Netflix to begin airing original anime series ‘Knights of Sidonia’ English Dub starting this week!
Netflix has been on an animated roll as of late. Earlier this month they announced the premier date of BoJack, and now this Friday the online network will send out 12 English-dubbed episodes of Knights of Sidonia:
Based on the best-selling manga series by Tsutomu Nihei, published in Japan by Kodansha and in English by Vertical, “Knights of Sidonia” follows the struggle of humans to survive against the monstrous alien “Gauna” using mecha weapons called ”Garde” (Guardian Robots).
The story focuses on the ship Sidonia and young Garde pilot Nagate Tanikaze as he uses his amazing combat skills to protect what remains of human civilization.
“Knights of Sidonia” is produced by Tokyo-based Polygon Pictures, winner of multiple Daytime Emmy Awards for Hasbro’s television series “Transformers Prime” and the animators behind “Tron: Uprising” and several episodes of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” The series is directed by Kobun Shizuno, who worked on “GI Joe,” the animated series and co-directed by Hiroyuki Seshita, a veteran of the “Final Fantasy” video game series.
“Knights of Sidonia” will be available on Netflix in Japanese with the choice of subtitles or dubbed local language dialogue. Crunchyroll recently found out about a bunch of the English voice cast and you can see that here.
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Do we know if Hulu will be the only entity to have the dub, or if it will be on other platforms, too? The show in general is definitely going to be on multiple platforms.