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Knights of Sidonia (TV)

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Alternative title:
Sidonia no Kishi (Japanese) 
シドニアの騎士 (Japanese) 
Genres: action , science fiction 
Themes: aliens , mecha , military , real robot , space , space opera 
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: 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. 
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User Ratings: 734 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 64 votes (sub:50, dub:8, raw:2, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 173 votes (sub:125, dub:37, raw:1, others:10
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Latin American Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 250 votes (sub:174, dub:60, ?:1, others:15
9 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Good: 148 votes (sub:101, dub:42, raw:2, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 62 votes (sub:38, dub:21, ?:1, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 So-so: 17 votes (sub:13, dub:4)
 Not really good: 12 votes (sub:11, dub:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1148 users, rank: #1081 (of 10058)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.838 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.4112, rank: #1002 (of 10233)
Weighted mean: 7.795 (Very good−), rank: #975 (of 10233) (seen all: 7.85 / seen some: 7.23 / won't finish: 3.40)
Bayesian estimate: 7.790 (Very good−), rank: #717 (of 7687)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 12 
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2014-04-10 
Opening Theme:
"Sidonia" by Angela 
Ending Theme:
"Tenohira -Show-" by Eri Kitamura 
Official website:
シドニアの騎士 (Japanese) 
Review:
Knights of Sidonia (Jul 22, 2014)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Knights of Sidonia - Season 1 (Blu-ray) 2015-06-09 (from $119.98)
    Knights of Sidonia - Complete Series Collection (Blu-ray) 2021-07-06
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Knights of Sidonia - Season 1 [Collector's Edition] (BD+DVD) 2015-06-09
DVD (Region 1)
    Knights of Sidonia - Season 1 (DVD) 2015-06-09 (from $70.00)
DVD (Region 4)
    Knights of Sidonia - Complete Series [AU] (DVD) 2017-05-24

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kobun Shizuno 
Series Composition: Sadayuki Murai 
Screenplay:
Sadayuki Murai  (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 9, 12
)
 
Shigeru Murakoshi (eps 5, 7, 10) 
Tetsuya Yamada (eps 4, 8, 11) 
Storyboard:
Eiji Okushi (eps 1-2) 
Hiroaki Ando (eps 1, 5-6, 10) 
Hiroyuki Morita (eps 8, 11-12) 
Noriyuki Abe (ep 7) 
Seimei Kidokoro (ep 9) 
Sōichi Masui (ep 3) 
Takashi Kamei (ep 4) 
Yoshifumi Sueda (ep 2) 
Episode Director: Hiroaki Ando 
Music: Noriyuki Asakura 
Original creator: Tsutomu Nihei 
Character Design: Yūki Moriyama 
Animation Director: Kōji 
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami 
Co-Director: Hiroyuki Seshita 
Executive producer:
Gō Nakanishi (King Record Co, Ltd.) 
Hideki Moriya (Polygon Pictures) 
Hiroo Maruyama (MBS) 
Takuya Matsushita (Kodansha) 
Producer:
Kenji Ishimaru (Polygon Pictures) 
Ryu Hashimoto (MBS) 
Takahiro Yamanaka (King Record Co, Ltd.) 
Yoshihiko Yamazaki (Kodansha) 

Animation Supervisor:
Akihito Nagazono 
Kazukatsu Izawa 
Assistant producer:
Tsuneo Takechi (The Klockworx Co., Ltd.) 
Tsutomu Kashimura (Kadokawa Media Factory) 
Background Art:
Atsuko Sakakura (Bamboo; eps 1-4, 6-12) 
Aya Sakurai (Bamboo; ep 1) 
Hiroha Yamauchi (Bamboo; ep 2) 
Izumi Hirabayashi (Bamboo; ep 3) 
Kayo Kojio (Bamboo; eps 1-2, 6) 
Kentarō Ōnuki (Bamboo; eps 1-4, 6-12) 
Shōko Ochiai (Bamboo; ep 2) 
Takamasa Masuki (Bamboo; eps 1-2, 5) 
Takayuki Nakata (Bamboo) 
Tomonori Katō (Bamboo) 
Yoshio Kajiwara (Bamboo; eps 1, 3-4, 6-12) 
Yūko Shiromizu (Bamboo; ep 3) 
Background Setup Supervisor:
Kōsuke Kawamura 
Tatsuhiro Watabe 
Yukihiro Negishi (ep 12) 
Battle Animatiques: Eiji Ogushi 
Color design: Hironori Nochi 
Composite Supervisor:
Akira Hirabayashi 
Yoshiyuki Kurita 
Concept Artist:
Eiji Kawada 
Tomoe Chiga 
Effects Supervisor: Taiichi Sudo 
Ending Animation:
Gene Lim (SilverAnt PPI) 
Goh Auh Hoe (SilverAnt PPI) 
Raymond Seah (SilverAnt PPI) 
Sayoshi Koyamada (SilverAnt PPI) 
Yoichi Ayake (SilverAnt PPI) 
Eyecatch Production: Tsukune Harumaki 
Layout Supervisor:
Akihito Nagazono 
Kazukatsu Izawa 
Lead Layout:
Akinori Kirita 
Yuichi Ishima 
Lighting Supervisor:
Akira Hirabayashi 
Yoshiyuki Kurita 
Look Development Supervisor: Katsufumi Katayama 
Modeling Supervisor: Eiji Ohashi 
Motion Graphica: Shin Sakai (ep 12) 
Production Design: Naoya Tanaka 
Production producer: Kazuhiro Suzuki 
Rigging Supervisor: Satoshi Honda 
Shader Lighter: Andreas Bauer 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Eiji Kawai (ED) 
KATSU (OP) 
Theme Song Composition:
atsuko (OP) 
Eiji Kawai (ED) 
KATSU (OP) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
atsuko (OP) 
Eiji Kawai (ED) 
Eri Kitamura (ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
angela (OP) 
Eri Kitamura (ED) 
Ryōta Ōsaka as Nagate Tanikaze 

Aki Toyosaki as Izana Shinatose 
Atsuko Tanaka as Samari Ittan 
Aya Suzaki as Shizuka Hoshijiro 
Ayane Sakura as Mozuku Kunato 
Eri Kitamura as Honoka Series 
Hiromi Igarashi as Hinata Momose 
Hisako Kanemoto as Yuhata Midorikawa 
Kōsuke Toriumi as Kōichi Tsurūchi 
Nanako Mori as Eiko Yamano 
Osamu Saka as Shinsuke Tanba 
Rina Satō as Numi Tahiro 
Satomi Arai as Lala Hiyama 
Sayaka Ōhara as Captain Kobayashi 
Shinobu Matsumoto as Kashiwade Aoki 
Sōma Saitō as Mochikuni Akai 
Takahiro Sakurai as Norio Kunato 
Takako Honda as Sasaki 
Takehito Koyasu as Ochiai 
Tomohiro Tsuboi as Ichirō Seii 
Yuuto Suzuki as Izumo Midorikawa 

Ayane Sakura as
controller (ep 12) 
female announcer (eps 2-6) 
nurse (ep 1) 
Azusa Satō as
announcer (eps 10-11) 
controller (eps 8, 12) 
Charmaine as Ryouko Takahashi (controller; ep 11) 
Isamu Yūsen as pilot (ep 8) 
Kazuhiro Anzai as Imada 
Kengo Mizoguchi as trainee (ep 2) 
Kōji Takeda as referee (ep 3) 
Mai Murakami as mother (ep 2) 
Mamiko Noto as Yure Shinatose 
Miho Miyagawa as
chief navigator (ep 4) 
crewmember (ep 1) 
Nanako Mori as Controller (eps 3-4, 6-12) 
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as
crewmember (ep 1) 
pilot (ep 12) 
Nozomi Furuki as pilot (ep 10) 
Rikiya Koyama as Hiroki Saitou 
Rokurō Naya as old man 
Sakura Nakamura as controller (ep 7) 
Satoshi Kubo as Nakazono (ep 8) 
Shigeo Kiyama as crewmember (ep 1) 
Shō Kawaguchi as
pilot (eps 7-8) 
signal corps (ep 1) 
trainee (ep 2) 
Sōma Saitō as
congressman (ep 9) 
pilot (eps 7, 10) 
Tatsuhiro Kikuchi as trainee (ep 9) 
Tomoki Atsuta as trainee (ep 9) 
Tōru Sakurai as commentator (ep 3) 
Yoshimitsu Shimoyama as Samari's squadmember (ep 9) 
Yūichi Ishigami as
crewmember (ep 1) 
pilot (ep 12) 
Yukiyo Fujii as lieutenant commander 
Yūsuke Kuwahata as trainee (ep 2) 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Polygon Pictures 
Animation Production Cooperation: SilverAnt PPI 
Background Art: Bamboo 
Design Cooperation: Hiwa Denfoward Akishino 
Ending Animation: SilverAnt PPI 
Graphic Design: Mikizabashi Lab (eps 6-12) 
Modeling Production Cooperation: Dalian Betop Multimedia Technology co.,Ltd. 
English cast
English staff
Translation:
Tomoe Spencer (Extras) 
Zensho Yamamoto 
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi 
John Ledford 
5.1 English Mix: Christopher Bourque 
Dialogue Director: Bob Buchholz 
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray 
Menu Design: Larry Koteff 
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff 
Production Coordination: Janice Williams 
Production manager: Luke Patterson 
Subtitling:
Cayla Coats 
Neal Barnes 
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch 
Johnny Yong Bosch as Nagate Tanikaze 

Alexi Shi as Shizuka Hoshijiro 
Becca Ordonez as Hinata Momose 
Cindy Robinson as
Samari Ittan 
Sasaki 
Cristina Valenzuela as Honoka Series 
Doug Erholtz as Izumo Midorikawa 
Erin Fitzgerald as Mozuku Kunato 
Grant George as Mochikuni Akai 
Jane Carroll as Lalah Hiyama 
Joey Lotsko as Ichirō Seii 
Joie Marlowe as Izana Shinatose 
Karen Strassman as Eiko Yamano 
Lindsay Torrance as Yuhata Midorikawa 
Michael Sorich as Shinsuke Tanba 
Pete Sepenuk as Ochiai 
Reba Buhr as Numi Tahiro 
Spike Spencer as Kouichi Tsuruuchi 
Steve Heiser as Kashiwade Aoki 
Todd Haberkorn as Norio Kunato 
Wendee Lee as Captain Kobayashi 

Becca Ordonez as Yure Shinatose (eps 7-11) 
Bryce Papenbrook as Trainee (ep 2) 
Cindy O'Connor as
Controller (ep 12) 
Navigation Officer (eps 4, 11) 
Cindy Robinson as Female Announcer (eps 2-3, 5) 
Dave Mallow as Trainee (ep 2) 
Doug Erholtz as
Assembly Member (ep 9) 
Pilot (eps 7-8, 10) 
Trainee (ep 9) 
Erin Fitzgerald as
Controller (eps 7-8) 
Female Announcer (eps 7, 10) 
Geoffrey Chalmers as
Council Member (eps 1-2, 6) 
Hiroki Saito (ep 7) 
Old Man (eps 1-2, 7) 
Play-by-Play Commentator (ep 3) 
Johanna Luis as
Assembly Member (ep 9) 
Controller (eps 7-8, 11-12) 
Council Member (eps 1-2, 6) 
Keith Silverstein as
Assembly Member (ep 9) 
Controller (5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 11-12
)
 
Council Member (eps 1-2, 6, 11) 
Trainee (ep 9) 
Laura Post as
Mother (ep 2) 
Nurse (ep 1) 
Weapons Officer (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 11-12
)
 
Rich Buckloid as
Council Member (eps 1-2, 11) 
Imada (ep 7) 
Nakazono (ep 8) 
Spike Spencer as
Pilot (eps 7-10, 12) 
Trainee (ep 2) 
Todd Stone as Pilot (ep 12) 

English companies
ADR Production: Spliced Bread Productions Inc. 
Broadcaster: Aniplus Asia 
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment (UK & Ireland) 
Section23 Films (North America) 
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand) 
FUNimation Entertainment 
Netflix 
Licensed by:
Animatsu Entertainment (UK & Ireland) 
FUNimation Entertainment (2021; streaming only) 
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) 
Sentai Filmworks 
Production:
SDI Media (English dub) 
Sentai Studios (Sentai release) 
Recording Studio: SDI Media 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Nicolas Frias 
Translation:
Ismael Castro 
Marisol Romero 
Executive producer: Mario Castañeda 
Arturo Castañeda as Nagate Tanikaze 

