Knights of the Zodiac

the Knights of the Zodiac is a Televised series of Animation Japan ease in 114 episodes 24 minutes, created according to the Manga Saint Seiya of Masami Kurumada by the Studio Toei. In France, the series was diffused starting from the April 6th 1988 on TF1 in the emission Club Dorothée and was repeated on TMC in the emission Récré Kids , on AB1, Mangas, Game One, NT1 and MCA.

Since 2007, a new remasterized French version is diffused initially on AB1, then on other chains of the cable thereafter.

Knights of the Zodiac: Chapitre Hadès ( Holy Seiya Mei-O Hades Jûnikyû-hen/Meikai-hen ) is televised series of animation Japanese in 13 20 minutes episodes ( the sanctuary - Jûnikyû-hen ) then 2x6 episodes 20 minutes ( Inferno - Meikai-hen ), created according to the manga Saint Seiya of Masami Kurumada by the studios Tôei Animation and diffused in OAV between 2002 and 2007.

Synopsis

Left Sanctuary: One tells that in Greek mythology, from young boys protected the goddess Athéna, one called these warriors of the hope the crowned knights of Athéna, goddess of the war. It is also told that their fists they pourfendaient the sky, and that their feet they could half-open the ground. Mitsumasa Kido, creator of the Graad foundation intended to protect the armor from gold of Sagittarius and the reincarnation of the Athéna goddess, sent hundred young children to the four corners of the world to follow a training of knight. Seiya, Shiryû, Hyôga, Shun, and Ikki became remarkable knights; they are teenagers (although they appear older with the image), guards of peaces on Earth, able to cover mythical armours inspired by the great celestial constellations. Quickly, their principal task is the protection of Saori Kido, reincarnation of the goddess Athéna, threatened by the plots of new Large Pope, Master of the Sanctuaire (the gathering place of all the Knights).

Left Asgard: the ecological balance of planet is threatened by a sudden behavioral change of the princess Hilda de Polaris, large priestess of Asgard. The Knights of the Zodiac will thus go in Asgard in order to fight the Divine, legendary Warriors protective kingdom of Asgard, and to overcome the evil which corrodes the heart of the Hilda princess.

Left Poséidon: the evil from which suffers the Hilda princess is instilled by the Poséidon god, who wishes to take the control of the surface of the Earth. He also kidnapped Saori in order to make use of Athéna in his plan. In front of the refusal of Saori, it will lock up it in the central pillar of its underwater temple (Hand Bread Winner), so that it receives water of the flood intended for terrestrial surface. The Knights of the Zodiac, or rather the bronze knights (gold knights having to remain with the Sanctuary) will thus go in its kingdom, at the bottom of the oceans. They will fight the seven Marinas generals in order to destroy the pillars of the seven seas (Mammoth Pillar). Then they will attack Poséidon itself, which they will have to overcome.

Left Hadès: the last part of the series, finished years after in several OAV, constitutes the final chapter: Hadès. The knights will owe this time outward journey in Hell to overcome Hadès, the emperor of darkness in person, who wishes " purifier" Earth by hiding the sun by a total eclipse, and to save Saori once more. They will have inter alia waking up with the eighth direction (Arayashiki), to overcome the three judges of the Hells, generals of Hadès, as well as the gods Hypnos and Thanatos, which they will meet after having found the way leading to Elysion.

Characters

The 88 knights of the Sanctuaire are organized in hierarchy. Most powerful are the Chevaliers of Gold , which are “truths” knights of the zodiac since they are twelve and carry each one an armor corresponding to a distinguishing mark. Then the Chevaliers come from Money , then the Chevaliers of Bronze . The series follows the adventures of a group of Bronze knights.

NB: The indications of doubling relates to only the original series. The cards devoted to the characters offer more information.

Gold knights

Their armours bear the names of the constellations located at the level of the plane of the ecliptic, the Zodiaque.

