Saint Seiya

Saint Seiya (known in many english medias such as Viz translations as Knights of the Zodiac) is a manga series created by Masami Kurumada in 1986. It spawned 28 volumes, and continues as a manga through the sequel/prequel Saint Seiya: Next Dimension. It also has a 114 episode anime series, as well as OVAs adapting the Hades Arc of the manga, along with 5 movies and many spin offs such as Lost Canvas, Episode G and others.

Plot
The Greek Godess Athena is reincarnated every 200 years to do battle with the malevolent forces threatening the Earth, aided by her 88 saints, who wear cloths representing a constellation and performing superhuman abilities by harnessing their cosmo. The story revolves around Seiya, a Japanese teenager who was sent to Athens in order to become a Saint. After returning to Japan and reuniting with the other orphans sent off across the world for the same reason, he competes in the Galaxian Wars tournament, which is then interrupted by the arrival of Phoenix Ikki. As the story continues, Seiya and the other Bronze Saints are forced to do battle against the forces of Sanctuary, before fighting against the Gods.

Standing as a Manga/Animeverse
Saint Seiya is an incredibly powerful universe, and possibly the most powerful of all other than the realms of omnipotence. Although Bronze and Silver Saints were initially only capable of Mach 1-5 movement and the likes, the Gold Saints are light speed galaxy busters, of which the 5 main Bronze Saints catch up to and surpass. Many characters have many dangerous abilities as well, such as psychokinesis, sensory manipulation, illusions, dimensional travel and others. The Gods are also extremely overpowered, with Olympians having cosmo equivalent to the universe, and are also capable of Massively FTL movements.

Bronze Saints

 * Pegasus Seiya


 * Dragon Shiryu


 * Cygnus Hyoga


 * Andromeda Shun


 * Phoenix Ikki

Silver Saints

 * Eagle Marin


 * Ophiuchus Shaina


 * Lyra Orpheus

Gold Saints

 * Aries Shion


 * Aries Mu


 * Taurus Aldebaran


 * Gemini Saga


 * Gemini Kanon


 * Cancer Deathmask


 * Leo Aiolia


 * Virgo Shaka


 * Libra Dohko


 * Scorpio Milo


 * Sagittarius Aiolos


 * Capricorn Shura


 * Aquarius Camus


 * Pisces Aphrodite

Lower Gods

 * Thanatos


 * Hypnos

Olympian Gods

 * Athena


 * Poseidon


 * Hades


 * Artemis


 * Apollo