Analiz Sánchez as Hinata Momose 
Andrea Cedillo as Mozuku Kunato 
Andrea Orozco as Shizuka Hoshijiro 
Berenice Ruiz as Lala Hiyama 
Carla Castañeda as Eiko Yamano 
Carola Vazquez as Captain Kobayashi 
César Garduza as Mochikuni Akai 
Edson Matus as Kashiwade Aoki 
Emmanuel Bernal as Norio Kunato 
Gisella Ramírez as Izana Shinatose 
Jocelyn Robles as Samari Ittan 
Julio Bernal as Ochiai 
Leyla Rangel as Sasaki 
Lizette García as
En Honoka 
Hō Honoka 
Ren Honoka 
Ro Honoka 
Shō Honoka 
Yō Honoka 
Mark Pokora as Shinsuke Tanba 
Mauricio Pérez as Ichirō Seii 
Miguel Angel Ruiz as
Izumo Midorikawa 
Kashiwade Aoki 
Óscar de la Rosa as Mochikuni Akai 
Roberto Mendiola as Kouchi Tusuruuchi 
Sofía Huerta as Yuhata Midorikawa 

Alicia Barragán as Council Member 
Andrea Cedillo as
Nurse (ep 1) 
Trainee (ep 2) 
Bruno Coronel as
Council Member 
Lieutenant Commander 
Carlo Vázquez as Council Member 
César Garduza as Council Member 
Erick Salinas as Referee (ep 3) 
Gabriela Guzmán as
Controller 
Operator (ep 1) 
Graciela Gámez as Chief Navigator (ep 4) 
Ismael Castro as Old Man 
José Luis Miranda as Council Member 
Kael Pineda as Council Member 
Laura Sánchez as Announcer 
Magdalena Tenorio as Mother (ep 2) 
Manuel Campuzano as Commentator (ep 3) 
Mark Pokora as
Council Member 
Trainee 
Oscar Garibay as Trainee 
Tanía Becerra as Announer 
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio: SDI Media México 
Internet Streaming:
FUNimation Entertainment (Latin America) 
Netflix (Latin America)  (Spain) 
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment (Latin America) 
Production: SDI Media (Latin America) 
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Netflix 
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Netflix (Germany) 
German cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster: TV5 
Raw Provider: Aniplus Asia 
Tagalog cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Dubbing Director: Rodrigo Andreatto 
Script: Marcelo Del Greco 
Translation: Marcelo Del Greco 

Mix Engineer: Daniel S. Pedroso 
Production manager: Maria Inês Moane 
Recording engineer: André Luis Mota 
Fábio Lucindo as Tanikaze Nagate 

Bianca Alencar as Hinata Momose 
Cássia Bisceglia as Capitã Kobayashi 
Cecília Lemes as Lala Hiyama 
Felipe Zilse as Norio Kunato 
Flora Paulita as Samari Ittan 
Jussara Marques as Hoshijiro Shizuka 
Letícia Bortoletto as Sasaki 
Marcelo Salsicha as Ochiai 
Michel Di Fiori as Koichi Tsuruchi 
Priscila Franco as Shinatose Izana 
Ricardo Sawaya as Ichiro Sei 
Rodrigo Andreatto as Kashiwade Aoki 
Samira Fernandes as Eiko Yamano 
Tarsila Amorim as Yuhata Midorikawa 
Tatiane Keplmair as Honoka Series 
Vagner Fagundes as Izumo Midorikawa 
Yuri Chesman as Mochinuki Akai 

Andressa Andreatto as Numi Tahiro 
Fadu Costha as Shinsuke Tanba 
Flávia Narciso as Mozuku Kunato 
Luciana Baroli as Yure Shinatose 
Thiago Zambrano as Hiroki Saito 

Glauco Marques (eps 10-12) 
Michelle Giudice (ep 10) 
Ricardo Fábio (eps 7-9) 
Portuguese companies
Dubbing Studio: TV Group Digital 
Internet Streaming:
FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil) 
Netflix (Brazil) 
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil) 
Production: SDI Media (Brazil) 

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