Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary

Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary follows Saori Kido, a young woman who has grown up unaware of the source of her strange powers. When an assassin attacks her, she is rescued by Seiya, a young fighter trained alongside several others by her adoptive grandfather. Through this encounter, Saori learns that she is the reincarnation of the goddess Athena, and that Seiya and his companions are Bronze Saints sworn to protect her. Their path leads to the Sanctuary, where a false Athena and the Pope have seized control, and the Bronze Saints must face the Golden Saints who guard the twelve houses of the Zodiac to prove Saori's identity and save her life.

The film is an animated adaptation of Masami Kurumada's long-running manga, directed by Keiichi Sato and written by Chihiro Suzuki and Tomohiro Suzuki, with Kurumada credited as producer. It sits between Sato's Asura and GANTZ:O in his filmography. The Japanese voice cast includes Kaito Ishikawa as Seiya, Ayaka Sasaki as Saori Kido, Kenji Akabane, Kensho Ono, Nobuhiko Okamoto and Kenji Nojima, among roughly twenty credited performers.

Produced by Toei Animation and Marza Animation Planet on a budget of about 8 million dollars, the film was released in June 2014 and took in roughly 17 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 5.4 from about 4,900 votes, while on TMDB its rating is 6.8 from around 758 votes.