History Anime / SaintSeiyaKnightsOfTheZodiac

** Creator/BlakeShepard who voiced Peacock Shiva (an anime-only character who was one of Shaka's disciples) now takes a main role as Long.

** In the original manga/anime, Geki Bear actually causes some trouble to Seiya during their fight. Here, Seiya only needs a couple of seconds to defeat him.

* CastingGag: Hilariously enough, the original English release brings back four voice actors from the ADV dub of the TV series, albeit in different roles. Creator/JohnSwasey, who voiced Hydra Ichi, now voices Libra Dohko; Cameron Bautsch, who voiced Pegasus Seiya as a child, provides the voice for Wolf Nachi; and Creator/KiraVincentDavis (the original voice of Shaina) Creator/JayHickman (the original voice of Shiryu) provide additional voices.
** Creator/KiraVincentDavis also now provides the voice of Kiki and hilariously Creator/JayHickman now voices Desthmask.

* CastingGag: Hilariously enough, the original English release brings back four voice actors from the ADV dub of the TV series, albeit in different roles. Creator/JohnSwasey, who voiced Hydra Ichi, now voices Libra Dohko; Cameron Bautsch, who voiced Pegasus Seiya as a child, provides the voice for Wolf Nachi; and Creator/KiraVincentDavis (the voice of Shaina) and Creator/JayHickman (the original voice of Shiryu) provide additional voices.

* GagDub: In the Latin American dub, when Ikki calls Guilty "sensei", the latter kicks him and says "Eso es basura de puto!" ("That's pussy bullshit!").

* CallForward: Virgo Shaka shows Nero an illusion of him carrying baby Shun through hell. While mostly obscured, she wears the Hades' pendant in that scene.

** [[spoiler: Also, for how Aiolos was killed and Sienna/Saori was found. The sagittarius saint was defeated by both Shura and Saga, with Gemini "sacrificing" himself to "stop" him. He delievered Saori to Mitsumasa here too, with Guraad being the only divergence]].

* VillainHasAPoint: Given what we've seen in plenty ''Saint Seiya'' productions, Vander is right about humanity constantly being at the whims of JerkassGods and that they could be better off without them. The issue here is that he's willing to murder a girl who he once saw as a daughter to save the world. Who is also, coincidentally, logically the one most likely to save the world, due to being the incarnation of the goddess who has does so habitually. And is the only non-{{Jerkass God|s}} in the setting.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Seiya points he expected Shaun was [[MoreDeadlyThanTheMale meaner and tougher than the others]], since she's the only girl around. Shaun subverts that, [[{{NiceGirl}}showing she's actually kind and polite]], if laidback. She's not behind the boys in terms of power, though - she just prefers to fight defensively.

In June 2022, a sequel titled ''Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya – Battle for Sanctuary'' was announced by Website/{{Crunchyroll}}.

Creator/{{Netflix}}'s reboot of Manga/SaintSeiya, created in collaboration with Creator/ToeiAnimation, directed by ''Anime/CrossAnge''[='s=] Yoshiharu Ashino and produced by ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble''[='s=] Eugene Son. This show was the series' second foray into all CGI animation after ''Anime/SaintSeiyaLegendOfSanctuary''. The six episodes were released in July/August 2019 as Part 1, with the second six released on January 23, 2020 as Part 2. The series is a loose retelling of the events of the manga, featuring an original villain.

The Knights are led by the organization Sanctuary, who are ordinarily allied with Athena, but this incarnation of Athena was born with a prophecy that she would fail and bring about humanity's destruction. There is also Vander Guraad, a man who wants to liberate humankind from the will of the gods by using technology to destroy them and any Knights who stands against him.

** Andromeda Shaun believed that her brother Nero died while training. Turns out he survived and acquired the Phoenix armor. Bad news is, he's now full on PowerOfHate, working with Guraad and more than willing to kill his "weakling" sister.

** Miho, Seiya's childhood friend in both manga and the first anime, doesn't exist here. She was barely relevant to the manga, anyway, even if the old anime basically treated her as Seiya's girlfriend, before the 12 Temples arc put almost all the supporting cast into the bus.

Creator/{{Netflix}}'s reboot of Manga/SaintSeiya, created in collaboration with Creator/ToeiAnimation, directed by ''Anime/CrossAnge''[='s=] Yoshiharu Ashino and produced by ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble''[='s=] Eugene Son. This show was the series' second foray into all CGI animation after ''Anime/SaintSeiyaLegendOfSanctuary''. The six episodes were released in July/August 2019 as Part 1, with the second six released on January 23, 2020 Part 2. The series is a loose retelling of the events of the manga, featuring an original villain.

