Saint Seiya Omega

Anime, First Impression

Saint Seiya Omega First Impression

May 5, 2012

Saint Seiya Omega reminds me a lot of my childhood memories when I was and am still fond of Saint Seiya series. Saint Seiya is also well-known as Knight of the Zodiac. Saint Seiya is one of first anime series that I watched when I was a kid. This went back as far as 1988. Most of my readers probably weren’t even born yet :) .

Trailers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqXGFMO6Prg

Saint Seiya Omega is a sequel of the original Saint Seiya and Seiya, the pegasus saint, was told as a legendary gold saint who defends Athena many many times. Our main protagonist, Kouga, in Saint Seiya Omega was saved by Seiya when he was a little kid. Unlike the original Saint Seiya, Saint Seiya Omega incorporates element such as Fire, Wind, Water, Earth, Lightning, Light and Shadow for each constellation.

Opening

If you haven’t watched the original Saint Seiya, rest assured that you don’t need to in order to understand the story in Saint Seiya Omega. There will be couple references to the saints in Saint Seiya through the series but you can easily check wikipedia to find out more information :) .

According to Anime News Network, there will be 12 episodes but I find it little bit short considering the original one has 114 episodes separated into multiple arcs. Can anyone confirm if this is correct ?

Saint Seiya Omega uses the same opening as the original Saint Seiya – Pegasus Fantasy but it’s sung by MAKE-UP featuring Shoko Nakagawa (Shoko-tan). Great anime series is always being accompanied by great a opening and I believe it’s an important factor to get viewers excited into the anime. Without a great opening (song and animation), I just don’t see how viewers will be interested in the series.

One minor complaint that I have with Saint Seiya Omega is the character design. It has similar character design as Precure since it was designed by the same person, Yoshihiko Umakoshi.

For fellow readers who enjoy the original series, I just don’t see why you would not enjoy Saint Seiya Omega. On the other hand, for those who haven’t watched Saint Seiya before, you may like this series if you enjoy anime series like Flame of Recca or Fist of the North Star.

For those who are feeling nostalgic, enjoy the original Pegasus Fantasy opening below :)

Original Saint Seiya Opening – Pegasus Fantasy

Live Pegasus Fantasy by Nobuo Yamada

Is this Saint Seiya Omega in your Spring 2012 watch list ?

Header image via official website

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  • Kurotsuki

    I was ready to be all over Omega seeing that Saint Seiya is still to this one of my favorite anime and manga, but after two episodes of this , I had this general meh feeling. I don’t completely give up, I’ll try to get back into it at at later date, but it won’t be in my priority.

    • http://www.sakuafk.com Saku

      I am totally the opposite. I really look forward to a new episode each week. Maybe because I want to listen to Pegasus Fantasy opening ???

      Do you know how long this series is going to be ?

      • Kurotsuki

        I think I’m missing the “manly tears” element.

  • Cool_sin2k

    The classic version of the design give me the impression of the real action. This one isn’t

    • http://www.sakuafk.com Saku

       Is it because the character design ?

  • sniklo

    do you know how long this series is going to be?? i like it a lot :/

    • http://www.sakuafk.com Saku

      According to wiki, it’s going to be 51 episodes in total and I think that’s pretty accurate since we are currently on episode 50. It almost ends and is closed to final battle.

      • sniklo

        Ah ok then :/, I really wanted this anime to be 100 eps heh xD (non stop action)

        • http://www.sakuafk.com Saku

          100 eps is kinda stretching it to far especially for an anime nowadays. With 51 episodes, there are already few fillers here and there. Don’t want it to turn into another Naruto/Bleach/One Piece so I am fine with 51 episodes :)

          • sniklo

            It seems you are wrong on the 50 episode list since saint seiya omega has now been renewed for a 2nd season starting 7th April :p

          • http://www.sakuafk.com Saku

            really? where did you hear this?

          • sniklo

            Wikipedia hehe xD

          • http://www.sakuafk.com Saku

            LOL you were right. I totally missed it the other day when I was checking total episodes