Saint Seiya Dvd Collection 1
Saint Seiya DVD 1. Seiya, a mortal from Japan, has taken it upon himself to train and compete in the battles of the Gods. Obtaining the sacred Saint armor.
Pegasus Seiya from the manga First appearance Saint Seiya Chapter 1: 'The Saints of Athena' (1986) Created by Voiced by Japanese (Anime; Omega) (Child) (OVAs) ( ) English (ADV dub) Tim Hamaguchi (DiC dub) Cameron Bautsch (Child, ADV dub) Profile Relatives (father, deceased) (sister) Orphaned Bronze Saints (half brothers) Pegasus Seiya ( 天馬星座 ( ペガサス )の星矢, Pegasasu no Seiya), also known as simply Seiya, is a in the manga series created. He is the thirteen-year-old that makes his debut in the first chapter 'The Saints of Athena' ( 女神 （ アテナ ）の聖闘士, Atena no Seinto), published in magazine in January 1986. Like most of Kurumada's characters, Seiya's design was inspired in the main character of his previous hit manga, Takane Ryūji. Seiya is one of the eighty-eight mythical warriors known as Saints who have served the Goddess throughout the ages, protecting justice and peace on Earth. As a Saint, Seiya dons one of the powerful armors of divine origins known as Cloths, the one which represents the constellation of. He also possesses and speed, two of the many extraordinary abilities the Saints draw from their guardian constellations and an inner essence called Cosmo. Critical reception to Seiya has been mixed.
While many enjoy his character design and call of justice, many reviewers feels is overshadowed by other characters and the way he handles fights. Contents. Creation and conception While in the process of creating Saint Seiya, Masami Kurumada initially gave Seiya the name Rin, intending to title his manga Ginga no Rin ( 銀河の輪, 'Rin of the Galaxy').
However, as he continued developing the story, he changed the name to Seiya, which he felt was more fitting. First he used the name with the that mean 'holy arrow' ( 聖矢, seiya), to relate it to Seiya's condition as a Saint, but later decided to spell it as 'star arrow', to emphasize the constellation and mythological motif.
Finally, he changed the title of the manga to Saint Seiya, once the concept of the Saints was fully developed. Kurumada stated that one of the first ideas he had for Saint Seiya was the 'Pegasus Meteor Fist'.
Since his manga was going to use the constellations as a very important and ever-present theme, he wanted his protagonist to have a special move that would be like a shower of meteors. Seiya's likeness was inspired by that of Takane Ryūji, the main character of Kurumada's hit manga created nine years before Saint Seiya and which he considers to be his favorite creation. Most protagonists in his works bear a resemblance to Ryūji because Kurumada subscribes to (maintaining a stable cast of characters who play a different or similar role in the author's various works, sometimes with the same personality, sometimes with a different one). The same process was used to create almost all the other characters in the series, as in all of Kurumada's works. Kurumada once stated that, at first, Athena was not going to exist as a character. She was rather going to be experienced individually by each of the protagonists in different spiritual ways.
Later, he thought this concept would be confusing to readers and difficult to use, so he decided to integrate her into his manga as a character, with her own traits and personality. The Sagittarius Gold Cloth was chosen as the most famous of the Gold Cloths because of its symbolism in relation to the main character. The Japanese meaning of Seiya's name, 'star arrow', is also a metaphor for 'meteor' and Sagittarius represents an archer, so Kurumada thought it would be a perfect match for Seiya, especially since he already had in mind that Seiya would eventually wear the Sagittarius Gold Cloth in certain parts. Hence, Seiya's zodiacal sign is Sagittarius. In the animated adaptations of the series, Seiya was voiced by several voice actors.
Voiced him in the 1986 anime series, all five theatrical releases, the first series of (OVA) adapting the Hades arc of the original manga released in 2004 and the 2012 anime series. Provided additional voice acting for scenes in which Seiya appears as a child. In the later Hades arc OVAs from 2005 to 2008, Seiya was voiced.
