Tite Kubo, the author of the manga series Bleach, considers Saint Seiya to be 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.
Tite Kubo, the autor manga serije Bleach, smatra da je Saint Seiya njegovo najveće nadahnuće za dizajn različitih tipova oružja koja koriste njegovi likovi, te i za bitke u kojima se uključuju.