In the first anime film of the Saint Seiya series, Seiya and the gang must defeat mysterious Ghost Knights to save the world from the pending resurrection of Eris, the Goddess of Chaos!
Score
Seiji Yokoyama going absolutely feral with orchestral battle hymns.
Practical Effects
Cel-shaded nostalgia so thick you can taste the CRT glow.
Director
Kouzou Morishita
Toru Furuya
Seiya (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Shiryu (voice)
Hideyuki Hori
Ikki (voice)
Ryo Horikawa
Shun (voice)
Koichi Hashimoto
Hyoga (voice)
Keiko Han
Saori Kido / Athena (voice)
Toshiko Fujita
Eris (voice)
Yu Mizushima
Jäger (voice)
Ryusei Nakao
Khristós (voice)
Michitaka Kobayashi
Maya (voice)
Keiichi Nanba
Jan (voice)
Yuji Mitsuya
Orpheus (voice)
Yumi Touma
Akira (voice)
Naoko Watanabe
Miho (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was rushed to theaters in 45 days to capitalize on the TV series' explosive popularity—explains the 46-minute runtime.
Eris as villain crystallizes 80s Japan's obsession with Greek myth mashups; Saint Seiya basically built the 'cosmic armor' subgenre single-handedly.
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