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| I played the first game nearly 6 years ago so the beginning felt familar. Loved how they handled the action and soundtrack for this with the chereography. OP song sounded great with Aimer and some of the character movements reflects the style of the game. Various characters are shown in there so I hope they showcase as many as possible this season. 2B shows her no-nonsense fighting style and her skills as expected. It feels like they are combining the routes of A and B together, which I think should work out. Very impressive start. |
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| Watching NieR as an anime adaptation was something I was so much looking forward to since it got announced at the start of last year. And look, it's here starting with the prologue with that familiar sight of an abandoned factory. 2B and 9S coordinating, with 2B doing the groundwork.. with 2B wrecking havoc. It was going good until the defense machine system showed and we know how it went, with 9S getting wounded and 2B doing the charge. Though still not enough as they’ve to detonate their black boxes to take out the goliaths.. in return 9S loses his memories. Damn 2B.. gotta feel for her. A-1 doing the masterful work here with the action scenes and with Aimer’s OP, it was just cherry on cake. All more hype for coming episodes. |
| Man... that Nier copy that I bought three years ago is still waiting to be played. LOL. So... I have no idea about the game aside from the gameplay I have seen from the game. I love 2B very much just like everyone. I have always adored the soundtrack... so I'm happy that it's the same and the animation looks beautiful as well. The OP by Aimer is an amazing song. I'm very interested in the story and I'm looking forward to it. Also, can't wait for A2. Can't wait for more. Also, I loved that puppet show at the end by 2B and 9S. It was cute. |
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| Love the game and love 2B. Glad to finally see it animated. OP: https://twitter.com/NieR_A_ANIME/status/1611747110134710273?t=FKttqsh-eS5OX4rl3zQePg&s=19 |
MegamiRemJan 7, 2023 8:20 AM
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| Haven't played the game, but I have to say this looks quite promising. Very nice animation and action scenes. |
SerafosJan 7, 2023 10:11 AM
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| I remembered playing Nier Automata with my cousin back in like 2019 lol my first impression was like, "Oh my god the setting looks amazing" and such, so watching the anime, I'm very intrigued and I kinda remembered most parts of what they're showcasing from the coordination & working along with 2B & 9S, I'm heavily mixed on the cgi & 2d animation combined in some parts, OP song is amazing but the visuals... idk man, soundtrack & VA performance is amazing on the other hand, and yeah really I don't mind either ways if they didn't satisfy me in any parts of the whole composition, I can't expect this to have a perfect adaptation anyways (mfs out there already complaining about the production value but for others, watch it first and form your own opinion before looking for someone elses opinion, otherwise you'll be discouraged but that varies ofc) but as long as it follows a kind of routes in accordance even if they add some difference here and there then it should be fine I guess. And yeah, can't wait for A2, she's my favorite character from the game. |
| I kinda have a guilty trip watching this anime. I never finished the game out of lazyness, now I hope get courage to finish watching the anime. Was a fun episode, with all the action. And the puppet show is good to explain lore things. |
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| Absolutely love it, surpassed all my expectations. |
| I've watched a few gameplay clips and that's about it. The mixed 2D and CGI is quite good to be honest after all the CSM complaints, it's nothing to worry about. The amazing voice acting and soundtrack stood out alongside the beautiful opening by Aimer. 2B and 9S were doing great until he lost his memories. Sadge, can't wait to see how this plays out. I'm all in to see 2B fight more. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Holy shit, I was expecting a masterpiece and I'm still impressed. Glory to mankind! Easily AOTY.  |
PiromyslJan 7, 2023 9:40 AM
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| impressive... as someone who haven't played game yet (i would try to probably soon) this was quite a surprise. |
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Pollyvx said: I don't understand how you people like it, when the game made you feel like you're playing an Anime this show feels like watching these no commentary youtube gameplays. It adds nothing and is very poorly animated. It seems like most of people here dont played the game And is for these people that this anime is being made |
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| I liked the OP. but its like something is missing if Emi Evans isnt here with her "Chaos Language". |
| Reception seems to be extremely divided. Interesting... |
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| Will this just be an adaption of Route’s A/B or do you guys think they’ll include Route C? |
Ronninn said: Mappa and Orange do it right... But here it really is horrendousDanmachi and now this, Japan is astronomically bad at CG. Like no matter how good the 2d looks, the CG will always look like utter dogshit. |
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| The CG looked goofy to me, doesn't even look like they were from the game (I don't know if they're able to use the models in the first place, but they did use the music). The 2D designs and animation look good in my opinion. I played about 60hrs of the game and the parts that combined some routes made it feel rushed, since you're supposed to get the other point of view after finishing the game. I'll keep watching it but I'm interested in reading what anime only people think about it. |
| its a mix of 2D and 3DCG like the trailers show no major plot yet but there is mind uploading technology eh that makes them like immortal 2B is hot  |
