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17th Manga Division Jury Selections

Knights of Sidonia

NIHEI Tsutomu [Japan]

Outline

A straight robot SF manga depicting battles against alien species. The solar system is destroyed by a mysterious lifeform called “Gauna”, which cannot communicate with human beings. Some humans choose to live in the spaceship “Sidonia” travelling in space, procreating in the ship. A young lower-class boy, Nagate Tanikaze, who grew up in Sidonia, becomes the pilot of an enormous armed robot “Tsugumori” and devotes himself to the battles.