18 Facts About Saint Seiya

Saint Seiya, known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada.

Saint Seiya was later continued with three original video animations released from 2002 to 2008.

Saint Seiya manga had over 50 million copies in circulation as of 2022, making it one of the best-selling manga series.

Story focuses on an orphan named Seiya who was forced to go to the Sanctuary in Greece to obtain one of the "Cloths", the Bronze Cloth of the Pegasus constellation, a protective armor worn by the Greek goddess Athena's 88 warriors known as "Saints".

Saint Seiya'ssister disappeared the same day Seiya went to the Sanctuary, Saori Kido, the granddaughter of Mitsumasa Kido makes a deal with him to go to fight in a tournament called the Galaxian Wars.

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The Sagittarius Gold Saint Seiya Aiolos saved Saori but was killed shortly afterwards and gave Saori to her adopted grandfather, Mitsumasa Kido.

However, the basic concept of Saint Seiya was to be a nekketsu manga with a "fashion" touch added by the Saint Cloths.

When Kurumada was in the process of creating Saint Seiya, he gave Seiya the name Rin at first, since Kurumada was going to title his manga "Ginga no Rin" .

Second spin-off series by Shiori Teshirogi, titled Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, was serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion from August 24,2006, to April 7,2013.

An anime adaptation of Saint Seiya was first proposed in June 1986 three months before the first manga volume was published.

Masayoshi Kawata, producer of TV Asahi, thought Saint Seiya was the perfect fit for the "hero show" they were looking for.

Unlike other territories, Saint Seiya did not succeed in North America, and DIC only dubbed forty episodes.

Spin-off television series, Saint Seiya Omega, was broadcast for ninety-seven episodes on TV Asahi from April 1,2012, to March 30,2014.

Medicos released a very high-quality resin figure of Aiolos and Saint Seiya, wearing the Sagittarius Gold Cloth, as part of their Art Collection line.

In November 2016, a new line of action figures called Saint Seiya Daizenshuu, consisting of 12 characters of the original series Saint Seiya, in "Superdeformer" version, was released.

In 2019, a new line of action figures called Saint Seiya Revival, consisting of characters of the original series .

Saint Seiya manga has sold over 25 million copies in Japan as of 2007.

Saint Seiya was particularly popular as a subject in yaoi as it had a large cast which was predominantly male.