#saint seiya destiny

[monoukotori]

Hi. I've seen some of your posts where you mention extra chapters called Saint Seiya Origin. Do they maybe have another name? I couldn't find any information because all the results are always just showing the classic series. Google "thinks" I'm searching for the world original.

There are several extra saint seiya chapters that are like a precuel of stuff that happens in the manga, focused mostly in the gemini twins

They are:

Saint Seiya Episode Zero

Saint Seiya Origin

Saint Seiya Destiny

I recommend reading them in that order

They're hard to come by in english so I'm leaving them here so you can read all of it :3

#kain's mail #zefirgreen #saint seiya #sts #saint seiya episode zero #saint seiya origin #saint seiya destiny

[kyuremking]

Saint Seiya Review - Origin and Destiny

I have already read Origin and Destiny.

I didn't like most of them, I only had a few parts that I liked.

I don't like Ker, I consider her unnecessary, I don't like her actions and I don't like that she didn't die when Kanon attacked her with Poseidon's Trident.

I didn't like that the Gemini Saints arrived at the shrine like shooting stars, I would have preferred them to have arrived in a more normal way.

Shion should have been cold-blooded enough to kill that incorporeal Lemur.

To me Saga's dissociative personality disorder was caused by either natural causes or an accident during his training (which was possibly made worse by Kanon's words).

They ruined Deathmask and Aphrodite again by showing them as cowards who would agree to kill Athena in exchange for their freedom.

The only thing I liked was that Saga showed her remorse again and that she wanted to commit suicide.

And that I was shown a bit of the Marine Generals, as well as Isaac being able to recognise Kanon as someone who was trained to be a Saint.

#saint seiya #saint seiya origin #saint seiya destiny #geminis saga #gemini saga #saga gemini #gemini kanon #kraken isaak #kraken isaac #sagittarius aiolos #sagittarius aioros #aries shion #aries mu #libra dohko #leo aioria #saint seiya the lost canvas #athena saori #athena saint seiya #pegasus seiya

[tetitous]

I may be projecting one of the rare anime trios I like onto my fav series but I feel like the dudebros of KH would be better off just enjoying Sasha, Alone and Tenma's story from Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, because clearly their dynamic is what they seem to be expecting from the Destiny trio

(And maybe I just wish most people knew about Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, because, like, the anime is great okay?)

#kingdom hearts #destiny trio #saint seiya #lost canvas #I'm so sorry I feel like I'm underselling a show I really like #my whole life is just tracing parallels between stuff I enjoy

[a-schwarzung]

Intertwined Destinies (serie)

Una serie de historias alrededor de Aiolia, Shaka, Milo y Camus que explora sus relaciones y visión del mundo.

Contiene referencias de Episodio G. Se apega más al manga que al anime.

Commitment:  Después de recatar a Aiolia en India, Shaka decide que no es seguro dejarlo solo. 

Awakening:  Aioria y Shaka mantienen una conversación tras una misión en la India. Tintes de shounen-ai.

Secret Grief:  Milo de Escorpio detesta a Aiolia de Leo, pero el motivo es algo que nunca admitiría en voz alta.

Estranged:  Después de una misión en la India y de haber sido salvado por Milo, Aiolia recibe una visita de éste.

Alienation:  Después de lo ocurrido durante su enfrentamiento con los santos de Bronce, Aiolia desea una explicación por parte de Shaka.

Dissolution: Tras lo ocurrido en la batalla de los doce templos Shaka busca a Milo para pedirle un favor.

#intertwined destinies #serie de fanfics #spanish fanfic #saint seiya yaoi #yaoi fanfiction #leo aiolia #virgo shaka #scorpio milo #aquarius camus

[sunshinemoonrx]

Started another show

You might have heard of it.

Episode 1 thoughts, unsorted:

-I actually watched just this first episode before years ago, but didn't get any further. I think fundamentally the difference between me now and me then is back then I thought the OP and ED were kinda slow and boring and now I've seen enough Space Sheriff to be like hell yeah, man, hell yeah, man

-hey why does Char immediately do a T&A pose (pictured). Anyway I have jokingly described half my favourite characters as char-a-likes all these years so really this is just fulfilling my destiny

-I forgot Amuro is voiced by Tooru Furuya, but as a big Saint Seiya fan I could hardly avoid realising it the second he started talking. Now I get a second big series lead by him? (You might also know him as Yamcha)

-The contrast between the OP being like Go! Go, Gundam! Fight for the Future, Gundam! Discover your Destiny, Gundam! and then the first few minutes are like so the war killed half the population and now we're employing child guerilla fighters. Like I know that's the show's reputation. War Is Bad dot jpeg etc. but man.

