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Summary of the Series

Saint Seiya/Knights Of The Zodiac is a manga by Masami Kurumada from 1986 to 1991. It told the story of the Saints, a group of powerful warriors who are sworn to fight as the army of the Goddess Athena. Along the series, they face various Holy Wars against Deities who wish to claim Athena's earth as their own, always against increasingly stronger opponents. The series quickly became a hit, and Toei Animation soon followed with an Anime adaptation in the same year. Interestingly enough, instead of merely following the manga and adding filler episodes from time to time, the anime took great liberties with the source material, altering details of backstories, adding/changing characters, creating entire new story arcs, and usually tying all-new "filler" material to the original manga plot.

When the original Manga / Anime came to an end, the series found itself in limbo, and from 1991 to 2001, no new material came of it. This changed when both Masami Kurumada and Toei Animation decided to revive the series, and since then Saint Seiya has been an ever-growing, ever expanded franchise.

In 2001, the Saint Seiya Taizen Encyclopedia came to be, bundled alongside the Hypermyth, and with the two many details of the series's mythology became explained (Note: There was already a Hypermyth in 1990, but it was not written by, nor very supervised by Kurumada, and many of its details are removed in its 2001 update, making it clear what is the canonical version). In the next year, the Saint Seiya Hades OVAs began to be published, alongside the Light Novel Saint Seiya Gigantomachia, telling a story that happened in between the Poseidon and Hades arcs, and the manga Saint Seiya Episode G, a prequel focused on the Gold Saints, which Kurumada supervised , approved and officially confirmed canon.

Since then, numerous anime and manga have been released, such as Saint Seiya Next Dimension and Saint Seiya Lost Canvas in 2006, originally intended to be equally valid story-lines published simultaneously, yet since 2009 Next Dimension has been called the canonical continuation of Saint Seiya. Also released was the Heaven Chapter: Overture, intended as the first of a trilogy that would tell the Olympus Arc, but due to disapproval from Kurumada, the plan was abandoned. And last but not least, the Saint Seiya Omega and Saint Seiya Soul of Gold anime, and the manga Saintia Sho.

For a long time, all of these anime and manga were viewed as non-canonical spin-offs, but all changed in 2014 when the direct sequel to Episode G, Saint Seiya Episode G: Assassin started, and in it, the existence of a Multiverse in the franchise was confirmed. This, alongside references to various "non-canonical" anime in the series, forced fans to look at the Saint Seiya Franchise from a new perspective.

Timeline of the Series

Original Manga Universe:

  • Saint Seiya: Episode Zero (A manga of three chapters that is a prequel to the Classic Manga)
  • Saint Seiya: Origin (A manga of two chapters that is a prequel to the Classic Manga)
  • Saint Seiya: Episode.G Assassin - Prologue (months after the fight against Cronus)
  • Saint Seiya: Time Odyssey (Takes place at various points in time during the Classic Manga)
  • Classic Manga: Sanctuary Arc (Year of 1986)
  • Classic Manga: Poseidon Arc (Year of 1987)
  • Saint Seiya: Destiny (A manga of one chapter with a story parallel to the Poseidon Arc)
  • Classic Manga: Hades Arc (Year of 1990)
  • Saint Seiya: Next Dimension (days after the Hades Arc / Year of 1743 in the past)
  • Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho (Events happening parallel to Classic Manga)
  • Saint Seiya: Golden Age (In between Poseidon Arc and Hades Arc of the Classic Manga)
  • Saint Seiya: Episode. G: Assassin (Modern times, decades after the main series)
  • Saint Seiya: Episode G: Requiem (Takes place after the events of Assassin)

Toei Animation Universe:

  • Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (Spin-off: Take place more than 2 centuries before Classic Series)
  • Classic Anime: Sanctuary Arc (Year of 1986) (Early fillers not included)
  • Classic Anime: Asgard Arc (Year of 1987)
  • Classic Anime: Poseidon Arc (Year of 1987)
  • Saint Seiya: Hades OVAs (Year of 1990)
  • Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold (Spin-off: In between Hades Inferno and Hades Elysium)
  • Saint Seiya: Santia Sho (Spin-off: Events happening parallel to Classic Series)
  • Saint Seiya Ω (25 Years after the start of Classic Series, Year of 2011)

Parallel Universes:

  • Saint Seiya Heaven Chapter: Overture
  • Saint Seiya: Episode.G (7 Years before the start of Classic Series, Year of 1979)
  • Saint Seiya Gigantomachia (In between of Poseidon Arc and Hades Arc)
  • Saint Seiya: Meiō Iden Dark Wing (A new manga with a story set in a parallel universe of the multiverse of Saint Seiya)
  • Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (A CGI Movie adaptation of the Sanctuary Arc, taking heavy liberties with the source material)

Note: If you want to know more about the Verse's Lore, read the Hypermyth here.

Power of the Verse

Saint Seiya is widely considered to be one of the most powerful anime verses there are. Due to the mechanics of the series even the weakest characters, capable of controlling only Basic Cosmos, comfortably sit around Island Level in their Attack Potency and Durability. Far above them are numerous characters, over 100 when counting the whole Franchise, whose power range from Multi-Solar System level, to Galaxy level, and even Multi-Galaxy level.

Then there are the God Characters, whose powers can range from being as "insignificant" as Star level, though the majority of even the Minor Gods show immense superiority over any users of the 7th and 8th Senses, and through certain feats can be ranked at At least Multi-Galaxy level. Major, powerful deities, such as the Olympians and the Titans, possess a level of power far beyond all mortal comprehension, being beyond typical infinity and residing in a completely separate, higher dimension. Their levels are often around Universe+ to Low Multiverse level. Finally, Saint Seiya has the presence of a few God Tier characters whose power sits at the Multiverse level+.

The franchise also holds immense speeds, with most of the verse being light speed with the strongest characters having infinite speed.

Finally, what truly makes Saint Seiya such an impressive verse, is also the special abilities and manipulations of the various characters, such as, but not limited to:

For more information, see this page.

Supporters/Opponents/Neutral

Supporters

Opponents

Neutral

Characters

Saint Seiya Manga Only

Legendary Bronze Saints

Bronze Saints

Silver Saints

Gold Saints

Deities

Poseidon's Marines

Hades's Specters

18th Century Gold Saints

Deities

Hades's Specters

Others

21th Century Saints (Lost World)

Gladiators

Titans

Deities

Gigas

Others

18th Century Bronze Saints

18th Century Silver Saints

18th Century Gold Saints

Deities

Gigas

Hades's Specters

Saintias

Silver Saints

Deities

Eris's Dryads / Ghost Saints

Saint Seiya Anime Only

God Warriors

Ghost Five

Corona Saints

Fallen Angels

Deities

21th Century Bronze Saints

21th Century Gold Saints

Deities

Deities

Bronze Saints

Discussions

Discussion threads involving Saint Seiya

General Discussion

General discussion thread for this verse
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