History

First manga cover of Saint Seiya
(source: Wikipedia)

Saint Seiya is a Japanese Shounen Manga that is written and ilustrated by Masami Kurumada, and the main manga series was published from 1985-1990 in the magazine Weekly Shounen Jump. And the anime is animated by Toei Animation with the total episode of 114 episode from the main series.

The story is about mythical warriors called "Saints" who fought with a magical armor called "Cloth" that is named after the 88 constellations, such as Pegasus, Dragon (Draco), Phoenix, Cygnus, Andromeda etc. And their duty is to protect and accompany The Goddes of Wisdom, Athena, on her battles againts threats for the earth.

The main characters of the original story includes these 5 Bronze Saints:

1. Pegasus Seiya

2. Dragon Shiryu

3. Cygnus Hyoga

4. Andromeda Shun

5. Phoenix Ikki

Saint Seiya also have few OVAs, spinoffs, movies, remakes and live action until today.