Saint Seiya | New anime of the Golden Saints is announced

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Saint Seiya will have a new anime: Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold was announced during an event from Bandai on Thursday (30). The design will go after Saga Hades and will focus on Golden Saints - the first teaser released shows Aiolia of Leo wearing one Kamui. see:





Soul of Gold is due for release spring (March through May) 2015. In the ad, it was not specified if the anime will be a TV series, an OVA or a movie.

The latest installment of the series was the movie Saint Seiya: The Legend of the Sanctuary, which debuted in September in Brazil. In 2014, the arrival of anime in Brazil turned 20.

Mental note: Aiolia of Leo looked like a character from Tenkū Senki Shurato with this golden armor divine...

[Hazard]

Cautiously looking forward to it.

Omega's second season didn't exactly leave me with high hopes.

[Arundel Armor Hunter]

No offense but could you describe what it's about for the unitiated.

[Hazard]

No offense but could you describe what it's about for the unitiated.

Well, Saint Seiya is a rather popular franchise with lots of manga, anime, and movies.

Basic story is as follows, greek gods are dicks. No surprise there. A few really don't like humans and have no problems trying to kill all of them.

Enter Athena. The only one who actually likes them. She incarnates in a human body and proceeds to guide humans to protect them. This gives birth to the Saints. Warriors of Athena who fight evil with their cool superpowers.

Of course, evil keeps coming since Hades keeps on trying and sending his own followers, so Athena has to keep reincarnating.

Each work usually deals with a given "Holy War" and usually stars the Pegasus Saint of the time (exceptions apply).

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Saint Seiya (聖 闘 士 星矢, Seinto Seiya?), Known in Portuguese-speaking countries such as Knights of the Zodiac ( Cavaleiros do Zodíaco ) , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada, published in the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump 1986-1991 and adapted to anime by Toei Animation from 1986 to 1989.

History shows five mystical warriors called the "Knights" (or "Saints" in the original) who fight wearing "Armor" (or "Cloths") based on various sacred constellations that protect each one of the warriors. The Knights have the mission to defend the reincarnation of the Greek goddess Athena in her battle against the other Olympian gods who intend to take over Earth.

Saint Seiya began to be known in the West as Knights of the Zodiac after it became successful in France in 1988, where he was given the name of Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque, which was also the first stranger launch of the series. Both the original and the anime adaptation of the manga have been very successful in Japan and several Asian, European and Latin American countries, including Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile and Brazil. However, none of them have been translated into English until . Four films were shown in Japanese theaters in 1987-1989 . The anime was canceled and left unfinished in 1989, leaving one arc of the manga non-animated. However, in 2002, Toei Animation continued the anime in the form of three OVAs series, the last of which ended in 2008. in order to adapt the remaining manga story arcs, and following this revival of the franchise, a fifth film was screened in 2004. a sixth film (which will be in CG) premiered in Japan on June 21, 2014, and will debut in theaters in Brazil on September 11, 2014.

Since 2006, the author Kurumada resumed publishing the manga, from the completion of the original work, continuing the story in Saint Seiya: Next Dimension.

On 08/30/2014 the animation has completed 20 years since the first exhibition in Brazil, a fact commemorated by various fan clubs and events, including the display of classic episodes of the series in movie theaters.

Plot

The plot focuses on an orphan named Seiya, forced to go to the Sanctuary in Greece to get the Bronze Cloth of Pegasus, a armor worn by 88 warriors of the Greek goddess Athena, known as the Knight ("Saint" in the original Japanese) . After awakening the power of the Knights, the inner universe (called Cosmos) that exists within all sentient beings that knights are able to do burn and explode causing a force comparable to a miniature big bang that convert into a vast range of powers and attacks, Seiya quickly becomes the Knight of Pegasus and returns to Japan to find his older sister. As a young man had disappeared the same day Seiya went to the Sanctuary, Saori Kido, the granddaughter of the man who sent all the orphans to train, makes a deal with him and asks him to participate in a tournament called the Galactic War, where orphans who survived and became Bronze Saints must fight to win the most powerful Armor: Armor of Gold Sagittarius. If Seiya win the tournament, Saori would start a search for his sister.

