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Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
When the painting overtakes the sky, the world will come to an end.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Tetsuya Kakihara
Pegasus Tenma (voice)
26 eps
Hiro Shimono
Alone / Hades (voice)
26 eps
Aya Hirano
Sasha / Athena (voice)
26 eps
Atsushi Abe
Unicorn Yato (voice)
26 eps
Sanae Kobayashi
Yuzuriha (voice)
26 eps
Shin-ichiro Miki
Aries Shion (voice)
26 eps
Kenta Miyake
Libra Dohko (voice)
26 eps
Nana Mizuki
Pandora (voice)
26 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Spectacle.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
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
The Sacred war tale that took place during the 18th century is now unveiled. Tenma, Alone and Sasha, three orphans living their childhood protecting each other and then separated at diferent ages made a pact to meet again. Find themselves again connected but now in roles they never saw as posible. Pegasus, Hades and Athena. Its now time to fight but destiny can be bitter since war between Athena and Hades forces can put old friends and families face to face.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Promise
The Crusades. The battles that take place every 200 or so years between the Goddess Athena and Hades, the Lord of the Underworld. In an 18th century European country town, just as the Crusade is dawning, live Tenma and Alone. They have completely different personalities but are the best of friends. One day, Alone meets a woman named Pandora. From that day, the cogs of fate are set into motion.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E24
Time of Bloody Battles
S01E26
Let You Be Yourself
S01E25
How Many Months and Years
S01E23
Sacred Sword
S01E22
The Path of Righteousness
S01E20
Prison of Dream
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Cinematography
- Takeshi KatsurayamaDirector of Photography
Music
- Kaoru WadaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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