During last weekend’s Supanova Gold Coast panel, Madman Entertainment were ecstatic to announce that they would be holding a simulcast of Knights of Sidonia, the only company to do so with the original Japanese-dub and English subtitles.
While they have not offered any specifics at this time, Madman Entertainment sent around a notice five minutes ago confirming that the simulcast has been cancelled. There is no word on if this is temporary or if we will be forced to wait until the English dubbed online streaming in a few months time.
Very disappointing news.
Based on the manga written by Nihei Tsutomu, Knights of Sidonia features animation by studio Polygon Pictures (TRANSFORMERS PRIME, STAR WARS: CLONE WARS, TRON: UPRISING) and takes place 1000 years after an alien race known as the Gauna have laid waste to the solar system. Despite the scale of the destruction, a small portion of the human race managed to survive by boarding an enormous spaceship called Sidonia. Ever since, they have worked endlessly to maintain and defend the remaining population.
Tanikaze Nagate is a young boy who has recently been accepted into a school for Guardian pilot trainees, where he also makes his first interactions with people other than his grandfather. During their first assignment, Nagate and his friends encounter a Gauna for the first time in a hundred years. This is where the battle for humanity’s survival starts.
