Knights of the Zodiac

Sienna is a young woman with divine power, and several women hold important roles. The story treats these characters as part of its fantasy plot. It does not repeatedly push modern gender politics, identity politics, or activist ideas.

Guraad was a man in the 2019 Saint Seiya series, and this movie makes that villain a woman. She is the main enemy and also Sienna's adoptive mother, so the change stays important. Nero is a new name for the Phoenix knight Ikki, which is a name change and not a gender change. Other cuts and new plot turns are story changes, not identity changes.

A small number of online viewers called the film “agenda driven” and objected to lines they saw as modern political messaging. The comments had limited reach and did not become a major news story or organized campaign. Most complaints focused on the film’s quality and changes from the anime.

Tomek Bagiński's stored record is low, and his interviews about this film focus on effort and Seiya's duty to his sister. Kiel Murray has only a mild note from earlier work about a girl's confidence. The producers' stored records are lower and center on business and anime production. Together, the main creative people show little activist history.