Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox television Template:Nihongo is a Japanese-American original net animation (ONA) series based on the manga series Saint Seiya by Masami Kurumada.

Plot

Seiya, a young teen, is recruited by Alman Kiddo to become a fabled Template:Nihongo. The series follows the Bronze Knights as they fight prolific warriors in the quest of becoming Goddess Athena warriors, while Seiya at the same time is looking for his missing sister.^[1]^[2]

Voice cast

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Character Template:Small	English^[3]	Japanese^[4]
Sienna Kiddo / Athena Template:Small	Emily Neves	Fumiko Orikasa
Pegasus Seiya	Bryson Baugus (Original) Crocket Groves (Child)	Masakazu Morita (Original) Yukiko Morishito (Child)
[[Cygnus Hyoga\|Cygnus Magnus Template:Small]]	Patrick Poole	Hiroaki Miura
[[Dragon Shiryū\|Dragon Long Template:Small]]	Blake Shepard	Takahiro Sakurai
[[Andromeda Shun\|Andromeda Shaun Template:Small]]	Luci Christian	Satomi Satō
Phoenix Nero Template:Small	Adam Gibbs	Katsuyuki Konishi
Chameleon Genet Template:Small	Chaney Moore	Aya Hisakawa
Unicorn Jab Template:Small	Leraldo Anzaldua	Hideo Ishikawa
Bear Geki	Adam Noble	Kohei Fukuhara
Wolf Nach Template:Small	Cameron Bautsch	Takeshi Kusao
Hydra Ichi	Justin Doran	Masaya Onosaka
Lionet Ban	John Swasey	Naoki Imamura
Eagle Marin	Maggie Flecknoe	Fumiko Inoue
Ophiuchus Shaina	Katelyn Barr	Yuka Komatsu
Lizard Misty	Corey Hartzog	Hisafumi Oda
Whale Morris Template:Small	Courtland Johnson	Tetsu Inada
Hound Asterion	Nathan Wilson	Ryohei Arai
Crow Jamian	Justin Doran	Junji Kitajima
Kerberos Dante	Joe Daniels	Eiji Hanawa
Perseus Argol Template:Small	Austin Tindle	Ryosuke Kanemoto
Sagitta Tremy Template:Small	Michael Wronski	Ryōhei Arai
Cepheus Daedalus	Mark Mendelsohn	Keiichi Noda
Aries Mu	John Gremillion	Takumi Yamazaki
Taurus Aldebaran	Josh Morrison	Tesshō Genda
Cancer Deathmask	Jay Hickman	Ryōichi Tanaka
Leo Aiolia	Greg Cote	Hideyuki Tanaka
Sagittarius Aiolos	Greg Cote	Yusaku Yara
Virgo Shaka	Scott Gibbs	Yūji Mitsuya
Libra Dohko	John Swasey	Hiroshi Iwasaki
Scorpio Milo	Alejandro Saab	Toshihiko Seki
Capricorn Shura	Jovan Jackson	Takeshi Kusao
Aquarius Camus	Kregg Dailey	Nobutoshi Canna
Pisces Aphrodite	Ry McKeand	Keiichi Nanba
The Grandmaster Template:Small	David Matranga	Ryotaro Okiayu
Gemini Saga	David Matranga	Ryotaro Okiayu
Cleo	Christine Auten	Mie Sonozaki
Cassios	Andrew Love	Toshitsugu Takashina
Guilty	David Harbold	Masafumi Kimura
Esmeralda	Juliet Simmons	Shino Shimoji
Kiki	Kira Vincent-Davis	Umeka Shoji
Shunrei Template:Small	Hilary Haag	Haruka Terui
Patricia Template:Small	Lillian Jones	Yukiko Motoyoshi
Mylock Template:Small	Ty Mahany	Hisao Egawa
Alman Kiddo Template:Small	Axel Lutter	Katsuhisa Hōki
Vander Guraad Template:Small	James Belcher	Hideaki Tezuka
Narrator	Marty Fleck	Hideyuki Tanaka

Production

The series was first revealed to be in the works in December 2016 at CCXP in Brazil.^[5] On August 2, 2017, Cinematoday.jp published an article which revealed that the project was a collaboration with Netflix to make a new adaptation of the manga and anime classic series. Yoshiharu Ashino was announced as the director, and Eugene Son among others as the writers. The first six episodes were released on Netflix on July 19, 2019, and loosely adapts the "Galaxian Wars" and the "Black Knights" arcs from the manga.^[6]^[7] Another six episodes that loosely adapt the "Silver Knights" arc were released on January 23, 2020.^[8]^[9]

A second season, titled Template:Nihongo, was announced on June 29, 2022. It premiered on July 31, 2022.^[10]^[11] Crunchyroll licensed the sequel outside of Asia.^[12] Part 2 of the second season was announced on December 3, 2022 and premiered on April 1, 2024.^[13]^[14]

Series overview

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Episode list

Season 1

Part 1 (2019)

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Part 2 (2020)

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Season 2

Part 1 (2022)

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Part 2 (2024)

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Reception

Initial backlash to the series began before it aired, when it was revealed that Shun, a male in the original manga and series, had been swapped to a female character. The writer of the series, Eugene Son, justified this change after thinking the Knights needed more female representation. He explained that while the original show had some excellent core concepts, the one thing that bothered him about it was that “the Bronze Knights with Pegasus Seiya are all dudes”. However, this decision received backlash from fans of the original series for a multitude of reasons. One example includes the complete erasure of explanation for Shaina's mask. The gender swap of Shun, who was the only main male character of the original series who did not fit in the stereotype of the male hero - slightly effeminate, sensitive and opposed to fighting - was seen as special interest pandering by some and reinforcing gender stereotypes by others.^[15]

The Review Geek rated the series 3.5 out of 10.^[16] Ready Steady Cut gave a 2.5 out of 5 rating and called the show "dull and uninspiring".^[17]

References

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