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.
Audience Engagement
144 audience reviews — more than 81% 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: The Heated Battle of the Gods. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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★ 7.6 · Japan
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★ 7.3 · Japan
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★ 7.0 · Japan
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★ 7.7 · Japan
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★ 8.2 · Japan
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★ 8.3 · Japan
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: The Heated Battle of the Gods itself).
The 1987–1989 Japan Window
Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods holds position #19 of 104 Japan films in the 1987–1989 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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: The Heated Battle of the Gods premiered alongside 32 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 32 other Japan films in 1988.
The 734th 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: The Heated Battle of the Gods, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- greek mythology · 5
- suit of armor · 4
- fighter · 25
- mythology · 16
- deity · 7
- anime · 711
- based on manga · 297
- shounen · 42
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 |