Saint Seiya (聖闘士星矢 Seinto Seiya) is an anime series based on the shōnen manga created by Masami Kurumada and produced by the Japanese animation studio Toei Animation. It aired from October 11, 1986 to April 1, 1989 on Japan's TV Asahi, consisting of 114 episodes.
The story follows five mystical warriors called the "Saints" who fight wearing sacred armors named "Cloths", the designs of which derive from the various constellations the characters have adopted as their destined guardian symbols, and empowered by a mystical energy called "Cosmo". The Saints have sworn to defend the reincarnation of the Greek goddess Athena in her battle against other Olympian gods who want to dominate Earth.
Dubbing History[]
In July 2002, ADV Films announced at their Otakon 2002 panel that they had purchased the rights to release the series in North America. The following June, it was revealed that the company had only acquired a sublicense to the series through an agreement with children's entertainment company DiC Entertainment. The French studio announced that it had sold 40 episodes of the show to Cartoon Network for broadcast in the United States under the name Knights of the Zodiac.
DiC produced an edited English dub recorded in Toronto, Ontario by Kaleidoscope Entertainment. This version featured significant visual edits, storyline modifications and a cover of The Flock of Seagulls song "I Ran" by American rock band Bowling for Soup as its opening theme song. The series debuted on Cartoon Network in the United States on August 30, 2003. Parallel to DIC's dub, ADV Films produced their own uncut version under the Saint Seiya name. Utilizing an entirely separate voice cast from the Houston, Texas area, their dub was released on DVD from October 21, 2003 to May 31, 2005. While ADV intended to complete the dub of the series, they were only able to sub-license 60 episodes from DiC, as they had only licensed that many for their own adaptation.
Cartoon Network would end up pulling the series from air due to abysmal ratings. Though Cartoon Network initially planned to run the rest of DiC's dub in a late night slot, the show was pulled from the channel's schedule in April 2004 after 32 episodes aired. ADV Films would later release the first 28 episodes across 7 DVD and VHS releases between January and November 2004. In Canada, however, all 40 episodes aired on television, with the dub's conclusion airing on July 24, 2004.
In 2018, Netflix acquired the series in a deal with Toei, and on October 15, 2019, they released the first 15 episodes on their streaming service with a new dub containing much of the same cast as their voice cast for Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya; also recorded in Houston by Sentai Filmworks, where ADV previously dubbed the series and containing many members of the original dub's cast in other roles. 26 further episodes were released on October 24, 2019. 32 episodes were released on January 2, 2020, making it the first time that episodes 61-73 had been dubbed into English. The final 41 episodes were released on April 6, 2020, making Sentai's dub of the series the only one to finish to completion. It left Netflix on December 14, 2021. The Sentai dub was added to Crunchyroll on April 21, 2023.
Cast[]
Uncut Version (ADV/Sentai)[]
Image | Character | Seiyū | ADV Dub | Sentai Dub |
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Bronze Saints | ||||
