Alternative Titles
English: Knights of Sidonia
Synonyms: Sidonia no Kishi
Japanese: シドニアの騎士
Information
Type:
TV
Episodes:
12
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Apr 11, 2014 to Jun 27, 2014
Premiered:
Spring 2014
Broadcast:
Unknown
Licensors:
Sentai Filmworks
Studios:
Polygon Pictures
Source:
Manga
Duration:
24 min. per ep.
Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Statistics
Score:
7.781 (scored by 81,047 users)
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Ranked:
#9442
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Popularity:
#569
Members:
165,317
Favorites:
1,319
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We, the knights of Sidonia. Pledge ourselves as one united galaxy protectors. Regardless of gender, race or religion. To protect the outer space from destruction. That is caused by Gauna floating in outer space. So as to achieve peace, happiness and progress for our universe. I came up with the pledge which describes best of the Knights of Sidonia. This anime is directed by Kobun Shizuno from Polygon Pictures and it is an adaptation from Nihei's manga "Knights of Sidonia". As you may know, Nihei Tsutomu specializes in cyperpunk genre manga like for example, BLAME & Biomega. This anime reminds me of Gravity the movie. STORY (9): The story takes place read more
The brainchild of the series and idea is Tsutomu Nihei, known for his other manga works such as Blame and Biomega. In Sidonia no Kishi, he spawns the idea of sci-fi read more
Story 6/10. The story is about Gauna a alien race that has destroyed the solar system and now humans are on the brink of extinction and are now forced to live in giant seed ships. Nagate Tanikaze is the main character of this series, he's entrusted to pilot the legendary unit known as Tsugumori. So basically this series is a survival series read more
The narrative is an enthralling romp through outer space and Sidonia - the series' giant intergalactic city, complete with Tsutomu's famously captivating architecture - though at certain points it loses its way (or rather, its appeal) as it devolves into a generic harem. This element could have been better portrayed - perhaps displaying the characters' desperation in trying to find love read more
Knight of Sidonia is a raw diamond of the recent anime seasons. General fan could be easily dispelled away by the show's odd art style and initial confusing story (at least in my case). However, once you get past the use of 3-D drawing and the lack of narrative, Knight of Sidonia (for short KoS) will amaze any patient audience with its frank manner of storytelling and brilliant space atmosphere. What set KoS apart from other space/mecha anime series is that it is not giving a damn in pleasing fan with flashy battles, human living in beautiful spaceships or read more
The overall story was interesting, and not having read manga yet, I'm interested to see where it goes. I like the main character's origin, however inconceivable it may be. I don't like the harem aspect of the story, read more
Every season, there are shows that people have the tendency not to watch. Everyone for their own reasons, be it the uninteresting cover art, the abysmal synopsis, the genres the show belongs to, or even the first few episodes of the show itself. Heck some people even judge by the name. Some people don't have the time so they go for the more "surefire" shows. A lot of times, they will pass up a great show without noticing, thus these shows don't get the hype they deserve and continue their journey to collect dust on the shelves. Knights of read more
In particular, I found it hard to suspend disbelief during an incident where a quick look at mission read more
the cool kid that everybody ignore and flying below the radar of a lot of people SnK or KoS if you want, is probably one of the best series for this season but also the most underrated Story 8/10: Makind fighting some kind of alien/monster thing, and a lot of people are comparing this with Attack on Titan, you know humans vs monster that are trying to kill them but in space and starting to be annoying that they do that SnK/KoS has a great sci-fi story how they do literally anything to survive at any cost from the enemy, like killing read more
★★★☆ Do you know what makes great entertainment? When there’s something at stake. When there’s tension. When the main characters could actually lose and fuck up. This is my biggest issue with the superhero genre. You know Superman or Wolverine are never going to lose. If they die they’ll just come back because nobody stays dead in comics. Your toast getting burnt is more inconvenient. When you know your heroes will win or won’t die then any excitement is gone. What’s the point of watching? It can still be entertaining, but it would be read more
This was probably spelled out in the plot synopsis, but Knights of Sidonia (or シドニアの騎士) is a science fiction, mecha action anime where humans have fled Earth a thousand years ago on a giant space ship called 'Sidonia' fleeing from the threat of unknown origin known as the 'Gauna'. Protagonist Nagate Tanikaze in search for food stumbles out of the vast inner workings of Sidonia and out into the open society where he is selected to be a Guardian Pilot defending Sidonia against the Gauna read more
The plot is not an entirely new scenario, it is about survival of humanity in deep space. However, it is delivered in such a beautiful way with good, fast pace, enticing plot twists, romance, meaningful drama, even some comedy and cliffhangers at the end of each episode, that stimulate your interest to learn more about where all this goes. The character read more
I was terribly hesitant to delve into another dystopian anime with mechs, as I feel it can be one of the most overused plot elements in any anime, but at the strong recommendation of a friend I tuned into Sidonia no Kishi (Knights of Sidonia). What I found was a CGI-infused space epic of sorts, which I even later found out to be compared often to Attack on Titan. It’s a show I wanted to like, but turned out to bland in a lot of ways, hindering its overall successes. Knights of Sidonia takes read more |