Knights of Sidonia – Image: Polygon Footage / Sentai Filmworks
Seasons 1-2 of Knights of Sidonia are as soon as once more dealing with the prospect of departing Netflix come January 2021 but when historical past tells us something, it could be a brief departure however value protecting never-the-less.
The anime sequence is without doubt one of the oldest animes on Netflix underneath the Netflix Unique banner however falls underneath the “internationally distributed unique” banner versus full Netflix Unique.
All 24 episodes at present reside on Netflix US, Canada, Australia, UK and over 25 other regions. Nearly all of these nations are set to see the sequence depart on January 1st, 2021.
The sequence stays top-of-the-line anime sequence on Netflix combining a compelling story with extremely animation and truly makes a terrific entry for anime for rookies.
As we talked about, it’s not the primary time the rights have come up for the sequence both. The sequence departed Netflix again in July 2019 however was made available once again six months later.
Rights to the sequence are fairly difficult given what number of worldwide distributors are concerned. In the US, as an example, the sequence is distributed by Sentai Filmworks whereas within the UK Animatsu Leisure distributes it.
So will the sequence really depart for good this time round? That’s nonetheless up within the air. Netflix doesn’t historically announce specifics round sure contracts and within the case of Knights of Sidonia being eliminated beforehand, it was the case they magically appeared with none prior announcement. Our greatest recommendation is to binge by means of them once more and anticipate that January 1st is when it’ll depart for good, simply in case.
Many followers of the present are nonetheless ready for the third season of the series however as time passes and rights points like this maintain occurring, it appears nearly unimaginable the sequence returns.
The excellent news is that Polygon Footage, the studio behind Knights of Sidonia, continues to work with Netflix with their present massive challenge being the Pacific Rift anime sequence.
Will you miss Knights of Sidonia when it departs Netflix (once more) in January 2021?