NieR: Automata has been one of the more popular video game titles released in the last few years, and now it’s set to find a whole new world of fans with the debut of its official anime adaptation coming our way next year! The Square Enix title has been exploding in popularity even more ever since it first released, and it seemed like it was primed for an anime thanks to just how neat everything looked in motion. Now it seems like that anime is finally happening, and happening pretty soon as it’s already on the way!
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Announced during the Aniplex Online Fest 2022 event this weekend, NieR: Automata’s new anime (officially launching under the title of NieR: Automata Ver1.1a) is currently slated for a release in January as part of the Winter 2023 anime schedule. While there has yet to be a more concrete release date revealed for the new series as of this initial announcement, there is the debut of the first two posters for the series that show off a closer look at the anime’s version of the leads, 2B and 9S. You can check them out below:
NieR: Automata Ver1.1a will feature director Ryouji Masayuma (who is also handling the series’ composition together with original game creator Yoko Taro) for A-1 Pictures. Jun Nakai serves as character designer and chief animation director while MONACA will be composing the music. The first main members of the cast have been announced as well with Yui Ishikawa as 2B, Natsuki Hanae as 9S, Hiroki Yasumoto as Pod 042, and Kaoru Akiyama as Pod 153 all set for the new series so far.
It’s yet to be revealed as to whether or not NieR: Automata Ver1.1a’s anime story will directly adapt the games, but Square Enix describes the original story as such, “NieR:Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines. Humanity has been driven from the Earth by mechanical beings from another world. In a final effort to take back the planet, the human resistance sends a force of android soldiers to destroy the invaders. Now, a war between machines and androids rages on… A war that could soon unveil a long-forgotten truth of the world.”
Are you excited to see NieR: Automata getting its own anime next year? What are you hoping to see in the new series? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!