-Amuro's dad was the deadest anyone has ever been from the moment he stepped on screen but I would not have guessed the specific way that played out! That's rough, buddy

-I really like all the tactile little details like the zero-G space handrails

-Oh yeah this is the show where everyone hits each other, huh

-I was curious if "Principality" meant Zeon actually has, like, a Prince or something somewhere, then figured it's just a translation and means that in the more general sense, but their uniforms do seem to be deliberately harkening back to old-fashioned nobility

-As one of the three people under 50 who have played Steve Jackson Games' OGRE the way they treat mecha in this is very reminiscent of how that setting (released just two years before this actually) treats its cyber-megatanks

-Had a mental 180 where at first I went "oh wait, it's Kidou Senshi Gundam, I guess Mobile Suit is just an approximation since the literal translation would be like Mobile Soldier", but then in the actual dialogue they just say Mobile Suit in English, so never mind.

...wait, does this terminology all originate from the term "Mobile Infantry" for the power-suits in Starship Troopers?

#catia liveblogs #mobile suit gundam

[santiyasha16]

Redraw de una ilustración de hace dos años. Saint Seiya Destiny #双子座のサガ #SaintSeiya #聖闘士星矢 #loscaballerosdelzodiaco #leschevaliersduzodiaque #聖闘士星矢destiny #gemini

#saint seiya #聖闘士星矢 #art #聖闘士星矢nextdimension冥王神話

[yuurei20]

Meet the Seiyuu: Lilia Vanrouge

Lilia’s VA  Midorikawa has voiced many characters in iconic series such as SLAM DUNK’s Rukawa Kaede and Gundam Wing’s Heero Yuy (the performance that inspired Shimazaki Nobunaga—the VA of Lilia’s adopted son, Silver—to go into voice acting as well).

In interviews Midorikawa has explained that he first formed an interest in voice acting in elementary school after watching the anime “Mobile Suit Gundam” and as a child he decided to, one day, join the same agency as the VA of the main character after reading about the company in a voice acting magazine.

That is now his current agency, Aoni Production.

As the eldest son in his family he was originally intended to take over the family pharmacy, but he defied his parents in order to pursue his dream of voice acting.

Midorikawa made his voice acting debut in 1988 and has since had roles in over 300 anime series and OVA and 400 video games. 

Where you know Midorikawa from will vary by generation, so here is a quick rundown of a fraction of the projects in which he has appeared: Flame of Recca, Weiß kreuz, Cowboy Bebop, GTO, Doraemon, Detective Conan, SHAMAN KING, s.CRY.ed, SAMURAI DEEPER KYO, Tokyo Mew Mew, Astro Boy, Saint Beast, Xenosaga THE ANIMATION, Naruto, Yu-Gi-Oh! (Season 0), Air Gear, CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Rebellion, Togainu no Chi...

...BLEACH, Angel Beats!, Fate/Zero, Saint Seiya, DIABOLIK LOVERS, Dragonball Z, Fushigi Yugi, Granblue Fantasy, Fire Emblem, Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto, Persona 3, Danganronpa, ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., My Hero Academia, ONE PUNCH MAN, SK∞ the Infinity, AIR, Slayers and Tales of Destiny 2.

Midorikawa enjoys collecting merchandise that features characters he has voiced.

He appears as a guest in episode 5 of Twisted Radio Station, brings out a bag full of Twst-related merchandise (including a magical pen that he says he won in a raffle) and shows off his Diasomnia socks during the recording (much to Sebek's VA Ishiya Haruki's delight).

Collection of Midorikawa roles, Part 1

Collection of Midorikawa roles, Part 2

#twisted wonderland #Lilia Vanrouge #Midorikawa Hikaru #twstseiyuu #Youtube

[soleminisanction]

Spoilers for the Knights of the Zodiac live-action movie, for the five of you who care.

I'm legitimately intrigued by what little we get of Nero in film, and what could imply given the general lore of the series. What stood out to me:

Marin, who is stuck on a mystical island for vague "destiny says so" reasons (honestly it's just an excuse for why she can't help in the climax, and gives Seiya and Saori a safe place to retreat to once all is said and done), knows of him, telling Seiya, "I knew of a Knight once who fought only for power -- the strongest of Athena's knights, the Phoenix."

He uses his Phantom Demon to interrogate a guy, but doesn't get to use it in the fight with Seiya. He also doesn't lose that fight; it gets interrupted and he's blown away by Athena, opening the chance for him to still be a pretty brutal threat in the future.