Pegasus Seiya | Tōru Furuya | Illich Guardiola | Bryson Baugus | |
Hiroko Emori (young) |
Cameron Bautsch | Crocket Groves | ||
Dragon Shiryu | Hirotaka Suzuoki | Jay Hickman | Blake Shepard | |
Chiyoko Kawashima (young) |
Luci Christian | ¿? | ||
Cygnus Hyōga | Koichi Hashimoto | Jason Douglas | Patrick Poole | |
Chie Satō (young) |
Christine Auten (ep. 3) | ¿? | ||
Rebecca Ayres (eps. 21, 40) | ||||
Brenda Rodriquez (ep. 47) | ||||
Andromeda Shun | Ryō Horikawa | Chris Patton | Blake Jackson | |
Yumi Tōma (young) |
Kira Vincent-Davis | ¿? | ||
Phoenix Ikki | Hideyuki Hori | Mike MacRae | Adam Gibbs | |
Noriko Uemura (young) |
Kyle C. Jones | ¿? | ||
Unicorn Jabu | Kōsuke Meguro | Vic Mignogna | Leraldo Anzaldua | |
Akie Yasuda (young) |
Sasha Paysinger | ¿? | ||
Bear Geki | Yūji Mikimoto | Rob Mungle | Adam Noble | |
Adrian Heredia (young) |
¿? | |||
Lionet Ban | Hirohiko Kakegawa | Rick Burford | John Swasey | |
Wolf Nachi | Hideyuki Tanaka (eps. 1-7) |
Nathan Parmer | Cameron Bautsch | |
Takeshi Kusao (eps. 8-114) | ||||
Chie Satō (young) |
Jessica Boone | ¿? | ||
Hydra Ichi | Masato Hirano | John Swasey | Justin Doran | |
Chameleon June | Hiromi Tsuru | Shelley Calene-Black | Chaney Moore | |
Gods | ||||
Saori Kido / Athena | Keiko Han | Allison Sumrall | Emily Neves | |
Julian Solo / Poseidon | Osamu Saka (mythological entity) |
Clifford Chapin | ||
Keiichi Nanba | ||||
¿? (young) | ||||
Gold Saints | ||||
Aries Mu | Kaneto Shiozawa | Paul Locklear | John Gremillion | |
Taurus Aldebaran | Tesshō Genda | Paul Oddo | Josh Morrison | |
Pope Ares / Gemini Saga |
Kazuyuki Sogabe | Mike Kleinhenz | David Matranga | |
Hideyuki Tanaka (Good side) |
Mike MacRae | |||
Kazuyuki Sogabe | Mike Kleinhenz | |||
Katsuji Mori (phantom) |
John Swasey | |||
Cancer Deathmask | Ryōichi Tanaka | Rob Mungle | Jay Hickman | |
Leo Aiola | Hideyuki Tanaka | Rick Piersall | Greg Cote | |
Kyōko Tongū (young) |
Afshar Kharat | ¿? | ||
Virgo Shaka | Yūji Mitsuya | Ryan Worthington | Scott Gibbs | |
Roshi / Libra Dohko |
Kōji Yada | Paul Sidello | John Swasey | |
Scorpio Milo | Shūichi Ikeda | Daniel Magill | Alejandro Saab | |
Sagittarius Aiolos | Yūsaku Yara | Rick Piersall | Greg Cote | |
Capricorn Shura | Kōji Totani | Jovan Jackson | ||
Aquarius Camus | Rokurō Naya | Jonathan Harvey | Kregg Dailey | |
Pisces Aphrodite | Keiichi Nanba | Ry McKeand | ||
Silver Saints | ||||
Ophiuchus Shaina | Mami Koyama | Kira Vincent-Davis | Katelyn Barr | |
Eagle Marin | Yuriko Yamamoto | Christine Auten | Maggie Flecknoe | |
Lizard Misty | Yū Mizushima | Vic Mignogna | Gareth West | |
Whale Moses | Kōji Totani | Andrew Klimko | Courtland Johnson | |
Hound Asterion | Kazuo Hayashi | Jovan Jackson | Nathan Wilson | |
Centaurus Babel | Yūji Mikimoto | Jim McClellan | ¿? | |
Perseus Algol | Akira Kamiya | David Born | Austin Tindle | |
Crow Jamian | Naoki Tatsuta | Kyle C. Jones | Justin Doran | |
Kerberos Dante | Akira Murayama | George Manley | Joe Daniels | |
Auriga Capella | Katsuji Mori | Quentin Haag | ¿? | |
Tarantula Arachne | Ken Yamaguchi | Richard Kuehn | ¿? | |
Musca Dio | Ryōichi Tanaka | John Swasey | James Marler | |
Heracles Algethi | Daisuke Gōri | Jason Miesse | ¿? | |
Canis Major Sirius | Ikuya Sawaki | Santry Rush | ¿? | |
Sagitta Ptolemy | Michitaka Kobayashi | John Dukes Dunivin | Michael Wronski | |
Peacock Shiva | Shigeru Nakahara | Blake Shepard | Howard Wang | |
