The official website of the NieR:Automata Ver1.1a television anime series has announced that due to the impact of COVID-19 on production, the broadcast of episode 4 and onward will be postponed until further notice. The series will rebroadcast the first three episodes starting January 29. The anime series is directed by Ryouji Masuyama at A-1 Pictures and is based on the PlatinumGames action role-playing game of the same name. There have been some suggestions that the production delay may be due to the bad management by Aniplex, though this is yet to be confirmed.