Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac" key art is released! The theme song will be "PEGASUS SEIYA", the English version of "Pegasus Fantasy"!

Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac," a new 3DCG film set in the present day, will finally be released on Netflix on Friday, July 19, 2019, and new key art has been released, as well as the theme song.

The original series by Masami Kurumada, "Saint Seiya," which began serialization in 1985, is a very popular series that has sent Japan into a frenzy and has created many fans in South America, Europe, and other countries around the world.

Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac," the latest in the series, will be released on Netflix on July 19, 2019 (Friday), and new key art has been released, as well as the theme song.

The key art featuring Seiya and Athena and other saints has been unveiled. In addition, scenes from the film were also unveiled at the same time.

The theme song will be "PEGASUS SEIYA" by The Struts, a UK band renowned as a new generation of rock and roll stars.

The new song "PEGASUS SEIYA" is an English-language version of "Pegasus Fantasy," a song that still receives enthusiastic support from many anime fans, and has been created to be enjoyed together by fans around the world while retaining the passionate melody of the time.
Producer Yoshiyuki Ikezawa had wanted to use "Pegasus Fantasy" as the theme song for the film from the very beginning of the project. I don't know if it was coincidence or inevitability that the gods of the film brought us together, but I offered them the song because I thought they were the only ones who could do it! I offered it to them because I thought they were the only ones!" This combination was realized in response to the passion of THE STRUTS.

The Struts have been attracting attention in Japan as well as the world's rock fans with their vocals that are said to be the second coming of Freddie Mercury of Queen, their spectacular, hot, and fun live performances that involve all audiences, and their catchy songs that unite the audience. The Struts have been attracting attention in Japan as well. Their beats, which have created classic songs that excite anime fans around the world with their singing, make the high-quality 3D computer graphics of Seiya and his friends' battles even more dynamic.
The legendary saints will make new history all over the world on Netflix!

The following is a comment from Yoshiyuki Ikezawa, producer of the film.

Producer Yoshiyuki Ikezawa's comment
From the very beginning, we wanted to go with "Pegasus Fantasy" for the theme song of "Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac. However, since it is an English-based work, I wanted the theme song to be in English as well, so that it could spread around the world at the same time, and I wanted someone who could sing the world view of "Saint Seiya".
In the early stages of production, when I was in Houston, U.S., doing voice recording for the English cast of "Saint Seiya," the sound director told me that he went to a famous band concert on a weekend and the band that sang in the front was amazing.
After returning to Japan, when we started discussing the theme song, THE STRUTS' name came up, and I felt a sense of fate, so I directly asked them if they would sing "Pegasus Illusion," which had been my intention from the beginning, and they said "Let's do it. Was it a coincidence that the gods of artwork brought us together, or was it inevitable? I thought, "There is no other way but to do it!

I was so happy that I was able to offer them a chance to work together.
Netflix Original Anime Series "Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac
(Worldwide exclusive distribution on July 19, 2019)
The legendary Saint is about to make new history for the entire world.
Saints are fighters of hope who will surely appear when evil infests the world. Wearing the crosses, the 88 protective garments of their patron constellations, they gather to protect the goddess Athena, who is born on earth once every several hundred years.
The popular series, written by Masami Kurumada, which has created a worldwide fan base in South America and Europe, is now being newly depicted as a 3DCG work set in the modern age!
From July 19, all the episodes from the Galactic War to the Dark Saint Arc will be distributed at once!

<Staff> Original story by Masami Kurumada
Original Story : Masami Kurumada
Series Director : Yoshiharu Ashino
Story Editor : Eugene Son
Character Design : Terumi Nishii
Cloth Design : Nooshi Okazaki
Music : Yorihiro Ike
CG Director : Jae Kaoru Jung Nobuhiro Morita
Animation Production: Toei Animation

＜Cast
Pegasus Seiya: Seiichi Morita
Saori Kido: Tomiko Orikasa
Tatsumi: Hisao Egawa
Dragon Shiryu: Takahiro Sakurai
Kignas Glacier: Shoro Miura
Andromeda Shun: Satomi Sato
Phoenix Ikki: Katsuyuki Konishi
Aeolian the Lion / Narrator: Hideyuki Tanaka
Muu Aries: Takumi Yamazaki
Shaka the Virgo: Yuji Mitsuya and others

＜Opening theme song
PEGASUS SEIYA
Lyrics: Machiko Ryu
English lyrics: TIM JENSEN
Composed by Hiroaki Matsuzawa and Nobuo Yamada
Arranged and sung by The Struts (Universal Music)

＜Ending theme song
Somebody New
Words and music by The Struts (Universal Music)

The Struts
Luke Spiller, Vocals
Adam Slack, guitar
Jed Elliott, bass
Gethin Davies, drums
Formed in 2012 in Derby, England. With their glamorous, classic rock style, they have made an impact on the contemporary scene. Her debut album is "Everybody Wants" (US 2016, Japan 2017). The Rolling Stones, Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue, The Foo, and Foo Fighters have been tapped as supporting acts. The spectacular and fun live show, full of rock and roll passion that engages all audiences, has been highly acclaimed around the world. Luke Spiller's powerful and elongated voice and standing figure, which the media around the world have described as the second coming of Queen's Freddie Mercury, have also attracted much attention. The catchy songs, inevitably singalongs, are further polished on the second album "Young & Dangerous" (2018), which is truly rock at its best. So far, the band has performed at Summer Sonic 2016 and 2017, and their February 2017 show in Japan was sold out in both Tokyo and Osaka. They are scheduled to perform at Summer Sonic 2019.

(C)Masami Kurumada / Toei Animation