Lotus Aghora | Takaya Hashi | Robert Leeds | ¿? | |
Cepheus Albiore | Keiichi Noda | Joey Goubeaud | ¿? | |
Other Saints | ||||
Crystal Saint | Michiru Ikemizu | Philip Lehl | Mike Haimoto | |
Guilty | Hidekatsu Shibata | James Faulkner | David Harbold | |
Gigas | Masaharu Satō | John Gremillion | ¿? | |
Phaeton | Hirohiko Kakegawa | John Swasey | ¿? | |
Docrates | Masaharu Satō | Dan Mackey | ¿? | |
Geist | Chiyoko Kawashima | Kaytha Coker | ¿? | |
Sea Serpent Saint | Masato Hirano | Vic Mignogna | ¿? | |
Dolphin Saint | Hideyuki Tanaka | Randy Sparks | James Marler | |
Jellyfish Saint | Kazumi Tanaka | Eric Opella | ¿? | |
Flame Saint | Ken Yamaguchi | Andy Nelson | ¿? | |
Spartan | Shigeru Chiba | Tad Hathaway | ¿? | |
Leda | Kazumi Tanaka | Paul Hope | Clint Bickham | |
Spica | Masami Kikuchi | Mike Vance | ¿? | |
Black Saints | ||||
Jango | Banjō Ginga | Chris Pruett | Rob Mungle | |
Black Pegasus | Shigeru Nakahara | Illich Guardiola | Bryson Baugus | |
Black Dragon | Ken Yamaguchi | Jay Hickman | Blake Shepherd | |
Black Swan | Kazumi Tanaka | Jason Douglas | Patrick Poole | |
Black Andromeda | Kaneto Shiozawa | Chris Patton | Blake Jackson | |
Black Phoenix | Masashi Hironaka | Mike MacRae | Adam Gibbs | |
Black Saints | Yūki Satō | Chris Nelson | ¿? | |
Don Rush | ¿? | |||
Hirohiko Kakegawa | Kyle C. Jones | ¿? | ||
Jacob A. Gragard | ¿? | |||
Masato Hirano | Matt Crawford | ¿? | ||
Joey Goubeaud | ¿? | |||
Steel Saints | ||||
Shō | Shigeru Nakahara | Mark X. Laskowski | ¿? | |
Daichi | Mie Suzuki | Greg Ayres | ¿? | |
Ushio | Hōchū Ōtsuka | Christopher Ayres | ¿? | |
Other Characters | ||||
Kiki | Hiroko Emori | Karen Hatch | Kira Vincent-Davis | |
Miho | Naoko Watanabe | Sasha Paysinger | Avery Smithhart | |
Shunrei | Yumiko Shibata | Kim Prause | Hilary Haag | |
Polaris Hilda | Mitsuko Horie | Molly Searcy | ||
Tokumaru Tatsumi | Yukitoshi Hori | Ron Howald | Ty Mahany | |
Cassios | Banjō Ginga | Matt Culpepper | Andrew Love | |
Mitsumasa Kido | Kōhei Miyauchi | Marty Fleck | ||
Esmeralda | Chisato Nakajima | Kelly Manison | Juliet Simmons | |
Seika | Yuriko Yamamoto | Shelley Calene-Black | Lillian Jones | |
Makoto | Noriko Uemura | Monica Rial | ¿? | |
Akira | Yumi Tōma | Tiffany Grant | ¿? | |
Tatsuya | Michiyo Yanagisawa | Greg Ayres | ¿? | |
Jacob | Tomiko Suzuki | Tony Oller | ¿? | |
Natassia (Hyoga's Mother) |
Akiko Tsuboi | Robin Terry | ¿? | |
Galaxian Wars Announcer | Masashi Hironaka | Don Armstrong | ¿? | |
Dr. Asamori | Yasuo Muramatsu | Chris Nelson | ¿? | |
Okko | Kazuhiko Inoue | Scott Rudy | ¿? | |
Seiko Nakano (young) |
Lidia Porto | ¿? | ||
Jaki | Masaharu Satō | John Gremillion | ¿? | |
Elena | Masako Miura | Allison Norman | ¿? | |
Elena's Grandfather | Jōji Yanami | Stuart Halpryn | ¿? | |
Gods Warriors of Asgard | ||||
Dubhe Alpha Siegfried | Akira Kamiya | Blake Weir | ||
Merak Beta Hagen | Bin Shimada | Matt Shipman | ||
Alioth Epsilon Fenrir | Toshihiko Seki | Jay Hickman | ||
Poseidon's Seven Marina Generals | ||||
Mermaid Thetis | Hiromi Tsuru | Christina Kelly | ||
Kraken Isaac | Ryūsei Nakao | Joe Daniels | ||
Scylla Io | Issei Futamata | Kiba Walker | ||
Others / Not Applicable | ||||
Narration | Hideyuki Tanaka | Andy McAvin | Marty Fleck |
Additional Voices[]
ADV Dub
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Sentai Dub |
Knights of the Zodiac[]
