The first season of the Netflix-based animated series Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya will be released on July 19. On July 9, Netflix released the official trailer for the first season, allowing the audience to know more about this controversial new work.
The anime series Saint Seiya, based on the original book of the same name by manga artist Masami Tsuda, premiered in Japan in 1986. After being introduced to China in 1992, it was once all the rage, and the battle group formed by xingya, purple dragon, glacier, and instantaneous, four teenagers with their own unique skills, and the story of their joint efforts to rush through the barrier to protect Athena, is the precious childhood memory of many post-80s and post-90s generations. Not only in Asia, the manga and animation of Saint Seiya are also popular in Europe and the United States. However, compared to a long-form work like "Dragon Ball", the popularity is obviously still a lot lower. Perhaps it is precisely because of the attention to the value of "Saint Seiya" as a big IP has not yet been fully developed, streaming giant Netflix decided to pocket it.
Poster of Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya
Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya is a reboot of Saint Seiya, which tells the story from the beginning. The first season is set for 12 episodes, each 30 minutes long, ranging from "Galactic War" to "Silver Saint Seiya". The behind-the-scenes team is composed of Japanese and American animators, produced by Toei, and Yoshiharu Ashino, who directed "New Exorcist Boy", and Eugene Son, who wrote animations such as "Star Wars: Resistance" and "Avengers Assemblage", are responsible for some of the director and screenwriter work.
Stills from Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya
It is reasonable to say that being photographed by the rich Netflix was originally a good opportunity for "Saint Seiya" to shine again. However, at the end of last year, after the release of the pilot trailer, fans shouted "ruin childhood" and "mobile game visual sense". The first thing that bears the brunt of the groove is that the new version is made of cg, the character shape is full of plastic flavor, and the image is too young, and the heroic and refreshing character image in the former 2D version is completely missing. What's even more thunderous is that Ah Xuan also turned sex and became a big-eyed cute girl. This kind of disrespect for the original work with the times is really difficult for many fans to accept. In addition, the English dialogue also makes Chinese fans feel full of violation. However, there is no need to worry about this, because the Japanese version will also be released at the same time, with Seiichi Morita, Takahiro Sakurai, Shoro Miura, Katsuyuki Konishi, Tomiko Origa, and Sato Sato as the voices, with Sato Sato being the voice.
Compared with the pilot trailer, the official trailer released today has a lot of fierce fighting scenes, and the appearance of the popular Fire Phoenix Yihui in the old version is also both fierce and handsome. I don't know if it can make fans look forward to it a little more?