Knights of the Zodiac (1986–1989)
"Saint Seiya" (original title)

A group a young warriors known as 'Saints', each in possession of a 'cloth' guarded by a different constellation, must protect the reincarnation of the goddess Athena as she attempts to keep the Earth from being destroyed by evil forces.

Stars:

Hideyuki Tanaka, Tôru Furuya, Ryô Horikawa

Cast

Series cast summary:
Hideyuki Tanaka	...	Narration (100 episodes, 1986-1988)
Tôru Furuya	...	Seiya (97 episodes, 1986-1989)
Ryô Horikawa	...	Shun (83 episodes, 1986-1988)
Kôichi Hashimoto	...	Hyôga (73 episodes, 1986-1988)
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Shiryû (70 episodes, 1986-1988)
Keiko Han	...	Saori (69 episodes, 1986-1988)
Andy McAvin	...	Narrator (60 episodes, 1986-1987)
Illich Guardiola	...	Seiya (59 episodes, 1986-1987)
Hideyuki Hori	...	Ikki (47 episodes, 1986-1989)
Jason Douglas	...	Hyoga (42 episodes, 1986-1987)
Hiroko Emori	...	Kiki (41 episodes, 1986-1988)

Storyline

Seiya is an orphan child that was sent to the Sanctuary of Athena in Greece, where he underwent training to become one of the Saints of Athena. Years later, after gaining possession of the Pegasus Cloth, a mythical armor protected by said constellation, he returns to Japan and meets up with Saori Kido. Kido is the granddaughter of the late Mitsumasa Kido, the man that sent Seiya to Greece, separating him from his sister Seika. Seiya intends to find his sister who disappeared the day he left, but Saori makes a deal with him: if he competes in the Galaxian Wars and wins, she'll help him find Seika. The Galaxian Wars is a tournament organized by the Kido Fundation, in which the Bronze Saints, all of them orphans like Seiya that were sent to different parts of the world to train and earn their cloths, must fight each other, the prize being the Sagittarius Gold Cloth. Seiya agrees to participate just to be able to find his sister. However, the tournament is interrupted and the Sagittarius ...

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Plot Keywords:

sanctuary | armor | cult tv | astrology | based on manga | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Brazilian Website [Portuguese] DiC Entertainment

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

30 August 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Knights of the Zodiac

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toei Animation Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

24 min 24 min (114 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Masami Kurumada said that he doesn't like the anime, but agreed to transfer the manga to anime because of a tradition of make an anime from every manga.

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Connections

Followed by Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter - Elysion (2008)

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Soundtracks

"BLUE DREAM"
Performed By Hironobu Kageyama & BROADWAY

User Reviews

US Translation a Disappointment

With the recent release of this series on Cartoon Network, a disappointing translation has been revealed. Who ever heard of knights wearing cloth instead of armor? Why don't the knights use their zodiac constellation names, instead of the common animal names? Is it because this US release presumes that Americans neither know nor care about the accuracy of anachronism nor the Latin proper names of constellations? Having watched foreign language versions of this series before, I must say that the bad translation seems to sap much of the richness of the original fantasy world.