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SDCC 2022 Panel Report – Live-Action Knights of the Zodiac Film




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Márcio Voltz Jardim



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 8:53 am Reply with quote
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Darrell Perez



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:29 pm Reply with quote
Sienna instead of Saori... talk about being illiterate lol
Can't even use the actual names, instant failure
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BadNewsBlues



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 3:15 pm Reply with quote
Darrell Perez wrote:
Sienna instead of Saori... talk about being illiterate lol


Not really illiteracy that’s localizing more like.

Which would be obvious by the fact this is called “Knights Of The Zodiac” and not Saint Seiya.

Lastly with the fact the character is being played by a Caucasian actress and not a Japanese actress you wouldn’t call her Saori anyway not unless you want a repeat of Scarlett Johannson playing Motoko Kusanagi.
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StephOMacRules



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:06 pm Reply with quote
Saori is Caucasian. She is the reincarnation of Goddess Athena and was born in Greece. She is named Saori only because she was adopted by a Japanese tourist after the failed assassination attempt against her when she was a few months old.

As for Sienna, it is her US name since Saint Seiya first airing in the US on Cartoon Network under the name of Knights of the Zodiac in 2003 as well as the name used in the US version of the manga.
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GNPixie



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 12:32 am Reply with quote
I'm more concerned about them using 'Nero' instead of Ikki unless its a completely new character that just happens to share the name as the CG show character. It makes me scared that this'll be based on the CG show rather than the manga if I'm being honest.

A new character could easily replace Ikki and his role in the Galaxian War/Black Saint arc although it would change up the dynamic a bit. Could even make more sense in that case if they still wanted to save Ikki's first big appearance for a sequel and just have the film focus on the original four.

I think the Saori/Sienna stuff is largely fine to be honest. She's got the whole adoption thing as a decent justification for why the name would be the way it is (They could even use both if they wanted.)
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 5:35 am Reply with quote
I think it may have been too far in to change the names, but the fact that the Toei president flat out admitted that the CG series made a lot of mistakes (and Kuramitsu helped to smooth things over after those mistakes were made) leads me to believe that it won't be based on that CG series outside of said names.
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tintor2



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 8:56 pm Reply with quote
I feel like the OddParents meme yelling "His name is not Nero! He is Ikki!"
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