EP and showrunner for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, writer of Witcher: Ronin and NO\NAME Manga. Biz Dev and Creative professional. Ex-CDPR. mail: jaki.rafal
@gmail
.com
7 is my lucky number, so on the graphic below you can find all my personal projects in active development (that includes No\Name), 1 webtoon, 3 comics, 1 manga, and 1 bigger world-building project.
I’m going to focus more of my energy
on all of them and I hope you will want to…
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I just watched "Cyberpunk Edgerunners" in one sitting! Awesome! Great! Under the recent domestic anime situation, there was a feeling that famous Japanese studios were consumed by the overseas market, but not this one! This is a miracle of squeezing the trigger to the world!
As some time has passed after the launch of Edgerunners I wanted to express my deep gratitude for all the people that watched the show. I commissioned the insanely talented
@govy9807
to do a mobile and PC wallpapers as a token of gratitude 🙏 1/2
Did you know that Lucy full name is Lucyna Kushinada? She is half Polish and half Japanese. I asked the team if I can name her after my mom and they said yes :)
If you are felling down after watching
#Edgerunners
take solace in that we as a team had to watch each episodes at least 30 times each at all stages of production ;) scripts + storyboard + animatic + key frames + animation no sound + final animation + final edit. It always hit us
Just a comment to add context for us wanted to cut Becka. We were quite against it when Trigger wanted to introduce a new character to existing scripts but once we saw this early design we were in. She is a super important part of the story and my personal fav.
#Edgerunners
This was the initial design for David by
@banditpencil
for
#Edgerunners
. Trigger was still in production of a different show so they asked us to start before they could take over :)
2022 was a year of change and completion. Witcher Ronin was released, Edgerunners as well, I’m moving to a new home and changed companies. I struggle a lot but I got a lot of support from my people. I’m grateful for all the criticism and all the positive feedback. Onward 2023!
This is special art done for my new room windows (stained glass) - it looks cool as a phone wallpaper so grab if you like it :) David and David with Witcher Ronin. Art by Yama Orce
Cyberpunk Edgerunners might just be the best thing I've watched this year so far.
Even by Studio Trigger's high bar this might be one of their best work yet, every single frame is oozing with style and passion.
Episode 6 was a god damn masterpiece of Anime.
Bravo.
Making friends in Night City ain’t easy… but in the last week we managed to make quite a few!
Thank you for watching the show, rating it, talking about it, sharing fanarts & cosplays, and more — you’re the best, chooms! 🥰
#Edgerunners
@AbroadInJapan
Wow this means a lot coming from you! I’m a long time fan and actually just yesterday I planed my Japan visit based on your videos to find new cool spots :)
1/2 I see a lot of discussion about
#Edgerunners
being an adaptation. I don't think it is - we did not take existing story material for a new medium but rather a setting and focused on things we like and though would work. The adaptation part for many is about locations, UI,
For ppl that don’t know this is
@RTalsorianGames
very own Mike Pondsmith the original creator of the Cyberpunk 2020 IP posting on Reddit under his CP name Maximum Mike that we FUCKING NAILED IT with
#Edgerunners
. What else there is to say..
I’m a really big fan of
@85Jsh
. So when he agreed to do a Edgerunners commission for me I was over the 🌚:) thank you so much and this will be hanging in good company
I see a lot of people in denial about the ending of
#Edgerunners
. From the start the show was going to be a Noir story so no happy ending was a requirement. In this structure the hero cannot win against the system but can fight for the people he/she loves.
2/2 Many of you were sad about the characters fate so I just wanted to show how they feel about Arasaka and Adam S (bonus points for finding the OP reference ;).
As the dust has settled it seems that we made something of worth for the fans and new viewers. My personal mission was not to make something that will be for everyone but rather something that someone can truly love. Thank you all so much for all the positive things you posted.
Just like quests in Cyberpunk 2077 we named each of the episodes of
#edgerunners
after a song.
@PKernaghan
knows more how this started in the game but we were all for following :)
@GiggukAZ
made a video about
#Edgerunners
and this means so much to me - I’m a big fan so it comes with an added layer of validation. Thank you sir for your kind words about our show and see you on
@TrashTastePod
? :)
I’m slowly moving to my new home. It’s not ready but my new office is the most advanced. Special features: custom stained glass windows and new battle station with art wall behind ;)
I was lucky enough to watch the first episode of Cyberpunk Edgerunners before it came out, but I’m so glad the rest of the show is as amazing as that first watch.
Don’t sleep on this show, please.
I'm super excited to announce my new project! No\Name is a manga I wrote and co-created with an extraordinary artist MACHINE GAMU.
You can read it for free on the Manga Plus Creators platform (LINK in the comment).
As this is my first independent original creation,
I would…
I love
#portfolioday
so let me try for the 1st time. I’m Rafal Jaki and I was one of 2 ppl that came up with Gwent, developed and Ep Witcher: Old World and Gangs of Night City board games, wrote Witcher: Ronin and was the exec producer and showrunner for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
sounds but for me that is a consistent portrayal of a existing setting and not an adaptation. Technically Rings of Power is in the same bout - it does not adapt LOTR or Silmarilion but rather tells a new story or to a lesser extent the MCU? What do you think? 2/2
Had the privilege to finish
#Cyberpunk2077
a few days ago. I’m not going to lie, had tears when the credits rolled. I felt pride and real sadness that I can no longer experience this story for the first time. Just 4 more days to see what you all think :)
This is the whole set (2 characters per window). David and Ronin as things I worked on and Berserk and Eva as they made me want to do a manga and an anime :)
Lol on all the CDPR getting bought by Sony. CDPR is on Warsaw stock exchange and only around 36% is with the founders and board where the rest with many investments founds with a lot below 5% etc. This not any insider info - just information that is publicly available.
CyberpunkX: Edgerunners Trailer
This is not a real videogame. Everything you're seeing is pure animation and editing.
I made this to train my skills, for fun, as a tribute for one of my favorite video game worlds. Enjoy!
#CyberpunkEdgerunners
Let’s talk about it. My view is that they are character driven franchises and there are setting driven ones. A Batman show relies on either having Batman or the audience being so familiar with B that they can just be a presence to loom over other characters. In a setting based…
I started working at CDPR in 2012, now 8 years later you are about to finally play it. It’s also surreal that my wife and son are also in the credits :) I’m so proud of what we achieved as CDPR and I hope you will like it as well. Thanks for the support!
#Cyberpunk2077