Knights of sidonia

[Anime Online]

Originally Posted by cupumanager

You can see in this episode, Seii requested Captain Kobayashi to replace himself with Yuhata Midorikawa, since he want to be deployed in battle.

I don't quite understand what is Seii's role in the command center. Kobayashi gives an order, he relays them, then the underlings execute them. Does he do anything other than repeat her orders?

I notice there's a similar setup in Full Metal Panic. Tessa is the captain and issues orders. Mardukas stands beside her and repeats her orders. Is there a real-life equivalent role for what Mardukas does?

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Anime Online

I don't quite understand what is Seii's role in the command center. Kobayashi gives an order, he relays them, then the underlings execute them. Does he do anything other than repeat her orders?

I notice there's a similar setup in Full Metal Panic. Tessa is the captain and issues orders. Mardukas stands beside her and repeats her orders. Is there a real-life equivalent role for what Mardukas does?

XO or First Officer....It's more than just repeating orders. After all his replacement has to have suitable strategic/tactical planning capability as well. It's like a second in command role


Anyway did anyone else have the mental image of them being all green...what with the repeated use of human photosynthesis and all lolol

[Jazzrat]

Just got into this series, it looks pretty dreary considering how many people have died within the first few episode. Really enjoyed the sci-fi element of it and the attention to details, although it's the mech design and production quality that initially caught my interest.

Despite all the crazy sci-fi going on, the one that caught me off guard the most is the talking bear. Is there going to be explanation for that ?

[Flower]

Probably... but please don't tempt the manga readers to spoil stuff like this! ^^

[Top Sergeant]

Originally Posted by Anime Online

I don't quite understand what is Seii's role in the command center. Kobayashi gives an order, he relays them, then the underlings execute them. Does he do anything other than repeat her orders?

I notice there's a similar setup in Full Metal Panic. Tessa is the captain and issues orders. Mardukas stands beside her and repeats her orders. Is there a real-life equivalent role for what Mardukas does?

Redundancy is important in a military organization, due to the possibility of casualties. Also, the XO handles a lot of the Captain's administrative duties.

[FateAnomaly]

Their best team dies so easily. Sidonia is doomed.

[Anime Online]

Originally Posted by Jazzrat

Despite all the crazy sci-fi going on, the one that caught me off guard the most is the talking bear. Is there going to be explanation for that ?

I can't tell which is scarier. A bear gaining higher level thought processes and human behavior, or a human undergoing some kind of modification to become a bear. Eitherway, it is not a bear anymore, but a human, regardless of its shape or furriness.

[Anh_Minh]

At least she doesn't have chainsaw hands

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Anime Online

I can't tell which is scarier. A bear gaining higher level thought processes and human behavior, or a human undergoing some kind of modification to become a bear. Eitherway, it is not a bear anymore, but a human, regardless of its shape or furriness.

I can't stop seeing her as the bear belonging to Mikoto that Kuroko loves to hug though...What with that voice and all...

[Jazzrat]

Originally Posted by Anime Online

I can't tell which is scarier. A bear gaining higher level thought processes and human behavior, or a human undergoing some kind of modification to become a bear. Eitherway, it is not a bear anymore, but a human, regardless of its shape or furriness.

Well you got a scenario where humanity is desperate enough to reengineer itself to have photo synthesis capability & develop a third gender, it's not that scary to have a talking bear though i'm curious how it came about. At some point, i hope the series will delve deeper into issues that surround a community that have evolved this far away from it's root.

Voice over wise, Atsuko Tanaka, Sayaka Oohara & Takehito Koyasu stick out like a sore thumb with their sexiness but i'm looking forward to hearing Aki Toyosaki (Izana) performance the most. It would be interesting to hear voice actress keep their voice as gender neutral as Izana.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Jazzrat

Despite all the crazy sci-fi going on, the one that caught me off guard the most is the talking bear. Is there going to be explanation for that ?

The meta explanation would be that Nihei loves bears. There was a talking bear in Biomega too. The in-universe explanation... I have no clue. They seem to have made a lot of genetic experiments, so Lala might be the result of that.

[Anh_Minh]

Bears hibernate. Maybe that's another energy conservation measure?

[45nm]

Looks like gauna is looking only for nagate, just who the hell is he?

Because sidonia is in peace at least 100 years, and now after nagate come from underground, gauna become active again and attack sidonia. Spoil me anyone?

[Chosen_Hero]

Originally Posted by 45nm

Looks like gauna is looking only for nagate, just who the hell is he?

Because sidonia is in peace at least 100 years, and now after nagate come from underground, gauna become active again and attack sidonia. Spoil me anyone?

Actually that's just anime logic at work. Every time a race/species/etc. that was said to have not been seen in so and so time will appear as soon as the "hero" of the story makes his debut.

[Top Sergeant]

If those four Gardes were carrying the special Guana-killing lances, I hope the weapons have homing beacons one them, otherwise they just lost four of their limited supply.

[Anime Online]

Originally Posted by Top Sergeant

If those four Gardes were carrying the special Guana-killing lances, I hope the weapons have homing beacons one them, otherwise they just lost four of their limited supply.

They can always retrieve the Kabizashi later, I guess. The anime stated that in the Fourth Gauna War, the Tsugumori retrieved the abandoned Kabizashi and brought it to Sidonia to lift the siege.

[Jerseykid]

Nagate to the rescue!

[bakaouji]

Boy, I guess each episode is gonna end on killer cliffhangers.

The captain had to come up with some insane drastic measures that cost a lot of lives but eventually spared Sidonia from complete extermination. It was Kinda horrifying, watching numerous bodies just turning into huge splotches of blood on the walls.

It's amazing how Nagate finished off the Gauna with just two precision strikes-- something an entire elite squad and the HMD couldn't accomplish. He's definitely gonna experience a swift upswing in his popularity. One Gauna later, he's become the most desirable man on the colony (although, he's attracted the abject scorn of one Kunato). The females simply can't wait to mate with him.

Speaking of mating, I guess there's gonna be some romance next episode with Nagate and Hoshijiro adrift in space, all alone, waiting for rescue. I think they can afford to park Sidonia for a while to retrieve their savior.

[kenshinstyle]

Holy shit, Nagate is a BAMF. He gives no shit about charging the guana one on one even though he knew Akai's squad was just wiped out by the guana. That's how good and confident he is at taking on a guana.

Kunato as usual is after every credit he can get his hands on and is really just pathetic. It was really intense when the sidonia had to dodge the guana and people just went smashing to the walls.

Best anime this season.

[eceso]

xD an incredible, incredible episode

smh Kunato is an asshole, period.

can't wait till next week