Knights of Sidonia Master Edition 4

シドニアの騎士 [Sidonia no Kishi] #4

by Tsutomu Nihei

One of the manga world's most intriguing artist returns with a science-fiction tour de force which combines post apocolyptic action, modern sci-fi video game tropes and a traditional Japanese aesthetic in The Knights of Sidonia.

Knights of Sidonia has been complied into a Master Edition featuring larger print, colored inserts and omibused volumes. Each Master's Edition volume compiles 2.5 volumes of the original Knights of Sidonia volumes.

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Space, Comics, Graphic Novels Manga, Fiction

348 pages, Paperback

Published January 14, 2020

About the author

See also 弐瓶 勉.

Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶 勉 Nihei Tsutomu, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany where his manga Blame!, NOiSE and Biomega were published by Ehapa. Blame! was also published in France and Spain by Glénat, in the US by Tokyopop and in Italy by Panini Comics.

At first he studied architecture and later it is shown up in his manga works with drawing huge structures. This became one of his general theme that makes his manga unique. His works are usually in black and white. He is also an avid fan of the video game series Halo, as he mentions in his commentary section in the Halo Graphic Novel.

Taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_...

Reviews

[Ocean · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series has felt like a space-borne mixture of Evangelion and Berserk.

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

In between the mecha vs. giant alien space battles, there's a sort of homey quality to this volume as the main characters renovate a nice little cottage set in the inner wall of the giant habitation region that makes up most of the interior of the spaceship they live on. Looking back, this is actually a minimal part of the story as a whole, but honestly the action sequences aren't all that distinctive or memorable. I think the Sidonia as a location is really neat and has a lot of potential for the backdrop of a slice-of-life/mystery/romantic-comedy story, instead of this awkward mashing together of a sci-fi action plot with a romantic-comedy, neither of which is particularly novel, nor which compliment each other.

[Mars Dorian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still cool, but getting more repetitive.

Personal quarrels inside the Sidonia ship? Check.
Sortie with new and improved space mechs fighting the Gauna? Check.

Now peppered with a plot involving Gauna-human experimentation.

I wish Nihei would feature more character development as especially the women melt together and personalities are hard to keep apart.

[Ethan Knierim · Rating 4 out of 5]

The terrestrial battle was cool. The romantic plots are cute.