| Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods | |
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| Directed by | Kōzō Murashita |
| Screenplay by | Takao Yakama |
| Music by | Seiji Yokoyama |
| Editing by | Yasuiro Yoshikawa |
| Studio | Toei |
| Release date(s) | March 12, 1988 |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods (聖闘士星矢 神々の熱き戦い Seinto Seiya: Kamigami no Atsuki Tatakai) is the second anime film by Toei Animation based on the Saint Seiya manga. It premiered on March 12, 1988 in the Toei Manga Matsuri film festival along with the movie versions of Lady Lady!!, Bikkuriman and Kamen Rider Black.
The soundtrack was composed by Seiji Yokoyama and released in the Saint Seiya Original Soundtrack IV – The Heated Battle of the Gods CD.
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The movie is an independent feature, and isn't part of the Saint Seiya canon but since Seiya mentions that Dolbar has a speed faster than the Gold Saints, this movie can happen after the 12 Temples arc. It starts with Cygnus Hyōga saving a stranger from being beaten to death in Siberia. The man reveals himself to come from the domains of the god Odin, Asgard, and claims something terrible is going to happen there.
After a rendezvous with Saori Kido and the main Bronze Saints. Hyōga is dispatched to Asgard, to scout the situation ahead. He never returns, so Saori, Shiryū, Shun and Seiya go to Asgard themselves.
When they arrive, they are greeted by the master of Asgard and the representative of Odin, Dolbar. He informs them that someone like Hyōga hasn't been seen around their territory, and that he would send out people to search for him. At the same time, the three Bronze Saints sense there is something suspicious about Dolbar's right hand man, Loki.
They are offered a place to stay for the night by the siblings Frey and Freya while the search for Hyōga continues. But as they leave, they are greeted with small hostility from the God Warriors of Asgard, and everything doesn't seem to be right with them, as Shiryū notices. Later during the evening one of Frey's guards locate Hyōga's Cloth headpiece, and so Seiya and Shiryū sets out to look immediately. As they are out, Dolbar summons Saori to his palace saying they have found Hyōga. Shun follows her there, but she meets with Dolbar by herself. She is immobilized by the master of Asgard, and put as the figurehead of the ship on the statue of Odin.
As Shiryū still searches for Hyōga, he stumbles upon the God Warrior, Midgard. But he soon reveals himself to actually be Hyōga, yet they still fight. Shun senses that Athena has disappeared, and tries to locate her inside Asgard but ends up in a fight with the God Warrior Ulr. During the fight, Phoenix Ikki arrives and helps his brother, and is stopped when another God Warrior called Grung appears to battle Ikki.
In the meantime, Seiya locates Athena, but has to face the God Warrior Loki to get to her. As the Warriors of Asgard are defeated on by one, the final obstacle to save Athena is Dolbar himself. Seiya tries to fight him but fails, and is followed by Ikki and Hyouga. Suddenly the Gold Cloth of Sagitarius appears, and enrobes Seiya. With it he easily outmatches Dolbar, but Athena will still be in her eternal sleep. That's when Frey appears, climbing up the Statue of Odin. Realizing what he is about to do, the master of Asgard tries to attack him. But it is too late, as Frey stabs his sword in the head of Odin's statue.
As Frey sacrifices himself to do so, the statue crumbles after Dolbar's defeat. And as the statue slowly disappears, the grand tree Yggdrassil appears in its place.
The Master of Asgard.
Seiyū: Keiichi Nanba
Seiyū: Satoko Yamano
Seiyū: Koichi Hashimoto
Seiyū: Akira Murayama
Seiyū: Tesshō Genta
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