city e[S]cape is the second episode of the season 1 of the NieR:Automata Ver1.1a anime series.
Summary[]
The Council of Humanity addresses YoRHa with a speech explaining that Aliens invaded Earth with an army of Machine Lifeforms in the year 5012, forcing what remains of Humanity to retreat to the Moon and build an army of androids in the form of the Resistance on Earth and YoRHa in space with the intention of retaking the planet. Meanwhile on Earth, a Machine designated PLAO8 begins to develop intelligence and instead of attacking the Resistance, decides to learn to grow flowers. 2B and 9S are assigned to head to Earth to investigate why YoRHa's liaison with the Resistance has gone silent. The Resistance sends a team led by the fighter Lily to recover supplies, only for them to be ambushed by an army of Machines. Lily and her surviving team lure the Machines onto a booby-trapped bridge while PLAO8 tries to stop from trampling its flowers. 2B and 9S then arrive and destroy the bridge and the Machines, with PLAO8 being destroyed in the crossfire. Elsewhere, more Machines begin reading old books left behind by Humanity as an ominous cocoon like structure is being built.
Alternate Ending: 2B and 9S receive a post card from Yoko asking about the purpose of their OS chips. Curious, 2B removes her own OS chip, inadvertently killing herself.
Characters[]
2B
Pod 042
9S
Pod 153
Commander
Council of Humanity
Operator 6O
Operator 21O
22B- File:8B NAv1.1a.png 8B
YoRHa Soldiers
YoRHa Standard
Lily
Devola
Popola
Kin
Conna
Machiya
Wata
Scarred Robot
Machine Lifeforms
Staff[]
- Screenplay: Ryoji Masuyama
- Storyboard: Ryoji Masuyama
- Show: Satsuki Takahashi
- Chief Animation Director: Jun Nakai
- Painting Supervision: Yugo Ohashi, Keizo Ichikawa, Minami Yoshida, Moe Matsuda, Mina Ito, Tetsuya Kawakami, Yuichi Sugiu, Tamami Izawa, Koko Hayashi, Makoto Makabe, Kaori Higuchi
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