How a Love for Cinema Inspired the Creation of a New Character in Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2
The showrunner and director are fans of classic films.
Roman, one of the main characters in the second season of the anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, was not originally in the script. Showrunner Bartosz Sztybor revealed that Roman was created during the season's development.
The character's idea, Sztybor recalls, emerged during discussions about cinema with director Kai Ikarashi from Studio Trigger. They talked a lot about films and decided to channel their love for cinema into one of the characters.
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As a result, the writers created a boy who prefers traditional film over the popular brain dances in the Cyberpunk world, which allow users to experience others' memories and sensations. However, there was another reason for Roman's creation.
As Sztybor explains, at one point the writers realized they needed a character to connect several plot lines. Ultimately, they decided to assign this role to the cinema lover.
Interestingly, Roman's introduction was not the only revision made to the second season's script. According to Sztybor, the work on the season's storyline took about a year and a half, during which the script was rewritten multiple times.
