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NieR 10th Anniversary Livestream – April 22, 2020 at 8:00pm (JST)

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This is a quick reminder about the livestream scheduled for later tonight.

NieR 10th Anniversary Livestream

This livestream will include:

  • NieR timeline review
  • Anniversary messages
  • Impromptu Weapon Story creation
  • A look back at the NieR Series promotional videos
  • Giveaway to viewers

Known members to participate during the livestream include:

  • Saito Yosuke (SQEX)
  • Yoko Taro (Bukkoro)
  • Taura Takahisa (PlatinumGames)
  • More tele-appearances are expected via Zoom

There is a form linked on the page below where you can submit your own Weapon Story for review by both Yoko Taro and Saito Yosuke! (Weapon Story submissions available to only NicoNico Premium members)

Other things we’re likely to see in the stream will be additional information about the two new NieR titles that were announced during the March 29 livestream:

  • NieR Replicant Ver.1.22474487139
  • NieR Re[in]carnation

See more: Additional information on these titles can be found here.

EDIT: After the Livestream

Long story short: There was no new announcement during the livestream tonight.

Yoko discussed some points along the overall timeline, including some dates that have not appeared before, there were several people who gave anniversary congratulation messages, Yoko read 6 selected Weapon Stories that fans had written before he wrote one himself on the fly, then the whole group just chatted up a storm about a bunch of mundane things before switching to a 20 minute break where they showed various promotional videos for both OG NieR and Automata… We thought maybe that was the end of the livestream, but they all came back again after that for about 10-15 minutes of additional chit-chat.

All-in-all, nothing important was discussed. Period. Nothing about NieR Replicant 1.22…, NieR Re[in]carnation, or anything else for that matter. In that regard, the livestream was pretty disappointing, but it’s always fun watching everybody interact with each other, so watching them all chat on ZOOM was amusing. Of course, Yoko kept his screen black and displayed his name as “taro yoko”. haha Might he be changing the style of his name after all these years…?

NieR 10th Anniversary Livestream Details

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Additional information has just been released regarding the up-coming livestreams for the NieR 10th Anniversary scheduled for March 29.

Please note that all times are listed in Japan Standard Time (JST).

View the Schedule in Google Docs.

NieR:Theatrical Orchestra 12020 Concert – Talk Corner

  • Page Open: 3:00pm
  • Time: 3:30〜5:00pm
  • Free to Watch: Yes

NieR:Theatrical Orchestra 12020 Concert

  • Time: 5:00〜7:30pm
  • Free to Watch: No
  • View on Demand: Only the beginning of the concert will be accessible to those without a Net Ticket:
    • Premium Members: 4500pts
    • Standard Members: 5000pts
  • The concert will include vocals by Emi Evans and J’Nique Nicole with new recitation dramas by the following voice cast members:
    • Yusa Kouji – Older Brother Nier
    • Nonaka Ai – Yonah
    • Ishikawa Yui – 2B
    • Hanae Natsuki – 9S
    • Akiyama Kaoru – Pod153
    • Yasumoto Hiroki – Pod042, Beepy

YoRHa Ver.1.3aᵃ Stage Play – Talk Corner

  • Page Open: 7:30pm
  • Time: 7:40〜8:00pm
  • Free to Watch: Yes

YoRHa Ver.1.3aᵃ Stage Play

  • Time: 8:00〜11:00pm
  • Free to Watch: No
  • View on Demand: Only the beginning of the concert will be accessible to those without a Net Ticket:
    • Premium Members: 2500pts
    • Standard Members: 3000pts
  • Will include an “after talk” segment after the performance
  • Watch on NicoNico Douga

YoRHa Ver.1.3aᵃ Stage Play – After Talk

  • Time: 11:00pm〜11:55pm
  • Free to Watch: No
  • This segment is only available to those who purchased a Net Ticket for the Stage Play.

NieR 10th Anniversary – Talk Corner

  • Time: 11:59pm〜1:30am
  • Free to Watch: Yes

NieR 10th Anniversary Late Night Talk

  • Time: 1:30am〜
  • Free to Watch: No
  • This segment is only available to NicoNico Premium Members.
    There is no Net Ticket for this segment.

The final free-to-watch segment of the Anniversary livestream will likely be around 5 hours and function as a typical talk show like we’ve seen the crew do in the past. It’s currently unknown exactly what will be discussed during this segment, but there’s always a possibility they will drop something important on us (perhaps something about Yoko’s New Project?) We shall see…!

NieR 10th Anniversary – Cancellations and Reparations

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April 22, 2020 marks the 10th Anniversary of the NieR series.

The year 2020 was supposed to be an amazing 10th Anniversary year for the NieR series, but it’s turning out to be much more of the “curse” Yoko originally said it was.

First the Tokyo performances of the NieR:Theatrical Orchestra 12020 (March 28-29) were cancelled. Then the YoRHa Ver.1.3aᵃ performances (March 12-15) were cancelled. Now we’re left with very little to celebrate about…

Because of this, Saito has stated an interest in doing something on March 29 to sort of smooth things over and still manage to celebrate something for the 10th anniversary, which actually later on April 22.

“We’re going to do something on March 29. Worse comes to worst, just me and Yoko will do something. It’s the 10th Anniversary after all, so let’s go 10 hours.”

Of course, he is likely joking about the 10 hour thing, but it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary for long livestreams that they’ve done in the past.

Here was Yoko’s response:

“Let’s do it!”

Other members related to NieR and the YoRHa stage plays also voiced interest in doing something.

“I’m coming!!! (haha)”
Akiyama Kaoru performs the voice of Pod153 in NieR:Automata and the voice of SS in the YoRHa Boys Ver.1.0 stage play.
“Shall I bring my acoustic guitar and a beer…?”
Takanori Goto has performed the guitar for multiple NieR related series, including the most recent YoRHa Ver.1.3a with violist Shirasu Kon and drummer Takashi Fukuoka.
“I’ll bring a cajón and a beer!”
Fukuoka Takashi did the percussion at the YoRHa Ver.1.3a stage play.
“If you do Mahjong, I can play!”
Inko (Rita Jay) played the role of Cactus in the YoRHa Boys Ver.1.0 stage play.

Regarding the cancellation of the YoRHa Ver.1.3aᵃ stage play, the cast and crew are still going to practice. Plans are currently being considered to livestream the show. The whole point of having this “rerun” version of the play was because the Blu-ray recording fell through at the previous show, so this was their “comeback” second chance at getting a physical release of the play. It’s likely that since the play has been cancelled, they are still practicing if just to complete a recording to later release on Blu-ray.

The cast has already had their character photo shoots, so plans are also under way to still release new Ver.1.3aᵃ merch.

Also something somewhat amusing regarding the actual announcement stating the cancellation of the YoRHa Ver.1.3aᵃ from the YoRHa Stage official twitter, managed by Sekiya Makoto, apparently the announcement was made at roughly 3:30am (JST). Sekiya later apologized for it, but at the time, it was unclear what he was apologizing for.

“I guess I shouldn’t use the schedule function if I’m not used to it. Sorry for the inconvenience.”

But then Yoko commented, stating the real reason for the weird timing of that tweet.

“Anyway, according to Sekiya-P, his reason for making the announcement at the weird time of 3:30am was “I scheduled it to post at 10am but it blew up.”

So, it’s super sad that so many of these events have been cancelled, but there’s really nothing anyone can do about it. We just need to be sure to return our tickets & get our money back!