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Image: A-1 Pictures/CrunchyrollBack at the start of the year, the anime series for Nier: Automata released, and its release schedule has been all over the place. Early into its run, it had to take a hiatus, reportedly due to COVID-19, that saw it off the air for nearly a few months. When it returned in February, it seemed like that was the end of things...until its momentum was stopped yet again in March. The current hiatus has lasted well through the spring anime season and well into summer, but according to A-1…

Image: CrunchyrollAt the start of the month, A-1 Pictures premiered Nier Automata Version 1.1a, an animated adaptation of the popular action-RPG. Only a handful of episodes have come out, and now that’ll be all viewers have for the foreseeable future, as the series is taking a little hiatus.In a statement released on Twitter, A-1 Pictures laid the blame on COVID-19, which has apparently impacted production. As a result, the show’s fourth episode (which was originally set to air next weekend on January 29) and all…

Image: A-1 PicturesPlatinumGames’ Nier: Automata is considered one of the best games of the 2010s, and in the last five years, the love for it has grown as it’s been replayed and expanded to other platforms. (Recent Secret doors also helped.) While it’s not clear if there’ll be a follow up to the game, its upcoming anime can serve as another shot of life to the acclaimed action-RPG.Revealed during the weekend’s AniPlex Online festival, a pair of teasers for the anime series—now titled Nier: Automata Version 1.1a and…