Director: Tomek Baginski
A street kid discovers he is standing between an ordinary life and a destiny he never asked for in Knights of the Zodiac, a live-action swing at the long-running Saint Seiya story.
What is Knights Of The Zodiac about?
Seiya has spent years scraping by on the streets, fighting in back-alley matches for cash while chasing any lead on the sister who was taken from him as a child. That search pulls him into a world he did not know existed, one where ancient armor grants its wearer extraordinary strength and a hidden order exists solely to protect a young woman believed to be the reincarnation of a goddess. Seiya's untrained power marks him as a rare exception, someone who can wear the armor without the years of training everyone around him assumes are required, and he is forced to decide fast whether to walk away from the fight or accept a role he never planned for.
Cast & crew
Mackenyu plays Seiya with more brawn than polish, which suits a character who is learning the rules as he goes, while Famke Janssen, Sean Bean and Mark Dacascos supply the film's older, more seasoned voices, and Madison Iseman and Diego Tinoco round out the younger cast pulled into the same fight.
Context & significance
The film adapts the origin arc of Masami Kurumada's decades-old Saint Seiya manga and anime, one of the most widely translated action franchises to come out of Japan, reworking its mythic Greek-inspired armor and constellations for a live-action, present-day setting rather than the original's more stylized period. Director Tomek Baginski, better known for animation and visual-effects work, leans into large-scale set pieces over the source material's denser lore.
Where & how to watch
Knights of the Zodiac is available on K-Time with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so viewers can pick whichever fits how they prefer to watch. A free K-Time account login is required to press play, though this page can be read without one.