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Knight of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya Live Action Film
Sony and Toei Animation premiered the first trailer for Tomasz Baginski's live-action Knight of The Zodiac, starring Mackenyu as the protagonist, Seiya. The film is set to be…
I Started Reading the Saint Seiya Manga
Saint Seiya is a series I’ve long known about, but one I’ve never really engaged with at its core. Sure, I loved Saint Seiya Omega. The opening theme…
Theory Musing: Why Does Saint Seiya Consistently Fail in "North of Mexico"?
Debuting at the start of 1986 (technically late 1985, but let's not split hairs here) in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump, Saint Seiya was t...
Kimami ni Idol
Kimama ni Idol (Free-Spirited Idols) is a 1990 comedy OVA based on a manga by Kotani Kenichi. It tells the madcap tale of three teenage girl...
Fruits Basket, High Speed Jessie, Kaleido Star, Kizuna, Nozomi Witches
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas – An Earlier Holy War
Where Lost Canvas Exists in Saint Seiya After watching those mediocre Saint Seiya film discussions, it’s time to talk about the actual good stuff. Lost Canvas is a…
Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
Nana Toshi Monogatari
Here's another project that BlueFixer asked Orphan to redo: the two-part sci-fi OVA Nana Toshi Monogatari: Hokkyokukai Sensen ( A Tale of S...
Cherry no Manma, Everlasting Heart, D4 Princess, Sore Ike! Anpanman, Black Lion
Kikuta, Ipopte seiyuu announced
Time keeps on ticking, and season 4 of Golden Kamuy is getting nearer and nearer. Bits of information have started to be released. On August 5, Horiuchi Kenyuu…
(#ShonenJumpMovieMonth) Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
Ready for yet another angsty review on a Saint Seiya property? I’m trying my hardest not to dump on the Saint Seiya films. It’s really hard to just…
Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
Delicious Party Precure Ep 22 Review: Black Pepper's Self Doubts
Hi, Everyone! This is my short review of Episode 22 of Delicious Party Precure and my thoughts on the episode. Basically, this episode focu...
(#ShonenJumpMovieMonth) Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris
This feels like an insert Saint Seiya into the blog to appeal to the Saint Seiya cosmo god. But yeah, this is the first film in the Saint…
Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris
The Almagation of Religion in Saint Seiya
Saint Seiya. What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of Saint Seiya? If you don’t know what it is, what is the…
Chameleon 5
We're seven months into a catastrophic 2022. War ranges unchecked in Ukraine. Inflation is at a forty-year high. Drought is killing the rive...
AWOL - Absent WithOut Leave, Candy Candy, Bite me!, High Speed Jessie, Ai no Kusabi
Five Years On; Anime Feminist Vs Japanese Pop Culture
Well, as you can see, not a great deal of writing is getting done for this blog. To be honest, I have put the blog on hold for…
Case Closed, After the Rain, Horimiya, Kill la Kill, Ristorante Paradiso
Hayou no Tsurugi
Hayou no Tsurugi was a series of forty (!) light novels by Maeda Tomiko, published between 1989 and 2017. (A spinoff series, Hayou no Tsuru...
Perrine Monogatari, Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, Zipang, Dragon Fist, MAJOR 2nd
Adapting Saint Seiya: Volume 2
Welcome back to this series on the adaptational choices made by the Saint Seiya anime! Saint Seiya volume 2 consists of four chapters: One introducing the Cygnus Saint,…
Adapting Saint Seiya: Volume 1
Welcome to the first regular instalment of my series of articles examining the choices made in adapting the Saint Seiya manga into its anime! In the introduction I…
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter – Elysium
Here it is, the ending of the original Saint Seiya series with its final section of its final chapter. Elysium. It’s only six episodes in length and it’s…
Adapting Saint Seiya: Introduction
(Yeah, despite this blog’s name, I’ve watched shows that aren’t Dragon Ball.) This is the first in a series of articles I’m planning to write about an 80s…
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter – Inferno
I am starting this post wondering how often you see the gods of the underworld in an anime series. I’m not just talking about shonen battle series, but…
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter – Sanctuary
Saint Seiya. It’s been a bit of time since I’ve finished the original series. You can read my complete Saint Seiya thoughts if you want to see them.…
Episode 161 - Not GARP: Saint Seiya Movie 1 & 2
We are taking a small break from the madness of Aquarion but we are not stopping from talking about something ridiculous. As a sort of spin-...
The Castle Conundrum
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
Choujikuu Romanesque Samy: Missing 99
Choujikuu Romanesque Samy: MISSING 99 ( Superdimensional Romanesque Samy: MISSING 99 ) is a 1986 sci-fi fantasy that makes no sense along m...
Katte ni Shirokuma, Rurouni Kenshin, Sangokushi, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings, Reign: The Conqueror
10 most powerful Saint Seiya characters
Saint Seiya is an icon when it comes to the most powerful anime characters! But which of them do you think are the strongest?
Saint Seiya Movie Live Action: What we know so far
Saint Seiya is coming to the big screen with a Live Action Movie! But should we have high expectations for it?
Sangokushi Dai Ni Bu Choukou Moyu!
Here, after an unconscionable delay, is the HD version of the second movie in the Sangokushi trilogy, 1993's Sangokushi Dai Ni Bu Choukou M...
