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Saint Seiya
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Toru Furuya
Seiya (voice)
114 eps
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Shiryu (voice)
114 eps
Ryo Horikawa
Shun (voice)
114 eps
Koichi Hashimoto
Hyoga (voice)
114 eps
Hideyuki Hori
Ikki (voice)
114 eps
Keiko Han
Saori Kido (voice)
114 eps
Hideyuki Tanaka
Narrator / Aiolia (voice)
114 eps
Mami Koyama
Shaina (voice)
114 eps
Yuriko Yamamoto
Marin (voice)
114 eps
Kazuyuki Sogabe
Saga / Kanon (voice)
114 eps
Kaneto Shiozawa
Mū (voice)
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Saint Seiya actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Saint Seiya reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E47
Farewell, Hyoga! Sleep, Oh Noble Warrior
Camus of Aquarius challenges the cygnet Saint Hyoga. He seeks to stop Hyoga's progress despite not being in charge of the temple they are set to do battle in. They share a connection with Hyoga's master who was Camus' student.
S01E52
Ares! Legend of the Demon Fist
Seiya's 7th sense puts him on par with Aiolia. He is able to dodge his lightning bolt and turn the tables. Seiya must find out what has caused the change in Aiolia's personality before it's too late to save him or indeed himself...
S01E58
Hero! Ikki Dissolved Because of Friendship
In sadistic fashion, Shaka tortures Phoenix with his incredible gold saint powers, but even after ridding Phoenix of his senses and leaving him physically destroyed, Shaka cannot seem to finish off the strong-willed bronze saint. Shun comes-to and tries to help his ailing brother, but through communicative thoughts, Phoenix tells him to back off; 'this is his fight.' Shaka continues his attack on a defenseless Phoenix, but now he seems unable to do any damage to him, like he's protected by an unknown force field. Shaka has never seen anything like this before. Who is ...
- Directed by Katsumi Minoguchi
S01E19
Life or Death! Bloody Battle at the Makaito
The four bronze saints embark on a dangerous mission to retrieve the gold cloths mask from the ghost saints of the Caribbean...
S01E25
Fight! The Rise of Athena!
After finding out Marin is indeed his long lost sister. Seiya must fight off yet another Silver saint in Asterion to save Marin. Will Seiya be able to both defeat Asterion and save Marin in time?
S01E27
Seiya Becomes Stone!
The saints are under attack from Shaina, Babel and the Spartan. Will they be able to overcome their biggest challenge to date? Or will they be turned to stone?
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E114
Shine, Stars of Friendship! Legend of Youth
S01E112
Two Souls! Mystery of Poseidon's Resurrection
- Directed by Katsumi Minoguchi
S01E111
Friends! Together at the Time of Death
S01E110
Listen! The Beautiful Singing of Athena
S01E109
Hang in there Kiki! A Sorrowful Death Battle
- Directed by Masahiro Hosoda
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Takao KoyamaWriter
Direction
- Katsumi MinoguchiDirector
- Kazuhito KikuchiDirector
- Shigenori KageyamaDirector
- Masahiro HosodaDirector
- Tomoharu KatsumataDirector
- Kouzou MorishitaDirector
Music
- Seiji YokoyamaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- CrunchyrollStreaming
- Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelStreaming
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