Sidonia no Kishi: Ai Tsumugu Hoshi

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Japanese: シドニアの騎士あいつむぐほし

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jun 4, 2021

Producers: Kodansha, King Records

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: Polygon Pictures

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi

Themes: Mecha, Space

Demographic: Seinen

Duration: 1 hr. 49 min.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Ranked: #1922²

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After the Earth was destroyed by mysterious alien lifeforms known as the Gauna, surviving remnants of the human race escaped to space in the enormous generation ship Sidonia. Having drifted through space for millennia, the Sidonia found itself once more under attack from Gauna for the first time in a century.

Once again facing the threat of extinction, a temporary victory against the Gauna was eked out thanks to the human-Gauna hybrid Tsumugi Shiraui and ace Guardian mech pilot Nagate Tanikaze.

10 years later... The people of Sidonia enjoy a brief respite. Peaceful days pass, during which Tsumugi begins to realize her feelings for Nagate, who is now celebrated as a hero of Sidonia. However, as Captain Kobayashi has always known, as long as the Gauna remain, peace cannot last.

The decision is made: a final battle, upon which rests the fate of humanity's last survivors. As the end approaches, will the crew be able to protect those they love?

(Source: Polygon Pictures)

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The film will feature contents different from the original manga by Tsutomu Nihei with a new story. Nihei is supervising the film.

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Prequel:

Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki

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Characters & Voice Actors

Shinatose, Izana

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Toyosaki, Aki
Japanese

Shiraui, Tsumugi

Main

Suzaki, Aya
Japanese

Tanikaze, Nagate

Main

Oosaka, Ryouta
Japanese

Hoshijiro, Shizuka

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Suzaki, Aya
Japanese

Kobayashi

Supporting

Ohara, Sayaka
Japanese

Hiyama, Lala

Supporting

Arai, Satomi
Japanese

Midorikawa, Yuhata

Supporting

Kanemoto, Hisako
Japanese

Honoka, Ren

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Kitamura, Eri
Japanese

Ittan, Samari

Supporting

Tanaka, Atsuko
Japanese

Kunato, Norio

Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro
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Cook, Justin

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Herek, Samantha

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Seshita, Hiroyuki

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Yoshihira, Tadahiro

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"Hikari no Disco" by CAPSULE

Reviews

Sep 26, 2022

JoexySun

Recommended

Short Review: (heavy spoilers)

Baseline quality: 7.5/10. Not nearly as magical as Season 1 but still got some strong points.

A decent sequel and conclusion to the Sidonia saga, though too little and too late. It wraps up certain arcs and elements in a satisfying way, while leaving fans of the deep sci-fi Nihei is famous for a little disappointed.

Imagine the best, most profound Lovecraftian story you have experienced, and it somehow ends with a most conventional fairy-tale ending (where the prince and princess enjoys a happily-ever-after). If you loved Season 1 of Sidonia, skipped S2 and watched this movie finale, you might end up ...

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Mar 2, 2022

EaredDove7

Recommended

"Peace is still a few hundred million light-years away," said the first OP of this saga. And it was kinda true, ‘cause we had to wait 6 long years to see the film that concludes this story. Was it worth the wait?

I first watched the two seasons of this anime time when I was just 15, and really enjoyed them. Luckily I had no prejudice against its 3D animation, which even today is better than the CGI of many modern anime despite being like the FIRST ANIME made entirely in CGI, and hadn't even seen Attack on Titan or another series remotely similar to it ... at the time, so it was my first time with a story like this. And I loved it. I rewatched the first two seasons before watching this movie -luckily I had forgotten details after all this time- and I can say it again: they're great. Not masterpieces, but pretty great. You can see the love and dedication that was put into the project in the subtle details, in the choreography synced up with amazing music, in the epic 30+ minutes season finales, etc. But what about the movie?

Visually, it has improved. While the character design may seem a bit lazy (10 years passed in the history since the end of the S2, but they all look either the same or unnecessarily different), in terms of fluidity of animation, choreography, atmosphere/setting, etc. is fully up to the technological advances in CGI. The same can be said for the soundtrack, which is at the level of the anime series, with a main theme (Hikari no Disco) that is appropriate despite not being from the great Angela as in the original seasons. The problem with this movie is in the story and development.

Sidonia's anime promised a great AoT-level secret behind the true nature of the Gauna. And a good reason behind the actions of the mysterious scientific genius Ochiai. And a recurring sub-theme of the series was the possible understanding between humans and gaunas, brought out by dialogues of important characters like Hoshijiro and the mere existence of Tsumugi. However, (really minor spoiler ahead) none of this will be fulfilled in the film; the Gaunas are just plain man-eating aliens, Ochiai is just an evil mad scientist, and the only option for humanity's survival is to destroy all the mindless Gaunas. What happened to the depth of this show? Even mysterious actions of characters, such as the strange blind obedience of the Captain towards "Kunato" in the S2, have been forgotten. Sidonia has always preferred to leave out the political subplot to focus on the fights, but this time, that has been taken a bit to the extreme.

