Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth

1988 1h 15m JA

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7.9

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7.2

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★7.9TMDB · 256★7.2IMDB · 1,585

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Synopsis

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The Sun God Abel returns to life, bent on punishing the humans and cleansing Earth from their presence. When Athena joins him, leaving humans to their fate, the Bronze Saints must defend the world in their greatest battle yet.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

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)
Kazuyuki Sogabe
Saga (voice)
Akira Kamiya
Atlas (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Writers: Yoshiyuki Suga
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Saint Seiya Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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Toru Furuya and Hirotaka Suzuoki and Hideyuki Hori carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0326143 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Shigeyasu Yamauchi directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
238 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Saint Seiya Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Toru Furuya and Hirotaka Suzuoki and Hideyuki Hori carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0326143 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Classified under 12 themes, including "saving the world", "fight", "mythology", "greek mythology".
7Released under 13 different titles around the world.