Should you watch Saint Seiya?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Saint Seiya
Anime · 1986
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.
The sides of Saint Seiya
- Teenage fighters in constellation armour
- A goddess to protect
- Twelve temples to climb one by one
Saint Seiya is good for you if…
- you like a fight that runs for several episodes and ends on one last punch.
- you like Greek myth turned into armour and houses of the zodiac.
- you like five friends who keep getting up for each other.
Saint Seiya is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- the animation of the eighties feels dated to you.
- you need the rules of a fight to hold up.
About: friendship · sacrifice · destiny
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