Aniplex has uploaded a brand new trailer for the upcoming NieR Automata anime, specializing in the Bunker this time. Previously, it highlighted how 2B and 9S would seem of their animated debut. The Bunker trailer focuses totally on the Commander, with Chiaki Kano reprising her function. Though they don’t seem within the trailer, itself, the solid record does embody Operators 6O and 21O.

The official web site for the anime was additionally up to date with some artwork that includes the Commander and a few Operators.

Keiko Isobe will return as Operator 6O, and Meari Hatsumi may also reprise her function as Operator 21O. Operators 6O and 21O could also be within the promotional artwork of the Bunker models, standing subsequent to the Commander. However, since there are such a lot of related Operator models from the sport, it’s troublesome to say for positive.

In a dialog with anime director Ryouji Masuyama, and recreation director/author Yoko Taro, they gave some hints to the story. According to Yoko Taro, the rationale why the anime is named NieR Automata Ver 1.1a is as a result of it will divert from the unique plot. This is as a result of NieR Automata’s base story relied on the sport medium, which might be troublesome to convey in anime format. This would additionally give veterans of the sport an opportunity to expertise a brand new story.

NieR Automata initially got here out in 2017 for the PS4, with PlatinumGames because the developer. It is an ARPG following 2B and 9S, who’re android troopers in a proxy warfare between the aliens and the people. Yoko Taro wrote the story, which offers with themes comparable to existentialism. A Nintendo Switch model got here out in early October 2022, with some Switch-exclusive costumes.

NieR Automata is available on the PS4, Xbox One, Windows PC, and Nintendo Switch. The anime model will come out in January 2023.