The tournament is interrupted by vengeful Knight of the Phoenix, Ikki, who want to eliminate any traces that connect to people forced to follow their training. He steals parts of the Armor of Sagittarius and faces the other Bronze Saints, Seiya, Shun, Shiryu and Hyoga. With the defeat Ikki, Bronze Saints are attacked by the Silver Saints, sent by the Grand Master of the Sanctuary to eliminate them. While win battles, Bronze Saints find that Saori is the reincarnation of Athena and the Grand Master tried to kill her as a baby. The Gold Saint Aiolos of Sagittarius , save Saori, but is killed shortly after. Before that, Saori delivery to your adoptive grandfather. Saori decided to support the Knights run to the Sanctuary to face the Grand Master, but before his arrival, Saori is seriously wounded by an arrow. The Knights believe that the Grand Master can heal it and try to find it, but is confronted by several Gold Saints on the road. After several battles, Seiya arrives at the temple of the Great Master and discovers that he is the Gold Saint of Gemini Saga, which killed the Grand Master for power. Saga, for being the knight of the constellation Gemini, is tormented by his two faces, the face of good and the face of evil. During the period he was as Master of the Sanctuary, the bad side dominated on the good in Gemini. With the help of Cosmo from their friends, Seiya Saga defeat and uses the shield of the statue of Athena Saori to heal. Soon after, as with much of reigning over themselves Saga commits suicide as a way to punish.

In the second saga of the manga, the god of the seas Poseidon is reincarnated in the body of Julian Solo aiming to flood the Earth. Saori goes to his temple, where Julian imprisons. Seiya, Hyoga, Shun and Shiryu go to the temple and face the subordinates of Julian, the Marinas. Meanwhile, Ikki finds out that the person responsible for this war is the brother of Saga, Kanon of Gemini, who manipulated Julian. During the final battle, the spirit of Poseidon awakens within Julian and manages to defeat his opponents. Saved by the Knights, Saori guard the soul of Poseidon in his pitcher.

The saga follows the manga shows the rise of Hades, god of the underworld and the greatest enemy of Athena, after releasing his arrest. He relives the Gold Saints and the Grand Master Aries Shion and sends them to the Sanctuary to kill Athena. Gold Saints who remain able to repel the attack, but Saori commits suicide. She does this to gain access to the underworld Hades and face with the help of his Knights. Shion reveals that the real intention of the Knights was revived deliver Saori your own Armor, and delivery to the group Seiya before dying again. In the underworld, the Bronze Saints face the Specters of Hades. In the final battle against the god of death, the Knights acquire Celestial Armor and along with Saori, kill Hades. However, Seiya sacrifices himself to receive the final attack of Hades and Knights return to Earth with your body.

In the fourth saga, Next Dimension, Saori and Shun go to Mount Olympus ask help from Artemis, sister of Athena, back to the time in order to save the curse imposed by Seiya Hades. Artemis says that the only one who can help her is Chronos, the god of time. After a deal, Cronos sends Athena and Shun to the Holy War of the eighteenth century, in which the same Dohko Libra and Aries Shion fought. Only Saori is transformed into a child by Cronos and is separated from Shun. In the past, The Grand Master of the season, along with the Knight of Pisces Cardinale, tries to take the life of the baby Athena, but is protected by the knight of the Virgo, Shijma. Meanwhile, the Sanctuary is attacked by Specters, led by Suikyo, former Knight of Athena, who is now one of three judges of Hell, Garuda. Shun also tries to pass the Twelve Temples the Sanctuary, along with Pegasus Tenma, ancestor of Seiya and friend Alone, Hades reincarnation of the season. Soon thereafter, Ikki, Hyoga and Shiryu also go back in time to help save Seiya.

Production
When Masami Kurumada was in the process of creating the manga, name of Knight Pegasus would be Rin, and the title "Ginga no Rin" (Rin of the Galaxy). However, after Kurumada changed the character's name to Seiya, by judging it more appropriate, first would be written with the kanji for "sacred arrow", but later moved to the stellar "arrow" (a reference to the constellation of Sagittarius, the sign Seiya and Kurumada himself). Finally, the title was changed to Saint Seiya after developing the concept of the defenders of Athena, which are called "Saints" in the original work. Also, Kurumada stated that one of the first ideas he conceived for Saint Seiya was the Pegasus Meteor. Since his manga was going to use the constellations as a prominent theme, he wanted his protagonist to have a coup that would be like a meteor shower.

