I completely understand that this universe and these characters can be so appreciated by the public, but personally I found this part rather slow and frankly the pace suffers quite a bit since the events take far too long to move forward for my taste, to the point where we quickly lose interest in what's going on.
Admittedly, there are some twists in the plot and some battles, but they're clearly not well-paced, animated or narrated enough to get me back into the story. From the very first episodes, I was hooked and never managed to get back into it (especially as the twists come out of nowhere, if you ask me).
In short, discovering these old Saint Seiya series makes me realize that Toei's bad habits don't date from yesterday, but from much longer ago.
