Episode 4 was earlier delayed from January 28 to February 18
official website for NieR: Automata Version 1.1atelevision anime of square Enix And platinum sports, NieR: Automata The action role-playing game, announced on Sunday that episode 9 of the anime and beyond has been delayed. The anime’s production committee cited the effect of an increase in COVID-19 infections on its production schedule. The anime’s website and Twitter account will announce the broadcast and streaming schedule for episode 9 and beyond in the near future.
The anime previously delayed episode 4 from January 28 to February 18. The anime’s production committee also cited COVID-19 as the reason for that delay.
square Enix Describes the story of the game:
NieR: Automata Android tells the story of 2B, 9S and A2 and their fight to reclaim a machine-run dystopia from powerful machines.
Humanity has been driven from Earth by mechanical beings from another world. In a last ditch effort to take back the planet, the human resistance sends an army of android soldiers to destroy the invaders. Now, a war rages on between the machines and the androids… a war that may soon reveal a long-forgotten truth to the world.
The cast of the anime includes:
Ryuji Masuyama ,Blend S, Hello Vigo!directing the anime A-1 pictureAnd Masuyama is in charge of the series composition as well as the original game. yoko taro, Jun Nakai is designing the characters and serving as the chief animation director. Monaca making music.
premiere of anime tokyo mx, tochigi tv, gunma tvAnd BS11 channel on 7 January at 24:00 (effectively, midnight on 8 January or 10:00 am EST on 7 January), before moving to other television channels. anime also started streaming dmm tv and dAnime Store starting January 7th in Japan, and January 10th on other streaming services in Japan. Crunchyroll Streaming anime.
NieR: Automata sent to play Play Station 4 in Japan in February 2017, followed by North America and Europe in March 2017. square Enix also released the game on PC via Steam in March 2017, and in June 2018 on Xbox One nintendo Switch on October 6. The game’s combined shipment and digital download sales numbers exceed 7 million.
Source: NieR: Automata Version 1.1a Anime website via Yaraon!