Sidonia no Kishi) manga, revealed on Monday that the staff are delaying the film to June 4 due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the extended state of emergency in Japan. A stage greeting event scheduled for Saturday is now canceled.
The film was previously scheduled to open in Japan on Friday. The new film takes a different path from the manga, and features a brand new story supervised by Nihei. The film brings back the returning cast members. The all-new story is set 10 years after the television series with characters returning from the previous story.
Knights of Sidonia anime co-director
The film opens on May 14 in Japan. New cast members include:
Yūma Uchida as Tōtarō Yamano, a Garde pilot with skill to rival veterans, and Eiko s young brother
Yūto Uemura as Kairi Hamagata, a skilled Garde pilot with good marks, but with a tendency to be overconfident
Inori Minase as Iroha Hashine, a serious-minded Garde pilot who has no time for Hamagata s attitude
Miho Okasaki as Itsuki Hanma, a Garde pilot who trains alongside Hamagata and Hashine
The new film will take a different path from the manga, and will feature a brand new story supervised by Nihei. The film will have a returning cast.
Knights of Sidonia: A Star that Weaves Love movie gets a trailer
It’s been some years since Knights of Sidonia came to Netflix but the series is still alive. Sidonia no Kishi: Ai Tsumugu Hoshi (Knights of Sidonia: A Star that Weaves Love) is due to hit cinemas in Japan this May.
It is expected that A Star that Weaves Love will the last in the franchise, though.
In Knights of Sidonia, the strange aliens known as the Gauna have nearly destroyed humanity. The last of us have been hiding on the vast spaceship known as the Sidonia. Then, after 100 years without contact with the enemy, the Sidonia reencounters the Gauna.
Knights of Sidonia (
Sidonia no Kishi) manga, began streaming the first full trailer for the film on Friday. The trailer reveals four new cast members, as well as the film s May 14 opening date.
The new cast members include:
Yūma Uchida as Tōtarō Yamano, a Garde pilot with skill to rival veterans, and Eiko s young brother
Yūto Uemura as Kairi Hamagata, a skilled Garde pilot with good marks, but with a tendency to be overconfident
Inori Minase as Iroha Hashine, a serious-minded Garde pilot who has no time for Hamagata s attitude
Miho Okasaki as Itsuki Hanma, a Garde pilot who trains alongside Hamagata and Hashine