Seiya was inspired by the character Ryuuji Takane, the protagonist of the manga Ring ni Kakero, also authored by Kurumada.

Media

Mangá


The original manga was created, written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada in the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump between 1986 and 1991 and divided into 28 volumes. The series has three main sagas: Sanctuary, Poseidon and Hades. Volume 13 also contains a story called independent Natassia Earth Ice.

In addition to the original volumes, the series was reprinted four times: in 1995, 2001, 2003 and 2007.

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Other Series

During 2002, a new manga called Saint Seiya: Episode G began to be produced. The story takes place seven years before the events of the original Manga, and 6 years after the death of the Gold Saint Sagittarius Aiolos, with Leo Aiolia as the protagonist. During the series, Titans are brought back to life with a mission to recover his land, and the Golden Knights are sent to stop them and protect humans. This new manga series is written and drawn by Megumu Okada, with the permission of Kurumada. The chapters are published in Champion Red, with 19 volumes already released and is in hiatus since 2012, the year in which it was predicted that the series should be completed in the next volume, volume 20.

In 2006, Kurumada continued the story with Knights of the Zodiac Saint Seiya: Next Dimension. The story continues with the previous deities among the universe of the series Holy War. Continuation of the original manga, the heroes present (Saori, Hyoga, Shiryu, Shun, Ikki) back in time to save Pegasus Seiya from his imminent death. The work is published in Shonen Champion magazine and has published its per season (approximately 8 sequenced chapters and is once again on hiatus for months), releasing nearly one volume per year. In early 2014 Volume 9 was released.

Also in 2006, another manga series called Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas started being published, telling an alternative interpretation of the Holy War that took place in the eighteenth century, 250 years before the original series. The story unfolds from Tenma, the Pegasus Knight, and his friends Alone and Sasha, who would become respectively Hades and Athena. Just as Saint Seiya: Next Dimension, is published in Shonen Champion magazine, with a picture and story of Teshirogi Shiori and Kurumada supervision. The manga was finalized in chapter 223, with 25 volumes in April 2011. But the issue of Weekly Shonen Chanpion that launched the last chapter was revealed that the series would continue, releasing mini-sagas of knights of gold; is currently finished with eight volumes, each telling the story of a knight, and the production of the ninth. Knights who have had their stories published were: 1. Albafica of Pisces, 2. Kardia of Scorpio,3. Degel of Aquarius , 4. Manigold of Cancer, 5. El Cid of Capricorn , 6. Dohko of Libra , 7. Regulus of Leo ,8. Asmita of Virgo. Currently in release is the story of the knight of gold Hasgard of Taurus.

A new anime series from Toei Animation, under the name Saint Seiya Ω, began airing in April 2012. It is an original story (spin off), which does not follow the continuity of the manga by Kurumada. The story takes place 25 years after the original series (going by 2012), telling the story of Kouga, a child who was raised by Saori Kido and trained by Shina of Ophiuchus to become the knight of Pegasus. In this era, Seiya, Shun, Shiryu, Hyoga and Ikki and Seiya are considered legendary knights, despite having gone years ago, is known as the greatest of the legendary knights. When Kouga was a baby, there was a war god Mars (Ares, God of War, to the Romans), which came up victorious, but faded in the final battle Seiya, Shiryu lost all five senses, and everyone (including Saori) have been corrupted by a dark cosmos that erodes that using cosmos. One new feature in the series are natural elements of the cosmos: water, earth, fire, air, lightning, light, shadow / darkness; to be a knight, do not just take and learn to use it wisely cosmos, one must learn to use his cosmic element. Each of the six main characters in the anime have different elements. Another change is the design of the armor, unlike any other seen in the saga of the Knights, taking pieces of armor (mostly collars) made ​​apparently of fabric. The polls Armour were also transformed into the Cloth Stone, which are small stones that invoke the armor for the rider.

