History Film / KnightsOfTheZodiac

* TheDragon: Nero acts like this for Guraad. However, due to Guraad blaming him for having failed to reach Seiya before Alman, Cassios takes his place on the battlefield most of the time.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the original manga and anime, Tatsumi/Mylock is Saori/Sienna's bumbling bodyguard, a dude looking strong and scary but actually being a wimpy comic sidekick fooling around with a kendo stick against enemies far powerful than himself. Here Mylock is Alman and Sienna's bodyguard (also, Alman's best friend and Sienna's secondary father figure), a scarily competent hitman able to go toe to toe with Guraad's empowered henchmen, acting all the time as TheStoic and the DeadpanSnarker.

** Alman himself in the original manga, according to the dub, was a [[ExplosiveBreeder really prolific]] bad father who fathered hundreds of child to send them risking their lives to get a cloth or [[IDidWhatIHadToDo a rich guy funding several institutions just to get a cache of orphans to send around the world risking their lives and enough spares to ensure his plan]]. In this version he let Guraad hound and kill several potential child Saints to use their Cosmos to extend her life, hoping she'll let Sienna be, and then fled eaten by remorse.

*** Doubles with MythologyGag: Seiya did start to train as a child, under his sister Patricia's wing, but their training was cut short because of Guraad. In the original manga Seiya spends most of the series chasing several red herrings that push him to believe Castalia may be Patricia.

* RedHerring: The movie inherits all the red herrings about Patricia, Seiya's sister. For most of the manga, Seiya is [[spoiler: wrongly]] led to believe that Patricia is Castalia. In the movie, Castalia is the second female character able to train Pegasus in the ways of the Cosmos after Patricia and claims that some hidden circumstances force her to live in isolation without ever showing her face... straight before Alman tells Seiya that Patricia did flee from Guraad's imprisonment, but refused to meet Seiya again because Guraad would then be able to capture them both and left him the Pegasus cloth.
* SequelHook: The whole ending is just a way to introduce an alternate retelling of the event of the manga. [[spoiler: Seiya and Sienna are safe on Castalia's island, and Sienna is fully in control of the Cosmos of Athena. However, Patricia is sill nowhere to be found, and soon the other gods and possibly the Gold Saints wanting to off Sienna like Capricorn in the opening sequence will restart the Galaxian Wars. Sienna vows to find Patricia for Seiya and reunite the Knights of the Zodiac loyal to Athena to protect Earth. Meanwhile Nero is still in possession of the Sagittar Cloth, and one of the earliest arc of the original manga had Sienna [[AvengersAssemble summoning the Saints]] to get the Sagittar Cloth back from Nero, hinting that as soon as Sienna will summon the remaining Saint, Pegasus will get his rematch with Phoenix]].

* YouDontLookLikeYou: In the source material Saori/Sienna is a polite, softspoken teenager looking and acting [[WiseBeyondHisAge wise beyond her age] with long, flowy purple hair reaching her legs, aware of her destiny and always knowing what's right. Sienna here is a sassy blonde woman with curly hair, foul mouthed, a motormouth and deeply insecure. However by the end of the movie she gains her long purple hair and her personality settles into the all-loving goddess Manga!Sienna is.

* EvilWearsBlack: The BigBad Guraad and her army sport an all-black attire.

* HeelFaceTurn: Guraad has a change of heart during the god-killing procedure and tries to get the device shut down. Nero, however, refuses to comply.

* SimpleSolutionWontWork: When Cassios sees the [[KillTheGod god-killing device]], he wonders why they don't just kill Sienna in a more conventional manner. Guraad explains that doing that would cause Athena's Cosmo to awaken, with Nero chiming in that it would be like trying to disarm a nuke by bashing it with a club.

* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: Alman blows up his estate to [[TakingYouWithMe try to take Guraad with him]]. In the source material, Mitsumasa passed away from natural causes before the story begins.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: While Saori Kido was Mitsumasa's adopted granddaughter, Sienna Kido is Alman's adopted daughter.

* Seiya starts training to become a Knight while he's already a teenager; in the original manga and anime, he had begun his training as a young child.
* Sienna's age is bumped up from 13 to 18 in the film.
* Alman Kido is also middle-aged here as opposed to being elderly like Mitsumasa Kido was in the source material.

* CostumeEvolution: The film show two different forms of the Pegasus Cloth; one that resembles its first form in the original manga, and another that covers more of the body, with wing-emblazoned shoulder pads and a helmet that covers all but the eyes.

* AgeLift: Seiya starts training to become a Knight while he's already a teenager; in the original manga and anime, he had begun his training as a young child. Alman Kido is also middle-aged here as opposed to being elderly like Mitsumasa Kido was in the source material.
* AndStarring: The cast list on the official website has "And Creator/SeanBean".

* EarlyBirdCameo: Capricorn Shura is seen prominently in the teaser trailer, attacking Sagittarius Aiolos in a flashback.

