A new NieR Automata Ver1.1a anime “Promotion File 009” video and a live stream reveals the artists and singers for the opening and ending theme songs for the upcoming anime.

Aimer is performing the opening theme song “escalate”, while amazarashi is singing the ending theme song “Antinomy.”

The NieR Automata Ver1.1a anime will premiere on 7 January 2023 worldwide on Crunchyroll outside of Japan.

The anime’s cast includes:

• 2B: Yui Ishikawa
• 9S: Natsuki Hanae
• A2: Ayaka Suwa
• Pod 042: Hiroki Yasumoto
• Pod 153: Kaoru Akiyama
• Adam: Daisuke Namikawa
• Eve: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
• Pascal: Aoi Yuki
• Commander: Chiaki Kano
• Operator 6O: Keiko Isobe
• Operator 21O: Mary Hatsumi
• Lily: Atsumi Tanezaki

Staff:

• Original Work: NieR:Automata (Square Enix)
• Director: Ryoji Masuyama
• Series Composition: YOKO TARO /Ryoji Masuyama
• Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Jun Nakai
• Action Director/Prop Design: Shun Tachibana
• CG Action Director/Blender Supervisor: Masaki Inada
• Blender Supervisor: Takahiro Kawakoshi
• 2D Works: Mie Hiraga
• Military Advisor: Kenichi Kaneko
• Art Superviser: Hiroshi Kato (totonyan)
• Art Director: Hirofumi Sakagami (totonyan)
• Art: totonyan
• Art Setting: Takeshi Takahashi
• Color Setting: Takahiro Mogi
• CG Director: Yusuuke Noma
• Sub CG Director: Takeshi Ookawa
• Director of Photography: Toshiaki Aoshima
• Editor: Akinori Mishima (Mishima Editing Room)
• Music: MONACA
• Sound Director:Yukio Nagasaki
• Production: A-1 Pictures
• Production Committee: Council of Humanity

The official synopsis reads:

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 a new 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 NieR Automata game was originally launched in 2017 for the PS4 and PC, followed by the Xbox One in 2018 and Nintendo Switch in 2022.

Check out the new trailer below: