How come Saint Seiya never had so much popularity in the English-speaking

- Arrived too late.
- The sadomasochism made it too edgy for soccer moms.
- The fucking dub

>>143044067
Wrong place, wrong time. It could only be average at best. The dub sunk it into the sewer.

>>143044146
>>143044171

when was it aired for the first time?

also, the "sadomasochism" argument is lame, sure there's lots of fighting and blood but DB and DBZ where much more violent: it doesn't feature any impalement, any broken limbs and no major visual injuries.

I'm sorry for the dub, at least in Italy it was a fucking masterpiece.

>>143044241

Knights of the Zodiac as it was called did not come to America until 2003. Also the original anime has never been fully released here, I think the manga was though.

>>143044241
2003.

>>143044241
Saint Seiya put special emphasis on the pain and suffering of the characters. It's more about their struggling than the action, either by emotional pain or physical pain.

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>>143044241
>no impalement

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Who is the best Saint ever and why is it Ikki?

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>>143044475
that's not how you spell shun
>gentle, kind and caring
>fights only if he needs to, hates to hurt opponent
>nebula chains are the most versatile weapons ever
>even without cloth he can still manage to kill a gold saint
>cute
>will suck your dick after having finished with defending Athena

I'm not even homo and I want to marry him

>>143044146
>soccer
TRIGGERED

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>>143044146
>Soccer

>>143044792
>>143044769
Do people even say "football moms"?

>>143044939

the term was born in the USA so it's no wonder it's "Soccer moms". /a/ustists are truly the worst kind of anons

>>143044325

>Knights of the Zodiac as it was called did not come to America until 2003

Faggot I watched it sometime between 1992 and 1996, you're retarded.

>>143045085

no no the people from usa think that america is a country. hes talking about usa, not america.

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>Jabu was supposed to be a main character as well
>Kurumada scrapped the idea for believing Jabu to be too similar to Seiya

Life is suffering
And Kurumada is a talentless hack who deserves to die alone and unloved

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>>143044475
>>143044626
This is the best saint. This niggas cosmo got so strong at one point people could feel it when he was at the end of time. Like damn son.

>>143045838
>omega
I find solace in the fact that in some alternate universe this shit was never produced

>>143047124
Omega was better then Soul of Gold.