The leading role Seiya poses drawing a bow and shooting an arrow. [Photo/IC]

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Saint Seiya, a large-scale exhibition featuring the main cartoon characters including Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun and Ikki was held at Times Square in Hong Kong from August 9.

Saint Seiya, also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodia, is a Japanese manga series written by Masami Kurumada in 1986.

Saint Seiya has been very successful, with over 34 million copies sold in Japan alone. It was introduced to Chinese mainland in 1992 and has become popular among Chinese fans since then.