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Saint Seiya
セ イ ン ト セ イ ヤ

Saint Seiya ( 聖 闘 士 星 矢 Seinto Seiya), also known as Saint Seiya:

Saint Seiya
Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese
manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It was
serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1986 to 1990, with the chapters
collected into 28 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha.
セ イ ン ト

The story follows five mystical warriors called the "Saints" ( 聖闘士 Seinto,
or "Knights" in some adaptations) who fight wearing sacred armors named
ク ロ ス

"Cloths" ( 聖 衣 Kurosu), the designs of which derive from the various

constellations the characters have adopted as their destined guardian
コ ス モ

symbols, and empowered by a mystical energy called "Cosmo" ( 小 宇 宙

Kosumo). The Saints have sworn to defend the reincarnation of the Greek
goddess Athena in her battle against other Olympian gods who want to
dominate Earth.

The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Toei Animation
that ran from 1986 to 1989, before being continued in the form of three
original video animation series between 2002 and 2008. Four animated
feature films were shown in Japanese theaters from 1987 to 1989, with a
The original Japanese cover of
fifth in 2004 and a sixth in 2014. Since 2006, creator Kurumada has been
Saint Seiya volume 1 featuring
publishing a sequel manga titled Saint Seiya: Next Dimension. Several
Pegasus Seiya.
spin-off manga by different authors have also been created, as well as a
standalone anime and original net animation. 聖闘⼠星⽮
(Seinto Seiya)
Saint Seiya has been successful, with over 35 million copies sold as of 2017.
Genre Action,[1] fantasy,[2]
The series began to be known in the West after it became popular in France mythological[3]
in 1988, where it was given the name of Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque; this
Manga
was also the first foreign release of the series. Both the original manga and
the anime adaptation were also successful in other Asian, European and Written by Masami Kurumada
American countries,[4][5][6] however, none of them were translated into Published by Shueisha
English until 2003.[5] In North America the manga is licensed by Viz English NA Viz Media
Media, the anime has been released by both DIC Entertainment (as Knights publisher
Of The Zodiac) and ADV Films, and the first four films were released by
Demographic Shōnen
Discotek Media.
Magazine Weekly Shōnen
Jump
Original run January 1, 1986 –
Contents November 19, 1990
Plot Volumes 28
Production Anime television series

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Media Directed by Kōzō Morishita

Manga (001–073)
Other series
Kazuhito Kikuchi
Anime
(074–114)
Novels
Films Produced by Chiaki Imada
Original video animations Hiroshi Takeda
Musicals
Kazuo Yokoyama
Video games
Discography Masayoshi Kawata
Merchandise Yoshifumi Hatano
Reception
Written by Takao Koyama
References (001–073)
Further reading
Yoshiyuki Suga
External links
(074–114)

Music by Seiji Yokoyama

Plot Studio Toei Animation
Licensed by NA DIC
The story focuses on an orphan named Seiya who was forced to go to the
Sanctuary in Greece to obtain the Bronze Cloth of the Pegasus constellation,
Entertainment
a protective armor worn by the Greek goddess Athena's 88 warriors known
ADV Films

as Saints. Upon awakening his Cosmos, the power of the Saints which is an Original TV Asahi
inner spiritual essence originated in the Big Bang, Seiya quickly becomes network
the Pegasus Saint and returns to Japan to find his older sister. English AU Cartoon Network
network CA YTV
Because his sister disappeared the same day Seiya went to the Sanctuary, US Cartoon Network
Saori Kido, the granddaughter of Mitsumasa Kido (the person who sent all
Anime Network
the orphans to train) makes a deal with him to go to fight in a tournament
Original run October 11, 1986 –
called the Galaxian Wars. In this tournament, all the orphans who survived
April 1, 1989
and became Bronze Saints must fight to win the most powerful Cloth: The
Sagittarius Gold Cloth. If Seiya goes to compete there and wins, Saori would Episodes 114
start a search to find Seiya's sister. The tournament is interrupted by the Light novel
revengeful Phoenix Bronze Saint, Ikki, who wishes to eliminate track from Saint Seiya – Gigantomachia
the people who forced him undergo his training. He steals parts from the
Written by Tatsuya Hamazaki
Sagittarius Cloth and eventually fights against the remaining Bronze Saints:
Seiya, Shun (Ikki's brother), Shiryū, and Hyōga, to complete it.
Published by Jump J Books
Demographic Male
Upon Ikki's defeat, the Bronze Saints are attacked by the Silver Saints sent
Original run August 23, 2002 –
by the Sanctuary's Pope to eliminate them. When they remain victorious,
December 16, 2002
the Bronze Saints learn that Saori is Athena's reincarnation and that the
Volumes 2
Pope once tried to kill her as a baby. The Sagittarius Gold Saint Aiolos
saved Saori but was killed shortly afterwards and gave Saori to her adopted Original video animation
grandfather, Mitsumasa Kido. Deciding to join forces with Saori, the Bronze Saint Seiya: Hades
Saints go to the Sanctuary to defeat the Pope, but upon their arrival, Saori is
severely wounded by a gold arrow from a Silver Saint. Believing the Pope

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may be able to heal her, the Bronze Saints go to find him. To do so, they Directed by Shigeyasu
have to go through 12 temples, each one guarded by one Gold Saint (the Yamauchi (01–13)
most powerful Saints of Athena). Following several battles, Seiya gets to the
Tomoharu
Pope's temple and learns that he is the Gold Saint Gemini Saga, who in his
Katsumata (14–31)
madness killed the real Pope to obtain more power. With help from his
friends' Cosmos, Seiya is able to knock out Saga and use the shield from Produced by Hiroyuki Sakurada
Athena's statue to heal Saori. Shortly afterwards, Saga, having come to his Yoichi Shimizu
senses, commits suicide as a self-punishment. Written by Michiko Yokote
(01–13)
In the second story arc, the Greek god Poseidon reincarnates within the
body of Julian Solo, the heir to a rich and powerful family, who follows his
Yōsuke Kuroda
(14–31)
will of flooding the Earth. Saori goes to his Temple, where Julian offers her
to reduce the flooding by absorbing the water inside the Oceans' Central Music by Seiji Yokoyama
Pillar. Following Saori, Seiya, Hyōga, Shun and Shiryū go to Poseidon's Studio Toei Animation
underwater Temple and are confronted by his underlings, the Marines. As
Released November 9, 2002
Seiya, Hyōga, and Shiryū make their way to Julian, Ikki learns that the
– August 1, 2008
mastermind behind this war is Saga's twin, Gemini Kanon, who is
Episodes 31
manipulating Poseidon. During the final battle, Poseidon's spirit awakes
within Julian and manages to defeat his opponents. Saved by the Saints Original net animation
from the Pillar, Saori seals Poseidon's soul within her amphora. Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya
Directed by Yoshiharu Ashino
The third and last arc follows how Hades, the Underworld god, is freed
from his seal and revives the deceased Gold Saints and the Pope Aries Produced by Executive producer:
Shion, and alongside some of his 108 Specters, sends them to the Sanctuary Kōzō Morishita
to kill Athena. The remaining Gold Saints serving Athena are able to subdue Written by Eugene Son
the enemies, but Saori then commits suicide. This act is instead meant to
Studio Toei Animation
directly send her to the Underworld to face Hades, and the Bronze Saints
follow her. Shion reveals that the revived Gold Saints' true intentions were Licensed by Netflix
of giving Saori her own Cloth, and gives it to Seiya's group before dying Released July 19, 2019
once again. In the Underworld, as the Saints fight Hades' Specters, Shun is Episodes 12
possessed by Hades. Saori reaches Hades and expels his soul from Shun's
Related works
body. Hades then takes Saori to Elysium, and the five Bronze Saints follow
them. In the final fight against Hades and his two followers, Hypnos and Saint Seiya films
Thanatos, the Saints gain the strongest God Cloths and use them to aid Saint Seiya: Episode.G
Saori in defeating Hades. However, Seiya also sacrifices himself by (Assassin)
receiving one of Hades' attacks, and the Saints return to Earth with his
Saint Seiya: Next Dimension
body.
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
(Anecdotes)
Production Saint Seiya Omega
When Masami Kurumada was in the process of creating Saint Seiya, he Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō
gave Seiya the name Rin at first, since Kurumada was going to title his
Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold
manga "Ginga no Rin" (Rin of the Galaxy). However, as Kurumada
continued developing his manga, he decided to change the name to Seiya, which was more fitting. First he spelled the
name with the kanji that meant "Holy Arrow", to relate it to Seiya's condition as a Saint, but later decided to use the

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kanji that meant "Star Arrow", to emphasize the constellation and mythological motif. Finally, he changed his manga
title as well, to Saint Seiya, once he fully developed the concept of the Saints. Also, Kurumada stated that one of the
first ideas he conceived for Saint Seiya was the Pegasus Meteor Fist. Since his manga was going to use the
constellations as a very important and ever-present theme, he wanted his protagonist to have a special move that
would be like a shower of meteors.[7]

