According to IGN, "NieR: Automata Ver1.1a" has decided to produce a second season and released a trailer for the second season. In the year 5012, aliens suddenly invaded the earth and the mechanical creatures they created caused humanity to face a crisis of extinction. The only remaining humans fled to the moon, and in order to retake the earth, they used android soldiers to launch a counterattack. However, the infinitely increasing number of mechanical creatures blocked the way, and the war fell into a stalemate. As the ultimate weapon, humans sent a new type of android "YoRHa" to the earth. "2B", who had just been sent to the earth, met with the pioneer investigator "9S" to carry out the mission together, but encountered many mysterious and inexplicable phenomena on the way...