Knights of Sidonia

An alien race called Gauna has destroyed Earth. leaving humanity struggling to survive aboard the spaceship Sidonia. Even though it’s been a century since the last encounter with the Gauna, military service is mandatory. For Nagate Tanikaze, whose grandfather secretly hid him in the forgotten bowels of Sidonia, it’s a strange new world as he’s forced to come to the surface. Yet his recruitment comes just in time, for the Gauna have suddenly reappeared.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy,

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Country: Japan,

Type: tv

Season: 2

Episode: N/A

Duration: 24 minutes

Release: 2014-04-11

Rating: 7.8

Season 1 - Knights of Sidonia
2014-04-11
In isolation his entire life, Nagate must adjust to life in a centuries-old space colony while training as a cadet pilot to fight an ancient threat.
2014-04-18
Nagate is haunted by his first combat experience against the Gauna. Later, he meets the elite pilots of Sidonia.
2014-04-25
Exploring Sidonia, Nagate makes an enemy of Kunato while protecting a friend. The Gauna attack, calling the pilots into action.
2014-05-02
After a disaster aboard Sidonia, Nagate and his team are ordered to retrieve a valued weapon. He later defies orders to save a friend.
2014-05-09
Nagate and Shizuka, adrift in space, slowly run out of supplies as they await rescue from a departing Sidonia, which is too far away to send help.
2014-05-16
Nagate and his squad graduate as pilots and are quickly sent into combat when the enemy returns; Kunato explores Nagate's history.
2014-05-23
The enemy is revealed to be even larger and deadlier than previously believed, resulting in three squads engaging in a deadly fight.
2014-05-30
Nagate is blamed for a defeat and harbors guilt over a casualty; the early years of Sidonia are revealed.
2014-06-06
The Gauna find a distressing way to demoralize and out-fight the attack force. Nagate returns to Sidonia with a prize that may help in the fight.
2014-06-13
Pacifists endanger themselves by leaving the relative safety of Sidonia, while the enemy shows up larger and fiercer than before.
2014-06-20
A large strike force encounters an enemy unit that takes them by surprise; Nagate does what he can to protect his friends.
2014-06-27
Nagate fights one-on-one with the heart of his enemy while the strike force does not fare well in its attack on the Gauna.

Season 2 - Knights of Sidonia
2015-04-11
Pilot Nagate Tanikaze is now renowned for his actions in the recent battle, but Nagate is more concerned with the disappearance of the ena Hoshijiro.
2015-04-18
Nagate and his team fight a hard battle against Gauna 549, aided by the appearance of a new type of gauna calling itself Tsumugi Shiraui.
2015-04-25
Having disposed of the opposition, Kobayashi sets Sidonia's course to the ninth planet in the nearby Lem System. All-out war now seems unavoidable.
2015-05-02
A new threat appears in the form of Gauna 550, which has ejected countless lesser gauna cores on an intercept trajectory with Sidonia.
2015-05-09
Despite being instrumental in their victory, Tsumugi is severely damaged defending Sidonia. Izana, also critically injured, makes a bold decision.
2015-05-16
Evicted from his dorm and with nowhere to go, Nagate asks to stay with Izana for a night; Tsumugi has an emotional crisis triggered by a close call.
2015-05-23
The Sidonia's new weapon test succeeds, but the crew realizes they can't shut it down; Yuhata sends the garde pilots to investigate the disturbance.
2015-05-30
The pilots and Tsumugi repair damage to the Sidonia following the Gravitational Beam Emitter incident; Tsumugi is upset for causing a minor accident.
2015-06-06
Izana finds out her 'date' with Nagate was a setup and storms home. Soon after, she is called to be part of a team that will scout out Planet Nine.
2015-06-13
The reconnaissance team is attacked by the gauna; Izana and the squad leader manage to escape into the atmosphere of Planet Nine.
2015-06-20
Izana and the recon squad leader are pursued by an enormous humanoid gauna. Meanwhile, Tsumugi faces off against the Crimson Hawk Moth.
2015-06-27
Nagate rescues Tsumugi but is overpowered by the Crimson Hawk Moth. The situation looks grim as swarms of gauna bear down on the survivors.