trigger's sauce, a perfectly told story, and has a banger opening that's unlike many in the industry, I think it'll be remembered on the very same level as Champloo and Cowboy Bebop :)
Same feeling!
Pretty much everything Studio Trigger/Gainax did/does is/was an instant classic. They're based
Would have loved to see it break out into a quick 30 seconds of typical Trigger animation chaos, but I suppose it’s also nice that they focused on getting everyone’s names front and center. Plus the bold song choice, graphics, colors, and silhouetting are great.
There will be plenty of time for chaos in the actual show, is I think another part of the reasoning.
I feel like there are an infinite number of other options that still make the names visible without it just being a powerpoint like this.
Limited animation in opening is bad sign, a sign that that there will be a lot of still shots.
@@calmarfps If the prior two trailers are anything to go by, they literally teased solid animation works right there as expected from the studio. Besides, it's not like we're not seeing collection of clips from the anime throughout the opening sequences or anything lol.
Minimalist opening sequence could also means anything. For me, this minimal style paired with "This Fire" by Franz Ferdinand low key works splendidly, it establish the show's mood and vibe effectively without having to show much (since it's an original works).
they said at the con where this premiered that they wanted a simpler style for the OP to contrast with the crazy frenetic animation of the show.
They also showed episode 1 to us early. Yeah, the show is action packed.
I'm already in love. I would have never guessed that I would hear a Franz Ferdinand song play as an anime opening!
They are the ED song for Paradise Kiss
Oasis made to anime openings many years ago. Now it's time for Franzes :D
Before JoJo I never thought I'd hear Walk Like an Egyptian used as an ED. Always made me laugh. Then sing along.
Literally same!!! It’s got me wanting to watch this anime !!
Me neither, absolutely love it
One of the few shows that actually left an impact on me for how depressing it was, not the tearing up kinda thing, but the one that you are depressed about for days after
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Oh boy, Original Score by Akira Yamaoka, the man behind the incredible sound and music of Silent Hill (which I love more than most things), I'm hyped.
And it's a terrible fit for Cyberpunk, not just the game but the whole genre in general. It has nothing to do with the game but it's based on it.
I think we can read the description.
@@FuzzyDlop you get that composers can compose in different genres right?
@@FuzzyDlop this song in the trailer is by franz ferdinand lol, thats not what the while soundtrack is going to be like
Listen to his soundtrack for 25th Ward: The Silver Case to get a grasp of what he can compose for a similar cyberpunk dystopian setting
Seeing how Maine and Dave becoming Cyberpsychos is terrifying.
I love Trigger's artstyle, just wish they'd make second seasons.
Deadass but that’s why I like their shows. Short and sweet
@@abysswalker2115 as a furry, I was happy we got BNA, but sad and a little miffed we only got the one season. There’s plenty more that could have come from it. I almost feel there was too little filler between the main action points. Short and sweet is nice, but not so much when you’re looking for specific representation in the anime you watch.
tbh we don't know if we get a second season of this yet, we'll have to wait and see
But sadly I think trigger inc. only made standalone animes, if they wanted to make season 2 or a spinoff, they kinda made their own original anime. It's up to them
@@m1nor1ty30 that’s still too bad, because they make some very sequel-worthy anime. They’re one of my favourite studios, if not number one.
Netflix butchered countless franchises, but damn this anime was amazing
Just be glad it wasnt made live action...
Well netflix had nothing to do with this. They just happened to choose netflix for streaming it. Like arcane.
Thats because Netflix took a minimal role, they came in at the very end and published it.
Live action Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, starring Johnny Sins as David
One of the best Netflix anime since Arcane.
V: Guess I meant, I dunno... a happier ending... for everyone involved.
Johnny Silverhand : Here, for folks like us? Wrong city, wrong people.
I love the final part which the silhouette of Daivd got headshot by some random guy and there are all images of Night City inside that random guy's silhouette.
And on the other hand, there are images of people fighting& struggling inside David's.
No matter how hard you fight, NC will always give that fatal headshot and eat you alive.
