--- description: "Knights of Sidonia" debuts with all 12 episodes online July 4 title: Here's the Trailer for Netflix's Original Anime 'Knights of Sidonia' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01c1d17b25f2e0d8/6986999c810bbb44c6c92627/knights-of-sidonia.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's the Trailer for Netflix's First Anime Series  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2014 12:41 PM CUT  Netflix  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2014 12:41 PM CUT Netflix released a trailer for its first-ever anime series, _Knights of Sidonia_, on Thursday. The series follows the adventures of Nagate, “a low-born youth in a society of genetically engineered refugees who escaped the destruction of Earth one thousand years earlier and now occupy the massive ship Sidonia,” Netflix says. Negate helps defend a band of refugee humans in their fight against aliens bent on destruction of the species. All 12 episodes of the show will go online July 4\. The show is based on a Japanese comic book series of the same name. Netflix has obtained the exclusive right to stream the series in the United States. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2933306/netflix-anime-knights-sidonia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2933306/netflix-anime-knights-sidonia/"},"headline":"Here's the Trailer for Netflix's First Anime Series","datePublished":"2014-06-27T12:41:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:40:00.799Z","description":"\"Knights of Sidonia\" debuts with all 12 episodes online July 4","url":"https://time.com/2933306/netflix-anime-knights-sidonia/","keywords":["Television","Netflix"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01c1d17b25f2e0d8/6986999c810bbb44c6c92627/knights-of-sidonia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01c1d17b25f2e0d8/6986999c810bbb44c6c92627/knights-of-sidonia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Knights of Sidonia","caption":"","creditText":"Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2933306/netflix-anime-knights-sidonia/","name":"Here's the Trailer for Netflix's First Anime Series"}}]}] ```