One of the things he does for Guraad is build this big, mystical-looking device that's intended to like, suck out Athena's godly cosmos and destroy her. He describes this as "half" of his plan, with the other half being to steal the gold cloth that Guraad is using as... I think a power source? It's not exactly clear and doesn't really matter, point is that she has it and he takes it during the climax.

And then there's the details I mentioned in my last post about his "Humanity needs no gods" line and the earring that looks an awful lot like Shun/Shaun's triangle-tipped Andromeda Chain.

So like I said, it could very well be that he's there in his standard capacity as an agent of Sanctuary, sent to kill Athena and reclaim/steal the Gold Cloth for himself. But, like... imagine how interesting it would be if this version of him, for example, remembered that childhood encounter with Pandora, the one where she seemingly merged the soul of the god of death with his baby sibling. That would put a whole new spin on why he would've specifically learned/researched/developed the god-killer machine, and his particular drive to prevent them from returning to the human world.

Having Nero/Ikki know about Shaun/Shun's connection to Hades the entire time and be doing everything he can to prevent it would be a great way to work one of the most popular parts of the mythos more cohesively into the narrative. It'd also be a nice thematic parallel with what the film already does with both Sienna and Patricia, and provide a good reason for this version of Seiya -- who doesn't have the childhood friend connection with the other bronze saints/knights -- to find comradery with Shun and, through them, come to understand Nero.

IDK, I think it'd be really interesting. It probably won't happen given how little buzz this film has been getting but a fan can dream.

#saint seiya #knights of the zodiac #spoilers #phoenix ikki #andromeda shun #phoenix nero

[classicanime79]

#anime #80s anime #saint seiya #astrology

[kosmicpowers]

Looking back on it, Seiya realized he never truly hated the Silver Saints. Even though they'd tried to kill him they only did it because it was their job. They didn't know that Saga was an imposter of the true pope, they thought they were protecting the true Athena. He didn't hold anything against them.

Except one.

Argol. Perceus Argol. The man who made Shiryu blind himself, who took away his beautiful eyes, put him in so much pain. Every night Seiya lie awake crying out to the stars that controlled his destiny why it couldn't be him. He was so young and stupid always putting his friends in danger, if anything he deserves such punishment. Not wise and selfless Shiryu, who'd saved him so many times, he didn't deserve any of it.

Was it a selfish desire for Seiya to want? Perhaps, it was Shiryu's body and his choice on what to do with it. And he had to do it to save his friends. Seiya just wished he could take all the scars and all the pain away. He wanted to be the one to bring Argol to his knees, he wished he could revive him just to torture him. To make him feel even a sliver of the pain that Shiryu felt every second. Seiya's mind was tainted with twisted sadistic thoughts of how he wanted to extract his revenge in that imaginary scenario and he hated it as much as he loved it. Saints weren't supposed to be bloodthirsty, they were supposed to be protectors of all things sacred, always ready to battle and sacrifice themselves for the greater good. That's just how it was since the dawn of humanity, it was an awful system to be part of yet irreplaceable.

It was destiny. To carry the pain the rest of humanity wasn't ready for. Terrible, terrible fate.

Seiya's cosmos were burning with rage at this realization. There was nothing he could do to turn back time. No cure for Shiryu's eyes.

Unless...

#saint seiya #pegasus seiya #dragon shiryu #headcanon #Pegasus Seiya x Dragon Shiryu #shipping #Seiya is gay except it #angst #drabble #This series has gave me brainrot #Shiryu x Seiya #ShiSei

[yo-aroleplayfinder]

BITCHES BE SHOPPING ☄💫

27 years old - TMZ UTC/GMT-3 - only 20+ y/o rp partners - Please DNI, if you're younger than that.

I'm looking for Saint Seiya/Knights of the zodiac/cavaleiros do zodíaco RPs on Discord!

- 3rd person, with a preference for multiple paragraphs replies. It's not novella style, but I won't do one-liners. - I'm looking for long-term partners, I love plotting out extensive threads and AUs or verses. - I want our RPs to be pretty chill, I'm not a particularly fast-replier. So, my partner shouldn't rush into replies. - Open for SFW and NSFW (both smut and darkfic subjects) rps. I'm cool interacting with aged up or older versions of characters, that are underage within the source material. - With all due respect, I don't interact/RP with Self-inserts or kins. - Not interested in OCs and crossovers, sorry! - Triggers and further boundaries will be discussed via DMs. - You don't need to know every little detail about the source material. I'll be more than glad to try help you out refresh your memory, or even discuss things. I'm cool with canon divergences. - I have many ideas for plots/threads, which will be discussed and elaborated in DMs - I'm specifically looking for things tied to the classic series only, I'm not familiar with anything from the most recent spin-offs (such as: Lost canvas, Saintia Sho, G Assassin, Omega, Next Dimension, etc). I've watched the anime and the Soul of Gold OVA. Manga-wise, I've read episode Zero, G, Origins and Destiny. I'm currently keeping up with the Re-rise of Poseidon manga.

