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Saint Seiya
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Japanese manga series
Key facts
- Genre
- Fantasy Martial arts Mythological
- Written by
- Masami Kurumada
- Published by
- Shueisha
- English publisher
- NA : Viz Media
- Imprint
- Jump Comics
- Magazine
- Weekly Shōnen Jump V Jump (last chapter)
- Original run
- December 3, 1985 – December 12, 1990
- Volumes
- 28 ( List of volumes )
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Wikidata facts
- Author
- Masami Kurumada
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Followed by
- Saint Seiya: Next Dimension
- Main subject
- Greek mythology
- Official website
- www.st-seiya.net
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- Saint Seiya
- topic's main category
- Category:Saint Seiya
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- Saint Seiya
- title
- 聖闘士星矢
- language of work or name
- Japanese
- published in
- Weekly Shōnen Jump
- derivative work
- Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary
- start time
- 1986-01-01
- inspired by
- Athena Parthenos
- end time
- 1990-12-12
- number of parts of this work
- 28
- intended public
- shōnen
- illustrator
- Masami Kurumada
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Encyclopedic overview
Saint Seiya (Japanese: 聖闘士星矢（セイントセイヤ）, Hepburn: Seinto Seiya), also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac (translated from the French title Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1985 to 1990, with its chapters collected in 28 tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Viz Media.
The story follows five mystical warriors called the Saints who fight wearing sacred sets of armor named "Cloths", the designs of which derive from the various constellations the characters have adopted as their destined guardian symbols. The Saints have sworn to defend the reincarnation of the Olympian goddess Athena in her battle against other gods who want to dominate Earth.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint Seiya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.