Mû (VF: Virginia Ledieu/Marc François/Eric Legrand/Laurence Crouzet) Knight of the Ram
Aldebaran (VF: Georges Atlas/Henry Djanik) Knight of the Bull
Saga (VF: Serge Bourrier/Henry Djanik/Michel Barbey/Georges Atlas/Jacques Richard/Eric Legrand (in the Sanctuary part), Kanon (VF: Marc François/Eric Legrand) (his twin brother, in Hadès), Knights of the Gemini
DeathMask (VF: Jacques Richard/Henry Djanik/Serge Bourrier) Knight of the Cancer
Aiolia (VF: Serge Bourrier/Jacques Richard/Eric Legrand/Marc François/Henry Djanik) Knight of the Lion
Shaka (VF: Marc François/Eric Legrand/Serge Bourrier) Knight of the Virgin
Dohko (VF: Michel Barbey/Henry Djanik) Knight of the Balance
Milo (VF: Guy Hatter/Henry Djanik/Serge Bourrier/Marc François) Knight of the Scorpion
Aiolos (VF: Marc François/Serge Bourrier) Knight of the Sagittarius (whose armor changes during the series, a version " modifiée" against the black knights and for all the remainder of the series)
Shura (VF: Henry Djanik/Eric Legrand/Serge Bourrier) Knight of the Capricorn
Camus (VF: Marc François/Serge Bourrier/Henry Djanik) Knight of the Aquarius
Aphrodite (VF: Stéphanie Murat/Virginia Ledieu) Knight of the Poisson

Renegade Gold knights

They are returned to the life by Hadès to which they make pretense lend oath of fidelity.

Shion , Knight of the Ram of the preceding holy war, Master of Mû and large pope killed by Saga which took its place

These renegade Gold knights are those which perished in the Battle of the Sanctuary.

Saga , Knight of the Gemini
DeathMask (Mask of dead) , Knight of Cancer
Shura , Knight of the Capricorn
Camus , Knight of Aquarius
Aphrodite , Knight of Poisson

Money knights

Marine (Seiya Saint) (VF: Virginia Ledieu/Laurence Crouzet (episode 51) /Régine Teyssot (episode 73) ) (VO: Yamamoto Yuriko) Knight of the Eagle
Shaina (Holy Seiya) (VF: Laurence Crouzet/Francoise Pavy (episode 29 )/Stéphanie Murat (episode 110 and 111) ) (VO: Mami Koyama): Knight of the Serpent eater (Ophiuchus)

Misty (VF: Serge Bourrier) (VO: Mizushima Yû) Knight of the Lizard
Moses (VF: Henry Djanik) (VO: Totani Kôji) Knight of the Whale
Asterion (VF: Marc François (episode 24 )/Serge Bourrier (episode 25) ) (VO: Hayashi Kazuo) Knight of the Gun dogs

Babel (VF: Serge Bourrier) (VO: Mikimoto Yûji) Knight of the Centaur
Capella (VF: Marc François) (VO: Mori Katsuji) Knight of the Coachman
Jamian (VF: Serge Bourrier) (VO: Tatsuta Naoki) Knight of the Corbel
Dante (VF: Guy Hatter (episode 31) /Serge Bourrier) (VO: Murayama Akira) Knight of the Cerberus
ALGOL (VF: Serge Bourrier) (VO: Kamiya Akira) Knight of Persée
Sirius (VF: Marc François) (VO: Sawaki Ikuya) Knight of (Large) the Dog
Dio (VF: Guy Hatter) (VO: Tanaka Ryôichi) Knight of the Fly
Algethi (VF: Serge Bourrier) (VO: Gôri Daisuke) Knight of Héraclès
Ptolemy (VF: Serge Bourrier) (VO: Kobayashi Michitaka) Knight of the Arrow
Albiore (VF: Marc François/Henry Djanik (episode 40 )) (VO: Noda Keiichi) (or Daidalos in the manga), Knight of Céphée
Orphée , Knight of the Quadrant
Shiva (VF: Eric Legrand) (VO: Nakahara Shigeru) Knight of the Peacock (Addition of animated)
Aghora (VF: Serge Bourrier) (VO: Hashi Takaya) Knight of the Lotus (Addition of animated)
Arachne (VF: Serge Bourrier) (Vo: Yamaguchi Ken) Knight of the Tarantula (Addition of animated)

Bronze knights

Seiya or Seyar (VF), Knight of PEGASE
Shun , Knight of Andromède
Ikki , Knight of the Phoenix
Shiryû , Knight of the Dragon
Hyôga , Knight of the Swan
Jabu , Knight of the Unicorn
Nachi , Knight of the Wolf
Ichi , Knight of Hydre (Female)
Geki , Knight of Large Ourse (of the Bear)
Round of applause , Knight of the Small Lion (of Lionet)
June , Knight of the Chameleon

By specifying that the 5 heroes Seiya, Shun, Ikki, Shiryu and Hyoga are only (except the gold armor of Sagittarius as that of the Unicorn in the manga) whose armours evolve/move during the series.