| lol they are even showcasing the special ending routes at the end of the episode |
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| I just finished this game a couple weeks back and Replicant a couple days back so the setting here is still fresh in my memory, and I'm surprised by how much the anime here committed to the game presentation-wise. Whether it's the settings themselves which I can remember directions of where to go, to some of the actual shots looking like they came from the game with the amazing music too, it felt like a little bit of a nostalgia trip. Of course with this version comibing both A and B's routes to fit the anime medium more compared to the game having them separately. There's a heavy mix of 2D and CG, but given how I played the game and experienced that kind of animation with the games for the machines, it didn't bother me much. With how much action and machines were there here, it was expected. A-1 did their best though to make the action feel dynamic and it worked for the most part for this episode considering the challenges. Loved the puppet show bit at the end too, which is a rarity for me. Gave some quickfire explanations, some interactions with 9S and 2B and even committed to a joke ending, which was a refreshing stape of the Automata game that I was surprised with it being included here. Can't wait for more of this show, still not sure how exactly this adaptation will turn out to be, but this show is more interesting to me than everything else this season so I'll keep my eyes out for it. Especially with how the non-action based scenes will be handled (and if they choose to adapt some of the stories from the side quests for certain characters briefly), as well as the general pacing. For a first episode, it wasn't perfection but that was to be expected completely, still was a really good effort in my opinion overall and I can tell that the anime staff tried their best to connect this well to the game and not sell it cheaply. |
| I didn't really like it. It looks good, it is adapting the source pretty faithfully, but maybe that's the biggest issue for me. I had to replay the damn tutorial so many times on hardest difficulty that I hate it with a passion. If their relationship feels odd (didn't they just meet and 2B is already so attached?) don't worry, it is explained eventually. |
| I thought they were going to spoil the endings, but this was better than I expected haha |
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| Holy shit the goosebumps |
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| The first five minutes of the show were laughably poorly animated. Never before have I watched an anime where it feels like the 3DCG could have been rendered on a PS2. As a whole, it feels extremely rushed, both in terms of the pacing of the episode, and in production. The flight units they use are extremely stiff, even for being CGI, especially compared to the games. Honestly, the show gives me similar vibes to that RWBY adaptation from last year. Looks like A-1 will mess up another anime adaptation of a game. |
| I thought 9s was more like "shy" I guess I don't remember right but good episode. |
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| This is a very rare case for me where I've played the game before seeing how the anime version goes about things. I can count the other shows that I've read or played the original source material on one hand! XD Anyways, this first episode went as well as I thought it would go, with the game's soundtrack being as excellent as I remember hearing it when I played the game originally in 2019/2020. The 2D animation looks slick and impressive, while the CGI for the most part looks good, mainly on the goliath enemies. The puppet segment at the end, explaining about the different endings of the game before showcasing one of them was hilarious. I hope they do this for future episodes, too! Aimer's OP song sounds very good and the visuals itself is intriguing. It doesn't explain much, which is probably a good thing, as OP animations do tend to spoil too much on some series, anyways. Overall, this was a good start to the anime adaptation of Nier Automata and I look forward to reading more comments from the anime-only viewers, positive and negative, in the weeks to come. =) |
 It's a PS4 game, but why did they use PS1 CGI? I had low expectations, but it was beyond anything I could imagine, at least the best OST of the year is already here. Funny thing they ended the episode with Ending U, I wonder if they'll make something special about all "false endings" |
PhosphophyllitaJan 7, 2023 10:17 AM
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Perhaps, this is hell. |
| Oh my god, I loved that. My only gripe is that the flight unit CG models look horrific, not so much the units themselves but the untextured lifeless models of the characters piloting them. Hopefully they.... Improve those models at some point... Aside from that, so very happy with this. 5/5 premiere for me even with the cgi, beautiful work. Can't wait to see how this retelling unfolds. And that ending had me in stitches, I did not see that coming. |
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Phosphophyllita said: It's a PS4 game, but why did they use PS1 CGI? I had low expectations, but it was beyond anything I could imagine, at least the best OST of the year is already here. If i say it before.. LOL PS1 CGI, dude, they're using the IN-GAME MODELS + IN GAME OST |
| I'm not english, i'm spanish, so sorry for my mistakes when i write D: I figured out the ending of Shingeki no Kyojin back in 2014 :) |
| feels good getting to experience this masterpiece all over again except this time in Anime form. Routes A and B seem to be merged together. I'm not expecting a perfect adaptation given the nuances and details that drive the story of the game, but I'm liking what A-1 has brought us so far. The visuals and the soundtrack were perfect too. |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| PANTSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU |
| Imagine how boring this world would be without Japan - a comment at youtube |
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