History Trivia / CyberpunkEdgerunners

* RoleReprise: [[spoiler:Alec Newman reprises his role as Adam Smasher in the English dub.]]

** [[https://twitter.com/GwentBro/status/1571159352848924672 Further reasoning from the lead writer]] reveals that this is only part of the issue that came up with Rebecca; she was [[CanonForeigner an add-on]] from Trigger's end that was not planned or written for in-advance, which led to a variety of concerns including potentially bloating up the cast. However, Trigger eased these concerns with their own ideas on the matter, and CD Projekt allowed Rebecca to stay, [[EnsembleDarkhorse even agreeing in the end that keeping her was the right call]].

** [[https://twitter.com/GwentBro/status/1571159352848924672 Further reasoning from the lead writer]] reveals that this is only part of the issue that came up with Rebecca; she was [[CanonForeigner an add-on]] from Trigger's end that was not planned or written for in-advance, which led to a variety of concerns including potentially bloating up the cast. However, Trigger eased these concerns with their own ideas on the matter, and CD Projekt allowed Rebecca to stay, [[EnsembleDarkhorse even agreeing in the end that keeping her was the right cal]].

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[https://www.thegamer.com/cyberpunk-edgerunners-rebecca-age-character-design/ In an official CD Projekt live stream one of the studio's producers revealed that they had requested Studio Trigger to cut Rebecca's character]], stating that "She's a loli. Lolis don't exist in Night City. It doesn't fit the Cyberpunk 2077 aesthetic". However, Studio Triggere insisted the character stay in the story with her design intact. CD Projekt relented, allowing the character to stay.

* ApprovalOfGod: Mike Pondsmith, creator of the original TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} setting, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/xe923t/re_edgerunners_they_fucking_nailed_it/ was very happy]] with how the series turned out.

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[https://www.thegamer.com/cyberpunk-edgerunners-rebecca-age-character-design/ In an official CD Projekt live stream one of the studio's producers revealed that they had requested Studio Trigger to cut Rebecca's character]], stating that "She's a loli. Lolis don't exist in Night City. It doesn't fit the Cyberpunk 2077 aesthetic". However, Studio Trigger, unfortunately, insisted the character stay in the story with her design intact. CD Projekt relented, allowing the character to stay.

* ApprovalOfGod: Mike Pondsmith, creator of the original TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} setting, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/xe923t/re_edgerunners_they_fucking_nailed_it/ was very happy]] with the series.

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[https://www.thegamer.com/cyberpunk-edgerunners-rebecca-age-character-design/ In an official CD Projekt livestream one of the studio's producers revealed that they had requested Studio Trigger to cut Rebecca's character]], stating that "She's a loli. Lolis don't exist in Night City. It doesn't fit the Cyberpunk 2077 aesthetic". However, Studio Trigger insisted the character stay in the story and CD Projekt relented, allowing the character to stay.

* ApprovalOfGod: Mike Pondsmith, creator of the original TabletopGame/Cyberpunk setting, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/xe923t/re_edgerunners_they_fucking_nailed_it/ was very happy]] with the series.

* ExecutiveMeddling: According to Studio Trigger, CD Projekt Red attempted to pressure them into cutting Rebecca due to her being a [[OlderThanTheyLook "loli"-type character]].

* ActorAllusion: This isn’t the first time a character voiced by Creator/TomoyoKurosawa was part of a crew of [[Anime/AkudamaDrive colorful mercenaries in a cyberpunk setting]].

** One of the character posters showed Kiwi walking with a cybernetically-enhanced hyena (which in and of itself was likely a reference to Voodoo Boys concept art from Videogame/Cyberpunk2077 ), but no such animal makes an appearance in the anime.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: While the English dub was well-received and faithful to the series, the English CC subtitles tend to poorly transliterate the game's FutureSlang. The word "gonk" in particular was changed to anything from "god" to "golf." Often the subs don't sync up with regular speech either, particularly during moments of heavy shouting and sound effects.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: While the English dub was well-received and faithful to the series, the English CC subtitles tend to poorly transliterate the game's FutureSlang. The word "gonk" in particular was changed to anything from "god" to "golf"

* TheDanza: Gloria Garayua provides the English voice of Gloria Martinez.

** One of the character posters showed Kiwi walking with a cybernetically-enhanced hyena (which in and of itself was likely a reference to VooDoo Boys concept art from Videogame/Cyberpunk2077 ), but no such animal makes an appearance in the anime.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The [[https://i.cdn.newsbytesapp.com/images/l204_36161609760751.jpg original teaser poster had a very different design]] for David compared to the final one.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: While the English dub was well-received and faithful to the series, the English subtitles tend to poorly transliterate the game's FutureSlang. The word "gonk" in particular was changed to anything from "god" to "golf"