
Originally Posted by
KaijinRhada
Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary.
Kind of a retrospective on the animated series from 1986. Opinions on the plot vary, but if anything, it's a pretty movie with some funny moments for old fans.
^ All of this.
It's rather well animated (reminds me of Pixar, a little) - and is a somewhat condensed, rejuvenated/modernized and slightly re-imagined version of the original anime. It does, luckily, give a little bit of backstory for new watchers (but not 74ish episodes worth of info).
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My only gripe was the ending being sudden and rushed... I didn't mind that they didn't go through all the houses of the zodiac and all the individual saints fights/conflicts considering the duration of it all from the original anime, but... the end was just.... after the House of Leo - BAM "Oh yeah, guys, we gotta wrap this up in like, 10 minutes. *Throws everything at once and cuts out a huge chunk of everything*" (not to mention the overly useless-ification of Shun and Ikki). Hell, one of the gold saints only had a 5 second cameo >.>
I both love the movie as it is, but flail my fingers at it, due to some removed things, at the same time....
I do hope they do more and go into the whole additional sagas
.....and....poor Milo....turned into a woman..... (couldn't help but laugh, though...)
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