In Canada, however, all 40 episodes aired on television, with the dub's conclusion airing on July 24, 2004. ADV Films would later release the first 28 episodes across 7 DVD and VHS releases between January and November 2004. Though Cartoon Network initially planned to run the rest of DiC's dub in a late night slot, the show was pulled from the channel's schedule in April 2004 after 32 episodes aired. While ADV intended to complete the dub of the series, they were only able to sub-license 60 episodes from DiC, as they had only licensed that many for their own adaptation.Ĭartoon Network would end up pulling the series from air due to abysmal ratings. Utilizing an entirely separate voice cast from the Houston, Texas area, their dub was released on DVD from Octoto May 31, 2005. Parallel to DIC's dub, ADV Films produced their own uncut version under the Saint Seiya name. The series debuted on Cartoon Network in the United States on August 30, 2003. This version featured significant visual edits, storyline modifications and a cover of The Flock of Seagulls song "I Ran" by American rock band Bowling for Soup as its opening theme song.
The French studio announced that it had sold 40 episodes of the show to Cartoon Network for broadcast in the United States under the name Knights of the Zodiac.ĭiC produced an edited English dub recorded in Toronto, Ontario by Kaleidoscope Entertainment. The following June, it was revealed that the company had only acquired a sublicense to the series through an agreement with children's entertainment company DiC Entertainment. In July 2002, ADV Films announced at their Otakon 2002 panel that they had purchased the rights to release the series in North America.
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