
They loved each other deeply and the mentor knew there was only one way to cause Nero's Cosmo to grow. It all began with Nero having to kill his demonic mentor six year prior on Death Queen Island, a volcanic place where the mysterious teacher murdered his own daughter, Esmeralda, to make Nero go over the edge. He was separated from his sister, Andromeda Shun, and even though they'd be reunited six years later, this season sees him trying to kill her as he thinks personal connections and love make him weak. Well, this show is only six episodes for their first season, meaning Netflix definitely rushed this series.This suit could only be worn by someone who's totally been consumed by hate, which is what Nero represents. image via Googleīesides that, I did enjoy watching this anime in modern works and see these characters on screen again. And even changed a whole queer character into a full-fledged female. However, in the English dubbed version, Netflix changed some of the character’s original Japanese name. The animation was beautiful, recreating every character with such detail to the original. Overall, the animation was what gave me a will to even continue to watch the series. Since the animators made their character’s design exactly the same to the original, it made the characters feel out of place in the modern world. Placing these characters in modern times as well, which doesn’t make sense as they are greek mythological knights in the past, whose sole purpose is to protect goddess Athena. The script was supposed to remain the same as the original 80’s anime, however, Netflix rushed this show, leaving six episodes of complete confusion of those who never watched this show. In search for his sister, he meets two strange people who Script With main character Pegasus Seiya who has the cosmos of the Pegasus constellations. Each character is assigned to a specific zodiac sign whether that be in the constellations, horoscopes or the Chinese zodiacs. These “knights” are sworn to protect the greek goddess Athena from any enemies who might want to take over her throne.

Similar to Netflix’s other anime adaptation on Voltron (2016), this new series takes on a new storyline using the same characters but in modern time.

So, if you didn’t know that, I suggest you look into the original ones first before getting into this 2019 adaptation. If you couldn’t already tell, Netflix made an adaptation on the 80’s anime and manga Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac. First off, July 19, 2019, Netflix debuted their Netflix Original adaptation of the manga and original anime Knights of the Zodiac from 1986.įans were excited and anticipated the debut of their show to be seen in modern animation and relive past memories of their childhood show.
