NieR:Automata Ver1.1a ( ニーア オートマタ Ver1.1a, Nīa Ōtomata Ver1.1a) is an animated action-adventure anime series created by Yoko Taro. It is an adaptation of the video game NieR:Automata with various changes and original scenes added to the story. The anime is produced by A-1 Pictures under the supervision of PlatinumGames and Square Enix, and focuses on several characters from the game, particularly 2B, 9S and A2.
Description[]
Based on the world behind NieR:Automata.
- "The sudden aerial invasion of Earth by <Aliens> and their creations <Machine Lifeforms> led mankind to the brink of extinction. The surviving number of humans who took refuge on the moon to organize a counterattack using <android> soldiers to recapture Earth. However, the war reaches a stalemate as the <Machine Lifeforms> continue to multiply infinitely. In turn, humanity deploys a new unit of android soldiers as an ultimate weapon: YoRHa.
Newly dispatched to Earth 2B joins 9S, the analyst currently stationed there, where amid their mission, they encounter a myriad of mysterious phenomena...
This is the story of these lifeless <androids> and their endless fight for the sake of mankind." - — Nier Anime Official Description [1]
Staff[]
- Series Director: Ryoji Masuyama
- Series Composition: Ryoji Masuyama & Yoko Taro
- Series Production Music: MONACA
- Series Character Design: Jun Nakai
- Series Chief Animation Director: Jun Nakai
- Original Game Creator: Yoko Taro
- Series Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
- Original Creator: PlatinumGames & Square Enix
- Licensed: Aniplex of America
- Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll
Cast[]
- Main Cast
- Yui Ishikawa as 2B
- Natsuki Hanae as 9S
- Ayaka Suwa as A2/Number 2
- Supporting Cast
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Pod 042
- Kaoru Akiyama as Pod 153
- Daisuke Namikawa as Adam
- Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Eve
- Aoi Yūki as Pascal
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Lily
- Chiaki Kano as Commander
- Keiko Isobe as Operator 6O
- Mary Hatsumi as Operator 21O
- Yosuke Saito and Yoko Taro as Engels
- Mai Kadowaki as Emil
- Ryoko Shiraishi as Devola and Popola
- Kaori Kawabuchi as Jackass
- Tomoaki Maeno as Wata
- Maki Kawase as Kin
- Mitsuki Nakamura as Machiya
- Takahiro Shimada as Conna
- Tetsu Inada as Weapon Trader
- Shunsuke Sakuya as Supply Trader
- Reina Tanaka as Number 4
- Chihira Mochida as Number 16
- Mio Hanana as Number 21
- Ui Hinagata as Rose
- Non Harusaki as Anemone
- Moeka Koizumi as Dahlia
- Mayumi Nomura as Gerbera
- Shiki Aoki as Margaret
- Moe Tsurumi as Daisy
- Rinka Ishikawa as Futaba
- Momoko Suzuki as Yotsuba
- Misako Kuroki as 24D
- Sora Tokui as 42S
- Azumi Waki, Anzu Haruno, and Akari Kito as Operators
- Yukiko Motoyoshi as Big Sister Machine
- Hina Natsume as Little Sister Machine
- Shinya Takahashi as His Grace
- Koji Seki as Priest
- Yuu Kawada, Shoko Yuzuki, Yo Tokinaga, Satoi Shibuya, and Tomohiro Sato as Machine Lifeforms
- Jouji Nakata and Ruka Endo as Red Girls
- Main Cast
- Kira Buckland as 2B
- Kyle McCarley as 9S
- Cherami Leigh as A2/Number 2
- Supporting Cast
- D.C. Douglas as Pod 042
- Abby Trott as Pod 153
- Greg Chun as Adam
- Ray Chase as Eve
- Alexis Tipton as Pascal
- Erica Mendez as Lily
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Commander
- Matthew Mercer as Council of Humanity
- Cassandra Lee Morris as Operator 6O
- Connor Kelly-Eiding as Operator 21O
- Bill Butts as Engels
- Julie Ann Taylor as Emil
- Eden Riegel as Devola and Popola
- Amanda C. Miller as Jackass
- Austin Lee Matthews as Wata
- Brittany Cox as Kin
- Henry Mason as Supply Trader
- Kimberly Woods as Number 4 and Little Sister Machine
- Jeannie Tirado as Number 16
- Erica Lindbeck as Anemone
- Tiana Camacho as Dahlia
- Nicole Gose as Gerbera
- Julie Ann Taylor as Margaret
- Emi Lo as 24D
- Brook Chalmers and Emi Lo as Red Girls
- Main Cast
- Mayara Stefane as 2B
- Daniel Figueira as 9S
- Bruna Nogueira as A2/Number 2
- Supporting Cast
- Wallace Raj as Pod 042
- Samira Fernandes as Pod 153
- Ricardo Sawaya as Adam