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
---|---|---|---|
Pegasus Seiya | Tōru Furuya | Tim Hamaguchi | |
Hiroko Emori (young) |
Marc McMulkin | ||
Dragon Shiryu | Hirotaka Suzuoki | Dan Warry-Smith | |
Cygnus Hyōga | Koichi Hashimoto | Stuart Stone | |
Andromeda Shun | Ryō Horikawa | Andrew Sabiston | |
Phoenix Ikki | Hideyuki Hori | Scott McCord | |
Unicorn Jabu | Kōsuke Meguro | Robert Tinkler | |
Bear Geki | Yūji Mikimoto | Drew Coombs | |
Lionet Ban | Hirohiko Kakegawa | Bill Houston | |
Wolf Nachi | Hideyuki Tanaka (eps. 1-7) |
Jeff Berg | |
Takeshi Kusao (eps. 8-114) | |||
Hydra Ichi | Masato Hirano | Robert Norman Smith | |
Princess Sienna | Keiko Han | Stacey DePass | |
Aries Mu | Kaneto Shiozawa | Shane Bland | |
Grand Pope | Hideyuki Tanaka | Martin Roach | |
Roshi | Kōji Yada | Bill Colgate | |
Ophiuchus Shaina | Mami Koyama | Katie Griffin | |
Eagle Marin | Yuriko Yamamoto | Tracey Hoyt | |
Kiki | Hiroko Emori | Julie Lemieux | |
Miho | Naoko Watanabe | Ayumi Iizuka | |
Tokumaru Tatsumi | Yukitoshi Hori | Andrew Pifko | |
Cassios | Banjō Ginga | Maurice Dean Wint | |
Mitsumasa Kido | Kōhei Miyauchi | Neil Crone | |
Esmeralda | Chisato Nakajima | Kim Kuhteubl | |
Makoto | Noriko Uemura | Annick Obonsawin | |
Akira | Yumi Tōma | Marc McMulkin | |
Narration | Hideyuki Tanaka | George Buza |
Additional Voices/Unidentified Roles
- Jeff Berg
- Shane Bland
- George Buza
- Drew Coombs
- Neil Crone
- Andrew Pifko
- Martin Roach
- Ron Rubin[1]
- Robert Norman Smith
- Dan Warry-Smith
- Maurice Dean Wint
Notes[]
- Toronto-based actress Gabi Epstein listed Sienna on her resume, but her voice does not appear in the show. She was likely an original casting choice and was later replaced with Stacey DePass.
- Marty Fleck was the only actor from the ADV dub to reprise his role in the Sentai dub. However, many of the actors that were in the ADV dub, such as Kira-Vincent Davis, John Swasey, Rob Mungle, John Gremillion, Cameron Bautsch and Jay Hickman, also appeared in the Sentai one, but doing different roles than the ones they did in the ADV dub.
- Luci Christian, who also provided voice for the young version of Dragon Shiryu in the ADV dub, also did the gender-bended role of Andromeda Shun in the rebooted 2019 series.
- This is the second time Sentai Filmworks have used a child actor in one of their dubs (in this case, Crockett Groves).
- Interestingly, Blake Jackson who played Andromeda Shun in the Sentai dub was also in the rebooted 2019 series as Guard #2
Transmission[]
Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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2003-2004 | Cartoon Network | United States | |
YTV | Canada |
Video Releases[]
Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Dub | Region | Country | |
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ADV Films | 2003-2005 | Episodes 1-60 | ADV | 1 NTSC |
United States | ||
12 Volumes | |||||||
2004 | Episodes 1-40 | DiC | NTSC | ||||
8 Volumes | |||||||
Episodes 1-40 | 1 NTSC | ||||||
8 Volumes | |||||||
2006 | Episodes 1-60 | ADV | |||||
2 Volumes | |||||||
2009 | Episodes 1-60 | ||||||
2 Volumes |
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ Ron Rubin Animation Credits. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
External Links[]
- Saint Seiya at the Internet Movie Database
- Saint Seiya (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia