Knights of the Zodiac, also known as Saint Seiya (聖闘士星矢 Seinto Seiya) is a shōnen manga and anime series, created by Masami Kurumada, produced and realized by the Japanese animation studio Toei Animation.
The story was initially published from January 1986 to April 15, 1991 in manga format in Shonen Jump magazine, from the Shueisha publisher. Subsequently, the adaptation was made into an anime series of 114 episodes, OVAs with a total of 31 episodes, 5 films and several continuations and spin-offs of the original manga, remaining in force to this day.
Synopsis[]
The plot and plot of the series focus on the story of a group of young warriors called Knights ("Saints" in the original version), who fight to protect the Greek goddess Athena from the forces of evil.
To fight, the Knights only use their inner energy (called Cosmos), their fists and armor that serve as protection and are also inspired by constellations, creatures and beings from Greek mythology.
Dubbing[]
The series was translated in Mexico with the name Los Caballeros del Zodiaco (same name by which the series is known in Spain), a translation coming from the name by which the franchise is known in Europe and the United States (the latter with the first dubbing in English by DiC Entertainment in 2003), and the dubbing was carried out by the dubbing studio Producciones Salgado and directed by the actor Jesús Barrero (voice of Seiya).
Sanctuary Saga[]
Episodes 1 - 26[]
The series aired for the first time in November 1992 on Channel 13 of Imevisión (currently TV Azteca).
These episodes had a translation from the French scripts and were dubbed by approximately 16 actors.
Episodes 27 - 73[]
As of chapter 27, the product officially belonged to Cloverway. From these episodes onwards, French scripts stopped being used and it is possible that they began to work with "Engrish" scripts, scripts literally translated into the English language from Japan, for which there was a poor translation that remained throughout the series leaving many inconsistencies.
Because the dubbing was resumed some time later, several actors who previously participated were no longer called back, only retaining the voices of the Bronze Knights and some actors who already worked in the previous installment such as Daniel Abundis, Alfonso Ramírez, Yamil Atala, among others, also to Raúl de la Fuente for the narration and for the presentation of the chapters of the series to Arturo Casanova.
Among the actors who did not participate in this installment are: Víctor Covarrubias, nephew of the dubbing director, whose characters, Aiolos of Sagittarius and Shō of the Celestial Armor, were taken by Armando Larumbe and Daniel Abundis respectively; Cristina Camargo as Saori Kido / Athena, replaced by María Fernanda Morales, who previously played Miho and Akira, however, she does not take up the latter two, being replaced in the character of Miho by Ruth Toscano in episode 36 and by Maru Guerrero in episode 40 and in the character of Akira who reappears in episode 40 by Gustavo Toquero; Carla Padrón as Shaina de Ofiuco, replaced by Maru Guerrero, who also played various secondary female characters and continues to dub Marin de Águila, however, The latter was dubbed by other actresses in some episodes in which the character appears together with Shaina.
For the Golden Knights of Athena, there was some voice conservation in some cases such as Yamil Atala as Aiolia de Leo, Daniel Abundis as Cancer Death Mask and Alfonso Ramírez as Aphrodite of Pisces, for the rest it was given to Benjamín Rivera to Camus of Aquarius and Milo of Scorpion, the latter first changing his voice Because Milo appeared in many scenes where he is in each chapter, this case was different in Alfonso Ramírez who made Aldebarán of Taurus, he also made Aphrodite of Pisces; for the voice of Shaka de Virgo, it was thought that Fernando Manzano would play the character, which only happened in two chapters since in the end Mario Raúl López was chosen, later he was gave to Saúl Alvar in a chapter; for Shura it was assigned to Rafael Rivera who previously played Shiva as Peacock in a chapter; for Saga de Géminis, the character was dubbed by Javier Rivero, but in three chapters Carlos del Campo played the character when he became bad and the ghost in the armor was dubbed by Javier Rivero himself.
Asgard Saga[]
For the Asgard saga, Sylvia Garcel joins the cast as Hilda de Polaris, Gisela Casillas as Flare, Jorge Roig Jr. as Bud de Alcor Zeta and Adrian Fogarty as Sorrento de Sirena. For unknown reasons, Sylvia Garcel stops dubbing Hilda de Polaris, so she was replaced by Gisela Casillas in chapter 78 and, from chapter 79, by Dulce María Romay, who had already played various female characters. . In the case of the Golden Knights, Milo de Escorpión was given to Saúl Alvar from this saga. It is worth highlighting the return of Víctor Covarrubias, who was notoriously absent in the previous saga since chapter 27.
