Knights of Sidonia Both Seasons Stream on TVer for First Time
The TVer debut gives the decade-old sci-fi series a new window to reach viewers who missed its original broadcast run, without requiring a subscription to a paid streaming service.
Reporting from 2 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), Denfaminicogamer.
The TV anime "Knights of Sidonia" and its sequel "Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine" began streaming on the Japanese commercial broadcast platform TVer on July 1. Both seasons, totaling 24 episodes, are available from July 1 through July 14. This marks the first time the series has been distributed on TVer. Based on the manga by Tsutomu Nihei, the first season aired in 2014 and the second in 2015 on MBS and other channels. The story follows Nagate Tanikaze, a boy raised in the lower levels of the massive spaceship Sidonia, who becomes a pilot of the humanoid mecha Garde to fight the alien Gauna that destroyed the solar system. The cast includes Ryota Osaka as Nagate, Aya Suzaki as Shizuka Hoshijiro, and Aoi Toyama as Izana Shinatose.
The TVer distribution window runs from July 1 to July 14, 2026, and the schedule is subject to change without notice. The series was originally broadcast on MBS and other channels in 2014 and 2015.
The first season follows Nagate Tanikaze, a boy raised in the lowest levels of the seed ship Sidonia, who enrolls in a training school for pilots of the humanoid giant armor Garde. There he meets Shizuka Hoshijiro, Izana Shinatose, and Norio Kunato, and faces the alien Gauna for the first time in 100 years. The second season, "Battle for Planet Nine," continues the story as Sidonia sets course for the Lemu star system to eradicate the Gauna nest after surviving an asteroid collision and attacks from the strongest enemy, Benizume.
The cast includes Ryota Osaka as Nagate, Aya Suzaki as Shizuka, Aoi Toyama as Izana, Takahiro Sakurai as Norio Kunato, Hisako Kanemoto as Yure Midorikawa, Sayaka Ohara as Captain Kobayashi, Takehito Koyasu as Ochiai, and Satomi Arai as Rara Hiyama, among others.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- GAME Watch (Impress) SFアニメ「シドニアの騎士」「シドニアの騎士 第九惑星戦役」計24エピソードがTVerで7月1日より一挙配信開始
- Denfaminicogamer TVアニメ『シドニアの騎士』『シドニアの騎士 第九惑星戦役』がTVerにて初配信。『タワーダンジョン』弐瓶勉氏によるSFマンガ