Japan Synopsis
聖闘士星矢 神々の熱き戦い
In Siberia, Hyōga saves a man that is being attacked. Injured, the man manages only to say something about Asgard. Some days later, Saori, Seiya, Shiryū and Shun are wondering about Hyōga and decide to go to Asgard to investigate. At Valhalla, the Lord of Asgard, Dolbar, says he has not heard of any Hyōga and neither has his right hand, Loki. However, at all times Seiya and the others can feel an evil cosmo emanating from Loki and the other Odin Saints called God Warriors. Shiryū, in particular, notices a familiar cosmo coming from Midgard, a mysterious, masked God Warrior. Dolbar makes it clear that he is trying to take control of both Asgard and the Sanctuary, imprisoning Athena in a strange dimension within the giant statue of Odin. Midgard reveals himself as Hyōga and tries to kill Shiryū to prove himself to Dolbar. Thus, it is the task of the Bronze Saints to defeat Dolbar, Loki and the rest of the God Warriors, to save Athena and Hyōga.
The 1987–1989 Japan Window
104 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods sits at position #19.
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The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,194 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (74th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #529 of 1,714 (top 31%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Animation |
| Runtime | 46m |
| Release Date | March 12, 1988 |
| IMDb | tt0322918 |