Saint Seiya: The Movie (1987)

Original title

聖闘士星矢

Directed by

Kōzō Morishita

Genre

fantasy film, action film, adventure film

Country

Japan

Runtime

45 min

Rated

12

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 251 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young warriors known as Saints must protect the goddess Athena and stop a revived evil goddess from plunging the world into chaos. They fight using special armor and powers rooted in Greek mythology.

energeticdramaticfast-pacedheroicbattle-filledmythicnostalgic

What happens

Saint Seiya (聖闘士星矢(セイントセイヤ), Seinto Seiya), retitled Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris (聖闘士星矢(セイントセイヤ) 邪神エリス, Seinto Seiya: Jashin Erisu) on its home video release, is the first in a series of anime films produced by Toei Animation based on the manga Saint Seiya by Masami Kurumada. The movie premiered on July 18, 1987, at the Toei Manga Matsuri film festival, where it was shown as part of a quadruple feature along with Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle and the movie versions of Hikari Sentai Maskman and Choujinki Metalder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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