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NEWS: Seven Seas Licenses Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō Manga




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perroloco



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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 10:48 pm Reply with quote
I didn't expect to see another SS manga licensed on the states o.o, hopefully it does well.
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darkchibi07



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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 10:54 pm Reply with quote
So is it safe to say this is a direct all-girl counterpart of the original Saint Seiya in terms of story progression and characters?
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perroloco



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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 10:57 pm Reply with quote
I haven't read it but IIRC it seems like the original saints appear so it's not a "what if" story with saints being girls if that's what you were asking.
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Lizzie_B



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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 10:58 pm Reply with quote
Starting to like SS more with manga they license everyday Very Happy
spoiler[Hope they get the other Sainy Seiya spin-offs]
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perroloco



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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 11:02 pm Reply with quote
@Lizzie:
I wouldn't be surprised if Seven Seas licenses Lost Canvas if this does well enough.
Lost Canvas is IMO the best Saint Seiya manga, I would say it's even better than the original, or at the very least on the same level and the art is way better.
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Lizzie_B



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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 11:07 pm Reply with quote
perroloco wrote:
@Lizzie:
I wouldn't be surprised if Seven Seas licenses Lost Canvas if this does well enough.
Lost Canvas is IMO the best Saint Seiya manga, I would say it's even better than the original, or at the very least on the same level and the art is way better.

Sooner or later, the anime will be licensed with a new dub if this does well
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Mewzard



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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 12:39 am Reply with quote
This is a pleasant surprise. Always glad to have more Saint Seiya material in the US.
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NateSelwyn25



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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 1:01 am Reply with quote
Lizzie_B wrote:
perroloco wrote:
@Lizzie:
I wouldn't be surprised if Seven Seas licenses Lost Canvas if this does well enough.
Lost Canvas is IMO the best Saint Seiya manga, I would say it's even better than the original, or at the very least on the same level and the art is way better.

Sooner or later, the anime will be licensed with a new dub if this does well


That'll happen the day a leprechaun pops out of my captain's quarters. The OG manga did not sell well, in terms of physical copies and digital. The movies sold poorly here, the recent subs-only release of the first arc of the OG anime and of the totality of the Lost Canvas anime sold so badly, the companies that did both stated they would never again license Saint Seiya works.

I love SS but it doesn't sell well here. I'd kill for Lost Canvas to have it's manga released in the US but it'll never happen.
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NJ_



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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 1:33 am Reply with quote
Lizzie_B wrote:
Sooner or later, the anime will be licensed with a new dub if this does well


If you're referring to Lost Canvas, the anime was a confirmed flop here so I don't see anyone else taking a risk with relicensing and dubbing it, especially when it's close to 10 years old now and also incomplete due to flopping in Japan as well.

As for Saintia Sho, I'm glad for the manga and do plan to buy but like original Devilman, it looks more like they're cashing in on the new Toei anime that was announced and I'm not so sure this one will do as well as Devilman might and as for the anime, nobody else will touch the Saint Seiya property anymore home video-wise so at this point, we can only hope that Crunchyroll gets the full license like they did with KADO and FUNi does the rest from there.
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maximilianjenus



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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 10:50 am Reply with quote
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The manga is set immediately after the main storyline's Sanctuary arc after the defeat of Gemini Saga from Masami Kurumada's original Saint Seiya manga, but before the Posieidon arc.


I assume this is some kind of stock text, because I have stumbled upon ti a few times and it's not very accurate; the manga starts right from the start of the regular saint seiya manga , and progresses in a similar but paralel timeline; it's a fun manga showing what's happening on the side of the nromal saint seiya plot, while filling some plot holes here and there so the saint seiya universe, overall, makes more sense.
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Kadmos1



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PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2017 9:42 am Reply with quote
While it is not Masami Kurumada-authored, at least more Kurumada-related (or inspired) manga is being licensed here. Had "Knights of the Zodiac" been licensed a few years before 2003, then maybe it might have done better here.
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darkchibi07



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 11:01 am Reply with quote
perroloco wrote:
I haven't read it but IIRC it seems like the original saints appear so it's not a "what if" story with saints being girls if that's what you were asking.


Hopefully it's a legitimate spinoff and be about those girls and their exploits somewhat similar to say Aria AA or even Railgun.
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