This article is about the manga series. For its title character, see Pegasus Seiya.
"Knights of the Zodiac" redirects here. For the 2023 live-action film, see Knights of the Zodiac (film).
Saint Seiya
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Pegasus Seiya
聖闘士星矢 (Seinto Seiya)
Genre
Fantasy[1]
Martial arts[2][3]
Mythological[4]
Manga
Written by
Masami Kurumada
Published by
Shueisha
English publisher
NA:Viz Media
Imprint
Jump Comics
Magazine
Weekly Shōnen Jump
V Jump (last chapter)
Demographic
Shōnen
Original run
December 12, 1985 – December 12, 1990
Volumes
28 (List of volumes)
Further information
Anime television series
Directed by
Kōzō Morishita (1–73)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (74–114)
Produced by
Chiaki Imada
Hiroshi Takeda
Kazuo Yokoyama
Masayoshi Kawata
Yoshifumi Hatano
Written by
Takao Koyama (1–73)
Yoshiyuki Suga (74–114)
Music by
Seiji Yokoyama
Studio
Toei Animation
Licensed by
NA:Crunchyroll
Original network
TV Asahi
English network
AU:Cartoon Network
CA:YTV
US:Cartoon Network, Anime Network
Original run
October 11, 1986 – April 1, 1989
Episodes
114 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Saint Seiya: Hades
Directed by
Shigeyasu Yamauchi (1–13)
Tomoharu Katsumata (14–31)
Produced by
Hiroyuki Sakurada
Yoichi Shimizu
Written by
Michiko Yokote (1–13)
Yōsuke Kuroda (14–31)
Music by
Seiji Yokoyama
Studio
Toei Animation
Released
November 9, 2002 – August 1, 2008
Episodes
31 (List of episodes)
Manga
Saint Seiya: Rerise of Poseidon
Written by
Tsunakan Suda
Published by
Akita Shoten
Imprint
Champion Red Comics
Magazine
Champion Red
Demographic
Seinen
Original run
September 16, 2022 – present
Volumes
1
Live-action film
Saint Seiya: The Beginning
Directed by
Tomek Bagiński
Produced by
Yoshi Ikezawa
Joseph Chou
Tim Kwok
Written by
Josh Campbell
Matt Stuecken
Kiel Murray
Studio
Stage 6 Films
Toei Company
Licensed by
Toei (Japan)
Sony Pictures (International)
Released
April 28, 2023 (2023-04-28)
Runtime
112 minutes
Related manga
Saint Seiya: Next Dimension (sequel)
Saint Seiya Episode.G
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō
Saint Seiya: Meiō Iden – Dark Wing
Related anime
Saint Seiya films
Saint Seiya Omega
Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold
Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya
Others
Saint Seiya: Gigantomachia (novel series)
Saint Seiya: Time Odyssey (French comic series)
Saint Seiya (Japanese: 聖闘士星矢, Hepburn: Seinto Seiya), also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac (translated from the French title Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque),[5] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1985 to 1990, with its chapters collected in 28 tankōbon volumes. The story follows five mystical warriors called the Saints who fight wearing sacred sets of armor named "Cloths", the designs of which derive from the various constellations the characters have adopted as their destined guardian symbols. The Saints have sworn to defend the reincarnation of the Olympian goddess Athena (in her fictional depiction specific to the series) in her battle against other gods who want to dominate Earth.
In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Viz Media. Since 2006, Kurumada has been publishing a sequel manga titled Saint Seiya: Next Dimension. Several spin-off manga by different authors have also been created. The manga was adapted by Toei Animation into a 114-episode anime television series which was broadcast on TV Asahi from 1986 to 1989. Saint Seiya was later continued with three original video animations released from 2002 to 2008. Four animated feature films premiered in Japanese theaters from 1987 to 1989, with a fifth in 2004 and a sixth in 2014. A live-action film adaptation premiered in April 2023.
The Saint Seiya manga had over 50 million copies in circulation as of 2022, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. Both the original manga and the anime adaptation were successful internationally across Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
^"The Official Website for Knights of the Zodiac (Saint Seiya)". Viz Media. Archived from the original on February 27, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
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^Toole, Mike (February 18, 2004). "Saint Seiya vol. 1". Anime Jump. Archived from the original on May 10, 2006. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^Loo, Egan (March 12, 2009). "Masami Kurumada Hints at New Ring ni Kakero Work". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018. Kurumada is best known around the world for the Saint Seiya mythological manga and its various anime
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