When Kurumada designed Seiya's likeness, he was inspired by his character Ryūji Takane, the protagonist of his hit
manga Ring ni Kakero, which he created 9 years before Seiya. Most protagonists of Kurumada's works bear a
resemblance to Ryūji, as Kurumada subscribes to the revered Osamu Tezuka's Star System (a stable cast of characters)
technique. The same process is done with almost all the other characters from the series.[7]

Media

Manga
Written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada, Saint Seiya was serialized in
Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from January 1, 1986[8] to November 19,
1990.[9] The individual chapters were collected and published into 28
tankōbon volumes by Shueisha.[10].[11] The series has three main parts or acts:
Sanctuary Act (volumes 1 to 13), Poseidon Act (volumes 14 to 18), and Hades
Act (volumes 19 to 28). Volume 13 also contains a separate short story called
"The Chapter of Nastassja from the Land of Ice" ( 氷の国のナターシャ編 Kōri
no Kuni no Natāsha Hen).

In addition to the original 28 tankōbon volumes, the series has been reissued
several times. The first as 15 aizōban volumes in 1995, the "Collector's
Version." The second reissue was 2001 bunkoban, the "Library Version." The
series was released again in 2003 in 19 volumes with art design images from
the anime adaptation, and called the "Remix Version." The fourth reissue, in
22 volumes and called the "Complete Version", contains additional colored
pages as well as colored armor schematics. Another "Remix Version" was The cover of Saint Seiya:
published at the end of 2007 to coincide with the broadcast of Chapter Elysion Knights of the Zodiac volume 1,
of the anime.[12] Another "Remix Version" was published at the end of 2012. as published by Viz Media.

The series is licensed in English in North America by Viz Media under the title
Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac. Viz released the first collected volume of the series on January 21, 2004,[13] and as
of February 2, 2010 all twenty-eight volumes have been released.[14]

To celebrate 30 years of the original classic manga of Saint Seiya, in Akihabara (Tokyo) in June 2016 there will be a
convention commemorating the historic series, with numerous commemorative gadgets on sale.[15]

For the 30 years of the classic manga Saint Seiya, has also opened a website official called seiya30th[16]

A second exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of the manga by Masami Kurumada, will be held in China
(Hong Kong)in September 2016.[17]

Saint Seiya 30 Shunen Keny Gashu, Seiiki - Sanctuary: Illustration artwork of 130 pg by Masami Kurumada for the

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30th anniversary of the Saint Seiya Manga Original classic (1986-1990), launched on October 21, 2016 by
Takarajimash in Japan.[18]

A third exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of the manga by Masami Kurumada, will be held in China
(Hong Kong)in April 2018.[19]

Other series
During 2002, a new manga called Saint Seiya Episode.G started being serialized. The story is situated 7 years before
the events at the beginning of the original Saint Seiya manga, and 6 years after the death of the Gold Saint Sagittarius
Aiolos, making Leo Aiolia the main character. During the series, Titans are brought back to life with the mission of
recovering their realm, and the Gold Saints are assigned to stop them to protect the humans. This new series is written
and illustrated by Megumu Okada, under the authorization of Masami Kurumada. The individual chapters were
published in Akita Shoten's Champion Red magazine and they have been compiled into a total of 20 tankōbon.

In the summer of 2006, Kurumada resumed the story of Saint Seiya in Saint Seiya: Next Dimension. The official and
canonical[20]sequel of the original manga, the story continues with the previous Holy War between the deities in the
Saint Seiya universe. Heroes from the present journey back in time to save Pegasus Seiya from his imminent death.
The manga tells about the events of two different periods, alternating between the twentieth century and the
eighteenth century. The full color series is being published in Akita Shoten's Shōnen Champion magazine at irregular
dates, with 12 compiled tankōbon volumes released so far.[21]

Also, during the fall of 2006, another new manga series called Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas started being published.
This series tells an alternate not canonical interpretation of the previous Holy War that took place in the 18th century,
250 years before the original series in the Saint Seiya universe. The story centers on the relations between Tenma, the
Pegasus Saint, and his beloved friend, Alone, who would eventually become his greatest enemy, Hades. Along with
Saint Seiya: Next Dimension, it was published in Akita Shoten's Shōnen Champion magazine. Written and illustrated
by Shiori Teshirogi under the authorization of Kurumada, the chapters have been compiled into 25 tankōbon.

