Saint Seiya (1986)

Original title

聖闘士星矢

Genre

animation, drama, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 114 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 1,441 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young warriors called Saints wear mystical armor to protect the goddess Athena from other gods who want to conquer the world. The story follows five of these Saints as they battle enemies and uncover conspiracies.

action-packedmythicdramaticfast-pacedheroicepicnostalgicfantastical

What happens

Saint Seiya (Japanese: 聖闘士星矢, Hepburn: Seinto Seiya) is a Japanese anime television series based on Masami Kurumada's manga series Saint Seiya. The series follows five mystical warriors known as the Saints who fight using sacred armor known as "Cloths" to defend the reincarnation of the Olympian goddess Athena in her battle against other gods that want to take over the world. It was produced by Toei Animation and broadcast on TV Asahi and its affiliates from October 1986 to April 1989. It spawned four animated feature films, multiple video games and merchandise. The series was later exported and broadcast in over 75 countries worldwide. Toei would adapt the manga's Hades Arc as an original video animation (OVA) series, subtitled The Hades Chapter, released from 2002 to 2008. The studio would be responsible for Saint Seiya: Heaven Chapter – Overture in 2004, serving as the final continuation of the Hades Arc. Nearly 14 years after the show ended, it was licensed for North America, Australia, and New Zealand. Two separate English dubs were produced, one that premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States and on YTV in Canada in 2003, released under the title Knights of the Zodiac, covering 40 episodes, and a later dub that covered all 60 licensed episodes and was released on DVD from 2003 to 2005. In 2019, Netflix acquired the North American streaming rights and Toei Animation Inc. commissioned Sentai Studios, a division of Sentai Filmworks to produce another English dub, covering the entire run and utilizing the same cast as the ONA series, Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya. Netflix's rights expired in December 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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