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[Fj0823]

The Saint Seiya franchise is all about the cloths, there's some really great ones, and some straight dumb shit

So, which ones are your absolute favorites?

For me:

Anime Pegasus V1

Loved the full helmets and I'm still salty they went away.

Omega Pegasus

Dunno, feels like a nice marriage of Gold and Myth cloth designs

Libra (Any Version)

My sign got the coolest shit ever, great design, 12 weapons, and every single version of the Libra Cloth looks badass. Best Gold for sure

Now for the worst...this "armor"

Great protection right there...

 

[Platy]

Fenrir black wolf

Also the fox steel one deserves a mention considering how shitty the character is

 

[Fj0823]

Fenrir black wolf

Also the fox steel one deserves a mention considering how shitty the character is

Steels are all hot garbage for me

 

[andrerobot]

One of the reasons I couldn't get into Saint Seiya as a kid, is how cheap and crappy Seiya's armor was.

 

[Nightengale]

Saggitarius.

Best armor, best constellation mode, and even the fake version looks kinda nice.

 

[quackamole]

The aquarius gold cloth in the anime was pretty badass. But in the 3d movie it's weird as fuck. I can only accept this if the dumb little vase thing on his shoulder is an auto tracking cannon like a predator.

 

[Nightengale]

One of the reasons I couldn't get into Saint Seiya as a kid, is how cheap and crappy Seiya's armor was.

Kurumada was like "shit, I made Seiya's armor look like some cheap-ass shit compared to everyone else's, time to break it so that it can be redesigned!"

 

[Mobius 1]

Libra, from the original series.

 

[Fj0823]

Libra, from the original series.

I'm partial to Soul of Gold Libra

 

[rikichi]

I'm a Gemini. So whatever Gemini looks like, I'll go with that.

 

[massoluk]

Libra always was my favorite, the toy was most awesome of the bunch because it is just decked out with weapons

 

[Unai]

I really like sagitarius.

 

[Fj0823]

I'm a Gemini. So whatever Gemini looks like, I'll go with that.

Take your pick

Man this franchise is all over the place with art styles lol And none of them look like the original manga

 

[ReiGun]

Take your pick



Man this franchise is all over the place with art styles lol

Now, I'm not as bothered by "boob armor" as some people are

...but come the fuck on.

 

[massoluk]

Wow, whoever poor guy stuck with boob armor Gemini

 

[f0lken]

I am Scorpio so I am biased (its a great armor tho). But from the 12, Cadmus had the best looking armor

 

[L Thammy]

I still can't tell Saint Seiya characters apart.

 

[Brazil]

The OG anime bronze armors are the best, especially Shun's. Everything after that has way too much clutter.

 

[Carlius]

I still can't tell Saint Seiya characters apart.

u shoukd watch all his other anime. they all have the same characters.

 

[L Thammy]

u shoukd watch all his other anime. they all have the same characters.

I tried reading the manga, so I didn't even have colour to save me.

Then I see Saint Seiya stuff where everyone's wearing gold and I'm like, man, you have to be doing this on purpose.

 

[jett]

He has wings. Guess I'm easy to please.

 

[SargerusBR]

GOAT Cloth

Bonus:

Garuda Sapuris

 

[jabuseika]

Neat.

 

[Strangelove77]

Sagittarius

 

[Oblivion]

For me....

Scorpio (though full disclosure: I'm a Scorpio so I may be a tad biased):

Virgo:

Aquarius:

 

[Fj0823]

The new Equuleus also has boob armor

I love how TOEI keeps doing it's best to bullshit around Kurumadas ridiculously sexist Mask Law for female Saints yet insists on boob armor

 

[f0lken]

Asgard Saga had great armors also

 

[keuja]

Cancer Saint. The design is quite unique. Too bad the guy is an asshole.

Spoiler

Cancer Saint redeemed a 100 fold in Lost Canvas though

 

[Roge_NES]

Ikki's divine cloth

 

[Callibretto]

I once had the action figure for six legged horse armor. No idea the name of the character. I remember liking it back then but I totally forgot what it looks like. It's not from the first season of Seiya where they fight gold saints. I think.

Anyone know which saint is that?

 

[keuja]

I once had the action figure for six legged horse armor. No idea the name of the character. I remember liking it back then but I totally forgot what it looks like. It's not from the first season of Seiya where they fight gold saints. I think.

Anyone know which saint is that?

Beta Hagen.

 

[RoryDropkick]

I'd say Libra and Virgo for me. I've been watching the original series and have been contemplating picking up the manga at some point.

 

[DirgeExtinction]

I've always been partial to Capricorn(my sign), though I also liked the dragon dude's.

 

[Soul Beat]

The Saint Seiya franchise is all about the cloths, there's some really great ones, and some straight dumb shit

So, which ones are your absolute favorites?

For me:

Anime Pegasus V1



Loved the full helmets and I'm still salty they went away.

You a good man, OP.

 

[Rhaknar]

So how many shows does Saint Seiya have and more importantly, which ones are part of the original cannon and which ones are remakes/reboots/retelling whatever.

And by original cannon I mean this:

 

[motherxwolf]

i only watched the original anime and my favorite armors were shiryu's original dragon armor (pre asgard) and gemini's armor with the helmet on and dark face.

 

[Fj0823]

So how many shows does Saint Seiya have and more importantly, which ones are part of the original cannon and which ones are remakes/reboots/retelling whatever.

And by original cannon I mean this:

Only the original show is canon.

The canon sequel Next Dimmension is probably never getting adapted

Spoiler

cause it sucks ass and you get 1 chapter every 10 years

The latest shows, Omega and Saintia Sho are spinoffs that respect the events in the original show but have different tones. Omega is more kid friendly while Sho is all Shoujo-y

 

[Rhaknar]

Is the original anywhere legally?

 

[Hasemo]

Is the original anywhere legally?

The original anime is on Japanese Netflix (link), not sure about other countries.

 

[Rhaknar]

The original anime is on Japanese Netflix.

Why u gotta do me like that Hasemo?

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Sagittarius

I must confess to really liking the design of it as worn by Seiya in Omega. Partially because he's just got this awesome cravat thing going on:

But much as I like the early Omega designs in general (the latter half gets way too fixated on oversized crystals), I do admit they all fall along a similarly sleek approach. Gotta look to the classics for some distinction. In which case, I'll second the Libra vote.

It's a brilliantly asymmetrical design that most feels like a warrior's armour in the whole lineup. I really like the cloths that have some implicit function in the design, rather than just being pretty armour solely worn for the power boost. It's why the Dragon cloth is among my favourite of the bronzes, because it's at least got the shield.

 

[G.ZZZ]

It's camus by far. Gemini a distant second.

Simple and elegant (can't find a decent shot though)

 

[Hyun Sai]

It's Milo by far.

 

[Kain-Nosgoth]

 

[johancruijff]

Aldebaran obviously

and Ikki

 

[Alx]

I mostly know the serie from watching the original anime as a kid, so I'll be partial to early characters.
I guess my favourite design-wise was Cygnus, elegant and not too fancy (despite having a bird head on top of it )

But I liked Shiryu as a character, and his "unbreakable (lol) armor/shield" made his cloth more special.

 

[massoluk]

Tell me I'm not the only one confused about this dude's gender when I was a kid

 

[Anteater]

For bronze I love the first version of phoenix in the anime

for gold i love virgo but most of them were good

I don't remember most of the silver cloths lol

 

[Fj0823]

I like Omega Seiya's Sagitarius V2.

It feels like HIS armor and not a borrowed one

 

[Jinroh]

This fine gent:

I'm very fond of silver saints and wish we had more of their myth cloth.