To Infinity and Beyond Confusing: Knights of Sidonia
Greetings, fabulous peoples of the
Internet! I’m back this week with the
final part of Novembflix! This week’s
review was…interesting. In fact, I think
I’m still scratching my head at what I watched.
Granted, you guys know what this week’s show is, so there really isn’t
any reason to beat around the bush. So
let’s get into this week’s review on Knights
of Sidonia!
In a far distant future, the
remnants of humanity live on a gigantic shuttle in the middle of space called Sidonia.
The series opens up with the apprehension of boy named Nagate Tanikaze
after he is caught trying to steal rice.
As it turns out, Nagate had been living a under a rock for quite
sometime; humanity has not only thrived but evolved, now having the capability
to go one week without eating. However,
the residents of Sidonia suddenly
come under threat when a massive space-dwelling creature called the Gauna is
awakened and attacks. With the Sidonia now in danger, Guardian pilots (including
newly-inducted Nagate)-are called to fight the massive creature off with giant
robots called Gardes. And although he’s
still looked down upon among other trainees, Nagate proves to be very efficient
in piloting an older version of Garde called the Tsugumori. He especially becomes an asset after he kills
the invading guan. However, this is only
the beginning.
So…yeah, I’m not sure what happened
in the creativity department with this show.
Like I said, I’m still scratching my head about this show. And so, I give Knights of Sedonia a seven out of ten. So yeah, I have a lot of concerns about this
show. But more on that later. One thing that actually was good about this
show was (believe it or not) the animation.
This isn’t in the sense that it was well done; Polygon Pictures used the
same animation style that was later used for Ajin with no changes. What
was good about it was how fitting it was for the show. Think about it; the setting is in outer space
on a spaceship and it has giant robots fighting giant galactic monsters. If there ever were an anime that screamed
“animate me with CGI!,” it’d be this series.
The genre and subject are perfect for this style of animation, and every
minute of it was just perfect!
Ok, I’ll get right to the point,
what the heck is going on with the plot?!
There are so many plot holes early on that they’re distracting. How were humans able to create talking cyborg
bears? How was human photosynthesis
created in the realm of the show? And could
someone explain to me what the deal is with one of the secondary characters
having the same gender-changing abilities as the African tree frogs mentioned
in Jurassic Park?! And oh yeah, what’s the back story to the Sidonia and the humans on board? Now
I’ll admit, I didn’t get as far into this series as I would have like, but in
any series, you should have a decent backstory in at least the first two or
three episodes. Instead, the first three
episodes felt like things were being thrown at you with little to no
explanation of their presence. And
again, I don’t know who was in charge of the creative department, but I think
they went too far with the cyber-bear and the hermaphadite (who is obviously
portrayed as a girl). Still, I think
it’s worth the watch, even if…you know forget, go to the wrap up.
Yeah, despite the fact that I had a
hard time following what was going on, I think the animation should be enough
to give this show a whirl! And so, that
wraps up this week’s review! Tune in
next week when I reveal Character of the Month for Novembflix!
P.S.: I realized last week I misspelled Sidonia. Oops!
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