NieR:Automata Ver1.1a: Every Main Character’s Age, Birthday, Height & Weight

NieR: Automata was released back in 2017 as a long-awaited sequel to the cult classic PS3 game NieR, thus expanding on the original universe in the best possible way. And while the original game by Yoko Taro received mixed reviews – the story and the characters, as well as the music, received absolute acclaim, while the graphics and the gameplay were criticized – NieR:Automata became an absolute hit. On the fifth anniversary of the game, it was announced that NieR:Automata would be getting an anime adaptation, titled NieR:Automata Ver1.1a. In honor of that, we have decided to tell you everything you need to know about the characters that are set to appear in the upcoming anime.

What we are about to tell you is a list of all the known NieR:Automata Ver1.1a characters and their heights, ages, genders, and the voice actors behind the characters. The data we are going to use refers to the canon data we have from the video games, as the anime won’t be changing much, probably. Before we approach each of the characters individually, here is a quick overview:

2B

2B is a female combat android, the protagonist of Route A. A very charming android, she has a cold personality and speaks very little, preferring to carry out her missions in peace. She discourages idle conversation about unimportant topics and is typically reserved with others. Unlike her companion, she respects the chain of command greatly and rarely challenges directives.

She is a decent and sensitive person who bears painful anguish inside, yet her character is so frigid because of psychological scarring from a childhood tragedy. Her story develops as the game progresses and she becomes increasingly complex, both in terms of her story, and her emotions, especially towards 9S. In the end, she manages to break free from her programming and develop a sense of humanity, which made her an amazing character in every way possible. Along with 9S and A2, she is a major protagonist in the series.

9S

9S is a male scanner android, the protagonist of Routed B and D, and the main adversary of Route C. An android specialized in information gathering and hacking, however, he is also suited to combat. He has an emotional personality and is kind and polite, so much so that, early in their relationship, he refers to 2B of her as madam out of respect for the higher grade.

He always tries to help those in need and always tries to get 2B to be more selfless. Over time 2B and 9S form a close friendship until they bond with each other. 9S was a character that grew enormously in the game, from a mere assistant to a full-fledged character with both emotions and great development. His close bond with 2B and, also – in a way – A2 (although he fought the latter due to being angry over what happened to 2B), were the highlights of the game in terms of character development.

Pods 042 and 153

Pods are tactical support units assigned to YoRHa soldiers. They are devices equipped with artificial intelligence and armed that provide support in combat. They are able to access information in the network to provide YoRHa soldiers with information about their enemies and advice.

Pod 042 is assigned to 2B while Pod 153 is to 9S. As the story progresses, the Pods prove to be sentient and quite intelligent, as well as more aware of the events happening around them than you’d think. In the game’s final ending, they play a major role in the optimistic future hinted at by Taro.

Commander White

Commander White is a female android and leader of the YoRHa squad as well as 2B’s superior. Serious commander who takes his job with a lot of passion. 9S of her calls her a dictator for the way she gives orders, but in reality, it’s just her cold character because her goal is to exterminate the machines on the planet. It turns out later that she was aware of the grim secret behind YoRHa and that she intentionally kept the illusion alive because it was her only goal.

Operators 6O and 21O

They are two female androids located in the Bunker that orbits the Earth and support YoRHa teams in the field; they are a couple of many similar androids with the same function, although these two have been named. As with other Operators, their duties include issuing directives to YoRHa soldiers in the field and analyzing information. Operator 6O is assigned to 2B and is very friendly, and sociable and always tries to talk to 2B even about trivial things to lighten their tasks.

Although she always has to stay in the Bunker, she would like to see the Earth with her own eyes and feel the air and the warmth of the sun. Operator 21O, assigned to 9S, demonstrates a colder personality and only communicates with 9S for business matters, however, she gradually opens up to 9S declaring that she would like to have a family like humans. These two never had a major role in the story, although Yoko Taro made sure to give them a certain importance later on during the virus outbreak.

Pascal

Pascal is a peaceful machine who has created a village where machines can live in peace and quiet. Fascinated by human culture, Pascal seeks any information about their world trying to learn everything, including human emotions. In fact, despite being a machine, he has learned a lot about emotions and seems to be able to feel them.

Although Pascal doesn’t consider himself a leader, his machines recognize her as their boss. Although the machines are genderless, he identifies as a male even if he uses a female voice, to be more friendly to the ears of others. Pascal is one of the game’s best characters and has one of the best stories of all of them, both in relation to other characters (especially A2), but also as a standalone character, especially during the game’s ending.

Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve are two machines that have reached such a high evolution as to make them identical to human beings with a body of flesh and blood and a conscience. They are the main antagonists of Routes A and B. Their names have a clear reference to the two biblical characters Adam and Eve. Both have very fair skin and silver hair, yet have different personalities. Adam is the older brother, he is very attracted to human culture and tries to identify with men, for example by dressing in their image, to study their secrets.

Adam is cold, pragmatic, and enjoys discovering new things; he is willing to do anything to discover the secrets of life and of human beings. Eve, on the other hand, has a more immature personality and finds it boring to try to discover the essence of the human being; his only desire is to satisfy his older brother. Both possess unique abilities that make them the most powerful beings on the planet and the new rulers of the machines. Still, despite being villains, their final story has a much deeper meaning, which is completely in line with Taro’s usual storytelling methods.

Lily

Lily seems to be a new, completely original character as there is no record of such a character in the original game. It is unknown who or what Lily is exactly, save for the fact that she is a resistance fighter. Namely, it is unlikely that she is a human, based on what we know from the game’s story, but she seems to be more human than the androids.

It is going to be a thrill exploring what Yoko Taro and the production crew have in store for us when Lily is concerned. Taro explained that the series won’t be a direct copy of the game – it will feature some elements, but he said that things are going to be changed – so Lily might just fit in perfectly into the lore of the anime.

A2

A2 is a female assault android, the protagonist of Route C and the main adversary of Route D. She is an android defector who, before the events of the main storyline, actively participated in the missions of destroying the machines, but after a particular event she decided to defect and destroy the machines by herself. Like 2B, she has a very closed personality and can hardly speak.

She deeply hates machines and wishes to destroy them; indeed she finds it absurd to find peaceful machines like in the village of Pascal. However, with time, she builds a close friendship with Pascal and his machine village, helping him in protecting his people. She doesn’t like being ordered around and prefers to work alone. Like 2B, she too carries a horrible past which she tries to hide. A2 appeared much later in the original game so it is going to be interesting to see how Yoko Taro integrated her into the story from the very beginning.

Devola and Popola

Devola and Popola are two android twins who have lived for more than a millennium, although their exact date of birth remains unknown. They have scarlet hair and look like two teenage girls. In the past, the androids of their class risked destroying the world and for this reason, all their models were destroyed, except for them, which gave them a chance to redeem themselves.

They feel a lot of pain for what their fellow men have done in the past and despite always trying to help they are discriminated against, insulted, and beaten. They are actually characters from the original NieR game who returned to Automata because it was possible due to their nature but with a constant feeling of guilt. They aid the protagonists and do not have a hidden agenda as they did in the first game. Their designs are also modernized when compared to the medieval clothing they had in NieR.