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It's not unwatchable, just Americanized. Bad dialogue and corny. It's enjoyable but don't expect the original. I personally preferred the 3D animation of the last movie.

They have rewritten the story from the Original! What they did is interesting but it's upsetting they changed and skipped through so much in the storyline.

I don't see why this series is getting so much hate.

Like most of those writting reviews for this show, I have been a Saint Seiya die hard fan since it was broadcasted in my country somewhere in the early 90s and I have been a fan of this story since then. All movies, All Manga, all series, figures, etc.

Let's get something out of the way. Knights of the Zodiac is an apple that still falls very far from the tree. Period. But then again... what in the Saint Seiya franchise isn't?

Even the original Anime was heavily criticized when it came out because of the great differences with the Manga and made-up sagas. Still most people know Saint Seiya because of the Anime and most don't realize that those of us who read the Mangas consider that the original Anime was a poor production compared to the quality and story delivered by the Manga. I mean we only had to wait over 12 years to see the 1st part of the Hades chapter animated.

If you take that into account and accept the fact that this is an attempt to gain American viewers for this franchise, which is basically unknown in the US you can perhaps enjoy a little of what it does right.

First, what you should really focus on... The story. I thought that the way the story of Seiya is presented to the viewer is fresh and gets your attention in the way that it is different from that in the Manga and the Anime. It gets you thinking "Ok what did you change? tell me". I think the approach is interesting, with enough new elements to keep you interested but without deviating too much from the story we all love.

The animation. Well... remember I said this is poorly executed? The poor executon starts with the animation. Not only is the character design way too cartoonish and childish, the animation itself is terrible. It feels rushed. Textures for eyes look extremely artificial.

Dubbing, I didn't like either. It feels artificial too, although... I guess that depends on the language.

Censorship. This is perhaps the biggest problem I have. Saint Seiya would be so great if someone had the courage to make a dark enough adptation, that it really hurts seeing this surgarcoated version as if the censorship Cartoon Network put on the original Anime wasn't bad enough.

Shun is a girl. Yes. Deal with it. IT MAKES SENSE! I actually don't know why he wasn't a girl in the first place. The original Shun's personality has always been more common in girls than in straight or gay men. Plus it brings an interesting twist to the team and perhaps to the Hades arc (although that's probably not going to happen with such bad reviews, I'd like to see it). I hated when The Legend of Sancturay turned Milo into a woman, because it just didn't make sense, they just did it to be inclusive which is dumb if it is done just for the sake of it... in Shun's case it makes sense. Back in the 90s we all thought he was basically a girl anyway.

Americanization. Some of the humor included in the show, the censorship, the cartoonish style and political correctness is very clearly aimed at amusing and pleasing very a young American audience. Expect that.

All in all, although this show is very, very far from pleasing die hard fans, I think that if you watch it with an open mind and with the understanding that you're not watching a rerun of the original series you might actually find some interesting story elements that can keep you watching it and enjoying it at times. So much hate is an unexplained mystery for me. I know that without noticing I found myself "enjoying it" more than I expected when I first saw the trailer.

Me, as a huge, huge, huge fan (because its my favorite serial of all time and I have something very deep with this from my childhood). Right now I am a filmmaker and a screenwriter for almost 20 years and I have to say this. The problem with this new version its the complete lack of understanding of MELODRAMA. Yes, the way Knights of the Zodiac works is MELODRAMA. It is a like a MEXICAN TELENOVELA (if you hire a mexican producer of Televisa of the 90´s. This would be a masterpiece). Yes I know the story you are making its the same as it was in the 90´s but without all the elements of MELODRAMA that generates emotions in people (where are those super extreme close-ups? the elements of secrecy? the elements of anticipation? surprise? building tension moment by moment with revelations? They dont have to be even credible (because it is not realism or naturalism, it is a MELODRAMA). In every single chapter characters cry (until they dont have any more water in their body), they fight for friendship for the ones they love even if they have to spill the last drop of blood in their body and they dont care to die and suffer so much pain (that why its extremely bloody "but it has a reason that works" Knights of the Zodiac are MESIANIC HEROES "they die to save the other like Jesus Christ"). There is no series that have made me cry more than Knights of the Zodiac. Mix MELODRAMA (which is the exaggeration of reality in order to produce emotions) with a deep understanding of friendship (to die for them "EXAGERATION, EXAGERATION, EXAGERATION!!!"). In Knights of the Zodiac fights are very short (they are just a climax), they take a lot of time building anticipation. Knights of the Zodiac are extremely sad, and characters (that you love) they die and you cry for them!!!!!. But at the same time they give you hope and they make you want to be the best friend in the world. I am sorry, but without the elements of Melodrama, the serial wont work. Another comment, the music is horrible, it doesnt generate anything (but I am not going to talk about it because I am not an expert), but Knights of the Zodiac had an amazingly excellent soundtrack. Well, lets see what happens in the next episodes.

