Knights of Sidonia

The following is a quote from the official Polygon Pictures channel on YouTube.
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Polygon Pictures is proud to announce that Tsutomu Nihei's popular comic Knights of Sidonia (Kodansha) is being adapted into an animated series! This project also marks the 30th anniversary of Polygon Pictures' founding. It's been a thousand years since the Gauna, a strange alien race with no known method of communication, destroyed the solar system. A portion of humanity managed to escape using enormous "seed ships" like the Sidonia, which have allowed them to maintain the population while drifting through space. Nagate Tanikaze is a young man who has been raised deep in the bowels of the ship. When he goes into training to pilot the huge robotic weapons known as Gardes, Nagate is entrusted with piloting the legendary unit known as Tsugumori. Nagate and his fellow pilots put their lives on the line against the Gauna, in the ultimate battle for the survival of humanity!

Official Website: www.knightsofsidonia.com

Main Animation Production Staff and Major Works
Original Manga: Tsutomu Nihei (serialized in Kodansha monthly Afternoon)
Director: Kobun Shizuno (Case Closed: Private Eye in the Distant Sea, G.I. Joe: Sigma 6)
Co-Director: Hiroyuki Seshita (Street Fighter X Tekken, Final Fantasy)
Series Construction/Script: Sadayuki Murai (Steamboy, Millennium Actress)
Production Designer: Naoya Tanaka (Princess Mononoke, Tron: Uprising)
Art Director: Mitsunori Kataama (Howl's Moving Castle, Tron: Uprising)
CG Supervisor: Masayuki Uemoto (Transformers Prime, CASSHERN)
Battle Animatics: Eiji Ohkushi (The Sky Crawlers, Oblivion Island)
Character Design: Yuki Moriyama (Street Fighter X Tekken, Dino Dominion)
Animation Production: Polygon Pictures (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Tron: Uprising)
Production: KOS PRODUCT COMMITTEE

(c)TSUTOMU NIHEI・KODANSHA／KOS PRODUCT COMMITTEE

(2013)