Audience reviews
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nalist
Power abuse, alien stuff, a man trying to do a good thing, uncertainty of a bleak future, some love triangles in the mix (this man is unbelievably popular, even the enemy has hots for him), and all this with awesome mecha action.
Overall as good as the s1, but sadly with same problem - for some reason, beyond common sense, the guy Kunato was not jettisoned into space and was not repurposed in the bioreactor. His motivation had been improved beyond basic pettiness, thanks to some modifications, but with this new conflict with the same old foundation from his sabotage of a mission from s1 and deaths, which are happened because of his actions, it looks absurd as they should be aware of his actions through mech's logs. They have empowered a madman who will stop at nothing.
You can say that C…
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tl;dr: A sequel season that has flashes of what was good about the first season but is overall pretty mediocre.
The second season of Knights of Sidonia continues the story of Nagate and company as they fight against the Guana in an effort to preserve humanity. However, beyond that the season is vastly different from the first and not for the better. What made the first season great was the world building as well as the major battles that always felt like such a desperate struggle for survival that they even had horror vibes at times. This season seems to go in a different direction.
In terms of world building and overarching plot, it kind of feels like it threw out most everything that the first season was setting up. It doesn’t just ignore the various related plot threads completely, bu…
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Let me start off by saying this show definitely wasn't what I expected. It excelled in areas I didn't expect and it fell flat in others where I wish it wasn't the case. Let's break it down-
Story:
The story in the first season was much more intriguing and mysterious. There was so much going on and I really liked how things were not spoon fed to the viewer. I will admit--I thought two of the main girls were the same person until about episode 5. Aside from all the detours such as clumsily written cliche dialogue and trying to hook up with the main character, Sedonia itself and the gauna are fascinating. I wish the show had more of a focus and direct narrative because it had all the elements of a great anime. What held it back, for me, was the lack of character development, the cliche and b…
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Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki (2015)
It is great how within a year of season 1 that season 2 just improves so much more than I could imagine. This is if I am totally honest my favourite Mecha show. It feels real with the struggles and emotions and relationships. It is dark and space often is shown as much brighter but not here they show how it is just vast and empty generally. Sidonia itself not having anything like a hyperdrive makes it feel more tense with how the journey must go. The effects are shown on military actions on the civilian population like when they use the thrusters.
The art carries over and improves. It is a much more intense season and should be recognised for that.
The OST for this is spectacular. CD bought absolutely.
Characters are newly introduced a…
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Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki, or Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine. But how I would like to put this show is, and I am quoting from Obi-Wan Kenobi, 'another happy landing'.
Yes, yes and yes to this season. The studio did an absolutely fantastic job of carrying the series from the last season up from the rubbles of its own flaws. I am happy, I am so so happy the studio didn't just give up on this series and actually took care of it, that's because I love the concept of the show and I saw huge potential for what is to come. However, if you read my review on the first season, it didn't do well for me and I was left disappointed as they did not go the mile to make the first season solid and left it weak and shallow. Thankfully, with this season, the managed to pull throug…
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Knights of Sidonia:
"What an incredible journey it has been". I would say that I have watched enough anime to the point that I can have a valid view on a series and after watching a myriad of anime from garbage to great,this is by far one of the greats.
I have just been watching seasonal anime to the point that I just couldn't anymore,with horrid communities forming around good anime,tainting it, therefore, I decided to take a break and watch something I had not thought about,something that peaked my interest that was rather under the radar or "underrated" and so Polygon Pictures take on Knights of Sidonia was my weapon of choice.
I have done many reviews on first episodes and Knights of Sidonia has a pretty solid one. It introduced us to a rather bland character who is fleshed out base…
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Attack on Titan in space is dope, man. I mean, there's no getting around that this is Attack on Titan in space, though. Humanity was destroyed in the distant past by giant mysterious creatures and now the last of humanity lives in an enclosed space that these giant creatures keep attacking, and our heroes must use specialized weapons to defeat them. It's AOT.
But, like AOT, it's really good, so who cares? It's not as good as AOT, but it's still good. There's a certain suspense you feel with these kinds of survival animes. You live vicariously through the cast, imagining what you might be doing in this kind of grim situation and environment. That's the main draw.
It also has many subplots that keep you intrigued, such as Captain Kobayashi's motives, Ochiai's grand scheme, the love trian…
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For those who enjoyed the first season of Sidonia no Kishi, the second season does not disappoint at all. The focus is shifted more towards further plot development, more complex plot twists, answering many of the question-marks raised in the prequel and there is also good usage of flashbacks to learn more about the backstory.
Moreover, there is an apparent higher degree of character development. The addition of further slice-of-life moments and the expression of more feelings by the characters results in them becoming more attractive and likeable. We get to see and hear more about them, their inner thoughts and the drive behind their actions. This also gives room to an increased usage of comedy, drama and romance (with some non-detrimental harem in it) that is very welcome to break the…
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Season 1 and Season 2 of this show are directed by different people and it's very evident. The tone of this season is simply different. Whether that means better or worse is a matter of personal preference, but it's definitely different. The quality is down a bit as a whole but we're still left with a watchable experience closer to good than bad even if it fails to live up to its predecessor.
Art-
As with most Season 2s of anime, the art is largely the same as Season 1 so if you liked it then you'll like it now and if you didn't then you still won't. I echo my comments from my Season 1 review, which summed up would be this has overall well above average visuals and some flashy, cool looking moments but this show definitely goes overboard with its use of CGI. Sidonia itself is a very pre…
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I loved the first season but this season was disappointing. The first season was a thrilling space epic with growing undertones of dystopia as you learn more about how the society and government works. It was also a coming of age story and all around solid anime. The second season delves heavily into some strange love triangle/slice of life story.
It was really a genre switch I wasn't expecting -- it tilts more towards the 'slice of life' and away from the horrifying space epic side of things that I loved so much about the first season. If the first season never happened, maybe I'd view this season as some quirky space mecha show. But in relation to the first season, the follow up was awful.
Tanikaze's interest in the ... third 'person' (the part that makes it so strange) is understandab…
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Started watching it soon after season 1. I was hoping to discover more about Gauna origin, Ochiai's past, how did Ochiai managed to make parasites and enter Kunato's body and whatnot. Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki does not explore either of these but the series progresses further where Kobayashi tries to push the boundaries and close the gap between humans and gauna.
Although, the series check marks all the generic space mecha gundam boxes yet there is certain je ne sais quoi to it. I enjoyed it thoroughly and never felt that I am just dragging myself just to complete the series.
I'll recommend it to people it has a good production value since it is coming from Netflix and storyline is also pretty captivating.
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Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki
Story 8: This season starts off where it left off and their mission is to wipe out the Gauna nest in the Lem system
Art 8: AGAIN I CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH. Many people don't like CGI, but they did a beautiful job at making this anime. The fight scenes were amazing and something small, but when the knights took off, what great animation that was. Footsteps, gun shots, and even explosions were on point.
Sound 8: Voices were the same, the into and closing were great. There were lots of great tracks throughout the anime.
Characters 8: As the story went on the characters developed more and more. We saw more of Nagate's personal life and his past too. Only problem I see here was that Nagate gets his own Heram [Which TBH we all saw coming]
Enjoyment…
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Intro: This is a review for both season 1 and season 2 since they are close in sound/animation/story/characters/enjoyment quality.
Sidonia no Kishi is an entertaining anime series, with thick plot armor but still enjoyable.
Story: 6/10
The premise is fairly interesting having a lot of potential.
The story is set in a distant future where humanity is almost extinct and the last traces of mankind are living in a spaceship trying to survive the alien (Gauna) attacks.
The story is fast paced since the spaceship is under constant danger of Gauna attacks and the humans are trying to take the offensive in the Gauna war. These Gauna creatures are rather interesting since they are portayed as having superior intelectual capabilities(although they don't prove it), having the ability to mimic the…
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I've recently finished watching those series, and I can say that I strongly enjoyed the experience.
This anime strongly relies on CG graphics which are being used for pretty much anything. for example, character bodies are CG, although their faces look like they could've been hand drawn (but I suspect those are CG too).
The graphics are stylized to look similar to anime, and somewhat resemble visuals used by Persona and Shin Megami Tensei series on Playstation 2. So it is not like a CG episode from school rumble (ep 17, season) or subpar CG monsters from Ga Rei Zero.
Visuals look okay, the movement is more fluid compared to first season (which had some seriously robotic movement), and frankly I quickly got to this style very quickly. Of course, there's a room for improvement (for examp…
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Sometimes a change in tone from the previous season to the next one can be a good thing for a series. This depends on the show in question. The writers want to take a different direction on where the plot is going and change the atmosphere. As long as they keep adding new elements to the story that doesn’t detract from what makes it suitable, that can be a welcoming change. Just don’t assume everyone will be 100% on board with it. The 2nd season of Sidonia no Kishi can be classified under this predicament.
Many anime fans were hooked by Sidonia no Kishi’s dark and oppressive story that they felt as though they were watching an anime with a mature tone, unlike many anime that came out during their seasonal run. It certainly felt that way with the apocalyptic setting in space that you usual…
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Note: This is a SEQUEL and will include spoilers for the first season.
The story takes place shortly after the ending of the first season. The Hoshiijiro ena has been "moved" and early on a lot of backalley type set up goes around to make the viewer question the motives of certain characters. Besides all this the other main focal point of the story is a big one, and quite literally at that since it's the hybrid, Tsumugi.
By itself the story is not anything special, but it has set itself up to have some pretty stunning resolutions and encounters down the road. Watching the internal conflicts unfold within the show is almost as interesting as watching the huge space battles. The show does a really good job at keeping you surprised. It does also telegraph some short term things like a par…
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ALRIGHT!
Since this show has a ton of complications and complex (ooh so deep) stories. I'll sum it up to something rather simple.
This action packed space sci-fi comedy romance harem (lel) is wrapped in conspiracies, 3d mech action, space-stuffs, and the constant war between humanity and Iguanas! (I mean "Guanas" *cough*).
So the Second Season is a continuation of Nagate (our ace pilot) and his struggles with:
1- His trans-gendered best friend who loves him (//spoiler: who now lives with him) 2- His tentacular action-packed Iguana friend(*cough* Guana) who acts like a kawaai airheaded cutie who's clingy (//spoiler: lives with him too)
3- His ex-gf who's been turned(assimilated) into an evil Iguana, now out in space and trying to gut him and humanity into small Iguana-bite size snacks…
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Finally, the second season becomes available on Netflix as of July 3rd, and honestly I just plowed through all 12 episodes like a junkie with a drug addiction.
Story/Character:
Picking up where the last season ended it seemed to focus more on Nagate's personal life and his personal Heram, which brings up something I consider to be a flaw. For me, to have the full female cast fall for Nagate pulls away from the series plot, which is a shame since we only get 12 episodes with the possibility of not getting another season. We get it, he's a bad ass. 7/10
Art:
This is a major strong suit for the series, as it is very beautiful to look at. It may confuse some and it seems like the CGI is alienating and unattractive. Ignore this! It is done this way for a reason, and flows perfectly. The batt…
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It's truly perplexing to see how often anime enthusiasts overlook Sidonia no Kishi (Knights of Sidonia). It's a show with a tried-and-true formula for mainstream success. With a dense bishounen protagonist that catches the fancy of all the female characters, a premise that warrants lots of over-the-top carnage and narrative twists, a simple setup that requires very little qualifiers to buy into, and even less thought process to grasp; it's easy to watch, easy to merchandise, and made for mass consumption. But for reasons beyond comprehension, it's only viewed by a few stragglers that come upon it by happenstance, with the only reasoning I could surmise behind its dismissal being the visual output itself. But even then, that's also taking into consideration many other titles of equal or low…
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Sidonia no Kishi has always been one of the most underrated anime series ever in my mind. Actually I'm genuinely confused as to why it isn't higher rated than it is because I swear I almost never see anyone say anything negative about it. It's an anime which is not afraid to kill off characters, has a storyline on an epic scale, excellent usage of battle CGI and probably the best sound directing I have ever heard. Overall it's an incredibly joyride from start to finish and I really wish more people would give it a shot.
--Story & Characters--
Continuing from where the first season left off, we once again delve into Sidonia's epic struggle for survival against the ever so frightening and mysterious Gauna. The theme and overall plot progression is generally just more of the same as the firs…
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