Title: Knights of the Zodiac Ω (Omega)
Japanese: 聖闘士星矢・Ω (オメガ)
Date Aired: 1/04/2012 (TV series)
Genres: Action, Martial arts, Mythic fiction, Drama
Director: Morio Hatano
Producers: Tomoharu Matsuhisa, Gō Wakabayashi
Written by: Reiko Yoshida
Music by: Toshihiko Sahashi
Studio: TV Asahi
Network: Toei Animation
Main Cast: Pegasus Kōga (天馬星座の光牙) Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa
Sagittarius Seiya (射手座の星矢) Voiced by: Tōru Furuya
Saori Kido, Athena (女神) Voiced by: Shōko Nakagawa
Orion Eden (オリオン座のエデン) Voiced by: Jun'ichi Suwabe
Wolf Haruto (狼座の栄斗) Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Aquila Yuna (アクィラ座のユナ) Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino
Dragon Ryūhō (龍座の龍峰) Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara
Lionet Sōma (仔獅子座の蒼摩) Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi
Mars, God of War (戦いの神マルス) Voiced by: Hidekatsu Shibata
Tatsumi Tokumaru (辰巳徳丸) Voiced by: Yukitoshi Hori
Ophiuchus Shaina (蛇遣い星座のシャイナ) Voiced by: Mami Koyama
TV series PV 1-4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqXGFMO6Prg
Synopsis: The storyline of Omega takes place in the future era, 25 years after the Holy Wars of the 20th century narrated in the original manga and its anime adaptation. The goddess Athena is still on Earth after reincarnating to cleanse it of the agent of evil as she has done during millennia, accompanied by her Saints, fulfilling her duty of protecting peace on Earth, after her victories over antagonistic deities. Athena and a new generation of Saints prepare to face a new menace that lurks in this new era, in which Pegasus Seiya, the protagonist of Kurumada's manga, is revered as a Saint of legend.
Necropinion: since the 80's I was introduced to the vast world of anime and manga thanks to good oldies like Saint Seiya, back then named as Caballeros del Zodiaco in Mexico, Spain and most latinamerican countries... in the past Toei did great adapting it up to the Poseidon arc but in this millenium the studio has disappointed me with the Hades OVAs and Heaven Overture movie (compared to the attention they give to their other successful long ongoing series like One Piece or Digimon), also in the last couple of years the studio TMS Entertainment made a better TV series adaptation from the manga SS: The Lost Canvas ¬¬
having that in mind I just watched the first episode of Omega and I have to recognize its rearranged music like the opening song is a nice homage to the first series, its character design and animation reminds me to Casshern Sins or Mawaru Penguindrum in a way (which isn't a bad thing) more than being based of Shingo Araki's drawings... the problem here lies in the plot and other elements like that "Clothstone" magical jewel transformation which still doesn't convince me compared to the classic armor statues used to protect the holy warriors' bodies so with very low expectation I'll preliminarily give it 5/10, you guys probably wonder why I bothered in making the thread with such hope and score on this sequel? well like I was on many recent series mentioned in other topics I'm optimist with this one to turn alright but I don't discard dropping it if gets any worse and it's perfect for the first day of April anyway