Creator/{{Netflix}}'s reboot of Manga/SaintSeiya, created in collaboration with Creator/ToeiAnimation, directed by ''Anime/CrossAnge''[='s=] Yoshiharu Ashino and produced by ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble''[='s=] Eugene Son. This show was the series' second foray into all CGI animation after ''Anime/SaintSeiyaLegendOfSanctuary''. Season one was released in July/August 2019 with 6 episodes, with season two, being released in January 2020. The series is a loose retelling of the events of the manga, featuring an original villain.

* AdaptationalBadass: In tha manga, the Black Saints are fairy weak and were easily defeated by Seiya and co. during the first story arc and later killed by the Silver Saints. In this version, their PoweredArmor makes them more dangerous and durable than some of the Silver Saints and they can absorv cosmo attacks.

* VillainHasAPoint: Given what we've seen in plenty ''Saint Seiya'' productions, Vander is right about humanity constantly being at the whims of JerkassGods and that they could be better off without them. The issue here is that he's willing to murder a girl who he once saw as a daughter to save the world. [[WhatAnIdiot Who is also, coincidentally, logically the one most likely to save the world, due to being the incarnation of the goddess who has does so habitually.]] And is the only non-{{Jerkass God|s}} in the setting.

* VillainHasAPoint: Given what we've seen in plenty ''Saint Seiya'' productions, Vander is right about humanity constantly being at the whims of JerkassGods and that they could be better off without them. The issue here is that he's willing to murder a girl who he once saw as a daughter to save the world. [[WhatAnIdiot Who is also, coincidentally, logically the one most likely to save the world, due to being the incarnation of the goddess who has does so habitually.]] And is the only non-JerkassGod in the setting.

** Mu observes the Bronze Saints from afar during their fights against Ikki/Nero and the first wave of Silver Saints, helping them by creating an illusion of their dead bodies (over the bodies of the Black Saints) to fake their deaths. This had been AdaptedOut in the original manga.

* SparedByAdaptation: Mitsumasa/Alman is still alive in this series [[spoiler:(For a time, anyway - he is accidentally killed by one of Guraad's men in the second season)]].In the manga and the original anime, he was already dead by the time the story starts.

* VillainHasAPoint: Given what we've seen in plenty ''Saint Saiya'' productions, Vander is right about humanity constantly being at the whims of JerkassGods and that they could be better off without them. The issue here is that he's willing to murder a girl who he once saw as a daughter to save the world. [[WhatAnIdiot Who is also, coincidentally, logically the one most likely to save the world, due to being the incarnation of the goddess who has does so habitually.]] And is the only non-JerkassGod in the setting.

* MugglesDoItBetter: Vander Guraad's ultimate goal is to kill the gods to prove humanity can take control of its own fate. If this were a JRPG, he might've been the hero.

* TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar: Vander Guraad's army is mostly composed of lots of people with assault rifles, gunships (Apaches, for the most part) and the Black Saints vs. the Bronze Saints, with their Cosmo and armors. The Bronze Saints [[OneManArmy do some pretty impressive amount of damage single-handedly]]. And they are the ''weakest'' tier of Saint PowerLevels.

* VillainHasAPoint: Given what we've seen in plenty ''Saint Saiya'' productions, Vander is right about humanity constantly being at the whims of JerkassGods and that they could be better off without them. The issue here is that he's willing to murder a girl who he once saw as a daughter just to save the world.

* CastingGag: Hilariously enough, the original English release brings back four voice actors from the ADV dub of the TV series, albeit in different roles. Creator/JohnSwasey, who voiced Hydra Ichi, now voices Libra Dohko; Cameron Bautsch, who voiced Pegasus Seiya as a child, provides the voice for Wolf Nachi; and Creator/KiraVincentDavis (the voice of Shaina) and Jay Hickman (the original voice of Shiryu) provide additional voices.

* AGodAmI: This is how those who side against Sanctuary view Vander Guraad's plans.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The Pegasus rises once again!]]

* CanonForeigner: Vander Guraad didn't appear in the original manga and anime.

* AdaptationDistillation: Almost all the characters keep their main traits and motivations in comparisson to the original, if with some changes. For example, Shaina, whose part of her character was all about her mask hiding her true side, lost this peculiarity since the rule about female saints hiding their faces with masks apparently doesn't exist in this version or it's optional, like in Marin's case.

* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Unlike in the original, none of the Knights in this series have helmets. What would be their helmets now acts like a ChestInsignia.

** [[spoiler: Also, for how Aiolos was killed and Sienna/Saori was found. The sagittarius saint was defeated by both Shura and Saga, with Gemini "sacrificing" himself to "stop" him. He delievered Saori to Mitsumasa here too, with Graad being the only divergence]].

* CallBack: To ''Legend of The Sanctuary''.