Various updates have been provided regarding the upcoming NieR Automata anime, and there are now brief glimpses at the explosive action scenes and characters 2B and 9S, while creator Yoko Taro also uttered that the anime will not entirely copy the game’s story.

The anime will be called “NieR Automata Ver. 1.1a” and was named as such because it “wouldn’t be interesting to simply copy the game’s story as-is in the anime”, according to Yoko Taro.

A lengthy segment covered different aspects about the anime at the Aniplex Online Fest:

Main heroine 2B got her own short trailer that focuses on her many fine qualities:

9S and his less attractive posterior also got a trailer:

Omake:

The NieR Automata Ver. 1.1a anime will debut January 2023.