Episode
Knights of Sidonia: Commencement
Overview
In isolation his entire life, Nagate must adjust to life in a centuries-old space colony while training as a cadet pilot to fight an ancient threat.
Details
- Series
- Knights of Sidonia
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2014-04-11
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Commencement is Episode 1 in Season 1 of Knights of Sidonia. It aired on 2014-04-11. The runtime is 24 min.
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More episodes from this season
Episode 3: Glory
Exploring Sidonia, Nagate makes an enemy of Kunato while protecting a friend. The Gauna attack, calling the pilots into action.
Episode 4: Sacrifices
After a disaster aboard Sidonia, Nagate and his team are ordered to retrieve a valued weapon. He later defies orders to save a friend.
Episode 5: Adrift
Nagate and Shizuka, adrift in space, slowly run out of supplies as they await rescue from a departing Sidonia, which is too far away to send help.
Episode 6: Salutations
Nagate and his squad graduate as pilots and are quickly sent into combat when the enemy returns; Kunato explores Nagate's history.
Episode 7: Resolve
The enemy is revealed to be even larger and deadlier than previously believed, resulting in three squads engaging in a deadly fight.
Episode 8: Immortality
Nagate is blamed for a defeat and harbors guilt over a casualty; the early years of Sidonia are revealed.
Episode 9: Empathy
The Gauna find a distressing way to demoralize and out-fight the attack force. Nagate returns to Sidonia with a prize that may help in the fight.
Episode 10: Decisions
Pacifists endanger themselves by leaving the relative safety of Sidonia, while the enemy shows up larger and fiercer than before.
Episode 11: Collision
A large strike force encounters an enemy unit that takes them by surprise; Nagate does what he can to protect his friends.
Episode 12: Home
Nagate fights one-on-one with the heart of his enemy while the strike force does not fare well in its attack on the Gauna.