9.024 minSeason 1 • Episode 114
LatestSeiya, Hyoga and Shiryu combine their techniques and Cosmo, knocking down Poseidon. Shiryu tries to destroy the Main Breadwinner with the Golden Shield, but it flies back to him, with the pillar unscathed. Meanwhile, Ikki is mercilessly attacked by Kanon, angry that his ambitions are crushed. Sorrento tries to kill Kanon with his melody, but Ikki asks to talk to Kanon, about the one thing used to seal Poseidon's soul: Athena's urn. Seiya and his friends are unable to destroy the pillar with Libra's weapons. Seiya asks his friends to launch his body with their ...
Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.
Score
Pegasus Fantasy will live in your brain forever.
Costume
Those armors are basically sentient jewelry.
Direction
Same recycled transformation, still hits every time.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Saint Seiya basically invented the 'shounen power-scream' and influenced Dragon Ball Z's pacing. Masami Kurumada's constellation armors became a merchandising empire that still prints money in Latin America and Europe.
The Hades arc was animated 13 years after the original ended because fans literally wouldn't stop demanding it. The voice cast reprised their roles despite being middle-aged, making Seiya's eternal youth hilariously audible.
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