The popular action role-playing game from Square Enix and Platinum Games finally has its own anime adaptation! Nier: Automata, a spin-off game for the Drakengard series, is coming soon in TV anime form! Before it premieres, here’s everything you need to know about the Nier: Automata anime!
Table of Contents
- Nier: Automata Anime Synopsis
- Nier: Automata Anime Release Date
- Nier: Automata Anime Release Time
- Nier: Automata Anime COUNTDOWN
- Nier: Automata Anime Cast
- Nier: Automata Anime Staff
- Nier: Automata Anime Studio
- Will the Nier: Automata Anime Be the Same as the Video Game?
- Where to Watch the Nier: Automata Anime
- Nier: Automata Anime Trailer
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Nier: Automata Anime Synopsis
The Nier: Automata anime is set in a machine-driven dystopian world where a proxy war is taking place between human-made androids and a machine army of invaders from another world.
The YorHa androids are commanded from a bunker base in orbit above Earth to fight alongside the pre-YorHa androids, also known as the Resistance, to reclaim the world overrun by powerful machines.
These androids are known as YorHa forces, and they have distinct personalities that distinguish them from one another despite the fact that they lack both emotions and real names.
The main protagonist of the anime, the combat android 2B, is a member of this group, along with the male scanner android 9S and the obsolete attack android A2.
They are aided by two floating box-like robots, Pod 042 and Pod 153, which serve as their ranged weapons.
Nier: Automata Anime Release Date
The Nier: Automata anime will premiere on January 7, 2023, in regions such as the US, the UK, and Europe.
In Japan, the anime will debut on January 8, 2023.
Nier: Automata Anime Release Time
In Japan, the Nier: Automata anime will premiere on January 8, 2023, at 12:00 AM JST.
If this information remains correct and there are no delays in broadcast, the following release times will apply at your location:
- Pacific Time: 7:00 AM (January 7, 2023)
- Central Time: 9:00 AM (January 7, 2023)
- Eastern Time: 10:00 AM (January 7, 2023)
- British Time: 4:00 PM (January 7, 2023)
Nier: Automata Anime COUNTDOWN
Nier: Automata Anime COUNTDOWN
Do note that the countdown above is based on the official release date and time of the Nier: Automata anime in Japan.
Nier: Automata Anime Cast
The following is the official Japanese voice-acting cast for the Nier: Automata anime:
- Natsuki Hanae (Falco Grice in Attack on Titan) is voicing the male scanner android 9S, short for YoRHa No. 9 Type S
- Yui Ishikawa (Mikasa Ackerman in Attack on Titan) is voicing the combat android 2B, short for YoRHA No. 9 Type B
- Hiroki Yasumoto (Spriggan in The Ancient Magus’ Bride) is voicing Pod 042
- Kaoru Akiyama (Mitsuko Kanzaki in Re: Stage! Dream Days) is voicing Pod 153
- Aoi Yuki (Lucy in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners) is voicing Pascal
- Chiaki Kanou (Aki Kodai in Dinosaur King) as the Commander
- Keiko Isobe (from 6HP-Six Hearts Princess) as Operator 6O
- Mary Hatsumi as Operator 21O
As of writing, the English dub voice cast for the Nier: Automata anime is not yet confirmed.
Nier: Automata Anime Staff
The following is the official Japanese staff for the Nier: Automata anime:
- Director: Ryouji Masuyama (Blend S, Gurren Lagann Parallel Works, Hello WeGo!)
- Series Composition: Ryouji Masuyama and Yoko Taro (Thou Shalt Not Die, SINoALICE)
- Character Design: Jun Nakai (Baki the Grappler, Blue Exorcist, Kekkaishi)
- Chief Animation Director: Jun Nakai
- Music: MONACA (Captain Earth, Wagnaria!!, Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Churutto!)
- Animation Production: A-1 Pictures (Fairy Tail, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Lycoris Recoil)
- Original Creator: Platinum Games and Square Enix
- Original Game Creator: Yoko Taro
- Licensed by: ANIPLEX of America
Nier: Automata Anime Studio
A-1 Pictures is the production studio behind the action, sci-fi, and fantasy anime adaptation of the Nier: Automata video game.
The studio is based in Suginami, Tokyo, and has produced popular television anime series such as Your Lie in April, Erased, Blue Exorcist, Sword Art Online, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, and Darling in the Franxx.
Aside from television anime shows, A-1 Pictures is also known for producing anime films such as Doukyuusei, Space Brothers #0, Kagami no Kojou, and Welcome to the Space Show.
Will the Nier: Automata Anime Be the Same as the Video Game?
The affix in the title indicates that Nier: Automata Ver 1.1a will be distinct from the original game. In fact, Yoko Taro, the original game's director, explained that copying the game's story would not make the anime's storyline interesting.
This shift in focus is consistent with the vision of the anime's director, Ryouji Masuyama.
Yoko Taro has long supported Masuyama's vision for the anime, stating that fans should not be concerned about the anime completely disregarding the original game.
As of writing, there is no information yet on what these changes would be for the anime, but one thing is certain: the Nier: Automata anime will follow a different storyline.
Where to Watch the Nier: Automata Anime
The Nier: Automata anime will be available to stream on Crunchyroll in Japanese audio with English subtitles for international regions.
At a later date, Crunchyroll will also produce English, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese, and Latin American Spanish dubs of the anime.
In Japan, the Nier: Automata anime will air on select broadcasting channels like Tokyo MX and BS 11.
Nier: Automata Anime Trailer
Will the androids be able to reclaim the world from the invaders? Find out what happens in Nier: Automata once it premieres!
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