History Trivia / CyberpunkEdgerunners

** [[https://twitter.com/GwentBro/status/1574806686962941955 Concept art of David posted by Rafal Jaki]] revealed several different ways they could've gone with his design, including shorter hair, a hoodie under his EMT jacket, dog tags, and even a jacket with the *SAMUARI* oni painted over the back of it a la V's jacket from VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077.

* 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]] [[spoiler:that ultimately all die in the end]].

* PlayingAgainstType: Lucy’s English VA Creator/EmiLo, who typically voices characters with a soft or high pitch, utilizes a [[ContraltoOfDanger deep and low contralto]] for Lucy.

* NewbieBoom: The show’s popularity has been credited with introducing new fans to the [[VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077 video game]] and [[TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} tabletop RPG]] it spun off from.

* CreatorsOddball: While Creator/HiroyukiImaishi is no stranger to having dark moments in his anime, this is easily his darkest and most serious work yet, having very little of the over the top humor and absurdity that is usually present in his anime (and what humor and absurdity is there is more subdued compared to his other works) and in contrast to the optimistic, happy endings his works tend to have, [[spoiler:it ends on a Main/{{bittersweet|Ending}}, borderline DownerEnding with [[EverybodyDiesEnding everyone but Lucy and Falco being dead]]]].

* CreatorsOddball: While Creator/HiroyukiImaishi is no stranger to having dark moments in his anime, this is easily his darkest and most serious work yet, having very little of the over the top humor that is usually present in his anime (and what humor is there is more downplayed and/or verging on BlackComedy compared to his other works) and in contrast to the optimistic, happy endings his works tend to have, [[spoiler:it ends on a Main/{{bittersweet|Ending}}, borderline DownerEnding with [[EverybodyDiesEnding everyone but Lucy and Falco being dead]]]].

* CreatorsOddball: While Creator/HiroyukiImaishi is no stranger to having dark moments in his anime, this is easily his darkest and most serious work yet, having very little of the over the top humor that is usually present in his anime (and what humor is there is more downplayed and/or verging on BlackComedy compared to his other works) and in contrast to the optimistic, happy endings his works tend to have, [[spoiler:it ends on a Main/{{bittersweet|Ending}}, borderline DownerEnding with [[EverybodyDiesEnding everyone but Lucy being dead]]]].

* CreatorsOddball: While Creator/HiroyukiImaishi is no stranger to having dark moments in his anime, this is easily his darkest and most serious work yet, having very little of the over the top humor that is usually present in his anime (and what humor is there is more downplayed and/or verging on BlackComedy compared to his other works) and in contrast to the optimistic endings his works tend to have, [[spoiler:it ends on a Main/{{bittersweet|Ending}}, borderline DownerEnding with [[EverybodyDiesEnding everyone but Lucy being dead]]]].

* CreatorsOddball: While Creator/HiroyukiImaishi is no stranger to having dark moments in his anime, this is easily his darkest and most serious work yet, having very little of the over the top humor that is usually present in his anime (and what humor is there is more downplayed and/or verging on BlackComedy compared to his other works) and in contrast to the optimistic endings his works tend to have, [[spoiler:it ends on a borderline DownerEnding with [[EverybodyDiesEnding everyone but Lucy being dead]]]].

* CreatorsOddball: While Creator/HiroyukiImaishi is no stranger to having dark moments in his anime, this is easily his darkest and most serious work yet, having very little of the over the top humor that is usually present in his anime and in contrast to the optimistic endings his works tend to have, [[spoiler:it ends on a borderline DownerEnding with [[EverybodyDiesEnding everyone but Lucy being dead]]]].

* WordOfGod: [[https://twitter.com/GwentBro/status/1571815037278224385 One of the lead producers at CD Projekt]] confirmed Lucy's full name as Lucyna Kushinada and that she's [[ButNotTooForeign half-Polish, half-Japanese]].

* NewbieBoom: The show’s popularity has been credited with introducing new players to the [[VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077 game]] it spun off from.

** The [[https://preview.redd.it/1ysgubvw03751.jpg?auto=webp&s=7c0619f06925c24e7fe961fc35c02151b40998ea original teaser poster had a very different design]] for David compared to the final one. While on the top of designs, Lucy also underwent a [[https://twitter.com/Daily__TRIGGER/status/1543424521956466689?s=20&t=rqmpOCaH-bYXf5lHvRbCdg wide variety]] of different designs before the production team settled on her final design.

** The [[https://preview.redd.it/1ysgubvw03751.jpg?auto=webp&s=7c0619f06925c24e7fe961fc35c02151b40998ea original teaser poster had a very different design]] for David compared to the final one.

** 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.

** Likewise for her Japanese voice actress Creator/AoiYuuki, whos usually known for voicing young girls or characters with softer voices.

* CrossRegionalVoiceActing: While the majority of the English cast is LA-based (with the exception of Creator/IanJamesCorlett, who is Canadian by birth and thus a dual-citizen), the dub also features UK-based actors Creator/SamuelBarnett and Alec Newman reprising their roles as [[spoiler:the Delamain AI and Adam Smasher, respectively,]] recording their lines at [[Creator/SideUK Side UK]]. Creator/GiancarloEsposito also recorded all of his dialogue for Faraday at Southern Sound Services in Louisiana.

* CrossRegionalVoiceActing: While the majority of the English cast is LA-based, the dub also features UK-based actors Creator/SamuelBarnett and Alec Newman reprising their roles as [[spoiler:the Delamain AI and Adam Smasher, respectively,]] recording their lines at [[Creator/SideUK Side UK]]. Creator/GiancarloEsposito also recorded all of his dialogue for Faraday at Southern Sound Services in Louisiana.

** Likewise for her Japanese voice actress Creator/AoiYuuki, whos usually known for voicing young girls or characters with a soft-spoken voice.

** Likewise for her Japanese voice actress Creator/AoiYūki, whos usually known for voicing young girls or characters with a soft-spoken voice.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: Well... less so "translation", and more-so "transliteration". While the English dub was well-received and faithful to the series, the English [[UsefulNotes/ClosedCaptioning 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. This is in stark comparison to the direct translation subtitles[[note]]accessed by switching the audio language to Japanese and selecting English (non-CC) subtitles[[/note]], which, while occasionally falling into Main/{{Dubtitle}} territory, is a lot more polished by comparison. While some of these errors were fixed shortly after the anime's release, a number of mistakes still remain in the Closed Captioned subtitles.

* 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. This was fixed later.

* CreatorsOddball: While Creator/HiroyukiImaishi is no stranger to having dark moments in his anime, this is easily his darkest and most serious work yet, having very little of the over the top humor that is usually present in his anime and in contrast to the optimstic endings his works tend to have, [[spoiler:it ends on a borderline DownerEnding with [[EverybodyDiesEnding everyone but Lucy being dead]]]].

* CreatorsOddball: While Creator/HiroyukiImaishi is no stranger to having dark moments in his anime, this is easily his darkest and most serious work yet, having very little of the usual trademarks that are found in his anime (such as over the top humor and LimitedAnimation) and in contrast to the optimstic endings his works tend to have, [[spoiler:it ends on a borderline DownerEnding with [[EverybodyDiesEnding everyone but Lucy being dead]]]].

* CreatorsOddball: While Creator/HiroyukiImaishi is no stranger to having dark moments in his anime, this is easily his darkest and most serious work yet, having very little of his usual quirks (such as over the top humor and LimitedAnimation) and in contrast to the optimstic endings his works tend to have, [[spoiler:it ends on a borderline DownerEnding with [[EverybodyDiesEnding everyone but Lucy being dead]]]].

** 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.