Knights
Of Sidonia: Complete Collection - Season 1
(2014/Sentai Filmworks Blu-ray)
Picture:
B+ Sound: A Extras: C Episodes: A-
In
the future, the human race survives on the asteroid space ship
Sidonia, hunted down though-out the universe by aliens known only as
the Gauna. In order to survive humankind has evolved through
cloning, genetic manipulation and even created a even a 3rd gender.
Over the last century, the Sidonia has been peaceful, but once more
the Gauna has found them. For Nagate Tanikaze, he has grown up in
the bowls of the Sidonia without any genetic manipulation he learns
what it means to become a Knight
of Sidonia
in the Complete
Collection: Season One.
A 1,000 years after
Earth was destroyed by the Gauna, the remnants of humanity survive in
the asteroid spaceship Sidonia searching for a new home. In order to
compensate for the lack of food, people genetically altered and can
undergo photosynthesis, and reproduction is done through cloning.
The only one who hasn't been manipulated is Nagate, hidden away by
his 'grandfather', he has been the only one able to defeat the Gauna
and now he protects the people of Sidonia. But then Sidonia holds
some secrets of the past, secretly controlled by the Immortal
Council.
While this isn't the
coolest animation, the story more than makes up for it. It is about
the story of the survival of humanity and the behavior of human
instinct when faced with death and mankind's eternal desire for
immortality. It raises some philosophical questions of what is
human, it is only in the worst of times can a human truly show either
the best or worst of mankind.
The 1080p 1.78 X 1
digital High Definition image may be on the soft side, but that is
the style and it is 100% correct and accurate on every single
episode, while we also get a rare, lossless DTS-HD MA (Master Audio)
5.1 mix from Sentai for one of their TV series Blu-ray releases and
it is some of the best sound we have ever encountered on any of their
releases. Extras include three fearurettes, clean opening &
closing animations and trailers.
Episodes include...
Commencement
- Nagate goes to the upper levels of Sidonia and discovers the
'human' race.
Oblivion
- The first Gauna appears in a hundred years, but is Sidonia ready?
Nagate begins his training.
Glory
- The
four best elite pilots of Sidonia get annihilated in the first battle
against the Gauna.
Sacrifices
- Nagate's
team gets sent in to recover the Kabizashi, the only weapon they have
against the Gauna. Nagate single handily destroys the Gauna.
Adrift
- Nagate
and Hoshijiro gets stranded in space.
Salutations
- Nagate
is welcome back as the hero of Sidonia.
Resolve
- Kunato
sabotages Nagate in order to steal the glory on the battlefield and
Hoshijiro gets consumed by the Gauna and Nagate gets blamed for it.
Immortality
- The
Gauna begins to copycat the humans and Garde mechs, Kunato begins to
realize his sabotage has far greater consequences than he realized.
Empathy
- Nagate
attempts to communicate with Gauna Hoshijiro. Secrets within Sidonia
begin to surface.
Decisions
- As
Nagate's Grandfather's past is revealed, a new danger approaches
Sidonia.
Collision
- A
planet sized Gauna heads to Sidonia, Nagate and the Knights of
Sidonia must clear a away for Sidonia's heavy rocket.
Home
- As
the Gauna gets closer, time is running out for Knights as they must
now enter the Gauna and destroy it from within.
- Ricky Chiang