Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac (: ナイツ・オブ・ザ・ゾディアック) is a Japanese-American original net animation (ONA) series based on the manga series Saint Seiya by Masami Kurumada.
Plot
Seiya, a Japanese-American young teen, is recruited by Alman Kiddo to become a fabled Bronze Knight (青銅聖闘士). The series follows the Bronze Knights as they fight prolific warriors in the quest of becoming Goddess Athena Warriors, while Seiya at the same time is looking for his missing older sister Patricia.[1][2]
Production
The series was first revealed to be in the works in December 2016 at CCXP in Brazil.[3] On August 2, 2017, Cinematoday.jp published an article which revealed that the project was a collaboration with Netflix to make a new adaptation of the manga and anime classic series. Yoshiharu Ashino was announced as the director, and Eugene Son among others as the writers.