DO NOT discuss the source material beyond this episode. If you want to discuss future events or theories, please use separate threads.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
daveo42 said: Sadly, this is absolutely pointless as an anime for anyone who has already played Automata and the worst way to consume Automata if you haven't. This is an abomination. Don't underestimate the novel version's terrible levels, regardless of how this anime would turn out to be whether good or bad, it ain't gonna be as rough and rushed to hell as that (especially the first book). |
| really nailed the environmental feel of the game, great work A-1! that ending skit with the sped up credits was hilariously reminiscent of automata's goofy endings too, loved that here's hoping i finished the endings theyre gonna adapt in the show... :_) |
 |
| Definitely wasn't the easiest pilot episode to follow but it's nice to see that the wonderful folks over at A-1 Pictures have at least made this a treat for now. A lot of CG scenes but the setting is well-drawn and the character designs are unique, so I'll take it. Never played the game before so I'm curious to see what the hype is all about. Hearing Ishikawa Yui-san in this sort of role is nice to see, as well. Op visuals were rather interesting to me, don't think many expected that. Something about the feel of the show is pretty good. |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
| I really liked, i loved the series and i think they really manage to handle very well the atmosphere and our MCs. Aimer song is amazing as expected. I liked the puppet thing in the end, they showing some of the joke ends you can get in the game. I want to see the fish one :v |
| I never played the game but this looks promising so far. Looking forward to see how things go from here. |
 |
| Never played the game so I have nothing to be disappointed about. Entertaining introduction to the world and 2B |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| OK, the 3D CGI models look like straight rip-out of the PS4 game's files which are very contrasting vs the SPECTACULAR hand animation but overall BOY DOES THIS DELIVER where it should! Also, I'm glad that they reused the OST from the game because there is no way that they could do something even remotely good. Also, also Aimer <3 We need to do a statistic on 2B panty shots/episode and /minute, this might be a very interesting "study"! |
|
| After all this time never expected this masterpiece to get an anime yet here we are. Truly 2023 really is full of surprises. Nice opening theme from Aimer too. They made the battle against the saw too easy lol. I must have died at least 50 times before i killed it ingame lol. They really showed the tension for the goliath seen well here. Not to mention the hacking part. Seeing this scene again really shows just how powerful the black boxes were though. Overall a solid opening ep that was both lore accurate and featured a nice blend of action and character intros. As long as this keeps up this series should be faithful to the game. The puppet play at the end was pretty amusing. |
| Signature removed. Please follow the signature rules, as defined in the Site & Forum Guidelines. |
| NieR: Automata is one of my favorite games of all time. So I'm both excited and worried about this adaptation. The worrying has to do with the nature of the game itself. Even if they make changes to make it fit the anime format more I doubt it'd be able to capture the game properly so I set my expectations accordingly. Thankfully this episode made it look promising and I hope the rest of the 23 episodes can follow this same quality. I am more interested in seeing any potential anime-original content or things that weren't shown in the game. I don't understand why they didn't adapt NieR: Replicant yet though because I think that game could use more recognition. Hopefully it'll get one if this anime's successful. NieR: Automata v1.1a has the potential to surpass the likes of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. At its worst, it could turn out like Persona 5 the Abomination which was also animated by A-1 and thus the source of my worries. I just hope this will be properly paced for 24 episodes. The puppet scene at the end caught me off-guard. This is actually kinda funny and I might look forward to these at the end of the episodes instead of the episodes themselves lol. If you're a gamer and didn't play the game yet, do yourself a favor and play the game on your PC/Xbox One/PS4/Switch. It's basically on all current-gen gaming platforms. You won't regret it. |
| Wow, it's somehow even more boring than the actual game. Granted I dunno what I expected since I didn't like Nier in the slightest but this episode is just one to one retracing of the game but without the gameplay itself? What's the point? It even looks so much worse than the source material, that animation is really not holding up. Aimer is nice tho |
Piromysl said: year just started. Even this season just started. At least watch 5-6 episodes from every anime this season then say it's anime of the season.Holy shit, I was expecting a masterpiece and I'm still impressed. Glory to mankind! Easily AOTY.  Anime of the year comes later. |
| And some people flamed MAPPA for their Chainsaw Man CGI... the CGI here legitimately looked bad and didn't flow well whatsoever. Animation overall was okay but this clearly won't be as good as I first thought. A-1 remains hit or miss. |
 |
| Why is she so emotional for a guy she met for only 10 minutes or so? Or there's a twist? Like they know each other from before or anything? |
mshfqtny said: Why is she so emotional for a guy she met for only 10 minutes or so? Or there's a twist? Like they know each other from before or anything? Just wait and see Or search abt the game |
 |
AnimadoHAHA said: i would wait and seemshfqtny said: Why is she so emotional for a guy she met for only 10 minutes or so? Or there's a twist? Like they know each other from before or anything? Just wait and see Or search abt the game |
