Funimation has announced that they've acquired the rights to both the Knights of Sidonia anime series and the Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars feature film. Not only that, they've released a new trailer for the film and announced that it will be coming to select US and Canadian theaters beginning September 13th, 2021! The official trailer, which is English subtitled, is included below!
Knights of Sidonia has been in and out of the Netflix library over the last few years. Knights of Sidonia was removed from the Netflix catalog in January of this year, the second time in two years, and failed to return. The Knights of Sidonia anime series was one of the first original anime series released by Netflix. It was also one of the first anime that Netflix had acquired exclusive global streaming rights for.
All 24 episodes of the Knights of Sidonia anime series will be available via Funimation's streaming app beginning next week, August 3rd, 2021.
Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars will land in US and Canadian theaters Monday, September 13th, 2021. The film will be available to view in the original Japanese dub, as well as English dubbed.
The Knights of Sidonia anime is based upon the space opera and mecha manga of the same name by Tsutomu Nihei. It was first serialized in April of 2009 in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine. It was adapted by Polygon Pictures and originally aired between April and June of 2014. The second season of the anime aired the following year.