Seinto Seiya: Shinku no shônen densetsu (1988) Reviews

• Beautiful movie.

  sebastyle2009-06-30

  Not much to say. I love the movie. If you haven't seen Saint Seiya, then off course u'll find this movie annoying and will make no sense at all. But if you have seen the series (at least till Seiya and his friends come back from Asgard) this movie will touch you forever. Following the line of the sagas, and just using couple of characters from the anime Shigeyasu Yamauchi makes this art piece from nowhere, which by the way, every time i see it, i have a flashback to my childhood... Sweet times, beautiful times and a beautiful movie.

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• I'm feeling nostalgic

  Rectangular_businessman2012-09-12

  This was the first "Saint Seiya" movie that I've watched in my life: In some ways it was slightly different than the other movies, but in many ways, it was practically more of the same usual stuff: A new enemy appears, the new enemy kidnaps the goddess Athena/Saori; Seiya and company went to fight against this new enemy and they battle separately the minions of this new enemy, and at the last moment, when everything seems lost, Seiya uses the Sagittarius Gold Cloth to defeat the new enemy, and Athena and the World are saved. But despite that, I still enjoyed this movie a bit more than the others, since it had a slightly more complex story and a better character development. Sure, at the end, this sticks to the classic formula which I described above, but unlike the other movies, this was more entertaining to watch, and had some interesting and beautiful scenes. The animation and the designs were pretty good, being on of the most impressive works ever done by the great Shingo Araki: The fighting scenes were impressive and cool, and the music composed by the great Seiji Yokoyama is wonderful as always, giving this film a truly epic feeling despite of the predictability of the plot. The last scene was very beautiful, being, in my opinion one of the most memorable moments in the entire "Saint Seiya" history.

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• Disappointing and predictable

  AgentGunman2009-03-23

  This is the only Saint Seiya movie I've watched so far. It's basically the classic "Saori/Athena is the damsel in distress, race against time" plot condensed in a single movie. Fights that would usually last at least two episodes only last five minutes in this movie. What sparked my interest in this movie, and I bet there are other fans who felt the same, was the return of the dead gold saints. Will they fight different opponents? Will they have their revenge against the bronze saints who killed them? My interest was crushed during the movie. Shura and Camus have almost cameo-like appearances. Deathmask looks more like the kind of villain I expect to see in American cartoons. Aphrodite actually shows he learned with his death and was quite ready for Shun. Unfortunately, just like in the Hades saga, Aphrodite is demoted from one of the strongest gold saints to a second class villain. I would recommend this movie to Gemini Saga's fans, however. Nevertheless, it seems that these five saints were put in the movie simply to make people watch it. What annoys me the most is this: if you watched the Poseidon saga, the last 20 minutes of the movie will be boring for you. In fact, they will make you feel like you wasted your time by watching it. Some positives. The animation is clearly better than in the series. Very good acting from Taichirô Hirokawa, Keiko Han and Tôru Furuya (although I bet he didn't like saying "Saori-San!" so many times). Overall, you can live without this movie. And maybe you should watch this before the Poseidon saga. At least you'll have Shaina in the series to make it better.

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