NieR:Automata Ver1.1a TV Anime Reveals Premiere Date, Key Visual for Cour 2

The official website for the TV anime NieR:Automata Ver1.1a . announced today on June 12 that its upcoming second cour is set to premiere in Japan on July 5, 2024. At the same time, a key visual for the second cour newly drawn by Jun Nakai, who serves as the character designer and chief animation director, was unveiled. As reported , the second cour's opening theme song, "Black Box" is sung by singer LiSA . The song has already been featured in the anime's latest trailer below. RELATED: LiSA Posts New Artist Photo and Video Message for NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Cour 2 Opening Theme Song The 12-episode first cour of the TV anime based on the action RPG game Nier: Automata , developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix, aired in 2023, and is now available on Crunchyroll . The series is described as such: 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. Source : "NieR:Automata Ver1.1a" TV anime official website / Twitter ©SQUARE ENIX / Council of Humanity

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