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The Mike Toole Show - Saint Shingo

if you ask me, [Ring ni Kakero 1's] creation is a direct response to the runaway success of boxing tale Hajime no Ippo, which had hit airwaves a few years previous.

Araki also shows up in the credits for G.I. Joe: The Movie, so I like to think that he was behind this.

It's a shame to see Shingo Araki pass away. Seeing those Ulysses 31 screens really does show how different yet similar Araki & Himeno's styles were. Also, I honestly had no idea that Araki & Himeno were married... I just thought that they were lifetime work partners, which in the entertainment business isn't exactly rare to see.

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if you ask me, [Ring ni Kakero 1's] creation is a direct response to the runaway success of boxing tale Hajime no Ippo, which had hit airwaves a few years previous.

Could be, but I'm still sure that a major factor regarding Ring ni Kakero finally being animated was simply the fact that 2004 was Masami Kurumada's 30th anniversary as a mangaka, since 1974 was when his very first one-shot, Otoko Raku, debuted. RnK1 was the second part of the 30th anniversary celebration, with the first being the Saint Seiya Tenkai-hen movie, which naturally featured Araki & Himeno as well.

And though I wouldn't call Ring ni Kakero 1 "loved" on the fansub circuit, because if it was "loved" then the English fansubs wouldn't be stuck half-way through Season 3, it's nice to see someone else bring up the title for once; anyone who's thinking about checking it out should definitely do so, since it's simply great fun to watch. And Fuuma no Kojirou, too, which kind of surprised me; that's easily a case of a Kurumada manga being animated due to the popularity of another title (Saint Seiya, in this case).

Though I do feel that Saint Seiya & Ring ni Kakero 1's animes are so heavily tied to Araki, I do think that continuing to make more of them wouldn't be a bad idea, as I'm sure that Araki himself would want it. Himeno can still do her stuff with those titles, and the two most recent seasons of Ring ni Kakero 1 featured extra character designers alongside Araki & Himeno, so that title has been slowly being passed onto others, in a sense.

Some fans believe Ring ni Kakero's anime adaptation was of the conditions Kurumada stipulated when he gave Toei his blessing to make more Saint Seiya anime. Maybe that would explain why it keeps getting more seasons even though it doesn't seem to be particularly popular.

Yeah, I'm still waiting for a certain group to finally finish subbing the third Ring ni Kakero series, too. Even the raws are impossible to find.

I believe it's Eisaku Inoue who's been providing the artwork for the latest Saint Seiya merchandise, including the video games. He might have been the animation director on the all-new sequences Toei made especially for the pachinko machine, too.

You didn't see the first one; nobody in the English-speaking world did, because it didn't have enough plot elements that could be turned into children's toys

I just looked up Shingo Araki's bio again. What you forgot,Mr. Toole,is that he did some American work as well. He did some animation work for "Inspector Gadget" and "Heathcliff and the Cadillac Cats." He also did work on a direct-to-video film called "The Adventures of the American Rabbit." It's a shame you didn't tell anyone about that. I don't see anything wrong with doing American animation. Why you omitted that part is something I'll never know.

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You didn't see the first one; nobody in the English-speaking world did, because it didn't have enough plot elements that could be turned into children's toys

I saw the first one. I think it was the Toei show that replaced Dragon Ball GT. Kaiba had turquoise hair. I even have a trading card (not game card) set. I actually liked that version better than Duel Monsters because it didn't focus exclusively on the card game - it was basically the first 7 volumes of the manga.

Interestingly, Field of View who did the opening to DBGT (Dan dan) did the opening theme for Yugioh (Kawaita Sakebi). Wands, who did the ending theme for DBGT (Sabitsuita Machine Gun de...) did the ending them for Yugioh (Ashita Moshi Kimi ga Kowaretemo). I assumed at the time that they were trying to keep the audience and minimize costs somehow.