In June 2013, a third Saint Seiya spin-off manga series was announced. Titled Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō, it began
serialization in the September 2013 issue of Champion Red magazine. The series features a female Saint named Shō as
the protagonist and is authored by Chimaki Kuori, under commission by Masami Kurumada.[22]

Anime
An anime adaptation based on the Saint Seiya manga was created by Toei Animation and broadcast on TV Asahi from
October 11, 1986 to 1989.[23] It was directed first by Kōzō Morishita (episodes 1–73) and then by Kazuhito Kikuchi
(episodes 74–114). The character designers and aestheticists were Shingo Araki and Michi Himeno, and Seiji
Yokoyama composed the soundtracks. Following Kurumada's storylines from the manga closely, the chief scriptwriters
were Takao Koyama (1-73) and Yoshiyuki Suga (74-114). The series has three main parts: Sanctuary (episodes 1–73),
Asgard, which exists only in the anime adaptation (episodes 74–99), and Poseidon (episodes 100–114). The anime was
cancelled and left unfinished in 1989, leaving one arc of the manga not animated.[24]

There are two English dubs of the anime series, one of which was heavily edited, and the other of which was
uncensored. Both dubs are incomplete. In North America, the edited dub premiered on Cartoon Network on August
30, 2003, with only the first 32 episodes airing before the show was cancelled.[5] This dub, re-titled Knights of the
Zodiac, was licensed by DIC Entertainment.[25] The edits made to this dub included cutting overly violent scenes,

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adding in previously non-existent digital scene transitions, coloring all

instances of blood blue and renaming it "magical energies," rewriting the
scripts, renaming several characters, and replacing the opening theme,
ending theme, background music, and sound effects.

ADV Films licensed the home video rights to the series and released the
DIC-dubbed episodes. In addition to this, ADV also released a separate
DVD series featuring the original, uncut Japanese version of the show with
One of the other series in the
English subtitles, which also included a new, uncut dub (with a different
franchise, Saint Seiya Ω. The show
began airing on TV Asahi during voice cast than the one used by DIC). ADV's dub, in addition to being uncut,
Spring 2012. also kept all of the original music and featured dub scripts that were much
closer to the original Japanese dialogue. The first 60 episodes were released
in this way. In early 2009, the uncut version was reissued in two box sets,
and ADV had expressed an interest in releasing the rest of the series uncut and completing their uncut dub. However,
ADV shut down and ceased operations later that year.

A DVD set entitled "Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Classic Complete Collection" was released to DVD in the US on April 15,
2014 by New Video, containing the first 73 episodes in Japanese with English subtitles.[26][27] On June 20, 2014 and
September 2, 2014 two Blu-ray boxsets were released in Japan, containing all 114 episodes of the classic series,
restored in high definition video and audio along with extra materials.[28] Additionally, on April 1 of 2015, TV Asahi in
Japan began re-airing the original anime series to commemorate its 30th anniversary, as well as the 30th anniversary
of the manga upon which it is based.[29]

A new anime series was announced by Toei Animation, under the name Saint Seiya Omega, which began airing on
April 1, 2012 with a grand total of 97 episodes. As an "anime original story", it does not take place in the continuity of
Kurumada's manga.[30] In most English-speaking countries, Saint Seiya Omega is available in English-subtitled
format through Crunchyroll.[31]

A new CG project for the series was revealed to be in the works at in December 2016, at CCXP in Brazil.[32] The website
Cinematoday.jp published an article on August 2, 2017 which revealed that the project was a collaboration with Netflix
to make a new adaptation of the manga and anime series. Yoshiharu Ashino was announced as the director, and
Eugene Son among others as the writers. The first season would follow the Galaxian Wars arc to the Silver Saint arc
with twelve episodes.[33] The series will be released on Netflix in the summer of 2019.[34]

Novels
On November 9, 1988, Weekly Shōnen Jump released a Jump Gold Selection Anime Special 2, written by Takao
Koyama, with illustrations by the series' animation character designers Shingo Araki and Michi Himeno. This special is
just a detailed flashback to Gemini Saga's assassination attempt on the newborn Athena.

There is also a series of two novels written by Kurumada and Tatsuya Hamazaki with the name of Saint Seiya –
Gigantomachia, which were published by Jump J Books. The first novel was released in Japan on August 23, 2002,[35]
while the second was released on December 16, 2002.[36]

Films
Four animated feature films were shown in Japanese theaters from 1987 to 1989. A fifth animated film came out in

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Japanese theaters in 2004, Heaven Chapter - Overture ( 天界編 序奏 Tenkai Hen Josō), which was supposed to follow
the regular chronology right after the end of the manga (which finished being adapted on August 1, 2008) as a
prologue to a new chapter.[37] Toei Animation first announced that this new chapter would be a new animated series,
but later Kurumada stated that he wanted the film to be part of a trilogy. Tōru Furuya revealed Kurumada's wishes for
the series during a press conference. After Pegasus Seiya eventually defeats Zeus, he is to go on and face Chronos, the
God of Time. Toru was not allowed to say anything more.[38] With the serialization of Saint Seiya: Next Dimension,
Kurumada removed Overture from the canon of the Saint Seiya universe, although some elements that appeared in it
remain in the continuity.