In the uncensored English dub by ADV, he was voiced by and Cameron Bautsch, and by Tim Hamaguchi in the censored dub by DiC Entertainment. Furuya also said Seiya was his favorite character from all those he voiced and laughed when doing his iconic 'Pegasus Meteor Fist'. Morita has said that Seiya was one of his most favorite characters due to how 'passionate' he is.
Mentions being happy with the work he was assigned to for Legend of Sanctuary. Character outline Overview Seiya is the main character of the series.
He is one of the eighty-eight Saints of and serves loyally at her side. Seiya draws his superhuman powers from Cosmo, the energy of the Big Bang that lingers inside each being and which connects a Saint to his constellation and Cloth. At the start of the series, Seiya is thirteen years old. His main objective is to find his older sister Seika, who disappeared when he was sent to Greece to train to become a Saint under the supervision of the Silver Saint. Due to her physical similarities to Seika, Seiya suspects that Marin may be his sister, but he later discovers he is wrong and finds his real sister.
As Seiya starts fighting alongside the other Bronze Saints, albeit reluctantly at first, his motivations shift to the protection of Athena. Seiya is a person of burning passion and spirit, sometimes acting in brash and impulsive ways. Despite this, he's still a brave, kind-hearted and selfless young man; and is always willing to sacrifice himself for justice, his friends and Athena.
His most notable characteristic is his absolute determination and refusal to ever give up, even when faced with impossible odds. He also has a habit of making jokes and can be unconcerned about the consequences of his actions. Abilities As a Saint, Seiya has been trained to learn how to use the power of the Cosmos within his own body and use it for super strength and speed. The Pegasus Cloth he wears represents the, which is associated with, the divine winged horse from; and protects his body with durability. Seiya trained for six years and defeated ten other trainees to obtain the Pegasus Cloth and the status of Saint of Athena. The Pegasus Bronze Cloth is damaged various times throughout the series, with typically responsible for repairs. In the manga, the Cloth changes appearance each time it is fixed, while it remains the same in the anime adaptation until the series' second arc.
After the Gold Saints use their blood to revive the Bronze Cloths at the end of the Sanctuary arc, the Pegasus Cloth takes on a golden hue whenever Seiya charges his Cosmo to the maximum. The version of the Cloth that Seiya uses in the possesses wings that allow him to fly, both normally and through dimensions. During Seiya's fight against Thanatos, it reaches its God Cloth state, which was last seen in the ages of myth and further increases Seiya's Cosmo and vitality. In desperate situations, Seiya occasionally wears the Gold Cloth of, a Cloth whose true owner, Aiolos, died thirteen years before the events of the series. The Gold Cloth magnifies Seiya's Cosmo. Nevertheless, although Seiya uses the Sagittarius Gold Cloth many times throughout the series to save Athena, he is never officially granted ownership of the Cloth.
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Although Seiya begins his journey as a Bronze Saint, the lowest of the three ranks of Saints, his abilities gradually grow to rival those of the Gold Saints, the most powerful of Athena's soldiers. He achieves this by awakening his seventh sense, the essence and origin of the Cosmo. Before descending into the realm of Hades, he also awakens his eighth sense, known as Arayashiki, which allows him to enter the Underworld without being subject to Hades's rule. Appearances In Saint Seiya Seiya is young teenager who is trained by Marin in Greece to obtain the Pegasus Cloth and return to his home, Japan. There he discovers that his sister Seika has been missing ever since Seiya was forced to train in Greece, being separated from her, his childhood friend Miho, and all the other orphans. Saori Kido negotiates with him to fight other people who became Saints to attract the media's attention and have her group search for Seika.
Seiya's constant fights are interrupted by his former companion Phoenix Ikki who wants revenge for the training he went through. Although Seiya defeats Ikki with his friends' help, the Saints are attacked by higher ranked Silver Saints sent by the Sanctuary's Pope.
Learning that Saori is the reincarnation of Athena, the Saints go to the Sanctuary to face the tyrant Pope and have to run through all its Twelve Temples when Saori suffers a mortal wound. Master the Cosmos known as Seventh Sense, Seiya and his friends manage to defeat the strongest Gold Saints including the Pope, revealed as Gemini Saga, and save Saori. Following the battle against Saga, Seiya and his friends recover until Saori goes to confront Poseidon's reincarnation Julian Solo who wishes to flood the world and Saori tries to prevent it by giving her life in exchange.