Characters I'm offering: Cancer Deathmask, Virgo Shaka, Taurus Aldebaran, Scorpio Milo, Gemini Kanon and Saggitarius Aiolos.

Characters I'm looking to write with: Gold saints (Happy to interact with any, but ESPECIALLY looking for: Aries Mu, Pisces Aphrodite, Aquarius Camus and Gemini Saga) > Marina generals (Chrysaor Krishna) > Bronze > Silver saints > Hades spectres.

ROMANTIC Ships: Mu/Aldebaran, Aphrodite/Deathmask, Camus/Milo, Krishna/Shaka and Saga/Shaka

These are my most wanted ships rn. I only have one or two NOTPs, but outside of it I'm practically open to any combinations.

Family connections: Kanon & Saga and Aiolos & Aiolia

Considering how a good chunk of this serie's fans are Brazilians, I'm willing to RP in Portuguese as well!

Like this post and I will reach you out!

YO YO YO LIKE THA POST AN ANON WILL REACH OUT!!!!!!!!

#roleplay finder #roleplay #fandom rp #cc x cc rp #rp #saint seiya #saint seiya rp #knights of the zodiac #knights of the zodiac RP #cavaleiros do zodiaco #cavaleiros do zodiaco RP

[monoukotori]

@littlelightvii

So fucking many

I'm making a roll caaall~💕

Non-canon spinoffs

1.- Episode G, Episode G Assassin and Episode G Requiem

The OG spinoff

2.- Lost Canvas and Lost Canvas Gaiden

The favorite of the fandom, apparently

3.- Saintia Sho and Saintia Sho memories

Underrated IMO

4.- Dark Wing

First of the new generation

5.- Rerise of Poseidon

The newest one, the baby 🍼

6.- Time Odyssey

A FRENCH spinoff... Bandes dessinée

And now for the anime!

7.- Omega!

The black sheep of the family

8.- Soul of Gold

Fanservice galore

9.- Knights of the Zodiac

Western saint Seiya

I don't like it 🥴

Canon spinoffs are of course Episode Zero, Origin and Destiny but Tumblr doesn't let me add more than 10 images

Also there are the novels Gigantomachia and Golden Age!

I have both in English*, I think 🤔 if you would like me to give them to you

Edit: I missremembered, I have them in SPANISH

Edit 2: There is also Next Dimension which is the official sequel but its not really a spin-off

#saint Seiya #sts #kain talks

[digitalgate02]

Okay, but would you say that the normal digimentals are silver or bronze? And why would you categorize them like that?

I would categorize them as bronze except for Light and Hope. Because those concepts seem to be in the middle road for me. Courage, Friendship, Curiosity, Reliability, etc. feel more like characteristics that define you rather than the epitome of virtue they represent virtues.

Hope and Light seem to be a little more than those, and even Love could be in this category (Also, both Light and Love are already silvery, so that's that). Even the one you make about Justice/Fairness seems to fit more into Silver for me. Because everyone can be self-righteous, but that would not be justice nor fairness. I would not put virtues in here, like Tolerance or Temperance, these last two being even capital virtues. But I would put Joy/Happiness here, it seems to me to fit with Light, Hope, Love, and Justice.

Miracles and Fates are like touching boundaries of what's already meant to happen and changing them, so any other gold would be like that as well, changing the odds in one favor. If I may go into another fandom just like you did with Saint Seiya.

In Umineko, and subsequently, Higurashi no naku koro ni series, the most powerful beings are witches but they get titles that define the extension of their powers. Witch of Infinity/Endless, Witch of Resurrection, Witch of Truth, Witch of Certainty, Witch of Drama there's even a Witch of Miracles. So I guess some of these aspects could become golden eggs.

Uh… I didn’t think about it like that, honestly…

My idea when i had that thought was creating more Digimentals with the themes based on the Golden Digimentals Miracles & Destiny*

My idea was tied to these new crests i made recently – In which they could represent a more “mental” or “spiritual” power compared to the golden ones (actually, only Miracles have a full classification – its element is Metal, grants metal-based powers, has the high defensive abilities and can overcome obstacles with a miraculous power. Meanwhile Destiny’s element and its properties are still unknown), at least what i had in mind before that post were “something something Silver Digimentals” 😅 Not sure about the Bronze ones yet…!!

But I like your idea a lot, you didn’t need to put my fanmade ones too, but i appreciate it.

