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Follow the story of Gunji Akira, a high school student in search of his father’s ghost as he follows in his dad’s footsteps to become a police officer, in this sci-fi fantasy manga. a b c d e f g h i j Mateo, Alex (March 15, 2023). "NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a Anime Reveals English Dub Cast, March 18 Premiere". Anime News Network . Retrieved March 15, 2023. a b c Sato, Ike (July 18, 2016). "Nier: Automata Team Shares Their Development Processes And Challenges". Siliconera. Archived from the original on July 18, 2016 . Retrieved July 18, 2016. Japan Game Awards 2017: Games of the Year Division" (PDF). Japan Game Awards. September 21, 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 7, 2023 . Retrieved March 7, 2023. Romano, Sal (June 17, 2015). "NieR New Project will have returning characters". Gematsu. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015 . Retrieved June 18, 2015.

Volume 1

The Celestial Alphabet displayed at the end of the teaser trailer spells out "ningyou hito kikai" which is romanized Japanese for "dolls humans machines". Along with the events of the main game as well as the 3C3C1D119440927 DLC, it can be inferred that "dolls" refers to androids. Still, if you want to read the novel without playing the game for whatever reason, I'll provide a brief tl;dr without getting into spoilers: Like with Ending D from the original NieR, there is a player choice that will lead to the deletion of all save files. Romano, Sal (February 14, 2017). "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1472". Gematsu. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017 . Retrieved March 18, 2020. Yoko, who directed and co-wrote the original game, collaborated with Masuyama on adapting the story into a form that would work in an anime. Monaca, who worked on the game's music, returned to both arrange earlier pieces and create original music. The opening and ending themes were provided respectively by Aimer and Amazarashi. The game's original Japanese and English cast reprised their roles. The series was announced in a 5th anniversary livestream, and was broadcast from January to July 2023. Its broadcast had been twice delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic impacting production. A second cour has been announced.

NieR:Automata Ver1.1a」オープニングテーマはいかにして生まれたのか". Natalie (in Japanese). March 1, 2023. Archived from the original on March 19, 2023 . Retrieved March 2, 2023.

Nier Automata: YoRHa Shinjuwan Kouka Sakusen Kiroku Chapter 1 summary

It is set on December 8th 11941, which is a reference to the real Pearl Harbor Descent, and 4 years before the events of NieR Automata. This ferocious battle was the first attempt of the YoRHa unit to defeat the machines. Lead by A1, the YoRHa squad commenced the descent to Earth in hopes of retaking the planet from the alien invaders and their machines. The first mission was to take destroy an enemy server in Mt. Ka'ala. There the YoRHa unit counted on the aid of the Android Resistance, a failed expedition from hundreds of years before that had been managing to survive.