Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris
1987 46m movie Film Japan

Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris

聖闘士星矢

Synopsis

聖闘士星矢

When Seiya, Hyōga and Shun visit Saori (Athena) at the orphanage, they meet an employee called Eri. An orphan herself, Eri takes a liking to Hyōga and one night they sit outside watching the stars. They see a shooting star and Hyōga asks Eri to make a wish. After Hyōga leaves, however, Eri becomes powerfully attracted to the shooting star and wanders alone into the woods, where she finds a golden apple. She is then possessed by Eris, the Goddess of Discord, and kidnaps Athena, planning to use the golden apple to suck her energy out, fully reincarnate and take over the world. Eris leaves a message for the Bronze Saints, who set out for the goddess's temple which appears on the mountains. There, the heroes fight the five Ghost Saints: Maya of Sagitta, Orpheus of Lyra, Christ of the Southern Cross, Jan of Scutum (called by the Japanese name Tateza) and Jäger of Orion.

Audience Engagement

189
Reviews
85th
Review-volume percentile
93rd
Popularity percentile

189 audience reviews — more than 85% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 93th percentile among Japan films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Toei Animation

Action + Animation in Japan

1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris itself).

The 1986–1988 Japan Window

Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris holds position #36 of 99 Japan films in the 1986–1988 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
    #1

    Legend of the Galactic Heroes

    ★ 9.0 · 1988
  2. The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
    #2

    The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye

    ★ 8.6 · 1986
  3. Silver Fang
    #3

    Silver Fang

    ★ 8.6 · 1986
  4. Grave of the Fireflies
    #4

    Grave of the Fireflies

    ★ 8.5 · 1988
  5. Saint Seiya
    #5

    Saint Seiya

    ★ 8.5 · 1986
  6. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    #6

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    ★ 8.3 · 1986
  7. Dragon Ball
    #7

    Dragon Ball

    ★ 8.2 · 1986
  8. My Neighbor Totoro
    #8

    My Neighbor Totoro

    ★ 8.1 · 1988

The 1980s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris premiered alongside 26 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 26 other Japan films in 1987.

The 715th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • greek mythology · 5
  • suit of armor · 4
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • fighter · 25
  • mythology · 16
  • deity · 7
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • anime · 711
  • based on manga · 297
  • shounen · 42

Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
189
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,106 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #858 of 1,714 (top 50%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesToei Animation
Runtime46m
Release DateJuly 18, 1987
IMDbtt0323869