Saint Seiya

Saint Seiya
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Pegasus Seiya
聖闘士星矢（セイントセイヤ） (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 ANN (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: The Hades Chapter 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 2 Live-action film Knights of the Zodiac Directed by Tomek Bagiński Produced by Yoshi Ikezawa Joseph Chou Tim Kwok Written by Josh Campbell Matt Stuecken Kiel Murray Studio Toei Animation Stage 6 Films 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（セイントセイヤ）, 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. In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Viz Media.

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 battle against other gods who want to dominate Earth.

The manga was adapted by Toei Animation into a 114-episode anime television series broadcast on TV Asahi from 1986 to 1989. The anime series was followed by a 31-episode original video animation (OVA) series, subtitled The Hades Chapter, 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 2023.

The Saint Seiya manga had over 50 million copies in circulation by 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.

A manga sequel by Kurumada, titled Saint Seiya: Next Dimension, was serialized from 2006 to 2024. Several spin-off manga by different authors have also been created.