Winter Anime "NieR:Automata Ver1.1a" OP theme sung by Aimer is now available! Non-credit OP video released!

The non-credit OP video of the2023 winter anime"NieR:Automata Ver1.1a" has been released, and the distribution of the OP theme "escalate" by Aimer has started.

Based on the action RPG "NieR:Automata" released by Square Enix in 2017, the game has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. In a far future where humans have been defeated by machine life on the moon - "2B", a member of the android unit "Yoruha", throws himself into a fierce battle to retake the earth.

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TV anime "NieR:Automata Ver1.1a" will start airing on January 7, 2023 (Sat) on TOKYO MX, Yomiuri TV and other stations. The OP theme "escalate" sung by Aimer was aired for the first time in the first episode.

A comment from Aimer has also arrived.

In 2022, Aimer won the "64th Japan Record Award Special Prize" and also made her first appearance on the "73rd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen". Enjoy the new music spun by her voice along with the world of the anime.

NieR: Automata Ver1.1a" non-credit opening video

Comment from Aimer
I am very happy and honored to be entrusted with the opening theme for the "NieR:Automata Ver1.1a" anime.
The world of "NieR:Automata" and the beginning of every episode of its story,
I wanted to create a beautiful and grandiose song that would embrace the pain and despair that the girls are going through, and I was very happy to be chosen to play the opening theme, "escalate".
The opening theme "escalate" was created.
I would be happy if this song can accompany you in the future as you continue to be trapped in the world of "NieR: Automata".　Aimer
(Original text)

<Song Information
Aimer "escalate
Release date: Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Advance full distribution: #
CD pre-order: #

Limited First Edition (CD+DVD): VVCL 2215-2216 / Price 1,760 yen (tax included)
Normal Edition (CD): VVCL 2217 / Price 1,320 yen (including tax)
Limited Time Limited Edition (CD+DVD): VVCL 2218-2219 / Price 1,760 yen (including tax)

Production information
■Anime "NieR:Automata Ver1.1a
Official website: https://nierautomata-anime.com
Official Twitter: @NieR_A_ANIME

＜Broadcast information
TOKYO MX / Tochigi TV / Gunma TV / BS11: Every Saturday from 24:00~ starting January 7
Yomiuri TV: Every Monday from January 9 at 25:59~.
Fukuoka Broadcasting System: Tuesdays from 25:59 onwards, starting January 10
Chukyo TV: Tuesdays from 26:27 onwards, starting January 10
Sapporo TV: Every Thursday from January 12 at 26:29
Animax: Every Saturday from January 14 at 22:00

<Distribution information
DMM TV / dAnime Store: Every Saturday from January 7 at 24:30
Other distribution platforms: Scheduled to be distributed sequentially from noon on January 10.

<Staff> Original story
Original story: "NieR: Automata" (Square Enix)
Director : Ryoji Masuyama
Series Composition：Taro Yokoo / Ryoji Masuyama
Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Jun Nakai
Music: MONACA
Production: A-1 Pictures

＜Casting: A-1 Pictures
2B: Yui Ishikawa
9S: Hanae Natsuki
Pod 042: Hiroki Yasumoto
Pod 153: Kaoru Akiyama
Commander: Chiaki Kano
Operator 6O: Keiko Isobe
Operator 21O: Mary Hatsumi

<Introduction
The year is 5012 AD.
The human race is in danger of extinction due to the sudden arrival of "aliens" and the "mechanical life forms" they have created.
The few humans who escaped to the moon launched a counter-offensive using "android" soldiers in order to retake the earth.
However, the battle is stalemated by the endless proliferation of "mechanical life forms.
Humanity dispatches a squad of new androids, the "Yoruha," to Earth as a final weapon.
The newly dispatched <2B> joins up with the advance investigator <9S> and goes on a mission, but in the process, they encounter a number of unexplainable phenomena.
This is a story of lifeless androids who continue to fight for humanity.

(C)SQUARE ENIX/Humanity Council