Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (2014) on Netflix
Saori Kido, troubled by mysterious powers, is saved from an assassin by Seiya, a Bronze Saint. She learns she is Athena reborn and heads for the Sanctuary to oppose its Pope.
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Plot summary
Aiolos, the Sagittarius Gold Saint, flees the Sanctuary with a baby girl after the Pope brands him a traitor. Wounded, he reaches a cavern in the Himalayas, where Mitsumasa Kido finds him with the child. Aiolos tells him the baby is the goddess Athena reincarnated and that Saints will one day rise to guard her, then dies, leaving the Sagittarius Cloth behind. The girl grows up as Saori Kido, a young woman troubled by powers she cannot explain. Saints attack her, and Seiya, the Pegasus Bronze Saint, with Hyoga, Shiryu and Shun, saves her. Aiolia, the Leo Gold Saint, takes the Sagittarius Cloth and tells Saori to prove at the Sanctuary that she is Athena. She agrees to go and oppose the Pope.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (2014)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Scorpio Gold Saint Milo was made a female Saint in Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary; the change began as a joke, but the staff grew so interested that they consulted series creator Masami Kurumada to get his approval.
- Toei had problems with the film's music production and contacted Yoshiki to write its theme song; he watched the film, decided to write a ballad, and debuted the song on the first leg of his Yoshiki Classical World Tour.
- Choosing which fights to feature for the best visual impact was one of the film's hardest production tasks, and some fights from the original series were left out, including Phoenix Ikki against Virgo Shaka, a producer's favourite.
