Sidonia no Kishi [シドニアの騎士] (also known as Knights of Sidonia) is a sci-fi action anime adapted from the manga by Nihei Tsutomu [弐瓶 勉] and produced by POLYGON PICTURES [ポリゴン ピクチュアズ]. It is directed by Shizuno Koubun [静野孔文] (Mahou Sensei Negima: Mou Hitotsu no Sekai, Detective Conan Movie, G.I. Joe: Sigma 6) and is written by Murai Sadayuki [村井さだゆき] (Natsume Yuujinchou Shi).
Sidonia no Kishi will begin airing on MBS at 2014/04/10 01:49AM JST, on TBS at 2014/04/11 01:55AM JST, on CBC at 2014/04/11 02:37AM JST, and on BS-TBS at 2014/04/12 00:00AM JST.
The story is set at 1000 years after an alien race known as Gauna destroyed the whole solar system. During that incident, a portion of human race managed to survive by boarding an enormous spaceship called Sidonia and since then, they have been maintaining their population while drifting through the space.
Tanikaze Nagate is a young boy who is just accepted into a school for Guardian pilot trainees, where he makes his first interaction with the other people beside his grandfather. During their first assignment, Nagate and his friends encounter a Gauna for the first time in a hundred years, and this is when the battle for humanity's survival starts.
Main Characters
- Tanikaze Nagate [谷風長道] voiced by Oosaka Ryouta [逢坂良太]
- Shinatose Izana [科戸瀬イザナ] voiced by Toyosaki Aki [豊崎愛生]
- Hoshijiro Shizuka [星白閑] voiced by Suzaki Aya [洲崎綾]
- Kunato Norio [岐神海苔夫] voiced by Sakurai Takahiro [櫻井孝宏]
- Honoka Sisters [仄シリーズ] voiced by Kitamura Eri [喜多村英梨]
- Midorikawa Yuhata [緑川纈] voiced by Kanemoto Hisako [金元寿子]
- Yamano Eiko [山野栄子] voiced by Mori Nanako [森なな子]
- Samari Ittan [サマリ イッタン] voiced by Tanaka Atsuko [田中敦子]
- Seii Ichirou [勢威一郎] voiced by Tsuboi Tomohiro [坪井智浩]
- Kobayashi Kanchou [小林艦長] voiced by Oohara Sayaka [大原さやか]
- Ochiai [落合] voiced by Koyasu Takehito [子安武人]
- Hiyama Lala [ヒ山ララァ] voiced by Arai Satomi [新井里美]
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The OP theme is Sidonia [シドニア] by angela and is scheduled for release on 2014/05/21. The ED theme is Tenohira -Show- [掌-show-] by Kitamura Eri [喜多村英梨] and is scheduled for release on 2014/05/14.
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