In June 2013, a third spin-off manga Saint Seiya was announced, entitled Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō (圣 闘 士 星矢 · セ イ ン テ ィ ア 翔, Seinto Seiya - Seintia Shō?). The serialization began in the September issue of the magazine Champion Red. The series features the Knights known as Saintia (セ イ ン テ ィ ア, Seintia?) (The work Kurumada were called Amazona (女 圣 闘 士, Onna Seinto?)), Which are the Guard personnel to protect Athena, and has a female protagonist, Shō. The manga is written by Chimaki Kuori, custom Masami Kurumada.

Movies

In 2003, the French magazine published an interview with Animeland Masami Kurumada where the author revealed that a Hollywood company had approached him a few years ago with a pilot of a film of Saint Seiya live action fifteen minutes. The project was abandoned as Kurumada not feel the essence of Saint Seiya had been preserved. In a later published in 2005 interview, the reporter was allowed to see the video and commented on how the names of the main characters were changed and noticed that one of them, Shun has changed from male to female.

A fifth animated film came out in Japanese theaters in 2004, the Prologue in Heaven - Overture (天 界 編 序 Tenkai Hen Joso?), It should follow the regular chronology right after the end of the manga (which finished being adapted on August 1, 2008) as a prologue to a new chapter. Toei Animation first announced that this new chapter would be a new animated series, but later Kurumada stated that he wanted the film to be part of a trilogy. Tōru Furuya revealed Kurumada's wishes for the series during a press conference. After Pegasus Seiya eventually defeats Zeus, he is to go ahead and Chronos, the god of Time. Toru was not allowed to say anything more.

With the serialization of Saint Seiya: Next Dimension, Kurumada removed Overture from the canon of the Saint Seiya universe, although some elements that appeared in it remain in the continuity.

A new film of Saint Seiya (Legend of Sanctuary) done in CGI, is produced by Toei to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the franchise. It was released on June 21, 2014.

While the first film to be released in 1987, neither film received an official English release in North America until it was announced by Discotek in 2012 that it had acquired the rights to home video for the first four movies and is intended release them into two DVDs, each containing two films. In the English dub was produced for any of the films for this release. The DVDs contained only Japanese audio with English subtitles.

Novel

On November 9, 1988, Shōnen Jump released a Jump Gold Selection Anime Special 2, written by Takao Koyama, with illustrations by 'Animation Series Characters Araki and Michi Himeno DesignersShingo. This special is just a detailed flashback to Gemini Saga's assassination attempt on the newborn Athena.

There are also a series of two novels written by Kurumada and Tatsuya Hamazaki with the name of Saint Seiya - Gigantomachia, which were published by Jump J Books. The first novel was released in Japan on August 23, 2002, while the second was released on December 16, 2002.

Anime

The anime adaptation is based on the manga of the same title and follows the same storyline. Produced by Toei Animation, premiered in Japan on the channel TV Asahi on October 11, 1986 and lasted until 1989. It was directed by Kozo Morishita (episodes 1-73) and Kazuhito Kikuchi (episodes 74-114). The designers were Shingo Araki's work and Michi Himeno, with a soundtrack composed by Seiji Yokoyama. The writers responsible for adapting the story of Kurumada were Takao Koyama and Yoshiyuki Suga. The series has three sagas: Sanctuary (episodes 1-73), exclusive of the anime (episodes 74-99), Asgard and Poseidon (episodes 100-114).

The series was originally broadcast by RTP in Portugal between 1992 and 1993, in the original Japanese version and without generic opening or closing. A view of the series was eventually canceled prematurely, with only 36 episodes, for alleged complaints about its violent content of the parents. The SIC has started transmitting a Portuguese version of the series in 1999, marked by constant schedule changes, which began Sunday by 12 hours, went to Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 am and having just these days at 7:30 am. Animax channel broadcast the Japanese version with subtitles.

