Anecdotes

The creative staff, including character designer Umakoshi and head writer Reiko Yoshida, previously worked under flagship Saint Seiya director Shigeyasu Yamauchi, either on the original Saint Seiya anime adaptation (director Morio Hatano was assistant director of its fifth film), or on his other works, such as Mushiking: Mori no Tami no Densetsu and Casshern Sins. They referred to Yamauchi as a strong influence in interviews.

Saint Seiya Omega is an anime series produced by Toei Animation. It is a spin-off of the Saint Seiya anime series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada, produced in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the franchise.

The first episode received an early screening at the Seiya Night event which took place at Shinjuku's Wald 9 film theatre on Sat., March 31, 2012 from midnight to 6 am. A live screening of the event took place at Umeda's Burg 7 and 109 Cinemas in Nagoya as well as several overseas theatres, UCI Jardim Sul in Sao Paulo, Brazil, CGR Cinema in Torcy, France and Viewshows Cinemas in Taipei, Taiwan. Regular broadcast of the show started on April 1, 2012.

Originally, Toei planned to make an anime adaptation of the manga Saint Seiya: Next Dimension but the series' slow pace of release resulted in them trying the opposite of Next Dimension: A story set several years after the events of the original manga. For this they created a new cast of main characters who would be assisted by the previous generation's Saints.