''Knights of the Zodiac'' (known as ''Saint Seiya: The Beginning'' in Japan) is a 2023 American {{superhero}} fantasy film co-produced by Creator/ToeiAnimation and Creator/Stage6Films, and is a LiveActionAdaptation of the manga ''Manga/SaintSeiya''. It is directed by Tomek Baginski, with Josh Campbell, Matt Stuecken, and Kiel Murray providing the screenplay. Yoshihiro Ike, who previously composed for ''Anime/SaintSeiyaLegendOfSanctuary'', is set to compose the score.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Sienna goes from being Alman's adopted Granddaughter to his adopted daughter.

* AgeLift: The trailer shows Seiya training to become a Knight while he's already a teenager; in the original manga and anime, he had begun his training as a young child.

* AdaptationAmalgamation: While the film adapts the original manga, the trailers show several elements from [[Anime/SaintSeiyaKnightsOfTheZodiac the 2019 Netflix reboot]], such as its {{Dub Name Change}}s, and its iteration of the Black Saints arc, including the character of Guraad.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: While Cassios in the original series was a monstrous giant, his brief appearance in the official trailer shows him as a normal-looking human.

* CoolMask: The trailers show Eagle Marin with her face-concealing mask, which now resembles Athena's face.
* CostumeEvolution: The trailers show two different forms of the Pegasus Cloth; one that resembles its first form in the original manga, and another that covers more of the body, with wing-emblazoned shoulder pads and a helmet that covers all but the eyes.
* DubNameChange: The official website's cast list shows that many characters have their names changed to match that of ''Anime/SaintSeiyaKnightsOfTheZodiac'' (e.g. Ikki is "Nero", Saori is "Sienna", and Tatsumi is "Mylock").

* EvilWearsBlack: The official trailer shows BigBad Guraad and her army in all-black attire.
* GenderFlip: As prominently seen in the official trailer, Guraad, originally a man in ''Anime/SaintSeiyaKnightsOfTheZodiac'', is now a woman played by Creator/FamkeJanssen.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Subverted; the trailers prominently show the Pegasus armor as having a helmet, complete with a mouthplate as in ''Anime/SaintSeiyaLegendOfSanctuary''. This extends to the other armors, which all (near) completely cover the wearer's face.
* KillTheGod: The official trailer shows this is Guraad's goal, [[WellIntentionedExtremist though she believes it's for the greater good]].

* OriginsEpisode: As seen in the trailer, the film depicts Seiya's journey from a street-fighting orphan to a powerful Knight of Athena. The movie's Japanese title, ''Saint Seiya: The Beginning'', leans further into it.
* PowerGlows: Seiya's Cosmo is shown in the trailers as a glowing blue aura that surrounds him. A similar effect is shown for Nero (albeit red), Sienna (purple), and Shura (green).

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''Knights of the Zodiac'' (known as ''Saint Seiya: The Beginning'' in Japan) is an upcoming American {{superhero}} fantasy film co-produced by Creator/ToeiAnimation and Creator/Stage6Films, and is a LiveActionAdaptation of the manga ''Manga/SaintSeiya''. It is directed by Tomek Baginski, with Josh Campbell, Matt Stuecken, and Kiel Murray providing the screenplay. Yoshihiro Ike, who previously composed for ''Anime/SaintSeiyaLegendOfSanctuary'', is set to compose the score.

''Knights of the Zodiac'' was released in theaters in Japan on April 28, 2023, and it’s currently scheduled to be released in the United States on May 12, 2023.

** Interestingly the Brazilian dub restores Saori and Ikki's names while keeping Alaman Kiddo and Mylock.

''Knights of the Zodiac'' is scheduled for release in theaters in Japan on April 28, 2023, and in the United States on May 12, 2023.

''Knights of the Zodiac'' (known as ''Saint Seiya: The Beginning'' in Japan) is an upcoming American {{superhero}} fantasy film co-produced by Creator/ToeiCompany and Creator/Stage6Films, and is a LiveActionAdaptation of the manga ''Manga/SaintSeiya''. It is directed by Tomek Baginski, with Josh Campbell, Matt Stuecken, and Kiel Murray providing the screenplay. Yoshihiro Ike, who previously composed for ''Anime/SaintSeiyaLegendOfSanctuary'', is set to compose the score.

%%No citation* DubNameChange: Following the lead of ''Anime/SaintSeiyaKnightsOfTheZodiac'', many characters have their names changed to match that series (e.g. Ikki is "Nero", Saori is "Sienna", and Tatsumi is "Mylock").

%%No citation* GenderFlip: Guraad, originally a man in ''Anime/SaintSeiyaKnightsOfTheZodiac'', is now a woman played by Creator/FamkeJanssen.

* DubNameChange: Following the lead of ''Anime/SaintSeiyaKnightsOfTheZodiac'', many characters have their names changed to match that series (e.g. Ikki is "Nero", Saori is "Sienna", and Tatsumi is "Mylock").

* GenderFlip: Guraad, originally a man in ''Anime/SaintSeiyaKnightsOfTheZodiac'', is now a woman played by Creator/FamkeJanssen.