In Brazil, the series was originally broadcast by Network Headline extinguished between 1994 and 1997 and was reprized on Cartoon Network from 2003 and the Band in broadcast television since 2004, both on a redublada version. In 2010, the band displayed the saga of Hades, which is unprecedented in the country, and that was replayed on 24 December 2012. Lost Canvas remains unreleased on television, but released only on DVD in 2010 with the dubbing studios DuBrasil while Omega will be dubbed by the same studio, from 2013.

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Novel

On November 9, 1988, Shōnen Jump released Jump Gold Selection Anime Special 2, written by Takao Koyama, with illustrations Designers Character Animation series, Shingo Araki and Michi Himeno.

This particular is just a flashback detailing the attempted Gemini Saga of murdering newborn Athena. There are also a series of two novels written by Kurumada and Tatsuya Hamazaki with the name of Saint Seiya - Gigantomachia, which were published by Jump J Books. The first novel was released in Japan on August 23, 2002, and the second was published on December 16, 2002.

Opening themes

1-73 episodes and movies I and II: "Pegasus Fantasy" by MAKE-UP (in Brazil, Edu Falaschi)
Episodes 74-114 and IV movie: "Soldier Dream" by Hironobu Kageyama & Broadway (in Brazil, for Che Leal)
OVAs 1-13: "Chikyuugi" by Yumi Matsuzawa (in Brazil by Larissa Tassi)
OVAs 14-31: "Megami no Senshi ~ Pegasus Forever ~" Marina del ray (in Brazil, Ricardo Cruz)

Ending themes
Episodes 1-73
"Forever Blue" by MAKE-UP (in Brazil, Edu Falaschi)
Episodes 74-114: "Blue Dream" by Hironobu Kageyama & Broadway (in Brazil, for Che Leal)
OVAs 1-13: "Kimi to Onaji Aozora" by Yumi Matsuzawa (in Brazil by Larissa Tassi)
OVAs 14-25: "Takusu Mono he ~ ~ My Dear" by Yumi Matsuzawa (in Brazil by Larissa Tassi)
OVAs 26-31: "Kami no en ~ Del regno ~" by Yuuko Ishibashi (not had Brazilian version)
Prologue in Heaven movie: "Never" by MAKE-UP (in Brazil, Edu Falaschi)
"Hero" by Kate Fitzgerald featuring Yoshiki (Violet UK): Legend of the Sanctuary movie

Video Games

The series features several video games. For the Family Computer, two RPGs, Saint Seiya: Ogon Densetsu and Saint Seiya: Ogon Densetsu Kanketsu-Hen, were released in 1987 and 1988, respectively. In 2003, Bandai released another RPG called Saint Seiya: Ogon Densetsu-Hen Perfect Edition for WonderSwan Color, based on the first 73 episodes of the anime. In 2005, Bandai released the Saint Seiya: Chapter-Sanctuary for the PlayStation 2. It is a 3D fighting game that adapts the same episodes from the previous game. A sequel to this game was released in 2006 under the name of Saint Seiya: The Hades. The 1st game Famicom was released in a French version. Otherwise, only the PS2 games were published outside of Japan, is the second launched first in Europe and later in Japan and Australia.

A new game called Saint Seiya Online was scheduled for release in August 2009 by SEGA, but the release was delayed indefinitely. Testing the Beta began on May 16, 2013, but only in China. The production of the game began in 2006, according to Masami Kurumada's blog, but he waited until 2008 to publish more information on their blog, including a picture with the five main Bronze Saints in their original colors.

In 2011, we launched a pachinko machine based on the series to commemorate its 25th anniversary. In November of the same year, has published a PlayStation 3 game called Saint Seiya Senki (in Brazil: The Saint Seiya - Sanctuary Battle).

In October 2013, launched a new game for Playstation 3, Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers (? 聖 闘 士 星矢 - ブ レ イ ブ · ソ ル ジ ャ ー ス, Seinto Seiya - Bureibu Sorujāsu) (in Brazil: Saint Seiya : Brave Soldiers), which has the same gameplay style series Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm. It is the first to cover all three main arches of the original manga, Sanctuary, Poseidon and Hades.

