Sidonia No Kishi - Knights of Sidonia

[Frostinite]

I just finished this anime literally like 2 minutes ago and i knew this forum didn't have a topic on.
I normally do not watch Mecha anime. But this was a fine slice of many different genre's!

A little foreknowledge

In the distant future humanity's home, Earth has been been destroyed by the mysterious beings called Gauna that cannot be defeated by traditional means. What was left of humanity escaped via massive colonization ships, all in different directions to escape the Gauna and find a new home. Thousands of years later, one of these ships called Sidonia is still on the run with Gaunas always on it's tail.

On this ship, a young man named Tanikaze Nagate has lived all of his life in seclusion with his grandfather. One day, he runs out of food and decides to go looking for more. What he finds is the rest of the population of Sidonia and meets the captain who for reasons unknown decides to enroll Tanikaze as a Guardian pilot trainee (Guardian Pilot being Mecha's designed to Eliminate the Gauna) along with special privileges such as being given a legendary Guardian called Tsugumori. How does Tanikaze fare as a pilot, as a knight of Sidonia? What are the gaunas and why are they chasing humaninity? Who is the masked captain who seems to know tanikaze and why did Tanikaze's grandfather keep him away from the rest of Sidonia's population?

I kept a few spoiler points out of this description purely because it's better to not know to much before watching an anime as some background suprises are often nice.

This next bit is Spoilcentral so if you haven't watched the show do not read further if you want an uninterrupted experience!

Spoiler:

So following the end of the show we see the placenta version of Shizuki Hoshijiro most likely dissipated along with planet sized Guana which brought my spirits down for the end of the episode, i mean we all wanted some sort of miraculous reunion of some form as the Placenta Shizuki seemed to be regaining some form of human intelligence and also a bonding with Nagate, if your like me and waited for the end of the credits then you would have seen this small scene,
I do not read the manga so please do not spoil this for me if you know what this i about, but the fact that she not being the placent that was on sidonia, always being kind of sadisctic during the scenes she fought in saying Tanikaze-san seems a little too intelligent for my liking ! Obviously she's going to be some form of bad guy in the second season which should have aired on the 23rd of November in Japan during an event but thus far we havent seen any form of release online, not even a raw episode.

So all in all

What do you think about this show and what are your hopes for the next season?
I honestly didnt expect to enjoy this show so much as the art threw me at first but i grew with it!

 

[derozio]

I kinda liked the art style from the very beginning, haha. The CG can look a little awkward at times but it doesn't really bother me as much as I thought it would. :p I've only seen the first episode as of yet but I'm really looking forward to finishing it pretty soon. One of my friends whose taste in anime is pretty good vouches for it so I'm excited, to say the least. :)

I like the opening quite a bit, btw. "UCHIKUDAKE!!!!"

 

[Frostinite]

I kinda liked the art style from the very beginning, haha. The CG can look a little awkward at times but it doesn't really bother me as much as I thought it would. :p I've only seen the first episode as of yet but I'm really looking forward to finishing it pretty soon. One of my friends whose taste in anime is pretty good vouches for it so I'm excited, to say the least. :)

I like the opening quite a bit, btw. "UCHIKUDAKE!!!!"

No it doesn't does it? You'll have to let me know what you thought of the anime!
Cause i personally loved it and i would recommend it to everyone!
It just sucks that i am having to wait so long for the second season!
Suppose i'm lucky since not many Anime get a second season! And some really deserve too!

 

[Weeaboo Name]

Even if it was generic harem**** IN SPACE it was pretty enjoyable. Will watch S2.

 

[Altairis]

Honestly I had this on my radar but it must have slipped through because I forgot about it until now. Will possibly pick this up again :)

 

[Netto Azure]

Been keeping up with the Manga. Just like Titans I'm still waiting for base plot to move forward.