| I gotta admit that the 2D part are... quite not looking good, tbh. But the overall is okay, I'm not that kinda high standard and can pretty easily pleased. And the most expected part for me is really portrait well.  Look as those juicy plump white ass of 2B, Jesus chirst ! |
| Well I didn't understand a thing but it looks and sounds truly magnificent |
| Mechs here just gave me even more appreciation for how good G-Witch looks |
 |
| only game i ever 100%; played it so many times the only game i've played more is Earthbound for SNES. decent adaptation; animation might be a bit wonky but not terrible. it might not be the best start though for anime only watchers. this is definitely made for the fans, albeit there are many. nice use of the original OST as well. |
 |
Reblex_7029 said: should be good for 12 episodes, not sure how far they want to take it. it's a game with a whole lot of possibilities and if they combine routes you could get 16 to 24 episodes so it's hard to say. i highly suggest you guys look up some videos on the preceding drakangaard series or revenant but it's always best to play the game. not only is the story amazing, but the music and combat is superb. seriously one of the best games in the last 20 years and i swear that's not hyperbole. i even have the books.How many episodes we are gonna get...? I mean how many episodes will be enough to cover this route?....... any game player here? |
|
| I have no clue on what the fuck is going on, but so far I'm liking it. |
mshfqtny said: there's a significant reason; actually one of the most important parts of the series but i won't spoil anything. you should really play the game. should be super cheap by now.Why is she so emotional for a guy she met for only 10 minutes or so? Or there's a twist? Like they know each other from before or anything? |
|
mshfqtny said: Piromysl said: year just started. Even this season just started. At least watch 5-6 episodes from every anime this season then say it's anime of the season.Holy shit, I was expecting a masterpiece and I'm still impressed. Glory to mankind! Easily AOTY. Anime of the year comes later. It was an obvious joke, bro. LoL |
 |
Piromysl said: it didn't look obviousmshfqtny said: year just started. Even this season just started. At least watch 5-6 episodes from every anime this season then say it's anime of the season. Anime of the year comes later. It was an obvious joke, bro. LoL |
| Oh boy, that was quite a trip down memory lane. I certainly didn't expect the amine to be so faithful to the source, I hope it diverges as we go on, much as a retelling would be nice, a new story (or an epilogue to the original) would be nicer. |
| Quantum ille canis est in fenestra |
| NieR Automata is my favorite game of all time. After playing through a beautiful game with deep philosophical themes, I watched this for about 3 minutes, and shut it off. I gathered by the horrendous animation within the first minutes of the anime that this is going to be a shallow, rehashed version of the game’s story, and will have nothing like the impact the game left on me. I’m definitely choosing to skip this, because I don’t want my opinion of the game to be soiled, but maybe I’m wrong, and it will be great. Though, I don’t want to take the chance. |
 |
| I heard about NieR for years and I don't like mecha anime that much so this show better be good. The most interesting part of the episode for me was the end scene and that omake. It was funny. |
If you are going to disagree with me, don't bother talking to me. I will seriously hurt you! |
| Probably not going to be adding anything new given the number of comments there are already, but here's a few thoughts from someone who's played (and 100% completed) the game. I'll try and keep spoilers to a minimum. There's clearly been a lot of care that went into this. The 2D segments looked great, both when it came to the animation for the actions and the art in general. The environments shown were also pretty damn accurate to the game - whenever 2B was in the factory, those were pretty much all areas within the game from what I remember, so it was pretty enjoyable watching this and knowing exactly where on the map they were. It was pretty surreal in the best of ways seeing it all animated, and the fact they brought the game's OST back too... perfect. Unless something truly extraordinary happens, I have no qualms with declaring this as having the OST of the year already. Can't wait to see how to they do things going forwards, and definitely looking forwards to more 9S. As has probably been mentioned a lot, the CG was not the best. The Goliaths and robots looked alright, but the flight units... oof. They did not fit in well with the environment at all, and I really wish there was some better compositing. It wasn't enough to affect my enjoyment much, just rather distracting. The pacing also seemed pretty rushed, unfortunately. I wish the fight against the Goliath was extended a little, since I feel the anime almost made the battle seem a little bit too easy. Instead of a desperate struggle to defeat just one of them, it more seemed like 2B and 9S destroyed it without too much trouble and just happened to chance into getting injured. I also wish they kept 2B's opening monologue from the game instead of switching it up. It's an iconic moment, so it's a little confusing that it was changed. If anyone's confused, though, I'd recommend they keep watching - things are left pretty much unexplained at the start of the game, too. |
 |
More topics from this board
Poll: » NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 3 )Embient - Jul 23, 2023 |
126 |
by Yuu_Kanzaki
»»
Aug 22, 5:57 PM |
|
» How Does the Anime Deal With Having to Play the Game Three Times to Get the True Ending?Weeb_Isekai - Aug 7 |
5 |
by Paharo05
»»
Aug 9, 1:56 PM |
|
Poll: » NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Episode 6 Discussion ( 1 2 3 )Stark700 - Mar 4, 2023 |
106 |
by blu_snow
»»
Jun 13, 8:14 PM |
|
» Yoko Taro initially wanted to add an intimate sex scene between 2B and 9S in the Nier Automata animedeg - Nov 21, 2024 |
34 |
by dartmonkey2302
»»
Apr 7, 10:32 PM |
|
» Why It got hate?Nythra - Mar 5, 2024 |
26 |
by xZabuzax
»»
Feb 21, 11:20 PM |