The Saints go to Poseidon's submarine temple where they fight Poseidon's Mariner Generals in order to free Saori. In the Hades arc, Seiya is sent out of the Sanctuary by an order from Athena meant to protect the Bronze Saints from the lord of the Underworld, Hades. However, after Saori's death, Seiya goes to the Underworld to deliver Athena's Cloth to her. Seiya eventually arrives in and, while fighting against the gods and he discovers his sister Seika is alive. After defeating Thanatos, Seiya encounters Hades. During the fight, Seiya is mortally wounded by the sword of Hades while protecting Athena and his Cosmo disappears shortly before the Saints achieve victory.
In Saint Seiya: Next Dimension Seiya's story continues in Kurumada's 2006 manga, (canonic and ). Here, Seiya is shown sitting in a wheelchair. He has survived Hades's attack, but remains in an unresponsive state, suffering from Hades's curse. Seeking to save him from certain death, Athena, Shun Andromeda, Ikki Phoenix, Shiryu Dragon, Hyoga Cygnus travels to the past to find a way to remove Hades's sword before it can strike Seiya. Seiya is proclaimed as the future Gold Saint of the Sagittarius successor to Sagittarius Aiolos.
As Pegasus Tenma. While Seiya often wears the Sagittarius Cloth in the manga and anime, he does not become its official wielder until Saint Seiya Omega In the last film takes place after the events of the Hades arc. Seiya is cursed by the sword of Hades instead of dying, while Athena and the other protagonist Bronze Saints are attacked by the gods of Olympus. In the end, Seiya manages to wound the god. The conclusion of the actual fight between the two is not depicted; instead, the climax of the movie cuts to a peaceful scene where Seiya apparently becomes reacquainted with Saori Kido.
It was explained in the Japanese DVD audio commentary with director Shigeyasu Yamauchi that, since Seiya's and Saori's greatest strength was their love and trust for each other, Apollo erased their memories so that they would never again be able to find the will to rebel against the gods. Seiya also appears in a scene from Episode.G which reenacts Seiya's fight against Aiolia. In The Lost Canvas, he appears in a wheelchair when Mephistopheles Yōma, Pegasus Tenma's father, shows him the future. In Saint Seiya Omega however the story branches out the Hades Chapter in a different way.
Seiya is shown in several flashbacks as having recovered, and still serving Athena, as Saori Kido, as the Sagittarius Gold Saint this time, revered as a legend and a source of inspiration to whom the newest Pegasus, Kōga, looks at hoping to match his prowess and legendary deeds. Near the end of season 1, Seiya returns to help the Bronze Saints to stop the God of Darkness Abzu from manipulating Koga. He later lends Koga his Sagittarius Cloth to defeat the God. Following Abzu's defeat, Seiya is assigned by Athena the mission of killing the Goddess Pallas but fails due to his hesitation.
Seiya later goes to defend the Academy Palestra and joins the Bronze and Steel Saints in their fights against Pallas' soldiers. When reaching Pallas' territory, he is in charge of bodyguarding Athena alongside the other Gold Saints until she confronts Pallas. Following Athena's victory, Seiya defeats Pallas' bodyguard Titan while he dons the evolved Sagittarius Cloth. He later fights the God of Time, Saturn, but is defeated and lends his Cosmos to Koga so that he will succeed in battle. Reception. Tohru Furuya has been praised for his role as Seiya.
In Japan, Seiya is the least popular of the main characters in Saint Seiya, ranking fifth in the Bronze Saints character poll. However, in the technique poll, his Pegasus Meteor Fist ranked first. Merchandise based on Seiya has also been released, including and action figures with different cloths. In a Saint Seiya Omega poll, Seiya was voted as the best character.
Several anime and manga publications have provided both acclaim and criticism of Seiya's character. DVDVerdictReview.com describes Seiya as poorly developed, wholly characterised by his affiliations and connection to a constellation. DVDVisionJapan comments on Seiya's interesting character and praises voice actors Tōru Furuya and Illich Guardiola for adding emotion and passion into his character., on the other hand, comments that Seiya's voice actor for the English dub is unsuitable, that he enunciates strange words and does not sound at all heroic.