Other Knights (mercenaries, addition of animated)

Docrates (VF: Bernard Tiphaine/Serge Bourrier (episode 17) ) (VO: Satô Masaharu)
Holy Ennetsu (VF: Eric Legrand) (VO: Yamaguchi Ken) Knight of the Flames
Holy Hook (" Knight of Cristal") (VF: Eric Legrand/Serge Bourrier (episode 21) ) (Vo: Ikemizu Michihiro) Disciple of Camus and Maître of Hyoga (in only animates)
Reda (VF: Guy Hatter ( episode 40 )/Marc François) Disciple of Albiore
Spica (VF: Marc François ( episode 40 )/Eric Legrand) (VO: Tanaka Kazumi) Disciple of Albiore
Spartan (VF: Henry Djanik) (VO: Chiba Shigeru)

Steel knights (Addition of animated)

These knights do not have any cosmos. Their armours mechanical, are created on request of the grandfather of Saori by the Graad foundation.

Shô , Armor celestial (its armor refers to the Toucan without to bear the name of it)
Daichi , Armure terrestrial (its armor refers to the Small Fox without to bear the name of it)
Ushio , Armure marinades (its armor makes reference to the Swordfish/Dorade without to bear the name of it)

Knights of the Abyssals zone (Addition of animated)

Geist (VF: Virginia Ledieu) (Vo: Kawashima Chiyoko)
Knight of the Dolphin (VF: Michel Barbey (episode 18) /Jacques Richard (episode 19) ) (VO: Hideyuki Tanaka)
Knight of the Alarming specter (VF: Marc François) (VO: Hirano Masato)
Knight of the Jellyfish (VF: Serge Bourrier (episode 18) /Henry Djanik (episode 19) ) (VO: ????)

Divine warriors of Asgard (Addition of animated)

See also: Warlike divine of Odin (Holy Seiya)

The armours which they carry refer to the star S which compose the Constellation of the Grande Ourse.

Siegfried de Dubhe , (VF: Edgar Givry/Serge Bourrier) warlike divine of Alpha
Hagen de Merak , (VF: Serge Bourrier/Marc François/Eric Legrand) warlike divine of Beta
Thor de Phecda , (VF: Michel Barbey/Serge Bourrier) warlike divine of Gamma
Alberich de Megrez , (VF: Eric Legrand) warlike divine of Delta
Fenrir d' Alioth , (VF: Eric Legrand/Henry Djanik) warlike divine of Epsilon
Syd de Mizar , (VF: Eric Legrand/Henry Djanik/Marc François) warlike divine of Zeta
Bud d' Alcor , (VF: Henry Djanik) warlike divine of Zeta precedes
MIME of Benetnasch , (VF: Eric Legrand) warlike divine of Eta

Marinas of Poséidon

Baian of the Hippocampus/Sea Horse (VF: Serge Bourrier (episode 101) /Henry Djanik) (VO: Hayami Shô): Guard of the pillar of the Northern Pacific Ocean
Io of Scylla (VF: Eric Legrand) (VO: Futamata Issei): Guard of the pillar of the Pacific Ocean Southern
Krishna of Chrysaor (VF: Henry Djanik) (VO: Satô Masaharu): Guard of the pillar of the Indian Ocean
Kaasa of Lyumnades (VF: Eric Legrand) (VO: Yamada Keaton): Guard of the pillar of the Antarctic Ocean
Isaak of Kraken (VF: Serge Bourrier/Virginia Ledieu (young person) ) (VO: Nakao Ryûsei/Uemura Noriko (young person) ): Guard of the pillar of the Arctic Ocean
Kanon of the Dragon of the Seas/Sea Dragon, Guard of the pillar of the Northern Altantique ocean and brother of Saga of the Gemini. It is him which handles Poséidon secretly so that it attacks Athéna.
Sorrento of the Siren/Siren (VF: Henry Djanik (episodes 96 to 98 and 100) /Eric Legrand) (VO: Shioya Yoku): Guard of the pillar of the Atlantic Ocean Southern
Thetis of Néréide (Siren)/Mermaid (VF: Virginia Ledieu) (VO: Tsuru Hiromi)

Judges of the Hells

Eaque of Garuda of celestial star of the superiority
Rhadamanthe of Wyvern of strong star of violence
Minos of Griffon of celestial star of the value

They are the three Judges of the Hells of Hadès (These names are indeed those of the three judges of the Hells in Greek mythology). They belong to the 108 spectra.