A new Saint Seiya movie (Legend of Sanctuary), made in CGI, was produced by Toei to celebrate the 25th anniversary
of the franchise. It was released on June 21, 2014.[39]

Despite the first movie being released in 1987, none of the movies received an official English release in North America
until it was announced by Discotek in 2012 that they had acquired the home video rights to the first four movies and
intended to release them across two DVDs, each containing two movies. The DVDs contain Japanese audio with
English subtitles.[40]

In 2003, the French magazine AnimeLand published an interview with Masami Kurumada where the author revealed
that a company in Hollywood had approached him some years prior with a fifteen-minute pilot of a live-action movie
of Saint Seiya. The project was abandoned as Kurumada did not feel the essence of the series had been preserved. In a
later interview published in 2005 the reporter was allowed to see the video and commented on how the names of the
main characters were changed and noted that one of them, Andromeda Shun had been changed from male to female.
[41][42]

Original video animations

These are a series of original video animations (OVAs) that cover the last arc of the manga, which was not previously
adapted into anime. The first 13 episodes were broadcast on Animax (a Japanese pay-per-view channel) from
November 9, 2002 to April 12, 2003,[43] and then released on DVD during the year 2003. These 13 episodes were
named Hades — Chapter Sanctuary (冥王ハーデス十二宮編 Meiō Hādesu Jyūnikyū Hen) and adapt volumes 19 to 22
of the manga. This OVA series was directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi, still with animation character designs by Shingo
Araki and Michi Himeno, while the scripts were adapted from the manga this time by Michiko Yokote, and the
soundtrack was entirely taken from Yokoyama's work on the previous TV series.[44]

Two years after the first part of the Hades saga, Chapter Sanctuary, a second part was produced in 2005. This second
chapter was named Hades — Chapter Inferno ( 冥王ハーデス冥界編 前章 Meiō Hādesu Meikai Hen - Zenshō) and
consists of six episodes, adapting volumes 23 to 25 of the manga. However, most of the original voice actors did not
reprise their roles, aside from Hideyuki Tanaka as the narrator. Hirotaka Suzuoki, the original voice actor of Dragon
Shiryū, died on August 6, 2006 due to lung cancer.[45]

On the same Animax channel, Toei Animation released the first two OVAs on December 17, 2005, followed by the next
two on January 21, 2006. The last pair were released on February 18, 2006. Shortly after their TV broadcasting, which
lasted for 2 months, the episodes were released on DVD in 2006. This short OVA series was directed by Tomoharu
Katsumata, but the other staff remained the same. Toei Animation officially announced the news on its website on July
18, 2006. Then, Hades — Chapter Inferno - Part 2 ( 冥王ハーデス冥界編 後章 Meiō Hādesu Meikai Hen - Kōshō),
which contains 6 episodes in total, was released, adapting volumes 25 to 26 of the manga.

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On June 28, Masami Kurumada announced on his personal blog that production on the Hades — Chapter Elysion (冥
王ハーデス エリシオン編 Meiō Hādesu Erishion Hen) OVAs had begun. It was thought that the release was to be in
mid-December 2007, as of the last two years with the performance of the two Inferno chapters (Zenshō and Kōshō),
but no preview or released images were available as of the end of October.[46] In November 2007, Toei Animation
announced that the official release of the Elysion Chapter would be in March 2008 and not December 2007 as
originally planned[47] The Elysion OVAs were released in March (episodes #26 and #27), May (#28 and #29), and
August (#30 and #31), and adapted the final two volumes of the manga, 27 and 28.[48]

An original net animation series titled Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold began streaming in 2015.[49]

Musicals
In August 1991, a musical, sponsored by Bandai, was performed at the Aoyama theater in Tokyo, Japan. The story
retells the Sanctuary and Poseidon chapters. The cast included members of SMAP as the five Bronze Saints and
Poseidon. The characters Aries Mu, Leo Aiolia, and Scorpio Milo were portrayed by members of another band, Tokio.

