• Executive producer: Kōzō Morishita Written by Eugene Son Studio Licensed by Released Q3 2019 Episodes 12 Related works • • () • • () • • • Saint Seiya ( 聖闘士星矢 （ セイントセイヤ ）, Seinto Seiya), also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese series written and illustrated. It was serialized in from 1986 to 1990, with the chapters collected into 28 volumes. The story follows five mystical warriors called the 'Saints' ( 聖闘士 （ セイント ）, Seinto, or 'Knights' in some adaptations) who fight wearing sacred armors named 'Cloths' ( 聖衣 （ クロス ）, Kurosu), the designs of which derive from the various the characters have adopted as their destined guardian symbols, and empowered by a mystical energy called 'Cosmo' ( 小宇宙 （ コスモ ）, Kosumo).

The Saints have sworn to defend the reincarnation of the Greek goddess in her battle against other who want to dominate. The manga was adapted into an television series by that ran from 1986 to 1989, before being continued in the form of three series between 2002 and 2008. Four animated feature films were shown in Japanese theaters from 1987 to 1989, with a fifth in 2004 and a sixth in 2014. Since 2006, creator Kurumada has been publishing a sequel manga titled. Several spin-off manga by different authors have also been created, as well as a standalone anime.

Buy Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter -Inferno: Read Movies & TV Reviews - Amazon.com. Seiya goes down to the Underworld to give the Athena Cloth to Athena Saori. At the entrance of the. Format, Amazon Video (digital download only).

Saint Seiya has been successful, with over 35 million copies sold as of 2017. The series began to be known in the West after it became popular in in 1988, where it was given the name of Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque; this was also the first foreign release of the series. Both the original manga and the anime adaptation were also successful in other Asian, European and American countries, however, none of them were translated into English until 2003. In North America the manga is licensed by, the anime has been released by both (as Knights Of The Zodiac) and, and the first four films were released. See also: The story focuses on an orphan named who was forced to go to the in Greece to obtain the Bronze Cloth of the Pegasus constellation, a protective armor worn by the Greek goddess 's 88 warriors known as Saints. Upon awakening his Cosmos, the power of the Saints which is an inner spiritual essence originated in the, Seiya quickly becomes the Pegasus Saint and returns to Japan to find his older sister. Because his sister disappeared the same day Seiya went to the Sanctuary,, the granddaughter of Mitsumasa Kido (the person who sent all the orphans to train) makes a deal with him to go to fight in a tournament called the Galaxian Wars.

In this tournament, all the orphans who survived and became Bronze Saints must fight to win the most powerful Cloth: The Sagittarius Gold Cloth. If Seiya goes to compete there and wins, Saori would start a search to find Seiya's sister. The tournament is interrupted by the revengeful Phoenix Bronze Saint,, who wishes to eliminate track from the people who forced him undergo his training.

He steals parts from the Sagittarius Cloth and eventually fights against the remaining Bronze Saints: Seiya, (Ikki's brother),, and, to complete it. Upon Ikki's defeat, the Bronze Saints are attacked by the Silver Saints sent by the Sanctuary's Pope to eliminate them. When they remain victorious, the Bronze Saints learn that Saori is Athena's reincarnation and that the Pope once tried to kill her as a baby.

The Sagittarius Gold Saint Aiolos saved Saori but was killed shortly afterwards and gave Saori to her adopted grandfather, Mitsumasa Kido. Deciding to join forces with Saori, the Bronze Saints go to the Sanctuary to defeat the Pope, but upon their arrival, Saori is severely wounded by a gold arrow from a Silver Saint. Believing the Pope may be able to heal her, the Bronze Saints go to find him. To do so, they have to go through 12 temples, each one guarded by one Gold Saint (the most powerful Saints of Athena). One piece 377 raw.

Following several battles, Seiya gets to the Pope's temple and learns that he is the Gold Saint Gemini Saga, who in his madness killed the real Pope to obtain more power. With help from his friends' Cosmos, Seiya is able to knock out Saga and use the shield from Athena's statue to heal Saori. Shortly afterwards, Saga, having come to his senses, commits suicide as a self-punishment. In the second story arc, the Greek god reincarnates within the body of Julian Solo, the heir to a rich and powerful family, who follows his will of flooding the Earth. Saori goes to his Temple, where Julian offers her to reduce the flooding by absorbing the water inside the Oceans' Central Pillar. Following Saori, Seiya, Hyōga, Shun and Shiryū go to Poseidon's underwater Temple and are confronted by his underlings, the Marines. As Seiya, Hyōga, and Shiryū make their way to Julian, Ikki learns that the mastermind behind this war is Saga's twin, Gemini Kanon, who is manipulating Poseidon.