- Felipe Zilse as Eve
- Jussara Marques as Pascal
- Azumi Botsu as Lily
- Carol Valença as Commander
- Mauro Castro as Council of Humanity
- Bruna Quinto as Operator 6O
- Manuela Origuella as Operator 21O
- Giuliano Barbaro as Engels
- Mayumi Honda as Emil
- Carol Sodré as Devola and Popola
- Flávia Saddy as Jackass
- André Schmidt as Wata
- Juliana Yamada as Kin
- Leandro Loureiro as Machiya
- Nill Marcondes as Conna
- Augusto de Souza as Weapon Trader
- Filipe Teófilo as Supply Trader
- Renata Dalmora as Number 4
- Juliana Shibata as Number 16
- Thais Mendonça as Number 21
- Bia Dellamonica as Rose
- Jacque Souza as Anemone
- Marcella Almeida as Dahlia
- Leti Cruz as Gerbera
- Carol Lira as Margaret
- Lana Carine as Daisy
- Bianca Lua as Futaba, Simone, Big Sister Machine and Little Sister Machine
- Alice Caffagni as Yotsuba
- Mari Haruno as 24D
- Bianca Alencar and Luiz Antônio Lobue as Red Girls
Characters[]
2B[]
CV. Yui Ishikawa / Kira Buckland / Mayara Stefane
Official Name "YoRHa No. 2 Type B"
An all-purpose battle android deployed as a member of the YoRHa Soldiers and dispatched to the surface for the 243rd Descent Operation. She specializes in close-quarters combat. She tries to follow YoRHa's regulations that emotions are prohibited, and even amongst androids of the same type, 2B is comparatively cool, calm, and collected.
9S[]
CV. Natsuki Hanae / Kyle McClarley / Daniel Figueira
Official Name "YoRHa No. 9 Type S"
Of the YoRHa Aircraft Soldiers, he specializes in exploration and research. His main role is collecting information, but by making full use of his hacking, he also supports combat models like 2B. Due to his role and characteristics, he is full of curiosity. Amongst androids of the same type, 9S is comparatively varied in his emotional expressions.
A2[]
CV. Ayaka Suwa / Cherami Leigh / Bruna Nogueira
Official Name "YoRHa Type A No. 2"
A prototype model that came before the current YoRHa Soldier units were officially instated, she is an Attacker model type that is currently no longer in use.
Adam[]
CV. Daisuke Namikawa / Greg Chun / Ricardo Sawaya
A mysterious and unique entity. Despite being a Machine Lifeform, his appearance closely resembles an android.
Eve[]
CV. Tatsuhisa Suzuki / Ray Chase / Felipe Zilse
A mysterious and unique entity. Despite being a Machine Lifeform, his appearance closely resembles an android.
Pascal[]
CV. Aoi Yuki / Alexis Tipton / Jussara Marques
A Machine Lifeform with a soft demeanor and gentle personality who is disconnected from the Machine Network that binds all Machine Lifeforms. Extensively knowledgeable, he created his own community where he lives with other like-minded Machine Lifeforms.
Commander[]
CV. Chiaki Kano / Colleen O'Shaughnessey / Carol Valença
The commander of the YoRHa Soldiers and Operators. She takes command of the YoRHa Soldiers based on the instructions from the Council of Humanity located on the moon.
Operator 6O[]
CV. Keiko Isobe / Cassandra Lee Morris / Bruna Quinto
A messenger who delivers orders and instructions from headquarters to the active YoRHa Soldiers on the ground. 6O is in charge of supporting 2B. She has a gentler and brighter personality compared to 21O.
Operator 21O[]
CV. Mary Hatsumi / Connor Kelly-Eiding / Manuela Origuella
A messenger who delivers orders and instructions from headquarters to the active YoRHa Soldiers on the ground. 21O is in charge of supporting 9S. She has a calmer and stricter personality compared to 6O.
Lily[]
CV. Atsumi Tanezaki / Erica Mendez / Azumi Botsu
An android ground fighter affiliated with the Resistance. She displays behavior that may indicate she has something on her mind about 2B and the YoRHa Soldiers.
Pod 042[]
CV. Hiroki Yasumoto / D.C. Douglas / Wallace Raj
Pod 153[]
CV. Kaoru Akiyama / Abby Trott / Samira Fernandes
A tactical support unit accompanying 2B and 9S. Pod 042 has a white base design and accompanies 2B. Pod 153 has a black base design and accompanies 9S. In addition to adding support during battles, pods have a wide range of roles, including transport, enemy scouting, and communicating with the Bunker.
