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Is NieR:Automata Ver1.1a good to watch with a friend?

A quiet night. NieR:Automata Ver1.1a is a TV series from Winter 2023 by A-1 Pictures Inc.: 12 episodes, about 4.6 hours in total, finished, 7.56/10 across the listing sites.

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Watching it together: a quiet night. Tagged psychological, tragedy and not comedy: this wants attention and the right mood, not background chatter. Rule: heavy drama or psychological tags without comedy → quiet night.

This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.

The facts

Type
TV series
Episodes
12
Episode length
23 min
Total time
about 4.6 hours — a weekend
First aired
Winter 2023
Status
Finished
Studio
A-1 Pictures Inc.
Score
7.56/10 across the listing sites
Tags
action, adventure, aliens, robots & AI, video-game adaptation, drama, dystopian, fantasy, gaming, mythology, gore, military, mystery, nudity, post-apocalyptic, psychological, mecha, revenge, sci-fi, survival, swordplay, tragedy, war

Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale.

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Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of NieR:Automata Ver1.1a?
About 4.6 hours for all 12 episodes at 23 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 6 evenings.
How many episodes does NieR:Automata Ver1.1a have?
12 episodes of 23 min.
Is NieR:Automata Ver1.1a finished?
Yes, NieR:Automata Ver1.1a is finished (12 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is NieR:Automata Ver1.1a good for a group?
Better for two than for a crowd. NieR:Automata Ver1.1a is tagged drama, psychological, tragedy; it rewards paying attention, which a group rarely does.
Where is NieR:Automata Ver1.1a listed?
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a is on AniList (id 145665) and MyAnimeList (id 51105); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

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