Nagate Tanikaze

Nagate Tanikaze is a young pilot raised in the underground depths of the massive seed ship Sidonia, isolated from its society until he surfaces and is thrust into combat against the alien Gauna threatening humanity's last survivors.

Emerging from the pages of Tsutomu Nihei's acclaimed sci-fi manga in 2013, Nagate Tanikaze is the central figure of Knights of Sidonia, Vertical's English-language edition of a gripping Modern Age series. Over its run through 2016, this title built a devoted following around Nagate's journey aboard the massive seed ship Sidonia, placing him at the heart of one of the era's most visually striking and atmospheric space survival stories. For fans of ambitious, large-scale science fiction comics with a distinctly manga sensibility, Nagate is an essential protagonist worth discovering.