History Anime / SaintSeiyaOmega

* {{Expy}}: Kouga is Seiya, Ryuhou is Shiryu, Yuna has elements of both Marin and Yuzuriha, and Haruto is probably one of Junkers.
** Souma has elements of Aioria and Regulus and Eden is Ikki.
** Ryuho is closer to Shun than to Shiryu, even if he is Shiryu's son. His character profile on the official site describes him as the sentimental, considerate character. From a different perspective, it's probably like this: Kouga is the new Seiya, Yuna is Hyouga, Haruto is Shiryu, Ryuho is Shun and Eden is Ikki; Souma is a mellowed version of Jabu.
*** The Yuna/Hyoga comparison is even more enforced now that it's known that Yuna grew up in a snowy place, and her master is a GenderFlip {{Expy}} of [[strike:the Crystal Saint]] Camus.
** Subaru's steel cloth really brings Megaman X to the mind.

** About the most plot relevant event it leads to is the introduction of the Equleus Saint. Celeris, a citizen of Pallasvelda with a strong Cosmo, impressed the dying Equleus Saint who gave him his cloth. Celeris then gave the cloth to Subaru, making him a real Bronze Saint.
is when a random civilian inherits the Equleus Cloth by impressing through bravery

--->Kouga: '' As long as someone is there to carry it on, the legend of ''[[Manga/SaintSeiya]]'' will live on!''

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Medea constantly mentions that if their plans succeed, [[spoiler: that person will remain lost in the darkness forever.]] It turns out she was talking about [[spoiler: Seiya, who was being held prisoner within Mars's darkness.]]
** When Aegir tells the heroes about the holy weapons wielded by the Class-1 Pallasites, five swords are shown despite being only four known First Class Pallasites.

* ParentalAbandonment: Following ''Saint Seiya'''s tradition, most of the main characters are parentless in some way or another. So far the only exception is Ryuhou, with both biological parents known and alive, and that's because Shiryu and Shunrei's [[PlotArmor Plot Armors]] are sturdier than Gold Cloths.[[spoiler: And even that is not enough to save Shiryu]].

The newest entry in the ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' franchise, began airing in April 1st, 2012.

It follows a new generation of Saints, and the main character is Pegasus Kouga, who seems to be very much like [[{{Determinator}} Sei]][[IdiotHero ya]] in terms of personality. Seiya himself also appears as a Gold Saint. Saori Kido is still present, as the goddess Athena; she also raised Kouga as a parent. She is kidnapped by the god Mars, leaving Kouga and his fellow Saints to save her. Other Saints include: Aquila Yuna, Lionet Souma, Dragon Ryuhou, Orion Eden and Wolf Haruto.

[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2013-02-23/saint-seiya-omega-to-launch-new-arc-in-april A second season, with a new story arc]], is currently airing in Japan.

*** Note, however, that other Cerberus Saints have been present at [[SaintSeiya other installments]] [[SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas of the franchise]]. So, we may assume that at least some of the former constellations are among Athena's lines since day one, [[FridgeLogic though one might wonder how they all add up to only 88 soldiers...]]

** Harbinger delivers this one spectacularly in his first appearance

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The Palaestra, which is presumably somewhere in either Europe or Japan, is depicted as being one or two days' journey from Saori's house. From there, the kids go to the site of the Twelve Temples in Greece, then a snowy town that's implied to be in Eastern Europe, then a desert landscape that's clearly made to represent Arabia or Central Asia. They're then in a jungle that might be in Vietnam or Thailand, and then in a thriving tourism coastal city that is probably in the Pacific Ocean, and then in a very dry canyon that's suspiciously like the Grand Canyon. After that they make it to Souma's home town, which, in terms of architecture and the appearance of locals, is most-likely Mexico despite him being Brazilian. And then they go to Ryuuhou's place that is explicitly in the rustic part of China, followed by going to the Thunder Ruins that's located deep in a taiga forest, probably in Southern Russia. Save for a short trip in a motor boat to cross an indeterminate amount of water, this is ''all on foot.''

