History Manga / SaintSeiya

And it turns out that an OVA telling of ''SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas'' is being produced and entered its second season in 2011. In the meantime, we recommend another of Kurumada's works, ''[[Anime/BtX B't X]].'' In Spring 2012, there will be a sequel titled ''SaintSeiyaOmega''.

And it turns out that an OVA telling of ''SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas'' is being produced and entering its second season in 2011. In the meantime, we recommend another of Kurumada's works, ''[[Anime/BtX B't X]].''

* FemmeFatalons: Ophiucus Shaina's primary weapon and she just LOVES to use them!

* BatmanGambit / XanatosGambit: Saori. See "Barrier Maiden" for more details. Other users of this technique are Saga, Ikki, Kanon, Mu, Dohko, and both Hilda and Alberich in the Asgard saga.

*** Andromeda Shun, TheChick

* [[HotAmazon Hot Amazons]]: Shaina, Marin, June and Geist.

* TheOjou: Saori Kido, an insanely rich heiress and ex Libby turned into a serene, gentle strategist and genius businesswoman. She's even referred as ''ojou-sama'' (milady) in ''canon''.

* XanatosRoulette: Kanon's plan to take over the world * and* have his payback against Gemini Saga includes [[spoiler: deliberately telling his very powerful yet mentally unstable twin brother about his personality problems to mess up with his mind, worm his way into a powerful God's favor, help stage the war against the Sanctuary and, in the anime, manipulate his godly boss into using a powerful yet peaceful priestess to re-start everything when he loses against Sanctuary...]]

* BlastingTime: The Aurora Execution.
* BlindSeer: Shiryu.
* BloodKnight: Cancer Deathmask and Cassios

* ButNotTooForeign: Hyoga is half Japanese, half Russian

** The other five Bronze Saints arguably form their own band. They aren't seen often enough for the distinctions to be very clear, but a preliminary formation could be this:

* OutOfTheInferno - Ikki, ''literally''.

* ShoutOut: When SaintSeiya was adapted to anime, Shun and Ikki got an AdaptationDyeJob that may remind you of a [[SuperMarioBros famous pair of brothers]]. To be specific, Shun's color scheme is reminiscent of Luigi's 8-bit sprite, while Ikki's is reminiscent of Mario's back in the mid 80s. Looking at Luigi's portrayal [[HilariousInHindsight nowadays]]...

* WackyWaysideTribe: The Asgardians during the filler Asgard Arc.

* TheDeterminator: All five of the main Bronze Saints, to varying degrees. Subverted in real life, however, because many fans [[TheScrappy * hate* Seiya]] since he's * always* the goddamn underdog in his fights and never accomplishes anything without someone else's help, yet is almost as un-killable as Ikki.

* CanonForeigner: Several, including from anime {{Filler}} (Docrates, Giste, Spartan, Arachne, etc) and movies.

* CanonImmigrant: The Pope's brainwashing technique, the Genrou Maouken, appears in the anime before its debut in the manga. Lyra Orpheus too, as he appears in the 2nd movie first (though he was [[MadeOfClay also designed by Kurumada back then]]).

* InstrumentOfMurder: The RazorFloss producing harps/lyras of Benetnasch Eta Mime and the two Lyra Orpheus (2nd movie and Hades chapter, respetively).

* {{AnimeThemeSong}}s

** Anime-only god warrior Alpha Siegfried shares his Achilles' heel with his namesake from the ''{{Nibelungenlied}}''-- he slays a dragon and [[BloodBath bathes in its blood]], making himself immortal, but at that very moment a tiny leaf falls on his back (coincidentally over his heart), preventing that bit of skin from being touched by the blood, and therefore making that spot the only part of his body that can be dealt a mortal blow.

The series was dubbed in English as ''Knights Of The Zodiac'' (which is actually the name the series has in most of the world outside Japan) and shown on CartoonNetwork, but the plot and characters [[{{Macekre}} didn't receive very good treatment]], and it wasn't very popular. ADVFilms would later re-release the series on DVD with a new, much more faithful dub (note the page image). However, outside the States it was IMMENSELY popular. In Latin America, in particular, ''Los Caballeros del Zodiaco/Os Cavaleiros do Zodí­aco'' has a raging {{Fandom}} up to this day, and the series is re-run constantly. Part of this is attributed [[SuperlativeDubbing to its phenomenal dub]] and respect for the source material.

* SpiritBomb: A good deal of battles, particularly [[FinalBattle arc-ending battles]] end with Athena's Saints (usually just the Bronze Saints, but sometimes the Golds if they're available) willingly relinquishing their Cosmo to either Seiya or Athena herself to deal the final blow. Even more notable in that the Saints' patron constellations (like Cygnus, Draco, Phoenix, Andromeda, or Pegasus) manifest visually as helpers to the character delivering the attack.

*** [[SaintSeiyaAbridged Now has it's own page.]]

* [[PromotedFanboy Promoted Fangirl]]: Shiori Teshirogi, the author who writes ''Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas'', is actually a shoujo author who once met Kurumada. Saint Seiya was always her favorite series and she jumped at the chance of making a new story when Kurumada pitched the idea to her, and what was originally thought to end up being a rather brief series has exploded in popularity. To put it simply, she is writing a non-canon doujin, getting ''paid'' for it, ''and'' getting an OVA deal for it. Not bad for someone's first shonen story.

* TheLibby: Saori, when she was a kid. [[CharacterDevelopment She grew out of it, though]].