Saint Seiya Knights of the Zodiac: Spectacular trailer for the first episode of the 6-film saga

Two and a half months after its first trailer, the live-action film adaptation of Masami Kurumada’s cult manga Knights of the Zodiac is revealed a little more thanks to a new teaser.

Directed by Tomasz Baginski (producer of The Witcher series on Netflix), the feature film is to be the first part of a saga consisting of 6 films, as already announced by Toei Animation producer Yoshi Ikezawa. The studio has big ambitions for this saga, which it has been developing for more than 10 years. The budget of the first opus is 60 million dollars.

In July last year, the producer said variety ” The Knights of the Zodiac manga was a huge success in North America, Latin America, Europe and China. So we have already established a fan base in many countries around the world. That’s why Sony Pictures contacted usthis.”

Then he added:The original manga has 28 comic volumes. The original anime series had 140 episodes, plus 30 or 40 sequels from the original comic. So that’s almost 200 episodes.

You can make a lot of movies with it. And after the success of Marvel, studios are looking for intellectual property that could lead to sequels like Harry Potter or Hunger Games. So far we’ve reviewed six films.“

The plot of the first opus is still rather vague: according to legend, young warriors known as Saints draw their powers from the constellations. They are united to protect the reincarnated goddess Athena from other gods who plan to take over the earth. Among them is the orphan Seya…

Filmed in Hungary, the film stars Japanese-American actor Makenyu (son of the late Sonny Chiba) as Pegasus Seiya, Sean Bean as his mentor Alman Kido, Mark Dacascos as Tokumaru Tatsumi, Kido’s butler, Famke Jansen as Marine de L. Eagle, one of the 24 silver knights who serve the goddess Athena. The latter is also played by Madison Iseman, who was already seen in the cinema with Dwayne Johnson in Jumanji.

The feature film, announced in Japan on April 28, does not yet have a French release date.