Knights of Sidonia

Knights of Sidonia is an anime by Polygon Pictures based on the manga of the same name by Tsutomu Nihei. The first season premiered in Japan on April 11, 2014 and in America through the streaming service Netflix on July 4, 2014. A second season, titled Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine premiered on April 10, 2015.

Synopsis

It's been a thousand years since the Gauna, a strange alien race with no known method of communication, destroyed the solar system. A portion of humanity managed to escape using enormous "seed ships" like the Sidonia, which have allowed them to maintain the population while drifting through space. Nagate Tanikaze is a young man who has been raised deep in the bowels of the ship. When he goes into training to pilot the huge robotic weapons known as Gardes, Nagate is entrusted with piloting the legendary unit known as Tsugumori. Nagate and his fellow pilots put their lives on the line against the Gauna, in the ultimate battle for the survival of humanity.

Later, the authority of Sidonia plans on turning the tables and strike at the enemy's heart. Ace Pilot Nagate Tanikaze and company again must put their lives in the line protecting Sidonia, but now in company of an unexpected ally; a sentient Garde-Gauna hybrid.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Season
Main Characters
	Nagate Tanikaze	Ryōta Ōsaka	Johnny Yong Bosch	1-
	Shizuka Hoshijiro	Aya Suzaki	Stephanie Sheh	1-
	Benisuzume			1-
	Tsumugi Shiraui			2-
	Izana Shinatose	Aki Toyosaki	Melissa Fahn	1-
	Yuhata Midorikawa	Hisako Kanemoto	Marieve Herington	1-
	En Honoka	Eri Kitamura	Cristina Valenzuela	1-
	Ren Honoka
	Hō Honoka
	Ro Honoka
	Yō Honoka
	Shō Honoka
	Norio Kunato	Takahiro Sakurai	Todd Haberkorn	1-
	Mozuku Kunato	Ayane Sakura	Erin Fitzgerald	1-
Secondary Characters
	Captain Kobayashi	Sayaka Ohara	Wendee Lee	1-
	Tanaka
	Doctor
	Ichirou Seii	Tomohiro Tsuboi	Joe Ochman	1-
	Ochiai	Takehito Koyasu	Pete Sepenuk	1-
	Lala Hiyama	Satomi Arai	Barbara Goodson	1-
	Sasaki	Takako Honda	Cindy Robinson	1-
	Samari Ittan	Atsuko Tanaka	Cindy Robinson	1-
	Kouchi Tusuruuchi	Kōsuke Toriumi	Spike Spencer	1-
	Shinsuke Tanba	Osamu Saka	Michael Sorich	1-
	Yure Shinatose	Mamiko Noto	Becca Ordonez	1-
	Numi Tahiro	Rina Satō	Reba Buhr	1-
Recurring Characters
	Eiko Yamano	Nanako Mori	Karen Strassman	1-
	Old Man	Rokurō Naya	Michael McConnohie	1-
	Mochikuni Akai	Sōma Saitō	Grant George	1-
	Hinata Momose	Hiromi Igarashi	Becca Ordonez	1
	Kashiwade Aoki	Shinobu Matsumoto	Christopher Corey Smith	1-
	Izumo Midorikawa	Yuto Suzuki	Doug Erholtz	1-
	Announcer	Ayane Sakura	Cindy Robinson	1-
	Lieutenant Commander	Yukiyo Fujii	Keith Silverstein	1-
	Navigation Officer	Miho Miyagawa	Cindy O'Connor	1-
	Controller	Nanako Mori	Dorothy Elias-Fahn	1-
	Hiroki Saitou	Rikiya Koyama	Michael McConnohie	1-
	Counsel Members	Yuichi Ishigami	Bob Buchholz	1-
		Nobuaki Kanemitsu	Michael McConnohie
		Miho Miyagawa	Dorothy Elias-Fahn
		Shigeo Kiyama	Keith Silverstein

Episodic Characters[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episode
First Season
	Operator	Syo Kawaguchi	Anne Yatco	01
	Nurse	Ayane Sakura	Laura Post	01
	Mother	Mai Murakami	Laura Post	02
	Trainees	Yusuke Kuwahata	Bryce Papenbrook
		Kengo Mizoguchi	Dave Mallow
		Syo Kawaguchi	Spike Spencer
	Play-by-Play Commentator	Toru Sakurai	Michael McConnohie	03
	Referee	Kōji Takeda	¿?	03
	Tonami	Yoshimitsu Shimoyama	¿?	09
Second Season
	Kirii	Takahiro Sakurai	¿?	08

Additional Voices[]

Transmission via Streaming[]

Company	Date	Category	Format	Content	Classification	Country
	July 4, 2014 (1st Season)	TV Series / Netflix Original Series	Digital	12 episodes	16+	United States
	July 3, 2015 (2nd Season)	TV Series / Netflix Original Series	Digital	12 episodes	16+	United States

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Contents	Region	Country
Sentai Filmworks	2015-2016	The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
		2 Volumes	1 NTSC
		The Complete Series	A DVB-T
		2 Volumes
	2021	The Complete Series
	2021	4 Discs

External Links[]

Knights of Sidonia at the Internet Movie Database
Knights of Sidonia (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia