The Best Episodes of Knights of Sidonia Season 1

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.

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Writer: Sadayuki Murai

Nagate is haunted by his first combat experience against the Gauna. Later, he meets the elite pilots of Sidonia.

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Writer: Sadayuki Murai

Exploring Sidonia, Nagate makes an enemy of Kunato while protecting a friend. The Gauna attack, calling the pilots into action.

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Writer: Sadayuki Murai

After a disaster aboard Sidonia, Nagate and his team are ordered to retrieve a valued weapon. He later defies orders to save a friend.

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Writer: Tetsuya Yamada

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.

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Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

Nagate and his squad graduate as pilots and are quickly sent into combat when the enemy returns; Kunato explores Nagate's history.

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Writer: Sadayuki Murai

The enemy is revealed to be even larger and deadlier than previously believed, resulting in three squads engaging in a deadly fight.

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Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

Nagate is blamed for a defeat and harbors guilt over a casualty; the early years of Sidonia are revealed.

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Writer: Tetsuya Yamada

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.

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Writer: Sadayuki Murai

Pacifists endanger themselves by leaving the relative safety of Sidonia, while the enemy shows up larger and fiercer than before.

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Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

A large strike force encounters an enemy unit that takes them by surprise; Nagate does what he can to protect his friends.

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Writer: Tetsuya Yamada

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.

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Writer: Sadayuki Murai