Poseidon Saga[]
For the last saga, Poseidon, María Fernanda Morales stops dubbing Saori Kido / Athena and is replaced by Haydeé Unda, who in the previous saga played Shaina of Ophiuchus in some chapters. For this saga, the actors Armando Coria join the cast as Old Master of the Five Mountains / Dohko de Libra, replacing Eduardo Borja, and several characters , among them soldiers of Poseidon; and Mario Castañeda as Kanon of Sea Dragon.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Voice actor | Season | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze Saints (Bronze Saints) | |||||
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Pegasus Seiya | Tōru Furuya | Jesús Barrero | 1st | |
|
2nd - 3rd | ||||
|
1st, 3rd | ||||
|
2nd | ||||
|
Hiroko Emori (child) |
1st | |||
|
Dragon Shiryu | Hirotaka Suzuoki | Roberto Mendiola | 1st | 2 |
| Ricardo Mendoza | 1st | ||||
| Daniel Abundis | 1st | 7 - 8 | |||
|
Ricardo Mendoza | 2nd - 3rd | |||
| Víctor Covarrubias | 2nd | 87 - 88 | |||
|
Ricardo Mendoza | 3rd | |||
|
Chiyoko Kawashima (child) |
1st | |||
|
Swan Hyoga | Kōichi Hashimoto | René García | 1st | |
| Roberto Mendiola | 1st | 6 (a loop) | |||
|
René García | 2nd - 3rd | |||
| Saúl Alvar | 2nd | 97 - 99 | |||
| Daniel Abundis | 3rd | 103, 105, 112 | |||
|
René García | 3rd | |||
|
Chie Satō (child) |
1st | |||
|
Yumi Tōma (child) |
Haydeé Unda | 3rd | ||
|
Shun of Andromeda | Ryō Horikawa | José Gilberto Vilchis | 1st | |
| Javier Rivero | 1st | 64 - 65 | |||
|
José Gilberto Vilchis | 2nd - 3rd | |||
|
3rd | ||||
|
Yumi Tōma (child) |
1st | |||
|
Phoenix Ikki | Hideyuki Hori | Marcos Patiño | 1st | |
|
2nd - 3rd | ||||
| Ricardo Mendoza | 2nd | 97 and 98. (1 loop, gestures) | |||
|
Noriko Uemura (child) |
Marcos Patiño | 1st | ||
|
Unicorn Jabu | Kōsuke Meguro | Javier Rivero | 1st - 3rd | |
| Daniel Abundis | 1st | 69 | |||
| 3rd | 100 | ||||
|
Akie Yasuda (child) |
Javier Rivero | 1st | 7, 42 | |
| Daniel Abundis | 58 | ||||
|
Bear Geki | Yuji Mikimoto | Herman López | 1st | 2 |
| Fernando Manzano | 5 | ||||
| Daniel Abundis | 1st | ||||
| Saúl Alvar | 2nd | 74 | |||
|
Cony Madera (child) |
1st | |||
|
Ban de León | Hirohiko Kakegawa | Ricardo Mendoza | 1st | 2 |
| Roberto Mendiola | 1st | ||||
| Saúl Alvar | 1st | 73 | |||
|
Nachi de Lobo | Hideyuki Tanaka | Víctor Covarrubias | 1st | 2, 4 |
| Roberto Mendiola | 6, 7 | ||||
| Takeshi Kusao | Fabián Mejía | 61 - 68 | |||
| Fernando Manzano | 3rd | 100 | |||
|
Chie Satō (child) |
1st | 7 | ||
| Yamil Atala | 42 (a loop) | ||||
|
Ichi of Hydra | Masato Hirano | César Arias | 1st | 2, 3, 5 |
| Saúl Alvar | 61 - 69 | ||||
|
June Chameleon | Hiromi Tsuru | Laura Torres | 1st | 40 - 41, 51 |
| Dulce María Romay | 60, 69 -70 | ||||
| Gods | |||||
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Saori Kido / Athena | Keiko Han | Cristina Camargo | 1st | 1 - 26 |
| María Fernanda Morales | 1st - 2nd | ||||
| Haydeé Unda | 3rd | ||||
|
Cristina Camargo (girl) |
1st | 2 | ||
| María Fernanda Morales (girl) |
28, 42 | ||||
|
Julian Solo / Poseidon | Osamu Saka (mythological entity) |
Raúl de la Fuente | 2nd | |
| Ricardo Hill | 3rd | 112 | |||
| Keiichi Nanba | Fernando Manzano | 100 - 111 | |||
| Ricardo Hill | 112 - 114 | ||||
|
To be identified | Haydeé Unda (child) |
3rd | ||
|
Odin | Kenji Utsumi | Raúl de la Fuente | 2nd | |
| Golden Knights (Gold Saints) | |||||
|
Mu of Aries | Kaneto Shiozawa | Armando Larumbe | 1st | 10 - 11, 13 |
| Marcos Patiño | 39 - 48 | ||||
| Daniel Abundis | 1st, 3rd | ||||
| Victor Covarrubias | 2nd | 83 | |||
| Ricardo Hill | 3rd | 109, 111 | |||
|
