After the re-broadcast of the third episode, it was announced that the anime adaptation of the NieR: Automata video game will resume on February 18 in Japan with its fourth episode . Let's remember that the series had been restarted since January 28 to give production time to recover from the alleged havoc caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the schedule.
In its statement a few weeks ago, the production claimed that the COVID-19 pandemic had caused the suspension, but many fans in the comments on the original post doubted that this was the real reason. It should be remembered that many Aniplex productions face extremely tight production schedules , resulting in imminent production problems. The COVID-19 pandemic is still a perfect excuse to cover up these types of situations.
The series has been broadcast since January 7, without yet officially confirming the number of episodes it will have, while the Crunchyroll platform is in charge of its distribution in the West.
Synopsis of NieR: Automata
The far future, 5012. The sudden aerial invasion of Earth by <Aliens＞ and their ＜Mechanical Life Forms＞ creations brought humanity to the brink of extinction. The surviving number of humans who took refuge on the Moon to organize a counterattack using ＜android soldiers＞ to reconquer Earth. However, the war comes to a stalemate, as the ＜Mechanical Life Forms＞ continue to multiply infinitely. In turn, humanity deploys a new unit of android soldiers as the ultimate weapon: ＜YoRHa＞. Newly dispatched to Earth, ＜2B＞ joins ＜9S＞, the analyst currently stationed there, where in the midst of their mission, they encounter a myriad of mysterious phenomena… This is the story of these lifeless and unsuspecting ＜androids＞ his endless struggle for the good of humanity.
Source: Official Twitter Account
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