Ai no Kusabi, Fullmetal Alchemist, High Speed Jessie, Naruto, Phoenix
Doki Doki News: Cowboy Bebop and Saint Seiya Adaptations, and a Farewell
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of September 19th through 25th! Check out latest…
From Saint Seiya to CCXP: the Past and Present of Anime Fandom in Brazil
Part of the reason anime became a cultural sensation in such a short span of time is because the ground had already been prepared by nearly a century…
Saint Seiya Manga Order: Chronological order of the canon series
Want to read one of the oldest but most popular series, but do not know where to start? Here we show you the order of Saint Seiya Manga!
The Crisscross Crime
detective fiction, 推理小説、games,
The Monster Of Frankenstein, Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac
Gude Crest
Orphan's presents a new English release of the 1990 sword-and-sorcery OVA Onna Senshi Efe & Jira: Gude no Monshou ( Woman Warriors Efe & Ji...
The Fashion Boy is Cool, Twin Spica, Ai no Kusabi, All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, Alpen Rose
Cool Cool Bye
When a laserdisc of the 1986 fantasy OVA Cool Cool Bye turned up in a pile of discs the team bought in Japan, I thought it would…
Phoenix, Stop!! Hibari-kun!, Maris the Chojo, White Fang, Ai no Kusabi
Ronin Warriors: The Will to Fight
Do any of you ever just watch a show because it reminds you of another one? I ask this because that’s why I jumped into Ronin Warriors at…
The Husbando Post
Starting this, I am a little shocked that I am actually writing this. Some weird circumstances have led here and I think that’s ok. Let’s recount the reason…
BABYLON, Black Jack, One Piece, Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac
Saint Seiya Season 6: Poseidon and Personal Perseverance
After starting this long series journey in December, I have finally completed my watch of the original Saint Seiya series! I did it, I survived! Over 114 episodes…
Sensou Douwa: The Cake Tree in the Ruins
Sensou Douwa ( War Tales or War Fables ) was a series of TV specials by Shin-Ei Animation that ran annually from 2002 to 2009. In…
Peter Pan & Wendy, Kuro ga Ita Natsu, Lupin III, Obocchama-kun, Yakeato no, Okashi no Ki
Saint Seiya and the Myth of Ganymede: One’s Destiny Can Be a Lonely Road
The myth of Ganymede has been very much on my mind as of late. Most likely because I love astrology and in particular traditional approaches of the craft…
November 1990 Pt. 2 Animedia magazine
Animedia - First Published in July of 1981 by Gakken Co., Ltd. , #11 November 1990 (No 112) 500 Yen. Consisting of 156 pages (includ...
Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, The Samurai, Earthian, Lamune, Licca-chan Fushigi na Fushigi na Yunia Monogatari
Saint Seiya Season 5: A Mirror Reflection
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TangleCast 79: The Throwback Episode
We have a treat for you on today’s TangleCast episode! As part of yearlong celebration of Beneath the Tangles’ tenth year, we brought back some of the original…
DITB #325 – Toei Manga Matsuri July 1987
Lewis Smith returns to hop in the Toei Time Machine and head to the cinema on July 18, 1987 and see the following films! Superhuman Machine MetalderHikari Sentai…
The Decade in Review: The Japanese Industry
I said I wouldn’t be updating this blog for a while, but I remembered that I was working on a two-post "decade in review" which I had star...
In This Corner of the World, Macross, Sailor Moon Crystal, Space Adventure Cobra, Blood Blockade Battlefront
Year 1 Issue 14
Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 14 April 1 - 7, 2020 Welcome back to Arcadia Dragnet, are you all…
Cool Cool Bye, Demon City Shinjuku, Initial D First Stage, ISEKAI QUARTET, Magical DoReMi
The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #14 – Saint Seiya, Ranma ½, Berserk
Gary Hedges joins us to discuss three more anime that aired in our youth that geography kept from us. This week: Saint Seiya (1986), Ranma 1/2 (1989) and…
The Dynamite In The Brain Anime Podcast
Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, Berserk, Berserk, Ranma ½
OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #548) Toriko
Shownotes :: (show 548) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Show #548 Toriko, recorded live December 6th, 2015. This week, we…
One Piece, Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers-, Venus Wars, Hayate the Combat Butler, Haganai
OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #547) Memories
Shownotes :: (show 547) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Show #547 Memories, recorded live November 29th, 2015. This week watched…
Riddle Story of Devil, Haganai, Ladies Versus Butlers, One Piece, Space Adventure Cobra
OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #546) Wakakozake
Shownotes :: (show 546) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Show #546 Wakakozake, recorded live November 22nd, 2015. This week talked…
Night on the Galactic Railroad, Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Wakakozake, DRAMAtical Murder
OtakuGeneration (Show #545) Show #545 Lily C.A.T.
Shownotes :: (show 545) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Show #545 Lily C.A.T., recorded live November 17th, 2015. This week…
Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Good Luck Girl!, Eureka Seven, Eureka Seven AO
OtakuGeneration (Show #544) Blockade Battlefront
Shownotes :: (show 543) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Blockade Battlefront, recorded live November 8th, 2015. This week we talked…
Buddy Complex, DRAMAtical Murder, Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, Z/X Ignition, Blue Spring Ride
OtakuGeneration (Show #543) Boy and the Beast
Shownotes :: (show 543) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Boy and the Beast, recorded live November 1st, 2015. This week…
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, Hidamari Sketch, Ladies Versus Butlers, Blessing of the Campanella, Blue Spring Ride