Saint Seiya: Tenkai-hen josô - Overture (2004)

Director:

Shigeyasu Yamauchi

Writers:

Masami Kurumada (comic), Masami Kurumada (story),

Stars:

Tôru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Kôichi Hashimoto

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tôru Furuya	...	Pegasus Seiya (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Dragon Shiryû (voice)
Kôichi Hashimoto	...	Cygnus Hyôga (voice)
Ryô Horikawa	...	Andromeda Shun (voice)
Hideyuki Hori	...	Phoenix Ikki (voice)
Keiko Han	...	Athena (Saori) (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa	...	Tôma (Ikaros) (voice)
Fumiko Inoue	...	Yôshô Tôma (voice)
Yuriko Yamamoto	...	Marin (voice)
Mami Koyama	...	Shaina (voice)
Masaya Onosaka	...	Ichi (voice)
Hideo Ishikawa	...	Jabu (voice)
Nobuo Tobita	...	Sion (voice)
Ken'yû Horiuchi	...	Dôko (voice)
Yurika Hino	...	Artemis (voice)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

based on comic | based on manga | character name in title

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Genres:

Animation | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

2 November 2006 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

Cavaleiros do Zodíaco: Prólogo do Céu

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toei Animation Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min 115 min (theatrical)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Knights of the Zodiac (1986)

User Reviews

A beautiful abortion of a movie, best buried and forgotten.

Lushly animated epilogue to the series (which has, thankfully, since been retconned), featuring the Saints facing off against Moon Goddess Artemis. Would have been better off without at least half an hour of its running time; and, stripped of any interesting enemies to fight, the rather creepy religious fanaticism of Seiya and co toward their goddess, Athena, is uncomfortably prominent. To top it all off, it concludes on a decidedly undecided note, leading one to lament one's lost ninety minutes. Ah, well: at least Seiya doesn't spam the crap out of his Ryu Sei Ken attack, this time, so gratitude for minor mercies, and all that...