History Trivia / NierAutomata

** Similarly, A2 is just about as far outside of the usual wheelhouse of Creator/CheramiLeigh as you can get. Her typical roles consist of strong, determined young women who stop at nothing to [[ForGreatJustice fight for their ideals and loved ones]], often with [[BadassAdorable a hidden cute and soft side to them.]] A2 is a very bitter, cynical, and tired [[DangerousDeserter deserter]] who is just out for herself and vengeance, yet once again delivers a killer performance.

* ColbertBump: The original ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' games were merely CultClassic’s in the West, Automata eventually did this for them due to its commercial success, to the point that ''Nier'' received an UpdatedReRelease for eight-gen consoles.

* SleeperHit: In a year of several highly anticipated video games being released, very few expected the spin-off of a video game series largely unknown to western audiences to gain much fanfare. However, the polished gameplay, positive word-of-mouth, and (arguably) the void left by the disappointment of ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' led ''Automata'' to becoming one of the better received video games of 2017 with over one million copies of the game being sold worldwide within a month of its western release, with the 1.5 million mark being crossed by the start of June with little sign of slowing. By May of 2019, over two years past the original release date, it had sold over ''4 million copies'' across all platforms. And in June 2022, five years since the original release, it reached 6.5 million copies sold. It helps a lot the game doesn't suffer the same crippling problems of censorship and cultural changes that some previous games of the franchise suffered in the past when translated and adapted to English.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://nier.wikia.com/wiki/NIER_Wiki The NieR Wiki]] and [[https://nierautomata.wiki.fextralife.com/Nier+Automata+Wiki NieR Automata Wiki]].

* WordOfSaintPaul: During a series of livestreams of the game with Creator/KiraBuckland, Creator/KyleMcCarley mentioned that the voice actor for the Council of Humanity's broadcasts was Creator/MatthewMercer. This is the only confirmation of the Council's voice, as it is otherwise uncredited. On the other hand, in response to the stream chat begging to know who the Commander's English voice actress was, both he and Buckland refused to divulge her identity, citing legal issues involved with [[UsefulNotes/UnionsInHollywood keeping her VA uncredited.]]

** The anime brings back the Japanese voice actors from the game to reprise their roles.

* ApprovalOfGod: Yoko Taro complained on Twitter about the outrageous amount of [[RuleThirtyFour pornographic fanart]] of 2B - because [[BaitAndSwitch combing through all of it on his own time was such a hassle]], so he requested the fans compile the best pictures into a zip file and send it to him.

* AllThereInTheManual: Continuing the tradition of Taro Yoko games having odd forms of side material, a large part of the backstory to ''Automata'' comes from the ''[=YoRHa=]'' stage play [[spoiler:which tells the full story of A2]], and more expanded story is being told at the ''Nier'' music concerts, of all places. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF0y083mMHA&t=7159s The main English voice cast performed it on Youtube]] (with Creator/KiraBuckland ''cosplaying'' as 2B, no less!). And it was a ''cold reading''. The group wanted to experience the same amount of shock in regards to the revelations in the script that the people watching did, so they didn't read any of the script until the actual reading.

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** Japanese version:
*** Creator/NatsukiHanae (9S) and Creator/HirokiYasumoto (Pod 042) have also worked on ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''.
*** Creator/NatsukiHanae (9S) and Creator/YuiIshikawa (2B) are [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Falco and Mikasa]].

** Likewise, Creator/EdenRiegel (English) and Creator/RyokoShiraishi reprise [[TalkingToHimself their shared role]] as Devola and Popola.

* AllThereInTheManual: Continuing the tradition of Taro Yoko games having odd forms of side material, a large part of the backstory to ''Automata'' comes from the ''[=YoRHa=]'' stage play [[spoiler:which tells the full story of A2]], and more expanded story is being told at the ''Nier'' music concerts, of all places. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF0y083mMHA&t=7159s The main English voice cast performed it on Youtube]] (with Creator/KiraBuckland ''cosplaying'' as 2B, no less!). It's also worth noting that this performace was a ''cold reading''. The group wanted to experience the same amount of shock in regards to the revelations in the script that the people watching did, so they didn't read any of the script until the actual reading.

* AllThereInTheManual: Continuing the tradition of Taro Yoko games having odd forms of side material, a large part of the backstory to ''Automata'' comes from the ''[=YoRHa=]'' stage play [[spoiler:which tells the full story of A2]], and more expanded story is being told at the ''Nier'' music concerts, of all places. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF0y083mMHA&t=7159s The main English voice cast performed it on Youtube]] (with Creator/KiraBuckland ''cosplaying'' as 2B, no less!).

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Japanese version: Creator/NatsukiHanae (9S) and Creator/HirokiYasumoto (Pod 042) have also worked on ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''.

* ColbertBump: The original ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' games were merely CultClassic’s in the West, Automata eventually did this for them due to its commercial success.

* AllThereInTheManual: Continuing the tradition of Taro Yoko games having odd forms of side material, a large part of the backstory to ''Automata'' comes from the ''[=YoRHa=]'' stage play [[spoiler:which tells the full story of A2]], and more expanded story is being told at the ''Nier'' music concerts, of all places. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF0y083mMHA&t=7159s The main English voice cast performed it on Youtube]].

* ApprovalOfGod: Yoko publicly Taro complained on Twitter about the outrageous amount of [[RuleThirtyFour pornographic fanart]] of 2B - because [[BaitAndSwitch combing through all of it on his own time was such a hassle]], so he requested the fans compile the best pictures into a zip file and send it to him.