Nier Automata Is Perfect For Anime, But I Hope It Doesn’t Lean Too Hard Into Fan Service

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Nier Automata is one of my favourite games ever, but I’d be a fool to say it was flawless. Yoko Taro’s masterpiece is visually inconsistent, requires a lot of patience to reach its finest moments and leans into gratuitous fanservice a little too much for its own good. I’m a hardcore supporter of 2B’s thighs and other such assets, but can only justify their relevance to the plot for so long before I’m accidentally buying a body pillow off ebay.

2B’s excellent arc is frequently undermined by creepy butt shots and camera angles that are more than happy to paint her as a sexual object and little else. Taro in the past has tried to justify exactly why some of his characters are dressed like this, but it often boils down to girls being very pretty and worth admiring over anything thematically worthwhile. The androids in Automata are dressed in a way that would prove appealing to their deceased human overlords, and they do look fabulous, but it isn’t enough to pull away from an aesthetic that is distracting in the worst possible way. Horny is good, but there’s a time and a place for it.

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Yoko Taro is otherwise an exceptional storyteller and continues to produce games unlike anything else in the medium, and I imagine he’ll also have some input on the anime adaptation for Nier Automata. Announced during the recent anniversary stream, this upcoming show is helmed by Aniplex and will see the return of characters like 2B, 9S, A2, and several others alongside themes and locations prevalent to the game.

Given past projects like this, the anime will likely seek to retell the original story while simultaneously expanding upon it, touching on similar beats in a truncated form