More recently, in March 2014, launched a new pachinko machine with the theme of Saint Seiya series. With the title Saint Seiya - Golden Fierce Battle Chapter (聖 闘 士 星矢 - 黄金 激 闘 編, Seinto Seiya - Ogon Gekitō-hen), the game is based on The Great Arch Battle of the Twelve Houses.

Other games with characters from the series include:

Famicom Jump: Eiyū Retsuden (Famicom, NES, 1989)
Pop'n Music Animation Melody (Arcade, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, 2000)
Pop'n Music Animelo 2 (Arcade, 2001)
Saint Seiya Typing Ryu Sei Ken (PC, 2003)
Jump! Ultimate Stars (Nintendo DS, 2006)
Saint Seiya: Ultimate Cosmos (PSP, 2009)

Reception

Can be said that the series has special contributions to the development of Japanese manga and anime culture. It is the most important and oldest source for Doujinshi with Captain Tsubasa, which ended up growing a significant peripheral subculture of anime and manga. The Doujinshi groups currently have a large number of members in East Asia, South America and Western Europe.

The original manga has sold over 25 million copies in Japan until 2007, and more than 34 million copies in Japan until 2013.

In Brazil, the series was launched in 1994 was responsible for changing the way the public watching animes, triggering an "anime-mania". In other Latin American countries such as Mexico and Argentina, the success was also great, although the Japanese animation was eventually displayed in both countries during the previous decade, with shows like "Robotech" and "Mazinger Z". Due to success in Spanish-speaking countries, the Brazilian translation of the anime was based on dubbing in Spanish. Both the anime and the manga were released in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan around 1990, beginning the worship of Japanese animation and manga in these countries.

The manga series was the inspiration for many future series, including B't X, the author Kumarada, Shurato, Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, Gulkeeva, and Gundam Wing36

Famous mangakas currently as CLAMP, Tite Kubo, Yun Kouga, Kouta Hirano and Kishimoto Masashi group, the creator of Naruto, have declared to have been heavily influenced by the works of Kurumada. Tite Kubo, the author of the manga series Bleach, considers Saint Seiya one of his biggest inspirations for the designs of the different types of weapons that his characters use in the story, as well as the battle scenes.

In Canada and the United States, the series did not succeed on its first appearance. Only in 2003, under the name Knights of the Zodiac series began winning fans in the North American continent (more specifically in the states of Quebec (Canada) and Wisconsin (USA)). The company was responsible for licensing DIC Entertainment. The series suffered many cuts and massive changes in the soundtrack and story, which disappointed many fans. The solution was to launch DVDs (boxes) in full (uncut and changes). Some products began to be released along with the Japanese market that's growing number of fans that are forming in the United States and Canada.

Awards and Honors

In 1987, the series was voted the best anime of the year award at Anime Grand Prix held by the Japanese magazine Animage.

In 1988, the series was voted the second best anime of the year, surpassed only by the film Tonari no Totoro.
In the ranking published in 2001 by TV Asahi, Knights of the Zodiac appear among the top one hundred anime (53rd position).
The same TV Asahi published a new ranking in 2006 (the top one hundred anime TV series). Knights of the Zodiac appear in 25th position.

[darthjoker]

Didnt know there had been a movie this year. Will have to search for it.
and will the one be in continuity with the original Saint Seiya or is this part of the Omega universe.
What I want is that the finish Lost Canvas.The story was great.

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For some time now we have a really good, good, good story. I do not think the end of the Hades saga of good, for example, is a little too fast and without grace. Omega already has my mixed reviews; the saga of Apsu until I quite liked, but the Saturn had everything to be good only from the struggle of Gallia completely unraveled.

The movie is good but that's it; is nothing very special. It was nice to see this current version of the vision of Saint Seiya, but did not bring anything that we do have that tingle, that urge to scream the names of the strokes. At least not with me.

Now this saga ... well, there are already up to the doll Aiolia with divine armor, so at first sell the product ends up being one of the goals. That is at least secondary. Apparently the character design will be the same as the classic, then it already animates many more people and hopefully encourage the studio to produce something with higher quality.

Only we know what those things are kinda strange. Lost Canvas, one of the best stories of Saint Seiya, was stopped because the studio went bankrupt, what's funny - as a story that has no money? I know it was not only that, but anyway ...