Jackass[]
CV. Kaori Kawabuchi / Amanda C. Miller / Flávia Saddy
An android ground fighter affiliated with the Resistance. Since being dispatched to Earth for a past operation, she has engaged in combat and search missions on the surface. Curious to a fault, Jackass takes bold actions with the things that interest her. She is particularly good at handling explosives.
Devola and Popola[]
CV. Ryoko Shiraishi / Eden Riegel /
Older model twin androids affiliated with the Resistance. The seem to be treated rather coldly withing the unit. Although they are maintenance androids, they also engage in dangerous operations, even serving in the vanguard. Devola has wavy hair. Popola has straight hair.
Machine Lifeforms[]
Weapons created by aliens. They see androids as enemies and attack them. They come in a wide variety of sizes, types, and attack methods, such as bipedal walking and flying types.
Village Machine Lifeforms[]
Special types of individuals among machine lifeforms that dislike conflict and have left the machine network to which the machine lifeforms belong. Most are calm and friendly. They have built a good relationship with the android Resistance and trade using each other's resources and areas of expertise.Episodes[]
The series currently has one season split into two cours, with the second cour currently airing. It's slated to have a total of 24 episodes.
Soundtrack[]
The NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Original Soundtrack is available through the Square Enix store, as well as Apple Music and Amazon.
Cour 1[]
- Opening Theme: "escalate" by Aimer
- Ending Theme: "Antinomy" (アンチノミー) by amazarashi
Cour 2[]
- Opening Theme: "Black Box" by LiSA
- Ending Theme: "Ashes and Prayer" by GEMS COMPANY
Development[]
Cour 1[]
The series had a production hiatus starting mid-January 2023 for staff health reasons,[2] which concluded to continue with Episode 4 on February 18, 2023.[3] The series went on another staff health related hiatus that began in mid-March 2023, ending in late July when the last remaining episodes of the first cour aired simultaneously. A teaser for the second cour of the anime was announced after Episode 12, revealing several scenes from the anime's first cour and, amidst some visual noise, glimpses of 2B and 9S together.[4]
Marketing and Release[]
Cour 1[]
Promotional Files[]
Cour 2[]
Promotional Files[]
Trivia[]
- Every episode of the series, other than Episode 12, ends with a post-credits scene featuring live-action puppets of the characters adapting the various endings of the game, along with several new original endings.
- Every eyecatcher of the series has short lines of UTF-8 hexdecimal code appear for a few seconds. These hidden messages also appear very briefly during certain scenes, and when translated to text reveals various words and phrases in Japanese related to the story.
- Each of the anime's episode names are based on the titles of the game's multiple endings.
Notable Differences Between the Game and Anime[]
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Cour 1[]
Lily as the Resistance Leader
In the anime, the leader of the Resistance is an android named Lily. In the game, the Resistance leader is an android named Anemone who has a history with A2. During the Pearl Harbor Descent, before the events of NieR:Automata, Anemone was part of the Resistance led by her higher-ranked Captain Rose. They met up with A2 (known as No.2 at that time) and three other YoRHa androids to destroy a machine server in Mt. Ka'ala. The mission was successful, but most of the group died in battle. Lily (named Lilly) was part of that team and perished. Anemone took on the leadership role for the remaining Resistance and thought herself to be the only survivor until she heard about A2 in the events of NieR:Automata. The anime adaptation changes this by having Anemone die during the Pearl Harbor Descent, then is replaced by Lily as the Resistance leader.
A More Concerned Commander White
In the game, Commander White often puts the mission before the safety of her own units. She has a cold demeanor and rarely shows care for the YoRHa androids she sends into battle. Any compassion that she shows is spread throughout other NieR content such as the orchestral concerts and novellas.
In the anime, Commander White has a side that she doesn't show anyone when she is talking to the Council of Humanity. Commander White expresses great concern when she has to send her units on suicidal missions and when YoRHa is not allowed to provide support, the anime adaptation emphasizing how she is much a puppet as the other androids.
Adam's Revenge Instead of Eve's
In the game, 2B battles and defeats Adam in the Copied City he created to save 9S. Eve later learns of Adam's death and proceeds to seek revenge on the androids, seeing the world as meaningless without his brother.