Aldebaran of Taurus | Tesshō Genda | Alfonso Ramírez | 1st - 2nd | |
| Eduardo Borja | 2nd | 83, 91 | |||
| Raúl de la Fuente | 3rd | 113 | |||
|
Pope Arles / Gemini Saga |
Kazuyuki Sogabe | Javier Rivero | 1st | |
|
Hideyuki Tanaka (good side) |
Eduardo Borja | 1st | ||
| Salvador Delgado | 1st | 41 | |||
|
Kazuyuki Sogabe | Javier Rivero | 1st, 3rd | ||
| Daniel Abundis | 2nd | 98 | |||
|
Carlos del Campo[1] | 1st | 71 - 73 | ||
|
Akio Nojima (good side) |
Javier Rivero | 1st | ||
|
Katsuji Mori (illusion) |
1st | 44 - 46 | ||
|
Cancer Death Mask | Ryōichi Tanaka | Daniel Abundis | 1st | |
|
Leo's Aiolia | Hideyuki Tanaka | Yamil Atala | 1st - 3rd | |
| Daniel Abundis | 1st | 49 | |||
| Saúl Alvar | 1st | 16 (a loop) | |||
|
Kyōko Tongū (child) |
Yamil Atala | 1st | ||
|
Virgo Shaka | Yūji Mitsuya | Fernando Manzano | 1st | 41, 52 |
| Mario Raúl López | 1st | ||||
| Saúl Alvar | 1st | 73 | |||
|
Old Master of the Five Mountains / Dohko of Libra |
Kōji Yada (old) |
Eduardo Borja | 1st - 2nd | |
| Pedro D'Aguillón | 1st | 65 | |||
| Saúl Alvar | 2nd | 96 | |||
| Daniel Abundis | 77, 98 | ||||
| Armando Coria | 3rd | ||||
|
Michitaka Kobayashi (young) |
Mario Raúl López | 2nd | ||
|
Scorpion Milo | Shuichi Ikeda | Daniel Abundis | 1st | 36 |
| Benjamín Rivera | 1st | ||||
| Saúl Alvar | 2nd - 3rd | ||||
|
Aiolos of Sagittarius | Yūsaku Yara | Victor Covarrubias | 1st | 25 |
| Armando Larumbe | 1st | ||||
| Marcos Patiño | 1st | 63 - 65 | |||
|
Capricorn Shura | Kōji Totani | Rafael Rivera | 1st - 2nd | |
| Javier Rivero | 2nd | 79 | |||
| Benjamín Rivera | 96 | ||||
| 3rd | 105 | ||||
|
Camus of Aquarius | Rokurō Naya | Alfonso Ramírez | 1st | 46 |
| Benjamín Rivera | 1st - 3rd | ||||
| Rafael Rivera | 1st | 62 | |||
| Yamil Atala | 63, 67 | ||||
|
Aphrodite of Pisces | Keiichi Nanba | Alfonso Ramírez | 1st | |
Notes:
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| Silver Saints (Silver Saints) | |||||
|
Shaina of Ophiuchus | Mommy Koyama | Carla Padrón | 1st | 1 - 26 |
| Maru Guerrero | 1st - 3rd | ||||
| Ilia Gil | 2nd | 91 - 92 | |||
| 3rd | 103 | ||||
| Haydeé Unda | 2nd | 92 (last loops), 93, 95 - 96 | |||
|
Maru Guerrero (girl) |
1st | 36 | ||
|
Marin de Águila | Yuriko Yamamoto | Maru Guerrero | 1st - 3rd | |
| Mónica Manjarrez | 1st | 16, 20 | |||
| Sweet María Romay | 43, 51 - 52 | ||||
|
Misty from Lizard | Yū Mizushima | Salvador Delgado | 1st | |
|
Whale Moses | Kōji Totani | Arturo Casanova | 1st | |
|
Hunting Dog Asterion | Kazuo Hayashi | Gerardo Reyero | 1st | |
|
Centaur Babel | Yuji Mikimoto | Arturo Mercado | 1st | |
|
Argol of Perseus | Akira Kamiya | Javier Rivero | 1st | |
| Gustavo Carrillo | 1st | 26 | |||
| Gerardo Reyero | 33 | ||||
| Marcos Patiño | 36 | ||||
|
Jamian de Cuervo | Naoki Tatsuta | Alfonso Ramírez | 1st | |
| Ricardo Mendoza | 1st | 36 | |||
|
Dante of Cerberus | Akira Murayama | Ricardo Mendoza | 1st | |
| René García | 1st | 36 | |||
|
Capella de Auriga | Katsuji Mori | Marcos Patiño | 1st | |
|
Tarantula Arachne | Ken Yamaguchi | Javier Rivero | 1st | |
|
Dio de Mosca | Ryōichi Tanaka | Daniel Abundis | 1st | |
|
Argheti of Heracles | Daisuke Gōri | Alfonso Ramírez | 1st | |
|
Sirius of Canis Major | Ikuya Sawaki | Ricardo Mendoza | 1st | |
|
Ptolemy of Sagitta | Michitaka Kobayashi | Salvador Delgado | 1st | |
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Peacock Shiva | Shigeru Nakahara | Rafael Rivera | 1st | |
|
Lotus Agora | Takaya Hashi | Javier Rivero | 1st | |
|
Albiore of Cepheus | Keiichi Noda | Carlos del Campo | 1st | |
See also[]
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