Spectra

They are the subordinates of Hadès (108 with the three Judges included).

French voices

Original series

Studio SOFI.

Principal artistic director: Marc François.

Eric Legrand: Seiya/Seyar, Shaka, MIME, Fenrir, Alberich, Crystal, Kanon, Sorento, Io, Kasa
Marc François: Narrator, Shiryû, Hyôga, Cyd, Volker, Aiolia, Phaeton
Henry Djanik: Ikki, Dohko, Large Pope (principal voice), Tatsumi, Cassios, Bud, Milo, Aldébaran
Serge Bourrier: Shun, Siegfried, Julian Solo, Hagen, Aiolos, Large Pope (third voice), Isaac, Misty, Jabu
Virginia Ledieu: Saori Kido, Sailor, the princess Flame (Freyja), Mylène, Mû
Laurence Crouzet: Shina/Shaina, Hilda de Polaris, Kiki, Shunrei, June
Michel Barbey: Large Pope (secondary voice), Thor, Tatsumi (secondary voice)
Guy Hatter: Seiya/Seyar (secondary voice), Milo (episode 36), Okko
Edgar Givry: Seiya/Seyar (episodes 75 to 77)
Jacques Richard: Shun (episodes 19,20,39,40), Shiryu (episode 5), DeathMask (episode 39)
Bernard Tiphaine: Shiryu, Hyoga, Docrates (episodes 15 and 16)
Joelle Guigui: the princess Flame and Saori (episodes 84 to 86)
Joelle Fossier: Saori, Ikki child (episodes 5 and 7)
Stéphanie Murat: Aphrodite (episodes 68 and 69), Shaina and Kiki (episodes 106 to 111)
Dorothée Jemma: Young Hyoga, Saori and Natasha (mother of Hyoga) (episode 68), June (episode 69)
Régine Teyssot: Saori (episodes 34,73 and 74), Shunrei (episodes 33 and 34)
Francoise Pavy: Shaina, Shunrei, Daichi (episode 29)
Georges Atlas: Aldébaran, Tatsumi, Ikki, Large Pope (episodes 41 and 42)
Marie-Martine Bison: Saori (ep 6)

Narrator: Marc Francois, Serge Bourrier (episode 15 and 16), Eric Legrand (episode 57).

Hadès series

Studio Made in Europe.

Artistic director: Bruno Mullenaerts.

Philippe Allard: Seiya, Misty
Delphine Moriau: Saori (Athéna)
Frederik Haugness: Shun
Lionel Le Bourget: Shiryu
Mathieu Moreau: Hyoga
Arnaud Léonard: Sion (Shion in the original version)
Franck Daquin: Driven
Martin Spinhayer: Saga, Kanon, Armor of the Gemini
David Manet: Shura
Jean-Michel Vovk: Camus
Bruno Mullenaerts: Milo
Thierry Jansen: Shaka
Alexandre Crepet: Aiolia
Gaëtan Wiernik : Young Dohko, Capella
Bernard Faure: Old Dohko
Jean-Marc Delhausse: Hadès, Gigant, Aldébaran
Robert Dubois: Tatsumi
Christophe Hespel: Aphrodite
Michelangelo Marchese: Rhadamanthe (Rhadamantys in the original version)
Marie-Line Landerwijn: Shaina (Shina)
Claire Tefnin: Shunrei
Tony Beck: Ichi, Moses
Xavier Percy: Myu, Dante
Peppino Capotondi: Niobé
David Pion: Ikki
Sebastien Hebrant: Mask of Dead (DeathMask in the original version)
Maia Baran: Pandora
David Scarpuzza: Young Shaka

Video game

Eric Legrand: Seiya, Seiya Sagittarius, Ushio
Cedric Dumont: Shiryu, Aiolia, Aphrodite
Thierry Kazazian: Hyoga, Milo, Mû
Nessym Guetat: Shun, Shaka, Misty, Shô
Bruno Dubernat: Ikki, Shura, narrator
Sylvain Lemarie: Aldébaran, Camus, Dohko, Cassios
Philippe Dumond: Saga, Large Pope Ares, Gemini (armor), Mask of Dead
Virginia Ledieu: Saori Kido/Athéna, Navy
Laurence Crouzet: Shina, Daichi, Shunrei

Note on French doubling

Inconstancy in the French doubling of the series of origin is rather frequent. It arrives thus that certain characters change voice from one episode to another, alternating even in the case of Mû or of Shun between a male-intonated voice (correct) and female. Moreover, like revealed it Eric Legrand in an interview, the actors discovered the episodes at the same time as they recorded their texts on line, which leads sometimes to confusions or sentences whose significance is obscure.

