Less than a month ago, and with only three episodes aired, fans of ‘NieR: Automata‘ a small bucket of cold water fell on them because the anime was paused until further notice. There was no return date, and with the stoppages that are taking place in many anime productions due to COVID-19… the truth is that things were looking pretty bad.
In the end, cross your fingers and touch wood has worked, because ‘NieR: Automata Ver1. 1A’ returns much sooner than we had anticipated.
Resuming the usual broadcast
To fill the gap during the hiatus, Japanese television was rerunning the series from the first episode. And now that the third has been reached again, it has already been confirmed that the broadcast will continue with the fourth episode next 18th of February.
So this Saturday it’s time for a new chapter, as they have confirmed from the official account of the series, but what It is not entirely clear if the anime will be broadcast normally.
【来週第4話放送】
Chapter.3:break you[M]eをご覧いただいた皆様、ありがとうございました。来週2月18日はChapter.4が放送となります。
Chapter.4 will be broadcast on TV next week.https://t.co/Dovt7K3qB2#ニーア #NieR #ニーアオートマタ pic.twitter.com/6CjIAeqLFb— TVアニメ『NieR:Automata』(ニーア オートマタ) (@NieR_A_ANIME) February 11, 2023
In principle, it seems that the rest of the series will continue to be broadcast. ‘NieR: Automata Ver1. 1A’ every week, although as the production problems were less than a month ago, it may not have been possible to solve everything.
There are already several anime that have gone on hiatus this season due to the increase in COVID-19 cases and other planning problems, so although this pothole has been overcome for now, it is possible that there will be another small hiatus in the future.
Meanwhile, The good news is that this week we have a new chapter of the ‘NieR: Automata’ anime, which is staying very faithful to the plot of the video game although it is introducing certain changes and even introducing us to more characters from the franchise.