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Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth

Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth

Action · Animation · Fantasy · 1988

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.

Movie details

Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth

1988 Action · Animation · Fantasy 1h 15m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.2 / 10

1.7K votes

TMDB

7.9 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth?

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Names above the title

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Directed by

Shigeyasu Yamauchi

Written by

Yoshiyuki Suga

Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya

Seiya (voice)

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Shiryu (voice)

Hideyuki Hori

Hideyuki Hori

Ikki (voice)

Ryo Horikawa

Ryo Horikawa

Shun (voice)

Koichi Hashimoto

Koichi Hashimoto

Hyoga (voice)

Keiko Han

Keiko Han

Saori Kido / Athena (voice)

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Saga (voice)

Court is in session

Put Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.