NieR:Automata Ver1.1a – Crunchyroll Winter 2023 Spotlight
We’re about to enter the world of NieR:Automata once again, this time with the brand new NieR:Automata Ver1.1a TV anime, which is coming to Crunchyroll today as part of the Winter 2023 lineup. To better prepare ourselves for what is sure to be an unforgettable experience, we’ve got a handy spotlight just in time for the broadcast and streaming debut.
Watch the first episode of NieR:Automata Ver1.1a right here!
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Launch Time: January 7 (live now!)
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CIS
Androids fight against machines in a thousands-year war in the adaptation of NieR:Automata.
Original game synopsis:
The distant future…
Invaders from another world attack without warning, unleashing a new type of threat: weapons known as “machine lifeforms.” In the face of this insurmountable threat, mankind is driven from Earth and takes refuge on the Moon.
The Council of Humanity organizes a resistance of android soldiers in an effort to take back their planet. To break the deadlock, the Resistance deploys a new unit of android infantry: YoRHa .
In the forsaken wasteland below, the war between the machines and the androids rages on. A war that is soon to unveil the long-forgotten truth of this world…
2B
VA: Yui Ishikawa (Mikasa Ackerman in Attack on Titan)
9S
VA: Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
A2
VA: Ayaka Suwa (Miki Kanzaki in Yowamushi Pedal)
Adam
VA: Daisuke Namikawa (Waver Velvet in Fate/Zero)
Eve
VA: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Ban in The Seven Deadly Sins)
Pascal
VA: Aoi Yuki (Tsuyu Asui in My Hero Academia)
Commander
VA: Chiaki Kano (Aki Kodai in Dinosaur King)
Operator 6O
VA: Keiko Isobe
Operator: 21O
VA: Mary Hatsumi
Lily
VA: Atsumi Tanezaki (Chise Hatori in The Ancient Magus’ Bride)
Pod 042
VA: Hiroki Yasumoto (Chad in Bleach)
Pod 153
VA: Kaoru Akiyama (Mitsuko Kanzaki in Re:Stage! Dream Days)
Director
Ryoji Masuyama (Blend-S)
Series Composition
Yoko Taro
Ryoji Masuyama
Character Design / General Drawing Director
Jun Nakai (GATE)
Action Supervision / Prop Design
Hayao Tachibana
CG Action Supervision / Blender Supervision
Masaki Inada
Blender Supervision
Takahiro Kawagoe
2D Works
Mie Hiraga
Military Research
Kenichi Kaneko
Art Supervision
Hiroshi Kato (Totonyan)
Art Director
Hirofumi Sakagami (Totonyan)
Art
Totonyan
Art Setting
Takeyuki Takahashi
CG Director
Takeshi Okawa
Director of Photography
Toshiaki Aoshima
Editing
Akinori Mishima (Mishima Editing Room)
Music
MONACA
Sound Director
Yukio Nagasaki
Production
A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online)
The original NieR:Automata game came out on the PlayStation 4 in Japan on February 23, 2017, with North America following on March 7 and PAL regions on March 10. It was eventually released on PC on March 17, 2017, and then Xbox One on June 26, 2018, selling more than 5.5 million copies over all the versions. It was directed by the moon on the earth Yoko Taro and follows 2B and 9S as they battle a mechanical invasion alongside the Resistance.
The anime adaptation was first announced in February 2022 with the following tease:
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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.