I still remember the first time I watched this episode as if was yesterday: From the moment I saw the first previews of this series on television, I was pretty hyped to watch it, thinking it was going to be a superhero cartoon in the same vein of stuff like The Transformers or Silverhawks. (I also was interested in the zodiac related stuff for some reason during these years)
Watching Seiya cut off Cassius's ear surely left a mark on me; never before in my life I had seen something as gory on television before, much less in an animated series.
Even when this classic anime had several moments that shocked me when I saw it during my childhood, it also fascinated me in a way that stood the test of time, becoming one of my favourite series to this very day.
And it still remains as the best Saint Seiya adaptation. The beginning of the Netflix CGI series is not even remotely comparable, being quite insipid and sanitized by comparison.
A part of the soul of the franchise died without Shingo Araki and Seiji Yokoyama.
Watching Seiya cut off Cassius's ear surely left a mark on me; never before in my life I had seen something as gory on television before, much less in an animated series.
Even when this classic anime had several moments that shocked me when I saw it during my childhood, it also fascinated me in a way that stood the test of time, becoming one of my favourite series to this very day.
And it still remains as the best Saint Seiya adaptation. The beginning of the Netflix CGI series is not even remotely comparable, being quite insipid and sanitized by comparison.
A part of the soul of the franchise died without Shingo Araki and Seiji Yokoyama.