Censure (S) and DVD collectors

Like several series of time (Dragon Ball, Ranma ½, etc), “the Knights of the Zodiac” were the prey of violent criticisms more or less justified concerning violence, the sex and all that it was then possible to condemn. This is why, the 3 minutes 38 seconds (without counting the absence of the screen-titles, eyes-wrestling and the teasers) of preventive censure of before-doubling which had been carried out above, the series was found deprived of whole hours of program to the wire of the repeat broadcasts. Fortunately, of the intact bands were found at the time them years 2000 in order to propose to the televiewers French-speaking chains the original program. The problem arose then for the DVD says “light” which did not include a VO, and moreover integrated only the censured masters years 1990, and not the full version.

In order to regild its image near the fans, AB Groupe entrusted the responsibility of prepare DVD of quality to a more qualified studio which should restore the image and reinstate the missing scenes in order to be able to include the original version on the numerical support. Thus, moved by the purchase of its OAV Hadès, and also pushed by Tōei animation, AB started to produce these DVD “collectors”, whose first volume will leave on December 6th, 2007, and who will contain new titles, a cleaner image, VOstf, a VF, no-claims bonus of which a booklet, entirety of the scenes cut in VF and VO (a sound assembly at summer used for the scenes withdrawn before French doubling, like the famous scene of the cut ear of Cassios). For the DVD only, Eric Legrand his part last once so that 114 times it shout the titles with the screen, like its Japanese counterpart, as for the 113 teasers translated for the occasion with the famous sentence which finishes them “you were recalled to play already did feel cosmo-energy? ”.

Episodes

First series

Chapter Sanctuary I

Chapter Sanctuary II

Asgard chapter

Ce chapter is not drawn from the manga.

Poséidon chapter

Second series

Hadès chapter: the sanctuary ( Meiō Hades Jūni-Kyū Hen Tobe hotô )

the 115 - beginnings of a new holy war ( Aratanaru seisen No hajimari )
116 - three Knights larmoyants ( Dôkoku No sannin )
117 - shade of crawling ( Ugomeku mono No kage ) the
118 - redemption of the demigod ( Hanshin No shokuzai )
119 - unexpected Meetings ( Karisome No saikai )
120 - the Knight of last ( Inishie No tôshi ) the
121 - the army of Darkness ( Kuroki koromo No walls )
122 - times of hesitation ( Shunjun No toki )
123 - end of pride ( Kyôji No hastens )
124 - the shock of the Gold armours ( Konjiki No gekitotsu )
125 - Terror on the Sanctuary ( Shinkan No Sanctuary )
126 - the crowned Armor of Athéna ( Athena No Cloth )
127 - the ultimate decision ( Ketsui No asa )

Hadès chapter: Inferno

First part ( Meiō Hades Meikai Hen Zenshō )

128 - Cross the Achéron river! ( Watare! Acheron No coffee )
129 - the quiet court ( Shizuka-naru hôtei )
130 - Orphée, the legendary knight ( Densetsu Holy No Orphée )
131 - the tragic requiem of Orphée ( Orphée kanashiki Requiem )
132 - amazing possession of Hadès! ! ( Hades! Kyôgaku No hyôi )
133 - Fierce combat! On the road of Giudecca ( Gekitô! Giudecca E No michi )

Second part ( Meiō Hades Meikai Hen Kōshō )

134 - the Divine Punishment! The Ultimate Eclipse (Shinbatsu! Greatest eclipses)
135 - Ikki! The fist of sadness (Ikki! Dokoku No ken)
136 - Athéna! With the danger of its life (Athena (Megami)! So No inochi O kakete)
137 - Despair! The Wailing Wall (Zetsubo! Nageki No kabe)
138 - Joined together! Gold Armours (Shuketsu! Gold cloth (ogon sei' I))
139 - Good-bye! Gold knights (Saraba! Ogon Holy No)

Hadès chapter: Elysion

June 28th, 2007, Kurumada announced on its blog that the production of the Elysion chapter was in hand.

There exists the 5th film Tenkai Hen Overture which is held just after the Hadès Chapter.

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