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icon_ukIt's no secret what a fan I am of Saint Seiya/Les Chevaliers Du Zodiaque/Knights of the Zodiac/Los Caballeros Del Zodiaco/etc, the manga/anime franchise that has been running off and on since the late 80's. I thought I knew about most aspects of most iterations of it, but gosh is it interesting to be proved wrong!
Some time ago, in an Off Topic Tuesday, I mentioned the astonishing detective work that youtube lost media bloodhound Ray Mona had put into tracking down the full Saban pilot for Sailor Moon (In retrospect it deserved to be it's own post) and find it she did.
Coincidentally, some time earlier I had asked if anyone knew the provenance of "Star Storm" a 20 second live action trailer for some sort of a Saint Seiya adaption.
It appears that Ray Mona had a similar question, but she is waaaaay more determined that I could ever be in finding out more, and that has turned into a new 90 minute documentary about trying to track it down (including finding Saint Seiya creator Masami Kurumada's assessment of it), and in the process discovering SO much more than anyone could have guessed.
It's absolutely worth the full watch, and not just because there is SUCH a twist in the tail at the end, which means that there will be a second part to the documentary. I'm actually tempted to post the twist because it's up separately on her youtube channel, but I can't deprive anyone of the experience of being slammed in the face by it after watching the whole thing (I'm not going to lie I was wheezing as I watched it) so if you want to spoil the fun for yourself, it's out there, but that's on you, not me.
Some time ago, in an Off Topic Tuesday, I mentioned the astonishing detective work that youtube lost media bloodhound Ray Mona had put into tracking down the full Saban pilot for Sailor Moon (In retrospect it deserved to be it's own post) and find it she did.
Coincidentally, some time earlier I had asked if anyone knew the provenance of "Star Storm" a 20 second live action trailer for some sort of a Saint Seiya adaption.
It appears that Ray Mona had a similar question, but she is waaaaay more determined that I could ever be in finding out more, and that has turned into a new 90 minute documentary about trying to track it down (including finding Saint Seiya creator Masami Kurumada's assessment of it), and in the process discovering SO much more than anyone could have guessed.
It's absolutely worth the full watch, and not just because there is SUCH a twist in the tail at the end, which means that there will be a second part to the documentary. I'm actually tempted to post the twist because it's up separately on her youtube channel, but I can't deprive anyone of the experience of being slammed in the face by it after watching the whole thing (I'm not going to lie I was wheezing as I watched it) so if you want to spoil the fun for yourself, it's out there, but that's on you, not me.
