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Knights of Sidonia Available on Netflix
posted on by Andrew Osmond
The mecha anime series Knights of Sionia is now available on the Netflix site:
The series aired in Japan in Spring 2014, based on a manga by Tsutomu Nihei. The manga's story takes place after humans flee Earth, which had suffered a devastating invasion of alien creatures called Gauna. Humans travel through space in giant ships, while the Gauna continue to pursue them. As a new human culture develops, people fight the Gauna with Morito (Guardian) robotic mecha. A young man named Nagate Tanikaze trains as a Morito pilot aboard the spaceship Sidonia and defends its people from Gauna attacks.
The main creative credits are
- Original: Tsutomu Nihei (Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon)
- Director: Kobun Shizuno (G.I. Joe: Sigma 6, Detective Conan movie)
- Co-Director: Hiroyuki Seshita (Street Fighter x Tekken, Final Fantasy)
- Series Script Supervisor, Script: Sadayuki Murai (Steam Boy, Millennium Actress)
- Production Designer: Naoya Tanaka (Princess Mononoke, Tron: Rising)
- Art Director: Mitsunori Kataama (Howl's Moving Castle, Tron: Rising)
- CG Supervisor: Masayuki Uemoto (Transformers: Prime, CASSHERN)
- Battle Animatiques: Eiji Ohkushi (The Sky Crawlers, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror)
- Character Design: Yuki Moriyama (Street Fighter x Tekken, Dino Dominion)
- Animation Production: Polygon Pictures Inc. (Transformers: Prime, Tron: Rising, Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
- Production: KOS Product Committee
The anime marks the 30th anniversary of Polygon Pictures, a studio that has earned Daytime Emmy Awards (Transformers Prime, Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and an Annie Award (Tron: Uprising).
Images © Tsutomu Nihei, Kodansha/KOS Production Committee
