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NieR:Automata Ver1.1a

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2023 – 20241 season · 24 episodes~24 min per episodeTV-14Ended
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How NieR:Automata Ver1.1a actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

NieR:Automata Ver1.1a reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.

SpectacleDefining10.0

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

BingeabilityDefining8.5

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

World BuildingDefining8.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

Character DepthStrong6.2

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

Emotional WeightPresent5.0

How much the series is designed to affect you.

SerializedPresent4.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

The distant future, 5012.

The sudden aerial invasion of Earth by <Aliens> and their creations <Machine Lifeforms> led mankind to the brink of extinction. The surviving number of humans who took refuge on the moon to organize a counterattack using <android> soldiers to recapture Earth.

However, the war reaches a stalemate as the <Machine Lifeforms> continue to multiply infinitely. In turn, humanity deploys anew unit of android soldiers as an ultimate weapon: <YoRHa>

Newly dispatched to Earth <2B> joins <9S>, the analyst currently stationed there, where amid their mission, they encounter a myriad of mysterious phenomena...

This is the story of these lifeless <androids> and their endless fight for the sake of mankind.

The run

Seasons

1 season · 24 episodes.

  • Official poster for Specials

    Season 0 · Complete

    Specials

    202216 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    202324 episodes

    7.7IMDb

    Best episode · S01E12 flowers for m[A]chine

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from aji wo [K]utta ?

S01E08

aji wo [K]utta ?

8.2IMDb5 votes

▶▶ Pod 042 - Report: In the Forest Kingdom area, wanted YoRHa unit identified as <A2> was discovered. The fugitive unit in question abandoned her mission and continues to run away to this day. She is designated as a highly dangerous individual. Units 2B and 9S receive orders to track and investigate A2 from Command. Proposal: Contact the Resistance and Pascal to begin collecting information.

19 Mar 202324 min
Still from [Q]uestionable actions

S01E07

[Q]uestionable actions

8.2IMDb6 votes

▶▶ Pod 153 - Report: In the mission so far, this unit has encountered many abnormal machine lifeforms – some of which have even progressed as far as engaging in combat. Each individual’s information has been uploaded to the server as designed. Proposal: In preparation for future encounters, request information analysis and sharing of results in the Bunker. ―――Entity Identification Signal: <Pascal> response confirmed――― A member of a machine lifeform village appears to have gone missing. Proposal: Begin reconnaissance in the Forest Kingdom area.

12 Mar 202324 min
Still from a mountain too [H]igh

S01E04

a mountain too [H]igh

8.0IMDb8 votes

▶▶ Pod 153 - Report: During the investigation in the Desert Zone, several unique entities not found in previously recorded data were confirmed. Entities confirmed were characterized as “machine lifeforms capable of speech” and “machine lifeforms that closely resemble androids”. Details uploaded to the server. In addition, both units 2B and 9S received orders from Command to search for YoRHa Soldiers. It appears that contact has been lost with the missing unit during their ground mission. Origin of black box signal has been detected. Proposal: Begin search for the target at the corresponding point.

19 Feb 202324 min
Still from mave[R]ick

S01E05

mave[R]ick

7.9IMDb7 votes

▶▶ Pod 042 - Report: Verifying the trade information between the Resistance and machine lifeforms in the City Ruins. Despite the hostile relationship between androids and machine lifeforms, it appears the machine lifeforms they are trading with hold no hostile responses or combat intentions. This unit will investigate the area together with 2B and 9S, who Lily requested to transport materials to the machine lifeforms.

26 Feb 202324 min
Still from or not to [B]e

S01E01

or not to [B]e

7.9IMDb15 votes

▶▶ Report: Pod 042 5012 AD. Lifeforms otherwise known as <Aliens> begin their invasion of Earth. Since mankind escaped to the moon, the ground battle between the <androids> created by humans and the <Machine Lifeforms> created by the Aliens has continued for a long time. This craft is the accompanying support unit entitled <Pod 042>. In the 243rd Descent Operation held March 10, 11945, this unit will support Android <2B> of the <YoRHa Soldiers>. Thereafter, this unit will report regular mission status in tandem with <Pod 153>, the unit supporting YoRHa Aircraft Solider <9S> in this joint operation.

8 Jan 202324 min
Still from city e[S]cape

S01E02

city e[S]cape

7.8IMDb13 votes

▶▶ Pod 153 - Report: New data not registered to the existing archive was discovered during the search on ground. Transferring to shared server. The mission of the machine lifeform was to destroy the androids. However, that machine lifeform no longer possessed the will to fight. The machine lifeform found a small ring of flowers. The machine lifeform felt a mysterious <Something> beginning to be born within it.

15 Jan 202324 min

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