Dumb, sanitized, Americanized, likely homophobic take on Saint Seiya. They should have not called it Saint Seiya if they only want to borrow the design characters and some scenes off the manga but getting the whole world view wrong or Americanized.

As if characters can't be grey, KotZ (not going to call it Saint Seiya) split Mitsumasa Kido into two characters, one good while another evil. The evil one is a military guy who doesn't believe in superstitions but want to use technology to take the power of the gods. ....wait, is this guy supposed to represent America? The theme of science/technology/rationality vs gods/magic/supernatural is to me clearly American. And even here it got Saint Seiya wrong: where as Cosmo in Saint Seiya is natural power that exists in every being, now Cosmo seems to be a supernatural power. Freak of nature. Unnatural. Totally different philosophy than original StS.

Also, they changed an iconic feminine, stereotype-breaking male character into a stereotypical token female character. Is it to avoid showing tender moments between two men like between Hyouga and Shun later? Or is it because the writer only understands stereotypes and can't accept a feminine male character who wears pink?

Worst. dialogue. ever.

My wife loved the original. But we couldn't even get through episode 2. They literally narrate everything they do, including describing the gestures their own hands are making as they make them. It's so on the nose, literal and leaves nothing to the imagination.

For example, a snippet of conversation during battle with a bad guy:

"I think I'm stronger, faster and smarter than you. That is why I will am continuing to fight you. Oh no, you are using your hands to make an 8 pointed star in a power attack. Oh no, I must get out of the way. Don't go near your attack. I do not believe what you are saying. Oh no, what you just said is true and I believe it now"

It's not that bad. there's a few problems like the animation is bad. other things had me on the fence like switching the gender of andromeda shun. to be honest. andromeda makes more sense as a girl now that i have seen the show. i forgot his armor even has breasts. maybe it was a political move by netflix. but really it spares me some yaoi with cygnus later on. so even though their reasons were the absolute worst {pandering} i am actually satisfied with the result. the animation is cheap looking. but everything is nowadays. this animation is looking triple a plus friggin amazing compared to the other female saints show that came out around january. that animation is 2d and is much worse than the one on this show. so now i am glad that they made this 3dcgi. they really were never going to put the effort to animate like they did the original. and they won't be able to show as much violence, and i am sure when they destroy a pillar or a rock it won't be as epic as it was before.

but i wasn't expecting sometihng made in 2019 to compete with the absolute masterpiece that is saint seiya's original run. for what it was, and if you keep your expectations in check... this is better than any other cgi show anyways, at least the characters are ON MODEL in this remake. if you compare to something like berserk, that looks like an absolute amateur made the 3d models. this one is okay...

Horrendous graphics, zero drama, Netflix didn't even understood that the music was a central piece of this series.

What's with the negative review? Come on, we all know the story will never change since the original series, the movie, until legend f sanctuary. It's always be like that, so I think its okay with a little different here and there(including the gender of shun).. I'm a SS fan since childhood, and always hungry for more.

It's not the best, but not bad either. Give it a try. And the important thing is IT'S NEW. It will be boring if you just convert 2D manga into 3D CGI but with the same story line.

Very bad remake. Saint Seiya is a legendary anime. It has created a wonderful memory for me. The producer is clearly under qualify and does not understand why children/people around the world love this anime. Helicopter, generic dark saint, cartoon like CGI, underwhelming fight scene etc. These characters are legendary. You change it's name to some generic name..

