Crunchyroll announced that it will add all 144 episodes of the original Saint Seiya anime, and with this addition, the streaming service site is also offering the anime with a remastered English dub. The anime is available in North America, New Zealand, and South America. The anime had already been added to Crunchyroll’s Latin American regions with both a Spanish and Portuguese dub.
The original Saint Seiya anime from 1986 to 1989. Kurumada published the original manga from 1986 to 1990. The manga has inspired several television anime, OVAs, projects, films, and spinoff manga. The original Saint Seiya manga currently has over 35 million copies in circulation. The spinoff manga (Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho) also has a spinoff anime series.
The original manga was published in English by Viz Media under the name Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac. ADV Films released Knights of the Zodiac, Toei’s anime adaptation with an English dub. Later, New Video Group also released the series on DVD.
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Currently, the series is described as follows;
A group of young warriors, known as the ‘Saints’ are each in possession of a ‘cloth’ guarded by a different constellation. Now, they must protect the reincarnation of the goddess Athena as she attempts to keep the Earth from being destroyed by evil forces. ( IMDb)
Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya is the CG anime remake based on the manga. This version debuted worldwide in July 2019. Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac- Battle for Sanctuary is the second season. It premiered in July 2022. On April 28th, a live-action adaptation of the manga Knights of the Zodiac will debut in Japan. The film is titled Saint Seiya: The Beginning. The film will then begin a US run on May 12th.
Saint Seiya and its remastered dub (including English) are available to stream now on Crunchyroll. Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya is available to stream on Netflix.