Nier: Automata continues to resonate with its fans several years after it first hit consoles and PC. Since then, the tale of the humanoid androids 2B, 9S, and A2, has been adapted to multiple other versions, including the acclaimed anime, Nier: Automata Ver1.1a. While the anime concluded back in 2024, fans can soon add the second half of the animated adaptation to their Blu-ray collection with NieR: Automata Ver1.1a Volume 2, which includes the final 12 episodes of the series plus a selection of collectible prints, an artbook, and more. The exclusive Blu-ray collector’s set is available to preorder for $120 at Crunchyroll’s online store ahead of its August 7 release. If you’re looking to grab the full series, NieR: Automata Ver1.1a Volume 1 launched last year and is also available for $120 at Cruncyroll.
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Volume Two
$120 | Releases August 7
The second volume comes with some nice extras, like illustration cards, booklets that contain exclusive interviews with the crew behind the show, reference material on the game’s world, and a replica disc designed to match the one included in the first volume. You’ll also find clean opening and closing credit sequences, a collection of trailers, and both of the English and Japanese audio tracks. The main cover of the three-disc slipcase also features a new illustration of 9S on the cover.
In case you missed it, the anime adaptation of Nier:Automata largely sticks to the same story as the games/ Set in the year 11,945, the show charts follows android soldiers 2B and 9S on their journey across Earth, millennia after the planet was devastated in an alien invasion. Encountering mysterious phenomena along the way, 2B and 9S uncover new truths and are pushed to their mechanical limits as they fight strange threats along the way.
The game was critically acclaimed after launch, as multiple playthroughs revealed more of its charm and heartbreaking narrative. While recapturing all of that video gamey magic that made the game so special is admittedly an impossible task for an anime series to achieve, the Nier: Automata adaptation does a fine job interpreting the source material and putting its own spin on it.
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Volume One
$120
Volume One of the series is also currently available exclusively through Crunchyroll, and it contains a similar set of extras. You’re also getting reference booklets, illustration cars, and a replica disc as physical bonus materials, and on the Blu-ray discs, you’ll find clean credit sequences and trailer compilations. This version features 2B on the cover, and style-wise it’ll pair nicely with Volume Two.
As mentioned above, the Nier games have also been adapted to other media, including books and manga. The Nier: Pearl Harbour Descent manga features an expanded take on Nier: Automata’s story written by series creator Yoko Taro with art by Megumu Soramichi. Volumes 1-3 of the manga are available now at Amazon, while Volume 4 releases on August 5 and is available to preorder for $15.
Fans of the game will also want to check out Other books you can add to your basket include Volume One and Volume Two of the Nier: Automata World Guide for a full-color deep dive into the game’s setting, and Nier Art: Koda Kazuma Works is a beautiful hardcover collection of the concept artist’s elegant work that was produced for Nier: Automata and the related Yorha stage plays. And for anyone who wants to explore the world of Nier: Automata’s prequel, Nier: Replicant, should check out Grimoire Nier: Revised Edition: Nier Replicant Complete Edition, which is packed with art, strategy guides, and lore for the action RPG.
More Nier Books and Manga
Source: GameSpot
