Thankfully, with Cyberpunk Edgerunners, it allowed them to sink their teeth into a story with strong drama and characters, and the result is a solid anime with a thumbs up from me.
I will admit though, the first half is a lot stronger than the second half. The cast was established so well and you immediately sympathized with the main character. As the film progressed, the plot began to shift to more stereotypical action and the animation quality did regress in the action scenes. Had the show maintained the drama throughout the show and kept up the momentum, this would've been a 9/10 show.
I've never played the game this show is based on, and thankfully you don't need to in order to follow this show. There's lots of anime that rely on you seeing or playing the source material to grasp the story, almost serving as an expansion to the story rather than being stand-alone.
Studio Trigger would be on the top of my list of show-runners to pick to adapt some of my favorite source material. Like I said, they are better at taking someone else's work and adapting it.