Another great aspect of Sidonia, for better or worse, was the harem-ish theme. Especially in the S2 several characters presented themselves as potential romantic interests for the protagonist, with different levels of development in their relationships. I'm not going to spoiler, but in the movie, this aspect is left aside, focusing only on a single character, TOTALLY obliterating any important dialogue or obvious feeling that the other characters, the forgotten ones, could have had in the anime series. Come on, even the screen time of those characters during the film was minimal!

But not everything is bad. It’s evident that the film suffered from a little rushed pacing due to its short duration and the introduction of unnecessary new characters, instead of focusing on existing ones. But you can really tell that the team made an effort to answer as many questions as possible. In some cases the answers were not at the level of what we expected, yes, but at least we had answers. And, in reality, we should thank the fact that this film even exists. After years of postponements of the promised S3, this story could've been lost forever. But it wasn’t like that; there was a movie, a film that tried to give an adequate closure to the ambitious and misunderstood project that Polygon Studios had started, and to fulfill the promise that it had made to its fans 6 years ago. Even actively supervised by the original author of the work. And considering the end of the manga is even more criticized than the end of this movie, I think that the existence of this film has merit in itself. I've gotten emotional a couple of times while watching it. And I've been on the verge of tears too. I have returned to feel a bit of the love that the staff had put into this project in the first two seasons. I think they tried to do everything they could to give us a good ending despite the limitations of the medium, and the terribly low popularity this franchise has had, due mostly to mass prejudice towards its different animation.

Final score of the film: 6.5; more than fine.
Final score of the anime seasons: 8.4 each.

In short, this saga would receive a 7.76, a more than decent grade, which allows me to openly recommend it to anyone.
Watch Sidonia no Kishi, it's definitely worth the ride.

See you, space knight.

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Sep 14, 2021

Gippy

Mixed Feelings

This is a direct continuation of season 2 and concludes the story. Though it takes place 10 years in the future, the time skip only serves to display some new minor characters. The main characters don't appear to have aged or have gained much wisdom. Everything looks slightly better with the movie budget, and improvements in 3D animation technology from 2014 to 2021. The choppy framerate, which was the largest criticism of the TV show, still appears at times, though this seems like a stylistic choice as there were some scenes that were animated smoothly.

Sidonia S1 was a bombastic marvel, and led to many people ... declaring it as Attack on Titan in space. It had the perfect balance of character-driven story arcs and action, and it seemed like a fresh take on the space opera, giving backroom politics a lesser role in favor of the frontline drama. Our hero, Nagate Tanikaze, had to make difficult decisions again and again. But S2 was a strange departure. The immediacy and horror of the Gauna threat took a backseat to rom-com antics with the introduction of Tsumugi. I felt S2 was a much weaker season than S1 and it left many questions unanswered. This movie needed a great payoff and return to the grim seriousness that made S1 so great.

The movie returned to its serious form after a short introduction that breaks the ice a little. But it's a jarring switch, as the rom-com elements were eliminated entirely, and there was no closure to the harem that Nagate accumulated in S2. Instead, Nagate swiftly and suddenly made his choice without too much on-screen brooding. This allowed more time for the space battles, which looked and sounded better than ever due to the movie budget.

My biggest criticism of the movie was that it tried to do too much and juggle too many characters at once. The screentime of the new minor characters took away from what could've been more screentime and development of the characters we were already familiar with in S1 and S2. Nagate himself felt like a minor character, as he wasn't the main focus for much of the movie. Giving a large cast enough time for each of them to shine is an issue that many anime adaptions must deal with. Notably, the two shows in which Sidonia evokes memories for me, Legend of the Galactic Heroes and Attack on Titan, had much more time to develop things. Sidonia had only 24 episodes and this movie. Though the movie clocked in at almost two hours, it really could've used some more time to explore the mystery of the Gauna.

The antagonist had great potential, but he wasn't given proper development. Instead, he ended up acting comical, delivering hammy dialogue instead of being nuanced and making an attempt to convince viewers that his grand plan had any merit. This is a shame, as S1 had the compelling drama and fallout from the fate of Shizuka Hoshijiro. S2 and this movie's writing were significantly weaker. The climax sets up the final battle as the Gauna's last major stand, but with a hammy villain behind it all, I didn't get the same thrills as the climax of S1.

The ending is satisfactory, and it is certainly the slickest space opera production in years. But while everything wrapped up nicely, I can't help but feel that we were cheated out of something completely epic. Nagate needed to be more than just a nice guy with amazing Garde combat skills, and the Gauna needed to be more than just an evil alien force. It's clear that underneath all of the technobabble, the Sidonia movie didn't intend to present a deep, substantial story that will resonate with viewers long after everything's over. But hey, if you want shiny space battles with some of the best sound production you'll ever hear in anime, this movie delivers that in spades.

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