An advertising video clip was telecasted by Netflix Japan for the subsequent six-episode part of the primary season of the CG anime recreation Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya of the manga Saint Seiya by Masami Kurumada. On the similar day Thursday all of the six episodes of the subsequent part of the anime was premiered globally by Netflix.
Last July the primary part comprising of the first six episodes were premiered globally. The primary 12 episode season of the anime focus on the story from the Galaxian Wars to Silver Saints arcs of the manga.
The Japanese voices over artist of the anime are following:
- Masakazu Morita as Pegasus Seiya
- Takahiro Sakurai as Dragon Shiryū
- Hiroaki Miura as Cygnus Hyōga
- Satomi Satou as Andromeda Shun
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Pheonix Ikki
- Fumiko Orikasa as Saori Kido
The anime story is explained by Netflix in following manner:
Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya follows current experiences of youthful warriors called Knights, who are sworn defenders of the resurrected Greek goddess Athena. Every knight wears an incredible covering dependent on their picked zodiac star grouping, and is called Knights of the Zodiac. They help Athena in her fight against ground-breaking Olympian divine beings that are keen on decimating the mankind.
The series was directed at Toei Animation by Yoshiharu Ashino. The head author and story editor was Eugene Son. The characters were designed by Terumi Nishii, and the armor was designed by Takashi Okazaki.
The starting theme song called PEGASUS SEIYA which is an English cover version of the Japanese band MAKE-UP’s original theme song Pegasus Fantasy was presented by English rock band The Struts. The concluding song called SOMEBODY NEW was also give away by The Struts.