As of May 2011, Masami Kurumada announced in his website that a new Saint Seiya musical was in the works.[50]
Debuting in late 2011, the stage play was titled Saint Seiya Super Musical, and presented a live-action adaptation of
the first Saint Seiya film, Evil Goddess Eris.

Video games
Several video games have been released based on the series. Most video games refer mainly to the classic 80s series.

For the Family Computer, two role-playing games named Saint Seiya: Ōgon Densetsu and Saint Seiya: Ōgon Densetsu
Kanketsu-Hen, were released in 1987 and 1988, respectively.[51][52] For the Game Boy, one role-playing game named
Seitoushi Saint Paradise: Saikyou no Senshitachi, was released in 1992.

Bandai released a typing game called Saint Seiya: Typing Ryu Sei Ken for the PC in 2003.
In 2003, Bandai also released another role-playing game called Saint Seiya: Ōgon Densetsu-Hen Perfect Edition
for the WonderSwan Color, adapting the first 73 episodes.[53]
In 2005, Bandai released Saint Seiya: The Sanctuary for the PlayStation 2, a 3D fighting game that adapts the
same episodes as the previous game, with characters from the first series of the classic series of Saint Seiya.[54]
A sequel for this game was released in 2006 with the name of Saint Seiya: The Hades, adapting the original video
animation series, concerning the series of Hades, classical. Unlike previous games, these two PlayStation 2
games were released outside Japan, the later being released first in Europe in 2006 and later in Japan and
Australia.[55]
A new game called Saint Seiya Online was to be released in August 2009 from SEGA Japan and Perfect World
Beijing, but the release was delayed. Open Beta testing of the game began on the 16th of May, 2013, but only in
China. Saint Seiya Online features a 65-piece orchestral music score composed by Masamichi Amano and
performed by the Angel City Studio Orchestra. Recording took place at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner
Brothers Studios.[56] The game was first shown to be in production back in 2006 on the 14th of July on Masami
Kurumada's blog,[57] but it wasn't until 2008 on the 7th of November that he showed more info about the game on
his blog, including a picture from the game with the five main Bronze Saints in their original colors.[58]
In 2011, a Saint Seiya themed pachinko game machine was released to commemorate the classic series's 25th
anniversary, featuring both the five main Bronze Saints and the twelve Gold Saints as characters.[59]
Additionally, a PlayStation 3 game was released in November 2011 titled Saint Seiya Senki, with characters of the
classic series Saint Seiya; also known in Europe as Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Battle.
More recently, a video game for PlayStation 3 has been announced and released on October 17, 2013. The game
is titled Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers (聖闘⼠星⽮ ブレイブ・ソルジャーズ Seinto Seiya Bureibu Sorujāzu) and for

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the first time, the gameplay covers all three major acts in Kurumada's original manga(years 80s), the Twelve
Temples arc, the Poseidon arc and the Hades arc.[60]
Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PC, 2015), with characters of the classic series Saint
Seiya and Soul of Gold.[61]
Namco Bandai release one games for smartphone app about the classic series of Saint Seiya, offering slot-
machine and pachinko gameplay. The app is titled Saint Seiya Cosmo Slottle (聖闘⼠星⽮・⼩宇宙スロットル
Seinto Seiya Kosumo Surottoru). The events in the game cover the Galaxian Wars arc and the Twelve Temples
arc as interpreted by the anime adaptation.[62]
Additionally, a new game for Yahoo's mobile phone game portal, has been announced for a Spring 2014 release.
The game is titled Saint Seiya - Big Bang Cosmo (聖闘⼠星⽮- セイントセイヤ・ビッグバンコスモ Seinto Seiya
Biggu Ban Kosumo) and will offer trading card style gameplay.[63]
Also, a new Saint Seiya themed pachinko machine was released in March 2014. Titled Saint Seiya - Golden
Fierce Battle Chapter (聖闘⼠星⽮- ⻩⾦激闘編 Seinto Seiya - Ōgon Gekitō-hen), the gameplay is based in the
events of the Twelve Temples arc, classic series.[64]
Zodiac Brave, game of Bandai, an RPG for smart phones and mobile phones, with characters from the classic
series of Saint Seiya, 2016.[65]
A New pachinko game were released all over Japan in 2017, which contained re-animated scenes from the
Sanctuary and Poseidon arc of the first anime adaptation.[66]
Games featuring characters from Saint Seiya:

Famicom Jump: Eiyū Retsuden (Famicom, 1989)

Pop'n Music Animation Melody (Arcade, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, 2000)
Pop'n Music Animelo 2 (Arcade, 2001)
Saint Seiya Typing Ryu Sei Ken (PC, 2003)
Jump! Ultimate Stars (Nintendo DS, 2006)
J-Stars Victory VS (PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, 2014)
Saint Seiya x Moster Strike, game for Android, with characters from the classic series of Saint Seiya, 2016.[67]
Jump Force (Namco Bandai, XBox One, PlayStation 4, PC, 2019).[68]

Discography
Seiji Yokoyama was the main composer for the Saint Seiya original anime series 1986/90. A selection is listed below:

Saint Seiya Original Soundtrack I–VIII (spanning 8 CDs)

Saint Seiya – 1996 Song Collection
Saint Seiya – 1997 Shonenki
Saint Seiya – Best Collection
Saint Seiya – Chikyūgi (Single Album)
Saint Seiya – Galaxian Wars
Saint Seiya – Memorial Box (spanning 5 CDs)
Saint Seiya – Gold Collection (spanning 5 CDs)
Saint Seiya – Hits (spanning 3 CDs)
Saint Seiya – King of the Underworld
Saint Seiya – Piano Fantasia
Saint Seiya – Tenkai Hen Josō Overture
Saint Seiya – Song Selection (commemorative CD for the 30th anniversary of the original series of Saint Seiya
eighties) [69]

Merchandise

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Saint Seiya began to be known in the West as Knights of the Zodiac after it became successful in France at the end of
the 1980s, where it was given the name of Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque. This was also the very first release of the series
outside Asia, in 1988.

The series was also broadcast starting from 1989 in Italy, under the title of "I Cavalieri dello Zodiaco" (following the
French renaming). This edition is known to differ substantially from other foreign editions of Saint Seiya, not only
because many names of characters, places, and fighting techniques were changed, but especially because the whole
tone of the dialogues was modified to become more aulic and ceremonious, in step with the tone of the ancient epic
Greek drama, and with occasional quotations from various pieces of poetry and classical literature; the main characters
were also given adult voices in the dubbing, instead of teenage voices.

The series was also released in Spanish-speaking countries, under the title of "Los Caballeros del Zodiaco" (again,
following the French renaming), enjoying great success in both Spain and Latin America. In 2003, the three acts of the
original anime (Sanctuary, Asgard and Poseidon arcs) were aired again on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming
block. Starting in 2006, the Hades arc was also aired, with new dubbing.

In the mid-1980s a line of Saint Seiya action figures, called Saint Cloth Series, were produced by Bandai, featuring
most of the series characters. The toy line was a huge success inside of Japan, but also in other countries such as Hong-
Kong, Taiwan, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Mexico. The figures have
now acquired collector status and the Japanese originals are highly sought after. Some, like Odin's God Robe or Kraken
Isaac, have a very high value.

Starting in 2002, for their popular gashapon high-quality PVC figurines line, Bandai released several Saint Seiya
themed sets, each one containing an average of 5 figurines. Seven sets were released, the sixth of which was a Special
release that included the 12 Gold Saints.[70] The seventh set was released in 2004 to commemorate the release of the
Tenkai Hen Josō Overture movie, raising the number of figurines released to date to 34.

In 2003, Bandai created a new line of figures called Saint Seiya Cloth Myth ( 聖闘士聖衣神話 Seinto Seiya Kurosu
Maisu). Originally, only the five main Bronze Saints wearing their Cloths from the Poseidon Arc would be released, in
commemoration of the Hades arc of the manga being animated, but were so well received that they decided to continue
the line and it continues to sell very well internationally. As of July 2010, there are over 100 figures available, and
Bandai continues to release new figures regularly. The line seems to be nowhere near its end.

In 2006, Bandai created a separate gashapon line named Saint Seiya - Cloth-up Saint (聖闘士星矢　クロスアップセイ
ント Seinto Seiya Kurosu-appu Seinto). It differed from the original gashapon line in that the figurines were poseable
and their armor could be removed. Five sets, each containing five figurines, were released.[71]

In 2008, Bandai released a line of PVC figurines Saint Seiya - Saint Statue ( 聖闘士星矢 聖闘士彫像 Seinto Seiya -
Seinto Agaruma). Each set includes an average of five figures, and four sets have been released to date.[72]

More recently, the Japanese hobby figurine and collectible manufacturer Megahouse released in 2007 a line of very
high-quality, non-poseable resin figures named Saint Seiya Excellent Model, which are part of the line Excellent
Model, composed of various well-known characters from manga and anime. Three figures have been released so far,
Pegasus Seiya, Dragon Shiryū and Athena.[73]

Starting in 2008, the Japanese collectible manufacturer Medicos Entertainment, is releasing the Saint Seiya - Cloth
Collection ( 聖闘士星矢 聖衣コレクシオン Seinto Seiya Kurosu Korekushion), a line that consists in various resin
figurines of the Cloths worn by the Saints. Three volumes have been released so far, each one containing 6 figures.[74]

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Continuing with its Saint Seiya themed lines, Medicos Entertainment also released a line of non-poseable resin figures
named Saint Seiya - Zodiac Temples Chapter (聖闘士星矢 黄金十二宮編 Seinto Seiya Ōgon Jūnikyū Hen), composed of
various figures of Saint Seiya characters. Nine figures have been released so far.[75] Medicos also released a very high-
quality resin figure of Aiolos and Seiya, wearing the Sagittarius Gold Cloth, as part of their Art Collection line.[76] All
three sub-lines form part of their Chōzō (Super Figures) line.

Recently, Megahouse has announced the release of two sets of chibi PVC figures portraying the Gold Saints, titled Saint
Seiya - The arc of the Zodiac Temples ( 聖闘士星矢 十二宮編 Seinto Seiya - Jūnikyū Hen). Both sets include seven
figures, set 1 is slated for release in July 2012 [77] and set 2 is slated for release in September 2012.[78]

D.D.Panoramation, new line (2016) of action figures about 17 characters of the original series(years 80s)(1986/1990),
12 Gold Saints and 5 Bronze Saints.[79]

A new line of action figures called Saint Seiya Daizenshuu on 12 characters of the original series (years
80s)(1986\1990) Saint Seiya in "Superdeformer" version will start to come out in Japan in November 2016.[80]

A new line of action figures called Saint Seiya Revival on characters of the original series (years 80s)(1986/1990)

Reception
The original manga of twenty-eight volumes by Masami Kurumada have sold over 25 million copies in Japan as of
2007.[81] The manga had sold over 35 million copies in Japan as of 2017.[82] When TV Asahi, a television network in
Japan, conducted a nationwide survey for the one hundred most popular animated television series, Saint Seiya anime
came in twenty-fifth place.[83] Animage also ranked the anime series within "Top 100" anime productions.[84] The
anime series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1987.[85]

It was considered one of the biggest anime phenomenons of the 1980s. It would become the inspiration for future
series, including several Gundam series such as Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and Mobile Fighter G Gundam,[86] Legend
of Heavenly Sphere Shurato, Ronin Warriors, Wild Knights Gulkeeva, and Kurumada's later work B't X.[87] In The
Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917, Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy praises the
series' complex plot and felt that animation designers' Shingo Araki and Michi Himeno had worked "magic" with both
the anime series and the films. They also praised the grand soundtrack and director Shigeyasu Yamauchi's ability to
stretch out the tension and chose the perfect places to stop an episode to keep audiences waiting for the next one.
Clements and McCarthy did, however, find the series disturbing in that its main emotional impact comes from the
audience seeing "older boys and men fighting brave but naive teenagers" and through victories earning more
weapons.[88] Jason Thompson describes the series as being "almost pure battle".[89]

Yaoi dōjinshi based on Saint Seiya popularized the term "yaoi" in 1987.[90] Saint Seiya was particularly popular as a
subject in yaoi as it had a large cast which was predominantly male. This allowed "an incredible number" of pairings,
although Andromeda Shun was one of the more popular characters to create yaoi for.[91]

Tite Kubo, the author of the manga series Bleach, considers Saint Seiya to be one of his biggest inspirations for the
designs of the different types of weapons that his characters use in the story as well as the battle scenes.[92]

In the NHK ranking: "Best Anime 100", celebrating a century of Japanese Animation, the Japanese voted the "Classic
Anime Saint Seiya (1986-1990)", making it the 123rd place among the more than 5,000 Japanese animations produced
in the first century, resulting the 123rd Anime of all time preferred by Japanese fans, also "Anime Classic of Saint
Seiya" is the animated product of Saint Seiya preferred by fans of the Japan.[93]

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Further reading
Piatti-Farnell, Lorna (December 2013). "Blood, Biceps, and Beautiful Eyes: Cultural Representations of
Masculinity in Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya". The Journal of Popular Culture. 46 (6): 1133–1155.
doi:10.1111/jpcu.12081 (https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fjpcu.12081).

External links
Official website (http://saintseiya-official.com/) (in Japanese)
Saint Seiya (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=1829) (manga) at Anime News
Network's encyclopedia
Saint Seiya (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161952/) on IMDb

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