Netflix's classic remake plans to turn "Saint Seiya" into a CG animation

There is a wave of animation reproduction craze. After "The Romance of the Gods","Saint Seiya", what classic works will be reproduced next?

what classic works will be reproduced next?

Following works such as "Sailor Moon","Gollum Magic Array", and "The Legend of the Galaxy Heroes", this nostalgic remake craze in the Japanese animation industry continues. Now two more classic nostalgic works have welcomed animation remakes-"The Romance of the Gods" and "Saint Seiya".

"The Romance of the Gods" is a comic work adapted by Japanese cartoonist Ryu Fujisaki based on the China classic god and demon novel "The Romance of the Gods". The comics were serialized in Weekly Junior JUMP from 1996 to 2000 and once became the mainstay of the magazine. Another representative work of the author Ryu Fujisaki is the horror comic "Ghost".

Similar to the adaptation of "The Most Travels", although the characters in "The Romance of the Gods" adopt the same names as the original novel, the comic is an alternative story of the battle of the immortal world and the god of the gods. The successful characterization and the subsequent foreshadowing reversal of the plot made the comics regarded as an excellent adaptation. In 1999, the comics were adapted into a 26-episode TV animation "The Legend of the Gods in the Immortal World" and broadcast it. Hong Kong's Jade TV broadcast this animation in 2001.

However, the reputation of TV animation is far less than that of comics. The main reason is that it has become a shredder of original comics. The plot is quite different from the original work and the collapse of character creation have made many original work parties feel dissatisfied and regretful. This remake may produce a new TV animation according to the original plot of the comic, as readers expect.

The new version of animation's seiyou lineup has also been completely renewed. Currently announced voice actors include Kensho Ono, Tomoaki Maeno and Takashi Sakurai, who will respectively voice Taigongwang, Wen Zhong and Si Buxiang in the story.

Soon, Netflix also announced the news of remastering the animation of "Saint Seiya". The latest poster reveals the animation title "Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya" and shows the scene of Seiya's loyalty to the goddess Athena.

The one responsible for the animation production is Toei Animation, an established Japanese animation company, which is the producer of the 1986 version of "Saint Seiya" animation. This time Netflix plans to turn it into a CG animation.

Yoshiharu Anno, director of "Angel and Dragon Dance" and "Exorcist Boy HALLOW", directed the animations, and the script was written by the Hollywood team. The first season has a total of 12 episodes. The remastered content is from the comic book "Galaxy War" to "Silver Saint Seiya", and each episode is about 30 minutes long.

"Galactic War" to "Silver Saint" are all early chapters in the comics. Based on the broadcast effects of the first season, Netflix is likely to continue to produce "Zodiac","Nordic" and other subsequent chapters after this. The story of the chapters.

Of course, frequent reprints of classics like this have also caused controversy. Some Japanese animation enthusiasts accuse the industry of low creativity. They believe that these animation companies can no longer think of new tricks or produce good original scripts. The constant speculation also shows that animation companies lack confidence in the commercial benefits of their works. These nostalgic works can at least attract their attention before they start broadcasting.

However, it is not that there are no good works to remake classics. In 2015,"Asong" has become a phenomenal animation. And what old animations will be reproduced next?

Editor: Mary