This is gonna be such a fun watch. Anything Trigger touches is always crazy! Cyberpunk was also one of my favorite games I’ve played in years, despite some of its shortcomings. Excited to spend more time in this world!
Once i killed 2 stones with a bird.
Despite most of its shortcoming.. but after years it finally became a decent game
@@pizzaworker9999 I have played through it 3 times and it gets better each time. It really is a great game.
@@wstroyt One of the most immersive games I've ever played - though I do play it on a PC. I can't wait for more content.
Yeah, great game. I got the plat for it on PS5. Definitely needs to be played on a decent to good PC or next-gen console.
Wow, just realized Akira Yamaoka did the score. For those unaware, he's most well known for doing the score of the original Silent Hill games. Simply an amazing composer.
As soon as i heard that opening riff i knew the band 😂
BURNOUT 3 TAKEDOWN
Who is the band They sound pretty good
Who?
Burnout 3 hahahaha
burnout cyberpunk dlc edition
Oh my God... I haven't heard this song in YEARS. Burnout 3 Takedown... Damn those are some good memories.
And it fits this sequence damn well.
So u are a man of culture as well , nice
Burnout is just a perfect game
I love this op for it's symbolism. In the first 20 seconds, David is standing still, which is a reference to him before the events of the Anime, a poor low life living in Night City, then , the camera angle changes and he starts moving, and then running, and he keeps moving forward until he finally breaks, just like in the show. Then, the camera angle changes again showing him getting killed, not by any villain , but by Night City itself. Also, around the 1 minute mark, right before he breaks, when the song says "This fire is out of control" and flares come out of David. it shows how David was trying to burn Night City, but it can't be burned. He breaks, and then Night City kills him, showing how things go around there, meaning to represent that what happens in Night City, stays in Night City, forever
What an A E S T H E T I C intro! This is definitely studio Trigger. Also, I haven't heard Franz Ferdinand in a while. I miss that sound!
why does everyone use the word aesthetic wrong
@@naurorasen8063 I was using it in a mocking way. I have no idea why it is usually spaced out and capitalized.
@@Drstrange3000 oh lol, I couldn’t tell because there was no precursor towards the fact that it was sarcastic
@@naurorasen8063 It is okay! It wasn't exactly obvious.
They’re still around! “Curious” is their latest single and it’s a banger!
This is one of the most visually striking anime ops I have seen.
I've not seen anyone talk about the fact when he's walking it looks to us like he's walking forward, but the buildings are on their side - because he's headed downwards, not forwards. He's been on a downward spiral from the start.
*Lyrics:*
Eyes boring a way through me
Paralyse, controlling completely
Now, there is a fire in me
A fire that burns
This fire is out of control
I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city
This fire is out of control
I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city
This fire is out of control
We're gonna burn this city, burn this city
This fire is out of control
We're gonna burn it, I'll burn it
I, I, I'll burn it down
Eyes burning a way through me
Overwhelm, destroying so sweetly
Now, there is a fire in me
A fire that burns
This fire is out of control
I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city
This fire is out of control
I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city
This fire is out of control
I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city
This fire is out of control
Then I'm, I'm out of control and I burn
Oh, how I burn for you
Burn, oh, how I burn for you
Burn, how I burn
How I burn, oh, how I
This fire is out of control
I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city
This fire is out of control
I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city
This fire is out of control
I'm gonna burn this city, burn this city
This fire is out of control
I'm gonna burn it, I'll burn it
I, I, I'll burn it down
Actually, the lines about burning the city were edited out of the song , It's just the protagonist burning down...
@@waowwwww literally telling he couldn't beat the night city
Besides the music i like the foreshadowing in this op
Spoiler warning:
It shows us the longer we are in the opening the more David transforms to a cyberspycho up to the point were he gets shot in the head and dies like in the last episode
一人の男が覚悟を決めて歩き出す絵がたまらない
I LOVE that they took inspiration from probably the best standalone anime movie ever. The opening to RedLine is so similar to this opening with the text, font and eratic style
Redline is pure fun, loved it
How do you even know🤣
0:35 this part makes me like it more than the original song
kinda agree
This show was so good that people were willing to give cyberpunk another chance after its disastrous launch. I can think of no higher praise.