* sorry, Kizuna’s Destiny (unmei) vs Fate (shukumei) is still messing up my brain lol I can't get to translate "Unmei" as "Fate" ever again thanks to Kizuna orz

#just ni rambling things for no reason

[ssoalternative]

Saint Seiya Ômega Alternative - Hades Chapter ✧ Synopsis

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The world is something extremely vulnerable.

For a long time now, dark entities have been seeking to dominate everything and everyone that exists on this planet, or even on others. But, whenever evil presents itself, a benevolent force will also emerge to seek peace, no matter how small it may be.

Appear so the Saints of Athena, fighting in the name of their beloved goddess. They aim for reconciliation and to protect the Earth from malevolent forces, each carrying within them an infinite and unique power: the cosmo.

However, even after millennia of battles and spilled blood, this massive war has not ended.

And it will never truly end.

This is the story of a Saint and a Female Saint of Athena, who, after being sent from beyond, bear the burden of fighting in the name of the divinity.

Yet, they have even grander destinies... or with one misstep, they could become ominous. Together, they must face dangers and save each other, from others and themselves as they search for their true essence.

Will they be capable?

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Saint Seiya Ômega Alternative - Hades Chapter already avaliable for read on Wattpad and SpiritFanfics in English, Portuguese, Spanish and French!

Project linktree for access:

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#saint seiya ômega alternative #saint seiya omega #saint seiya fanfic #saint seiya #ssôalternative #phoenix kasai #andromeda hana #oc #original character #os cavaleiros do zodiaco #los caballeros del zodiaco #les chevaliers du zodiaque #knights of the zodiac #cdz #art #artwork #illustration #anime #anime art #saint seiya oc #drawing #artists on tumblr #fanfic #ibispaintx #ibispaint art #digital art #desenho #digital illustration #humanartist #human artwork

[vinora-nyghtshayde]

List of anime, a majority of them dubbed, I've watched over the years

1 .Hack//Legend of the Twilight

2 .Hack//Roots

3 .Hack//Sign

4 A centaur's life

5 A lull in the sea

6 A Whisker Away

7 Accel World

8 Ah! My Goddess

9 Akame Ga Kill

10 Amnesia

11 Android Kikaider the animation

12 Angel Sanctuary

13 Angels of Death

14 Armitage III

15 Arrietty

16 Assassination Classroom

17 Attack on Titan

18 Attack on Titan Junior High

19 B: The Beginning

20 Baccano

21 Banner of the stars

22 Basilisk

23 Bastard

24 Battle B-Daman

25 Beastars

26 Betterman

27 Beyblade

28 Beyond the Boundary

29 Big Fish & Begonia

30 Black Blood Brothers

31 Black Butler

32 Black Clover

33 Black Lagoon

34 Bleach

35 Blood Blockade Battlefront

36 Blood+

37 Blue Exorcist

38 Blue Seed

39 BNA: Brand New Animal

40 Boogiepop Phantom

41 Boruto

42 Bungo Stray Dogs

43 Cardcaptor Sakura

44 Carole & Tuesday

45 Case Closed

46 Casshern Sins

47 Castlevania

48 Castle in the Sky

49 Cells at work

50 Ceres, Celestial Legend

51 Charlotte

52 Cheer Boys

53 Chobits

54 Chrono Crusade

55 Code Geass: Lelouch of the rebellion

56 Code Geass: Akito the exiled

57 Code: Realize

58 Code: Breaker

59 Coppelion

60 Cowboy Bebop

61 Crest of the stars

62 Cyborg 009

63 D.Gray-Man

64 D.N.Angel

65 Dance with Devils

66 Deadman Wonderland

67 Death Note

68 Diabolik Lovers

69 Digimon

70 Dr. Stone

71 Dragon Ball Z

72 Dragon Ball GT

73 Dramatical Murder

74 Durarara

75 Erased

76 Ergo Proxy

77 Fooly Cooly

78 Fafner

79 Fairy Tail

80 Fire Force

81 Fist of the North Star

82 Flint the Time Detective

83 Free

84 From the new world

85 From up on Poppy Hill

86 Fruits Basket

87 Fullmetal Alchemist

88 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

89 Fushigi Yugi

90 Gad Guard

91 Gate Keepers

92 Gate Keepers 21

93 Ghost Hunt

94 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

95 Ginga Densetsu Weed

96 Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin

97 Gravitation

98 Gungrave

99 Gunslinger Girl

100 Gurren Lagann

101 Haikyu

102 Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East

103 Hakuoki

104 Hamtaro

105 Hell Girl

106 Hellsing

107 Hellsing Ultimate

108 Hetalia

109 Hitorijime My Hero

110 Howl's Moving Castle

111 Hyperdimension Neptunia

112 IGPX Immortal Grand Prix

113 Inuyasha

114 Isekai Quartet

115 Izetta: The Last Witch

116 Japan Sinks

117 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

118 K

119 K-On

120 Kamigami no Asobi

121 Kamisama Kiss

122 Karas

123 Karneval

124 Kekkaishi

125 Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple

126 Kiki's Delivery Service

127 Kill La Kill

128 Kiss him, not me

129 Kiznaiver

130 Knight's & Magic

131 Konosuba

132 Kuroko's Basketball

133 Kyo Kara Maoh

134 Laughing Under the Clouds

135 Last Exile

136 Little Nemo

137 Little Witch Academia

138 Love Stage

139 Lupin III

140 Medabots

141 Megaman

142 Megaman NT Warrior

143 Mekakucity Actors

144 Mirage of Blaze

145 Mirai

146 Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

147 Mobile Fighter G Gundam

148 Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

149 Mobile Suit Gundam 00

150 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed

151 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny

152 Mobile Suit Gundam Wing

153 Monster Rancher

154 Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

155 My Hero Academia

156 My Neighbor Totoro

157 My Love Story

158 My roommate is a cat

159 Nanbaka

160 Naruto

161 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

162 Nekopara

163 No. 6

164 Noein To your other self

165 Noragami

166 Noragami Aragoto

167 Oban Star-Racers

168 One Piece

169 One-Punch Man

170 Ouran High School Host Club

171 Outlaw Star

172 Paranoia Agent

173 Peacemaker Kurogane

174 Please Teacher

175 Please Twins

176 Pom Poko

177 Ponyo

178 Porco Rosso

179 Pretear

180 Prince of Stride Alternative

181 Princess Mononoke

182 Prison School

183 Promare

184 RaXephon

185 Re:Zero

186 R.O.D the TV

187 Ronin Warriors

188 Rosario + Vampire

189 Rurouni Kenshin

190 RWBY: Ice Queendom

191 Servamp

192 Sk♾️ The Infinity

193 Sailor Moon R

194 Sailor Moon

195 Saint Seiya

196 Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas

197 Saiyuki

198 Samurai 7

199 Samurai Champloo

200 Samurai Deeper Kyo

201 Sankarea

202 Say I Love You

203 s-CRY-ed

204 Sensitive Pornograph

205 Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign

206 Serial Experiments Lain

207 Servamp

208 Shaman King

209 Shinzo

210 Shonen Maid

211 Show By Rock

212 Silent Mobius

213 Sirius the Jaeger

214 Snow White with the Red Hair

215 Sorcerous Stabber Orphen

216 Soul Eater

217 Soul Eater Not

218 Spice and Wolf

219 Spirited Away

220 Stars Align

221 Sukisho

222 Sword Art Online

223 Tactics

224 Tales of Zestiria the X

225 Tenchi Muyo

226 Tenjou Tenge

227 The Ancient Magus's Bride

228 The Boy and the Beast

229 The Cat Returns

230 The Devil is a Part-Timer

231 The Morose Mononokean

232 The Prince of Tennis

233 The Promised Neverland

234 The Rising of the Shield Hero

235 The Royal Tutor

236 The Seven Deadly Sins

237 The Vision of Escaflowne

238 The Way of the Househusband

239 The Wind Rises

240 Tiger & Bunny

241 Tokko

242 Tokyo Ghoul

243 Toradora

244 Trigun

245 Trinity Blood

246 Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

247 Uta No Prince-sama

248 Vampire Hunter D

249 Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust

250 Vandread

251 Violet Evergarden

252 When Marnie Was There

253 Whisper of the Heart

254 Wise Man's Grandchild

255 Witchblade

256 Witch Hunter Robin

257 Wolf Children

258 Wolf's Rain

259 X

260 Yamada & the Seven Witches

261 Yami No Matsuei

262 Yashahime

263 Yona of the Dawn

264 Your Name

265 Your lie in April

266 Yu-Gi-Oh

267 Yu Yu Hakusho

268 Yuri!! On Ice

269 Zatch Bell

270 Zoids

[tokiro07]

Saw the live action Knights of the Zodiac (which I will be differentiating from the Netflix version by referring to it as The Beginning going forth), and while I had fun, it was bad in exactly the ways I expected

Which is to say, pretty much the same way that the source material is

While there was actual fight choreography, which was an immediate plus that almost made me forgive every other bad decision I knew was coming preemptively, the overall story was just as vapid and underdeveloped as every other adaptation of this story so far

