A TV anime based on Japanese action-RPG NieR: Automata has been announced. The announcement was made during the game’s 5th anniversary livestream event.
An announcement trailer and a visual of protagonist 2B and her Pod companion were released as well. Aniplex, which owns animation production studios A-1 Pictures and CloverWorks, is involved with the anime’s production.
Created by Yoko Taro, developed by PlatinumGames, and published by Square Enix, NieR: Automata was released in 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC as a sequel to 2010’s Nier. The game takes place in the distant future, thousands of years after its predecessor, and sees a group of androids battling to reclaim Earth from an army of alien-created machines. Like the first Nier, which was developed by the now-defunct Cavia, the gameplay married third-person hack-and-slash combat with shoot-em-up and side-scrolling elements.
Aside from the anime, NieR: Automata has inspired a variety of other media, including stage plays, novels, and manga.
Following NieR: Automata, the Nier series saw the release of the mobile game Nier Reincarnation and a remaster of the first game, titled NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…, in 2021. The NieR Replicant remaster marked the first time that the Japanese version of NieR was made available in the west. Previously, the game was released in the west as NieR Gestalt, with this version featuring an older protagonist who is a father instead of the youthful, older brother character of the Japanese version.
Sources: Aniplex YouTube channel, Square Enix YouTube channel
