Reviews

With some very strong titles like Cowboy Bebop and Ergo Proxy somebody could say that the sci-fi section of anime is long gone. Fortunately Sidonia no Kishi comes to prove this theory wrong. The main concept of this anime is simple (mankind at the edge of extinction and humans fighting against monsters in order to survive) it reminds a lot SNK's plot but it stays interesting in it's own way. A lot of things remained unexplained and the ending is preparing us for a huge cliffhanger that is going to happen in the next season. The thing that made this anime stand out among the others was the fact that it was made entirely by CGI animation a thing that made a lot of people drop it. After watching it have to say that this is the biggest mistake somebody could make. While not a big fun of CGI animation myself I have to admit that the animation studio did an excellent job with this anime. The world of Sidonia as well the outer space are beautifully animated same goes with the character design . There are of course some flaws like some lagging movements in a couple of scenes as well as the kinda weak Gauna design but the animators put such an effort in their job that they have gained my respect. The opening was a really awesome battle anthem that enters you into the anime's atmosphere and the ending was pretty catchy and very fitting for every episodes conclusion.The OST's were pretty good too especially the battle theme. I had a little problem with the voice acting though. The VA's sounded a little bit off in some scenes but overall they made a descent job. The biggest problem of this anime was the character section. The story is developed only around the main protagonist Nagate. Nagate is the one who will defeat the Gauna, Nagate is the one that will get all the fame and girls (the anime can indirectly labeled also as a harem anime XD) and everything in the story will be ''Nagate this'' and ''Nagate that''. Either way the story unfolds somewhere in the middle why Nagate is getting all the acknowledgement but still I would like to see a little bit more of a character development in the other characters too. Overall this anime was very interesting and despite it's minor flaws be it on animation or in the plot I had definitely a very good time. I can't wait until April!!!