Netflix’s CG remake of the classic anime Saint Seiya will include a major change from the original series — the gender of one of the principal characters!
The Netflix Original Series Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya is slated for release in the summer of 2019.
There was quite a stir among fans, however, when the first trailer for the Netflix series was released recently and it was revealed that one of the principal characters, Andromeda Shun, would be portrayed as a girl, and not a boy as in the original story.
Could it be that the backlash from fans in response to the gender swap was harsher than expected?
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