Saint Seyia and Dragonball have appeared when I was 13 and have been the only anime series I kept following until now. I liked everything except the S.S.Omega seasons. As a Greek, I often felt offended by describing Greeks as badies, but still kept watching because of its entertainment value, the fights, the references to astronomy and of course its mythology foundations. I never really liked the drama of the old series - which some reviewer described as their core - so, having watched 2 episodes until now I am still happy it hasn't much appeared. The animation is a bit too 3D, I might have preferred something more in the line of what Pixar/Disney actually do, but they are more lively than the Clone wars, so, for a series, I am satisfied enough. The 1st use of Ryu sei ken was too materialised to my taste, but after the 2nd time it felt better. Once used to it, animation is certainly more shiny and vibrant than original series, developments are faster paced and I'm looking forward to watch the entire season. IMDB notes are unfairly low, always hardcore fans are tough, except for the Star wars movies rubbish remakes. I hope they are allowed to remake the whole Sanctuary saga and if possible add the complete Lost Canvas. If they perform well in Japan, there might be chances.

Update after E07: today we went with my young daughter to a museum where I showed her a real ancient status of the Goddess Athena. Then back home she asked to see the Kinghts and she saw and recognized the other version of Athena. Just tell me one tv series anime or not that can give you that chance. Tell me a show that is about mythology and stars that is also action drama and is meant for youngs and middle-aged people. I never really liked Shun and Aphrodite (knights) and at those early times I thought there was some error in dubbing. Yet I got used to them and I understand the hate. Changing what was strange back then, seems strange now. Yet the only knight with whom my daughter identifies herself is Shaun! So, how can we make everybody happy? Leave Shun as he was and change Ikki (I prefer that name) and Magnus (I prefer that name) to girls, Seiya to a vegan and Shiryu to a black? And what would then the purist fans say? What would any of the purist fans do if he/she had to write, draw and direct a remake of the SS series? A remake that would revive the show in a way watchable and profitable today. Why make a remake with everything copied 100% from the original? Have you tried to watch in 2020 one of the first episodes of the original? Well I did, and despite my nostalgy, it is mostly boring for anyone else now. Did you watch SS Omega? Did you like what happened to Seiya there?

So I appeal to every past fan and new viewer. Write an honest review without hate. Without spotting the differences to the original but saying which aspect you liked or didn't. Help the makers improve it, not cancel it! Because there is nothing similar better out there!

If your like me and wanted to see this w/o ever watching Saint Seiya before, than as a stand alone anime it wasn't that bad, I'd even say it was some what enjoyable to complete. However judging it based on the original then I'm sure many of the fans criticisms are justified. Initially the story does feel very rushed, with transitions that feel like huge sudden skips, and certain particular action scenes feel choppy or over used with certain comic relief scenes feeling dragged on. Other then that the story itself isn't bad (although quick pace, assuming most are already familiar with the story). I believe the characters are interesting, from brash to mellow and spunky and not devoid of personality. Although CGI isn't my favorite form of an anime, it's still far from the likes of Berserk. The series has peaked my interest and I will give the og a try when I find time to binge 145eps along with juggling a few other series.

I have been a fan of Saint Seiya since the original version came out and I was looking forward to this show. Instead, this show was just garbage. From Shun transforms into a woman (guess what, he dresses in pink! Of course, he turned to a woman, duh! -.-) to the art concept was horrendous, even the plot can't save us from ameliorating the show. It just American, nonsensical version of Saint Seiya, like the Death Note. I would give -5 stars if I could.

Oh boy, what to say? I wish I could point out positive and negative things on the new series, but the truth is that there's no positives.

-There's no improvement over the original series plotwise, but the the netflix series compresses so much in only 6 episodes, that the characters end up being shallow, and a lot of character development of the original series is left out. -The new cloth design is a joke compared to the V1 the characters should be wearing (and don't get me started on the dog tags). -The quality of the animation is terrible. CG needs to be much more dark and grittier to look good on a show like this; This was obviosly made for children and not for the fans of the original series. -The comic relief of the show isn't actually funny. -What's up with the ridiculous name changes on the translation from japanese?