In the anime, these events proceed much differently. 2B walks through a space resembling a church, an area that is not present in the game, before breaking through a door. She and Adam then fight in a replica of the Library, which in the game only appears in the Tower. Just before Adam's defeat, Eve intervenes and takes the killing blow. While 2B takes 9S away to repair him, Adam mourns over the loss of his "younger brother" and causes the other machines on the network to attack Resistance members as revenge.
Other Notable Changes
- In Episode 3, when 9S is asked what is inside his fanny pack, he replies that it's a secret. Later, during Episode 11, it is revealed that what 9S kept inside his signature fanny pack was actually Type-4O Fists, an event that does not occur in the game.
- In Episode 6, Daisy is shown to be part of Rose's squad. In the in-game documents retelling the story, (Anemone: Encounter), Daisy is not mentioned. She was originally created for version 1.2 of the YoRHa stage play, which came out after the game.
- Emil does not appear as a traveling shop, with his head instead merged into a tree near Pascal's Village. A hacking scan by 9S creates a short flashback sequence referencing the original NieR with Nier, Yonah, Grimoire Weiss, and Kainé making brief cameos.
- During Episode 7, in the fight between A2 and 2B, A2's sword ends up breaking, an event that does not occur in-game. However, during Episode 12 in a scene where machines are sending data transmissions across the landscape, A2 can be briefly seen holding the Type-4O Blade again, likely a spare or replacement.
- The Lost Girl side quest leads to the Forest Kingdom instead of the desert.
- The Grün Goliath machine encounter never happens in the anime, with 2B and 9S visiting the coastal ruins instead to find Jackass until 9S is captured by Adam.
- During Episode 9, in the fight between Adam and 2B, Adam makes a copy of 2B's sword during the battle.
- In the same episode, Adam builds multiple body copies of 9S to fight 2B, an event that does not occur in-game.
- The game's original soundtrack piece titled "Become as Gods" was replaced with a variation called "Become as Eve" in the anime.
- During Episode 11, a berserk Adam transforms into a monster that appears in NieR Reincarnation, an event that does not occur in the game. The battle afterwards between the YoRHa androids and Resistance against Adam is an original scene that is more lengthy and dramatic than in the game.
Cour 2[]
Beginning of Route C
During Episode 13, the anime adaptation begins to somewhat diverge from Route C of the game. 2B and 9S are paired together for a scouting mission unlike in the game where they operate separately in preparation for YoRHa's assault to reclaim Earth. This causes them to be brought into the events of the Amnesia side quest, which happens much earlier in the game. The two androids then explore a hidden shrine in an anime-original scene to arrive at the Shopping Mall area. 2B reveals her secret of being a Type-E android who has killed 9S multiple times in the past before executing him once more. This revelation of her identity to the audience comes at the very end of Route C of the game.
Emil
Emil's head is somehow released from the tree near Pascal's Village, after which he encounters 2B and 9S in the Shopping Mall. This is similar to in-game events, however in-game this takes place much earlier.
YoRHa's Assault and Destruction
YoRHa's assault against the machines to reclaim Earth and its destruction in Route C is somewhat different from the game. 9S is in command of other Scanner models and operates separately from 2B for a majority of the assault. A lengthier anime original scene of the battle also has the Resistance participate and fight against a group of Goliath-class machines before 9S realizes YoRHa and 2B are in danger as the Red Girls can be seen infiltrating the Bunker. When 2B and 9S return to the Bunker, a hacked Operator 6O speaks for the Red Girls before being killed by Commander White, while the game has her die offscreen. 2B and 9S's escape back to Earth also has 9S crash-land in the Desert area, where he encounters Hegel rather than arriving in the City Ruins.
Other Notable Changes
- The anime adaptation focuses more on A2 before her actual role in the game's main story. It is revealed YoRHa had been spying on her activities for some time, including a moment where she can be seen wielding a Type-4O Blade.
- Multiple events from YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse and NieR Reincarnation are referenced in the anime.
- 10H, an android from the novella A Much Too Silent Sea and NieR Reincarnation, appears briefly in Episode 15.
- It is also revealed in Episode 15 that Commander White has a weapon similar to a light dagger, which is activated through the brooch on her dress.
Media[]
Links[]
- Official Instagram (JP)
- Official Twitter (JP)
- Official Twitter (EN)
- Official Website (JP)
- Official Website (EN)
References[]
- ↑ https://nierautomata-anime-en.com/introduction/
- ↑ Nier Automata's Anime Adaptation Put On Ice Due to Covid. Justin Carter (January 22, 2023).
- ↑ Nier: Automata Sets Release Date for Anime's Return From Hiatus. Nick Valdez (February 11, 2023).
- ↑ 動畫《尼爾:自動人形 Version 1.1a》第二季製作確定!公開預告 PV