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[]
Eve: "Really? Promise?"
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[]
Village Machine Lifeforms[]
Episodes[]
The series currently has one season (12 episodes) with a second in development.
Soundtrack[]
The NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Original Soundtrack is available through the Square Enix store, as well as Apple Music and Amazon.
Cour 1 / 1st Season[]
- Opening Theme: "escalate" by Aimer
- Ending Theme: "Antinomy" (アンチノミー) by amazarashi
Cour 2 / 2nd Season[]
- Opening Theme: "Black Box" by LiSA
- Ending Theme: "Ashes and Prayer" by GEMS COMPANY
Development[]
Cour 1 / 1st Season[]
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 / 1st Season[]
Promotional Files[]
Promo Art
Promotion File 001：2B
Promotion File 002：9S
Promotion File 003：Bunker
Promotion File 004：Pascal
Promotion File 006：Lily
Promotion File 007：A2
Cour 2 / 2nd Season[]
Promotional Files[]
Visual File 001：2B
Visual File 003：Red Girl
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.
Notable Differences Between the Game and Anime[]
- 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 a 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 YoRHa (Stage Play), which came out after the game.
- Emil does not appear as a traveling shop, with his head merged into a tree near Pascal's village. A hacking scan by 9S creates a short flashback sequence referencing the original Nier game with Grimoire Weiss and Kaine 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 the 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 led to the forest kingdom instead of the desert.
- The Grün Goliath machine encounter never happened in the anime, with 2B and 9S visiting the coastal ruins instead to find Jackass until 9S is captured by Adam.
Lily as the Resistance Leader
One of the biggest changes in the anime is the leader of the Resistance. In the game, the Resistance leader is an android named Anemone who had 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 during that time) and three other YoRHa members to destroy a machine server in Mt. Ka'ala. The mission was successful, but most of that team died for the cause. Lily 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 mission and was replaced by Lily as the Resistance leader.
The Pearl Harbor Descent story was told in the form of a YoRHa (Stage Play), but now it can be read in the YoRHa: Pearl Harbor Descent Record manga.
A More Concerned Commander White
In the game, it seems that Commander White puts the mission before the safety of her own units. She had a cold tone and rarely shows care for the YoRHa androids she sent into battle. Any compassion that she does show are spread throughout other NieR content such as the orchestral concerts or short stories.
In the anime, Commander White does have 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 battled against Adam in the Copied City he created so she could 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 only appeared in the Tower in the game, he had created in his Copied City, and just before his death, Eve intervenes and takes the killing blow. While 2B gets to take 9S home to repair him, Adam mourns over the loss of his "younger brother" and causes the other machine on the network to attack Resistance members as revenge.
- During Episode 9 in the fight between Adam and 2B, he makes a copy of 2B's sword during the battle.
- 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 previously appeared in NieR Reincarnation, an event that does not occur in the game. The battle afterward between the YorHa androids and Resistance against Adam is an original scene that is more lengthy and dramatic than in the game.
Media[]
- Cour 1 / 1st Season
- Cour 2 / 2nd Season
- General Merchandise
- Artwork
- Cour 1 / 1st Season
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