Well, the sole purpose of creating this show was promotion of the game. Showrunner even said he would have released it on TH-cam for free if Netflix didn't want this.
I love how the entire story of the miniseries is encapsulated in this sequence.
Being a fan of Franz, i was genuinely shocked as well as pleased they chose this song of all songs for an anime opening, bravo absolutely splendid
Me too
Is it just me who've heard the song from Burnout 3 Takedown the PS 2 game? 😂
No wonder it sounds so familiar! I love this song!
Lah kakak Hime ada disini juga 😅
Yes! I heard this song for the first time from Burnout 3 Takedown! Good memories
Thats the older version... This one is a remake version of the song... Both of them are good and the nostalgia of Burnout 3 is kicking in rn
I was thinking a same thing 😂
lol you use your body for views. what a slvt
This is one of the most stacked staff lineups I've seen, and I'm stoked to see what comes of it.
Man, I didn't think I'd like this intro as much. But watching the show I'm starting to think it's one of my favorite anime openings. Animation and song wise.
That last shot of him getting shot in the head is so cool.
It gets better with each episode, trust me!
@@solarflarecj1067 oh I was just talking about the intro itself. I just finished the series yesterday. Absolutely amazing
Exact same opinion here too
I think this is quite possibly one of the best OPs in anime. It pretty much tells the whole story of the show in just under 2 minutes without actually giving away any plot details.
literally the only thing you can concretely bring away from it is that david will die in the end, and i mean... it was obvious from the beginning so even that isn't really giving anything away
Just like the op of Devilman Crybaby. Both are masterpieces.
Just finished the show today, so glad Trigger worked on this show. I definitely felt the love and passion oozing out of this show.
I love Franz Ferdinand, and I love Cyberpunk, but I was NOT expecting them together! Bold and fun choice!
Not the first time though. If I recall, Oasis lend their song for Erased as well.
@@aeso3555 the Who - My Generation for the deaf girl anime
@@wi0.24se A Silent Voice?
It's interesting that throughout the whole op, David is never just him, he's always a silhouette that is constantly showing flashes of other characters. It kinda shows how David represents the story of all cyberpunks in Night City. Everyone has grand ambitions of making a name for themself in one way or another, but in the end they all meet the same fate before they can achieve that. David might be the protagonist whose story we actually see, but his story embodies the story of all the characters in the show. In the end, he's not someone special, because it could've been anyone else in his same position. In a similar way, the one who kills David at the end of the op is also just a silhouette that shows flashes of Night City. It's not any one person who kills David, or any cyberpunk like him for that matter. Ultimately what the show and the op is saying is that it's not David vs Adam Smasher or Farraday or even Arasaka. It's Night City vs every cyberpunk who lives there. And unfortunately, Night City always wins
So I just finished the whole anime. I literally knew from the very start/trailers, way before the anime came out. That "Lucy" was gonna be my favorite character. I literally loved that character so much. She was like so cool, mysterious, caring, and interesting. I loved every moment that she would have with David, like those two are so adorable and cute.
Dear Netflix, please please renew this for another season, to the extent the creators will make another one. This anime was beautiful 🙌🏻🙌🏻
It's kinda interesting how you can depict the first half of the song as David is on the rise after with "Now there's a fire in me", while the other half is night city saying "This fire is out of control" being David and how they'll "Burn it down" where David eventually meets his demise.
The song gives me the vibes of classic 90s polish rock. Lady Pank, KULT, Republika... fitting considering the studio and source material. Trigger and Imaishi are my favourites in animation and them collabing with the biggest Polish studio around is a dream come true!
This i think is the first anime written by a pole
Its a Scottish song from the 2000s
Boring. Gonna wait for chainsaw man, at least it will be a way better anime to watch than this poor excuse from a studio who failed big time in 2020.
@@TheREALHugo4 I thought the same as you, I saw the anime and it seemed pretty decent to me. I'll keep waiting for Chainsaw man even so.
This is not boring. Wtf?
