Saint Seiya Hades Elysion: Never Give Up, Never Surrender! It would take 19 years after the last episode of the original Saint Seiya TV series aired for the actual ending of the original manga to finally be seen in anime form. Not long after the Saint’s battle with Poseidon, the God of the underworld Hades is resurrected and plots to kill Athena and take over the world.
• Executive producer: Kōzō Morishita Written by Eugene Son Studio Licensed by Released Q3 2019 Episodes 12 Related works • • () • • () • • • Saint Seiya ( 聖闘士星矢 ( セイントセイヤ ), Seinto Seiya), also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese series written and illustrated. It was serialized in from 1986 to 1990, with the chapters collected into 28 volumes. The story follows five mystical warriors called the 'Saints' ( 聖闘士 ( セイント ), Seinto, or 'Knights' in some adaptations) who fight wearing sacred armors named 'Cloths' ( 聖衣 ( クロス ), Kurosu), the designs of which derive from the various the characters have adopted as their destined guardian symbols, and empowered by a mystical energy called 'Cosmo' ( 小宇宙 ( コスモ ), Kosumo). The Saints have sworn to defend the reincarnation of the Greek goddess in her battle against other who want to dominate. The manga was adapted into an television series by that ran from 1986 to 1989, before being continued in the form of three series between 2002 and 2008. Four animated feature films were shown in Japanese theaters from 1987 to 1989, with a fifth in 2004 and a sixth in 2014.