Saint Seiya: The Hades (2002)

Original title

聖闘士星矢 冥王ハーデス

Genre

action & adventure, animation

Country

Japan

Length

4 seasons, 31 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 96 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is an anime OVA series about the Saints, warriors who protect the goddess Athena. They must fight against the army of Hades, the god of the underworld, in a war spanning the mortal world and the afterlife. The story continues directly from the original television series.

mythicbattle-filledsomberheroicvisually stylizedunrelentingsacrificialdramatic

What happens

Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter (Japanese: 聖闘士星矢（セイントセイヤ） 冥王ハーデス編, Hepburn: Seinto Seiya Meio Hādesu Hen) is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series based on the manga series Saint Seiya by Masami Kurumada, adapting the final chapters of the manga. Produced by Toei Animation, the series serves as a sequel to the 1986–89 television series and was released in three parts from 2003 to 2008, first on pay-per-view television, then on home video. An animated film, titled Saint Seiya: Heaven Chapter – Overture, was released in 2004, serving as the final continuation of the story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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