NieR:Automata Ver.1.1a Anime Season 2 Ending Theme “Ashes and Prayers” Single CD to include new renditions of classic YoRHa songs “Normandy” and “Guadalcanal”

The Single CD for the NieR:Automata Ver.1.1a anime Season 2 ending theme, “Ashes and Prayers” (灰ト祈リ / hai to inori), will be released on Wednesday, September 4.

Pre-orders can be made from various venders here. There are several different versions that will be released as well, some with a companion blu-ray disc of the music video or without, plus there is also a limited edition version that comes with a bonus large CD jacket.

It will also be coupled with the songs “Normandy” and “Guadalcanal”, which Keiichi Okabe explains have been updated to include all GEMS COMPANY members rather than only Yukino Akaba & Mikoto Hase as in the 2019 version.

These songs were originally composed by Keiichi Okabe for the YoRHa stage play in 2014, and Yukino Akaba & Mikoto Hase from GEMS COMPANY covered them for the YoRHa Ver.1.3a stage play in 2019 and YoRHa Ver.1.3aa in 2020. Reina Tanaka also covered the song “Guadalcanal” at the YoRHa Ver.1.2 Musical in 2018.

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YoRHa Ver.1.3a “Guadalcanal” by Gems Company

The latest rendition of the YoRHa state play featured two new remixes of the classic YoRHa themes, “Normandy” and “Guadalcanal”.

Just today, the official Gems Company YouTube channel released a music video that utilizes the typical vTuber style of animation for the group. Although I’m not a fan of this sort of CG style, it is still very nice to hear an updated version of this song after 5 years.

Be sure to check out this new version below!

Additionally, you can hear the original mix below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fGH_2tF2uQ