They also criticized Seiya for being an 'underdog' in most battles. Chris Beveridge from AnimeOnDVD found that Seiya was overshadowed by his comrades in the anime's tenth DVD but still found the other characters made the DVD appealing. In a review of the series, writer notes one of Seiya's early fights against the Black Saints ends with one of the most painful scene as Seiya's blood is contaminated and later his friend Shiryu has to heal him by removing all of his blood. Additionally, Thompson noted that Seiya's speech in the series' last arc regarding how he blames gods for humanity's problems, to the point of being noted as ' or ' comparing him with the 2010 film. Mark Thomas of the Fandom Post criticized Seiya's overuse of his Meteor Fist as he tends to repeat in all of his fights even when his enemies manage to block it.
In a review of Legend of Sanctuary, Screen praised Seiya's comical characterization as well as the performance of the Pegasus Meteor Fist technique. GamerFocus complimented the way Seiya and his friends were handled in as while the protagonist, Pegasus Koga, stars alongside a new group of Saints, Seiya's actions do not take the spotlight. In 'Blood, Biceps, and Beautiful Eyes: Cultural Representations of Masculinity in Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya', author Lorna Piatti-Farnell notes that the masculinity Seiya, Shun, Hyoga and Shiryu bow to involves accomplishments of their goals of justice might not come as a surprise as the magazine Shonen Jump often has manga that involves this predicaments. Notes and references. ^ Kappa Magazine, number 80 (in Japanese). November 28, 2016.
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ALL FAN OF ANIME MUST HAVE!!!!!!! Well, perhaps I'm one of those self-declared #1 fans. I can't tell exactly how many times I rewatched this series.
All I know is that there were lots of times. So maybe now I can act like a kind of advertiser for the series.
I'd start saiying that Saint Seiya was my introdution to the world of anime. The story, the characters, the myth, the bloody and very impressive fights, the dilemmas the characters had to go through, all created a perfect and attractive piece of something I wasn't used to watching. I kinda compare it to the influence that the american music exerted over me. I wasn't a music enthusiast untill I heard Mariah Carey for the first time. I mean after watching Saint Seiya, I experienced the kind of excitement that an animation could 'cause and became an otaku. Let me try my very best to describe Saint Seiya: The story It's about goddess Athena, who reincarnate on the earth every 200 or 300 years to protect it from the aproaching evil, and her saints, who are, in most of the cases, teenagers.
The Saints There are three different ranks of saints. Bronze saints(the lower rank), silver saints and the highest rank, that happens to be the gold ones. The five saints who are around Athena(in her current reincarnation as Saori Kido) in almost the whole series belong to the lower rank. Though they're supposedly the weakest ones, they manage to overcome even the gold saints in order to protect they're goddess.
If you watch it, you'll find out sometimes that it's kinda hard to believe that those boys(Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga, Ikki and Shun) could achieve such level of power, performing miracles to the point that they don't seem to be simple humans anymore. The cosmos Every saint has his own guiding constellation in wich the power of they're cosmos(something like chakra in Naruto's world) is based. As it's explained trough the series, the cosmos has no rank.
So even a lower rank saint could master it and become strong enough to fight and defeat the gods. The music There's also a lot to comment about the musical themes of the series. I kinda can't get those songs and arranges out of my mind. The one I like the most is that one played in the end of every episode, causing you that anxiety for the next episode that keeps you always coming for more. For myself, I can say that Seiji Yokoyama did an amazing job in composing the soundtracks.
Another Shounen animes If you liked Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hunter x Hunter, Dragon Ball Z, etc. Then you won't be wasting your time and Iencourage you to watch this amazing anime that h ad a huge influence over my entire life. Though it's not visually impressive as the ones I've just mentioned, it's still worth it watching. Belive me you won't regret.
I'm gonna finish it now, 'cause I'm afraid that this review could be so boring that you guys can't bear reading it 'till the end. That's it for now. Hope I have helped you get to know one of the best series out there.