I do think that for the sake of conveying the first arc in a two hour film, trimming everyone aside from Seiya, Ikki (Nero), Saori (Sienna), Mitsumasa (Alman) and Marin was the right play; dealing with Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun and whoever else on top of an already decently sized cast would have diluted an already watered down story. The problem, though, is that other characters were either added in (Vander Guraad, just like in the Netflix KotZ) or had a lot of extra attention given to them (Cassios, again just like in KotZ, and weirdly Tatsumi/Mylock, who was kind of the best character when he had no right to be), and in both cases used up screentime that should have been reserved for Seiya, Saori or Ikki

If they were going to put so much focus on Guraad, who this time is a woman despite being literally the same character as in KotZ, then I think it would have been prudent to use her as a device for developing Saori more. We’re told that when Saori was a baby, she was being cradled in Guraad’s arms and then randomly unleashed such a concentrated blast of Cosmo that it destroyed Guraad’s arms and necessitated Cosmo-life support to keep her alive. While I have no idea why such a thing was necessary even in context, it would have helped a lot to actually see this event happen, and see it early in the film. Seeing the transition from motherly figure to would-be executioner would have made for a much more compelling plot than seeing an evil businesswoman pursuing a young girl for nebulous reasons and only finding out later that the girl is her daughter who we’re told near mortally wounded her one time

It also would have built up Saori’s fears of losing herself to Athena much more effectively. When we’re formally introduced to Saori, Mitsumasa basically says “oh, by the way, Seiya, let me introduce you to my daughter, the reincarnation of Athena” and she’s just like “hi, I’m Athena or whatever” then flops down in a chair in the background as if she’s actively trying to leave the frame but knows she isn’t allowed to. It’s only in the next scene when she has a random Goddess Attack that Seiya even believes conceptually that magic is real, and then all at once accepts that Saori is Athena and that he’s a Saint, though he mopes about that for a little bit because he doesn’t like being tied down by destiny or whatever

Saori and Athena are usually pretty indistinguishable in most Saint Seiya media, unlike Julian or Shun who get outright possessed by Poseidon and Hades respectively, so seeing Saori worry about the possibility of having her personality subsumed by Athena is a pretty interesting angle. Even ignoring the possibility that she would be a threat to the world, which is kind of an odd decision for the writers to make anyway in my opinion but I’ll get to that later, analyzing that anxiety would do wonders for Saori as a character, as she usually comes off pretty flat. Seiya also tells her that she has the right to choose between being a goddess and a petty jerk in the climax of the film as she is losing herself to Athena, but the thing about that is that she’d never been a petty jerk to Seiya earlier in the movie. She was aloof in the very beginning, then tried to relate to Seiya and comfort him about destiny not being set in stone, packed him a lunch (that he lost before he got to eat it, which I think is devastating for whatever relationship the writers were going for) and then got kidnapped when he couldn’t use the Pegasus Cloth properly. That’s literally every interaction they had, and he never called her a petty jerk or made any value judgments on her whatsoever, at least not to my recollection. Seeing more of who Saori normally is and what she had to lose, and what she did lose because of her divine powers, would have done wonders for both her and the film, but alas the plot is more important than the people in it

Similarly, Seiya has very little personality, as usual, and even manages to have less than KotZ which at least showed him picking up litter after he misses a trash can to show that he’s carefree, but responsible and respectful. Here, he’s...determined, as shown by the fact that he never gives up during a fight, and he’s...skeptical of mysticism and fate. That’s...pretty much it. There is a little bit of overlap there I suppose when the only thing he gives up on in the film is breaking the rock during Marin’s training, thinking that it’s impossible, but honestly it came off as inconsistent with his usual blind determination than being a nuance in his two major character traits. I think I would have liked to see more casual interactions between Seiya and anyone else in the cast, whether it be with Seika/Patricia in the flashbacks or Saori or Marin in the present so that we can see again what kind of person he was vs. what kind of person he became, what he lost when Seika was taken and what he retained. They even try to play that angle too, with Marin asking Seiya who he’s trying to save and his vision cycling from Seika to Saori to ultimately his younger self cowering in the closet. The innocence of his youth or the powerlessness he felt as he watched Seika be ripped from him is potentially a strong motivator for him, but because we know effectively nothing about who he is as a person, we don’t feel the weight of the realization that he still feels like he’s that helpless kid, or how that motivates him to save Saori after he had been so badly beaten and even allowed Mitsumasa to die