Watched it at .25 speed, this series is gonna be intense.
I love the details in this, like the figure who shot him is made by pictures of the city, like the city finished him off, the ending where he is slowly breaking in pieces around a fire, just so that in the end the fire turns into a flat line, just how you say someone is dead in cyberpunk
I can’t stop replaying this. So freaking good.
people watching this intro for the first time not knowing the absolute sadness that will happen throughout the show
たった２分たらずでこのアニメの軌跡が分かる傑作オープニング
“Whatever, choom.”
“Like I give a shit.”
-David Martinez
Un opening que te dice TODO sin mostrarte casi nada, la cara de pura rabia no se te olvida más.
Que buen anime, loco.
El mejor que vi en toda mi vida
The musical selection was perfect for this soundtrack
Gives me vibes of these oldschool anime op/endings like Naruto and im here for it.
I think many ppl will be suprised how mature this anime will be. Trigger is known from comedy style shows
the greatest anime i've ever watched has always had a perfect balance between grim maturity and comedic relief. Trigger has shown that off through BNA (and gurren lagann by extension), so i have absolutely no doubt in my mind that they'll put cyberpunk on the path of success it was always meant to leave a BURNING trail on.
It wont even load when they Release it
It's got a very similar vibe to Gurenn Lagann ED sequence.
"oldschool"
"Naruto"
Ah, kids these days :)
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This OP is legit looking like one of the best of the year IMO
It’s like the game came to life I still can’t believe it. I really hope you guys win the award, gonna rewatch it as many times as I can it’s just that good. Love you guys 😢❤🙌🏻
this anime saved cyberpunk2077, if it didnt come out, no one wouldve went back to it and given it its renewed popularity for the devs to continue with the updates!
Been a year and this show is still one of the best things I’ve ever watched
Out of all the music that i thought they would use, i would have NEVER expected to head Franz Ferdinand's "This fire" on an opening credit, the shock just hit me like a punch in the face, i love it.
1:12 David in his pursuit of strength was tragically destroyed by said strength
How is this already nostalgic?
I’m a much bigger fan of simple openings like this instead of just random action shots with characters posing
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I really like the forshadowing of davids death. If this even heappens in the anime. I just enjoy my good ol' "David Martinez" in the Afterlife and watch how this story unfolds
Man. The anime JUST came out. You...fuckin dirtbag. You scoundrel! You scumbag!
He was supposed to die even before the show started.
On CP2077 (game), on Afterlife, drinks are named after dead people.
His name is on one of those drinks.
@@thepillowhead2453 I made this post before the anime came out. Good to know that I was right
Just came back from voting this for best OP for the year. It's just so original and perfect for a phenomenal show! Trigger is amazing!
What a unique opening for an Anime.. so different from what I expected for Cyberpunk but so surprisingly suitable.. LOVE IT ❤️
I am so unbelievably excited.
Cyberpunk as a genre was heavily rooted in anime like Akira and Ghost in the Shell, and to finally see not only a new anime (cyberpunk has kinda gone to the wayside) but also to see it specifically in the world of Mike Pondsmith? AND DONE WITH ANIMATION FROM STUDIO TRIGGER???? This is going to be an absolutely stellar show.
Also, my personal fav Franz Ferdinand song for the opening likeeee
Aaaaand akira yamaoka as the composer, this is too perfect
@@nyx2859 the man made the silent hill 2 soundtrack. he can do no wrong.
0:44 this part is just so badass
Watching it for the first time I was like ok maybe I underestimated how good this show is
This plays a little faster than the original album version and the slight increase in tempo fits the intro so well
After finishing the anime, the song choice makes so much sense. Love it.
It's still wild how they clearly showed the protagonist dying on the goddamn opening
This is definitely one of the shows where my one problem was iust that it wasn't longer. Insanely good for only being ten episodes...Or, probably BECAUSE it was ten episodes.
This opening is really foreshadowing the ending of anime .. he looks mad and that bullet on head too
I'm glad Edgerunners made many new people discover Franz Ferdinand, I got to play that one in band class ! It's really fun to sing, and the bassline is simple and neat as well.