* RoleReprisal: TohruFuruya is back as Seiya himself.

* {{Mooks}}: Crop up only rarely in the first season - the Martians and their Saint allies prefer to use individuals and small groups of elite operatives to get the job done. In Season 2, however, our heroes' new adversaries, the Pallasites, are much more fond of using their numbers as a weapon, and the Saints routinely have to face down a ZergRush and WeHaveResevers number of nameless Class-4 Pallasites alongside the tougher named ones. That said the number of Class-4 Pallasites are far greater and they on average are stronger than the average Steel Saint.

* ParentalAbandonment: Following ''Saint Seiya'''s tradition, most of the main characters are parentless in some way or another. So far the only exception is Ryuhou, with both biological parents known and alive, and that's because Shiryu and Shunrei's [[PlotArmor Plot Armors]] are sturdier than Gold Cloths.

* TerraForm: [[spoiler: Mars goal is to turn TheRedPlanet into a new earth. With Athena becoming part of the WorldTree that will grow upon it.]]

* HotMom: Saori to Kouga, she is 37 years old in this setting.

* AnimeThemeSong: A new version of "Pegasus Fantasy" is the first of ''Omega'''s [=OPs=]. This followed by two new songs, respectively titled "Next Generation" and "Saint Evolution".

** So far, from the original band, only Sagittarius Seiya [[spoiler:and Libra Shiryu]] are gold saints. The others remain in the bronze class. ''[[BadAss Not that doesn't stop or slow them the slightest anyways...]]''

** So far, from the original band, only Sagittarius Seiya [[spoiler:and Libra Shiryu]] are gold saints. The others remain in the bronze class. ''[[Badass Not that doesn't stop or slow them the slightest anyways...]]''

** So far, from the original band, only Sagittarius Seiya [[spoiler:and Libra Shiryu]] are gold saints. The others remain in the bronze class. ''[[LegendaryInTheSequel Not that doesn't stop or slow them the slightest anyways...]]''

* FourIsDeath: [[spoiler: There are two groups amongst the antagonists who fit this. The Four Heavenly Kings of Mars from the first season and the Four Heavenly King Class-1 Pallasites in the second season. The Four Pallasites even wielding swords with their own cosmo and tremendous power.]]

* {{Mooks}}: Crop up only rarely in the first season - the Martians and their Saint allies prefer to use individuals and small groups of elite operatives to get the job done. In Season 2, however, our heroes' new adversaries, the Pallasites, are much more fond of using their numbers as a weapon, and the Saints routinely have to face down a ZergRush of generic bad guys in addition to tougher, named adversaries.

* RedShirtArmy: Along with its heavier use of {{Mooks}}, the second season reintroduces this in the form of the Steel Saints, young soldiers equipped with technological pseudo-Cloths who serve to bulk out the numbers of Athena's forces due to the massive casualties the war against Mars inflicted. As one Steel Saint irritably noted, they're at a disadvantage against even their opposite numbers, the similarly feeble Level-4 Pallasites.

* DarkIsEvil: Darkness cosmo is ALWAYS a Bad Thing™.

* {{Infinity Plus One Element}}s: Light and Dark, though they have more of an emphasis on the 'Plus One' than the 'Infinity'. The reason being that despite their advantages the above mentioned "whoever's cosmo burns brightest wins" still applies. However to date (ep 8) both elements are incredibly rare among saints, and of the three known Light element users two are deific [[spoiler:the real and 'fake' Athena]] and the other is the massively gifted Kouga. There does however seem to be a bus load of low level dark element users among the Martian {{Mook}}s. The advantages of these elements are that they seem to be NonElemental in regards to the standard 5 (but directly counter each other). Dark also seems able to cause a [[FieldPowerEffect Field Power Drain]] to non-dark users.

* LegendaryInTheSequel: Seiya, Shun, Shiryu, Hyoga and Ikki are regarded as living legends in ''Omega'', and every saint worth their salt knows about them and respects them.