Speaking of Mitsumasa, he had one scene where he comforted Saori after a nightmare vision of Athena killing Seiya, but that was the only real fatherly moment we got to see from him. The rest was just exposition, all tell and no show. We learn that he abducted countless children to feed their Cosmo to Guraad to keep her alive, which I guess is meant to be in place of him gathering orphans to become Saints, but again we don’t really feel a sense of betrayal or anything because he wasn’t established as being all that great of a guy in the first place. We didn’t have much reason to think he was bad or anything, aside from association with Guraad, but he went from neutral to dubious rather than endearing to nuanced. His argument with Guraad about how they should believe in their daughter was one thing, but again without seeing the threat she poses that made Guraad turn against the family, we don’t have a strong sense of what Mitsumasa is having his faith tested against. And then he kills himself pointlessly, failing to take out literally any of the opposition that hadn’t already been beaten by Iron Chef Tatsumi (who again, is usually supposed to be completely ineffectual, so while I had fun seeing him get to be cool for once, he really had no business being in the first place)

As I said earlier, Guraad also didn’t really feel like a mother to Saori, she just felt like a bad guy who had heard of her, whereas the Guraad of KotZ at least talked to her and Mitsumasa in a way that gave me the sense that they were at one point a family and that he regretted that their lives had come to this. Somehow Guraad is a much more believable gay man than straight woman, which I think is particularly funny since KotZ only hinted at Mitsumasa and Guraad having such a relationship whereas in this version he explicitly refers to her as his ex-wife. Again, seeing their happy life prior to the tragedy, the choices that they made and regretted afterwards, and their separation when compromise was no longer an option would have made their dynamic and Guraad’s presence as the villain (and ultimate decision to give up her plans because of her lingering affection for her daughter) much more believable and resonant as a story

Ikki, of course, also fails to resonate at all because we’re somehow told even less about him than anyone else. He uses the Phantom Demon Fist all of once, not even on Seiya, which would have been a good opportunity for analyzing his anxieties or even been a good way to reveal that Mitsumasa was involved in Seika’s disappearance, and we never learn his motivations for wanting the Sagittarius Cloth or killing Athena. He seems to believe that Athena is a threat to the world, but honestly the idea that Ikki is trying to save the world through unscrupulous means is extremely counter to the Ikki from any other iteration. Ikki is motivated by two things: vengeance and protecting those he cares about, and the interplay between those two ideas is probably the most interesting thing about early Saint Seiya (trying to get revenge on Mitsumasa by killing all of Mitsumasa’s children, including his own beloved brother Shun, who he believes he’s mercy killing because of their tainted blood at Mitsumasa’s hands). Without either of those motivations being clearly established here, he’s clearly trying to be a nuanced villain with noble goals, but he just comes off as a random mook who happens to be stronger than anyone else present. If we had either taken out Guraad’s failed parental storyline or Cassios’ desire for revenge against Seiya (for...leaving the ring during a fight?), then time could have been dedicated to developing Ikki’s personality and motivations, but instead we learn nothing of relevance about him aside from the fact that he is the Phoenix Saint

We also learn nothing helpful about the Saints, where the Cloths come from, what they do, how Sanctuary works, we just kind of vaguely learn about their existence and Cosmo, which is a personal point of umbrage for me. While the visual of Seiya and Ikki’s Cosmo spirits wearing the Cloths was really cool, the Cloths themselves clearly aren’t meant to be rearrangeable into statues, robbing them of a lot of their identity. The Phoenix Cloths feather trails were prehensile and able to shoot the feathers as projectiles, that was pretty inventive, but it only comes up when Ikki is attacking Guraad, not even during battle with Seiya, so it was also just kind of a waste. I wanted to see an interesting take on the Cloths and Cosmo or have the Saint Seiya world clearly established to show newcomers what’s cool about the franchise, but despite those things being my favorite part, they were sadly little more than footnotes and MacGuffins. I do think it was interesting that the Pegasus Cloth had two levels to it, covering just his chest and arm at first and then covering his full body, but man that was a drastic jump between two scenes without establishing that there was a way to...I don’t know, use the armor better?

I see why this movie isn’t performing super great, at least not stateside, but I can’t help but feel that part of it is because IT’S NOT PLAYING IN MOST THEATRES!!! AND THE ONES IT IS PLAYING AT IT ONLY HAS LIKE ONE SHOWING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GOD DAMN DAY PER DAY!!! I had to drive half an hour to a theater at the tail end of the hours of operation because that was the only time I would be able to make and use my AMC account rather than paying 30 bucks for me and my wife at the ritzy local theatre, and honestly I’m glad we did it that way cus if I actually paid for the tickets I’d probably be even harsher

To sum up, the action was fun, and some of the visuals were surprisingly inventive, but like every other adaptation, The Beginning fails to capitalize on the original work’s potential and instead acts as if the premise alone can carry it without actually putting in the work to properly develop the characters or setting. I wasn’t bored, which is a win, I’m just disappointed that I got what I was expecting: the original but worse (again)

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