Sci-fi manga launched in 2009, inspired 2 anime seasons

This year's October issue of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine will announce on Tuesday that Tsutomu Nihei's Knights of Sidonia will end in the November issue on September 25.

Nihei launched the manga in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine in 2009, and Kodansha published the 14th volume in Japan in February. Nihei announced in July that the series was headed toward its climax.

Vertical publishes the original manga in North America. Netflix streamed both seasons of the anime adaptation after they aired in Japan, and Sentai Filmworks licensed the first season. The theatrical film compiling all 12 episodes of the first season with new sequences and redone sound effects opened in Japan on March 6.