The point of Shun in the series was to show that men can be delicate and sensitive and wear pink and there is nothing wrong about that. They completely missed the point of the character and what it represents by turning him into a woman. There was so much potential here.. Horrible decision! I started it but I can't continue watching it. Whoever had this idea, needs to be fired asap.

People are being very brutal with their reviews. People give something a 1, which means completely unwatchable piece of garbage, which is not the case. Is it as good as the original or even the Hades follow up, no, but is it horrific, absolutely not. The modern element mixed in with the old is interesting. The updated graphics are neat and fun. Would I rather see another of the animated series instead? Yes but this was fun to watch too. Don't listen to all the haters.

Don't be put off by the first couple of episodes. I too, was going to give up after episode one but I'm glad I didn't. The story does build quite nicely, with a few unexpected twists and enough peril to make you think, "how are they going get out of this, now?" In the end, I was disappointed when the series ended and I find myself hoping there's going to be a second season - so it must have something. Ok, so the script is a little cheesy here and there with some clichés that might have been better written, but isn't anime often filled with clichés anyway? I ending up quite liking the visual style, which is vaguely reminiscent of older video game cut scenes, but with an anime interpretation. Whilst it's nowhere near as good as, say, The Legend of Korra, if you need an anime fix whilst waiting for something really good to come along, there are far worse series out there.

I'll do you a favor. Just watch the original episodes instead of this garbage. You'll thank me later.

I actually enjoy this series, I know is not like the original but that's expected. The animation doesn't match the series tone, but still is good and I like that they didn't spend 5 episodes in just one fight like the original did 😂

Just give the show a chance, is really good. It will obviously don't be like the original anime, but to be honest if I wanted something like the original I would prefer to re watch it. I'm looking forward to more episodes, really dying to see the Golden Knights!!

Unlike all the soy boys out here thrashing this amazing looking remake, I on the other hand give reboots a try. (Spider-Man movies, all of the avengers, Batman's etc etc(don't be a hypocrite if you enjoyed them like i did okay?)) I do love the franchise but would hate to see the same story part by part recreated on CGI. I don't see the fun on that.

The names have been changed from the English to Spanish versions example Seika is Patricia on the English language version. Ha! If you can look past this and have some thick skin or it's the first time watching you're good. Unless you also speak Spanish then I recommend the Spanish version which contains most of the Mexican Spanish voice over actors that's a treat in my book. Sadly the Spanish voice over actor for Seiya was not present due to him passing away.

This show has brought me good memories from my childhood and growing up I would just hope for some reboot on CGI which it did not disappoint.

Compared to the amount of garbage YouTube videos people will continue to watch and shows like yugio and poopie pants or whatever these kids watch today, I would say you're safe on this one.

I didn't watch the previous series. I watched the Netflix animation and I was pretty ok with the animation style, but the story has a serious problem.

The plot is driven by a prophecy that says that the heroes won't be able to save the world. For this reason, everyone decides that the best thing to do is to kill the heroes before they fail! What!? Yes! If the heroes won't protect the world from destruction (a pretty empty world, by the way, with no people whatsoever), then we kill them and everything gets destroyed anyway, but at least they won't lose... This is the most stupid plot I have ever seen!

Besides, even though this is a very unoriginal super hero series, the heroes basically genocide hundreds of soldiers. If their goal is to save people, they have failed miserably. There is a whole nonsensical scene where they fight an army and they just kill everyone without mercy (they at least don't show the soldiers burning, so that we won't get traumatized by this). What kind of lesson for children is this supposed to be? You can kill as many people you want as long as no one sees them dying? What kind of psychopath wrote this script?

There is also a lot of inconsistencies and plot holes in the story overall.

The jokes are very silly (painfully silly) and the main characters become best friends in like 5s after being attacked, even though they were all fighting against each other and hating each other right before they got their backs kicked. And this fake friendship is what wins in the end? Seriously? These characters are truly psychopaths. Maybe there is a plot twist in the end and we realize thy are all hallucinating together in a mental hospital.