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Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary
Directed by	Keiichi Sato
Screenplay by	Tomohiro Suzuki
Produced by	Yousuke Asama Masami Kurumada
Starring	Kaito Ishikawa Ayaka Sasaki Kenshō Ono Kenji Akabane Nobuhiko Okamoto Kenji Nojima
Music by	Yoshihiro Ike
Production company	Toei Animation
Distributed by	Toei Company (Japan) Universal Pictures (International)
Release dates	June 11, 2014 (2014-06-11) (Annecy) June 21, 2014 (2014-06-21) (Japan)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (聖闘士星矢 LEGEND of SANCTUARY, Seinto Seiya Rejendo Obu Sankuchuari), is an upcoming 2014 Japanese 3D CG animated film produced by Toei Animation, directed by Keiichi Sato and written by Tomohiro Suzuki. It is the 6th film based on the series. It is scheduled for release in Japan on June 21, 2014. It will star the voice talents of Kaito Ishikawa, Ayaka Sasaki, Kenshō Ono, Kenji Akabane, Nobuhiko Okamoto, and Kenji Nojima as the leading roles. The plot focuses on five young warriors known as Saints that have the mission of protecting Saori Kido, the reincarnation of the goddess Athena.

Premise

The film follows Saori Kido (Ayaka Sasaki), a young girl troubled by her mysterious powers. She is saved by Pegasus Seiya (Kaito Ishikawa) from an assassin sent to kill her. Saori then learns she is the reincarnation of the Goddess Athena with Seiya being one of her 88 Saints. Upon learning of her destiny, she heads to the Sanctuary and wage war against its Pope.

Seiya, alongside fellow Bronze Saints Cygnus Hyōga (Kenshō Ono), Dragon Shiryū (Kenji Akabane), Andromeda Shun (Nobuhiko Okamoto), and Phoenix Ikki (Kenji Nojima) must pass through the twelve Zodiac Temples in Athena's Sanctuary in twelve hours, in order to save their goddess Athena from imminent death. They must confront each of the twelve Gold Saints that guard each of the temples in order to reach the cure that will save Athena.

Cast

The casting is composed of new voice actors with the previous version of Seiya having been voiced by Toru Furuya in Saint Seiya and Saint Seiya Omega and Masakazu Morita in OVAs series.

• Kaito Ishikawa as Pegasus Seiya. He is strong willed boy who keeps to his faith. Ishikawa mentions being happy with the work he was assigned to.
• Ayaka Sasaki as Saori Kido. She is the reincarnation of Athena who is tossed about her origins and mission.
• Kenshō Ono as Cygnus Hyōga. Collected and unemotional, he is a passionate Bronze Saint.
• Kenji Akabane as Dragon Shiryū. A calm and considerate Bronze Saint who is willing to risk his life for the others. Akabane considers the character both "cool" and "serious."
• Nobuhiko Okamoto as Andromeda Shun. A gentle and kind Bronze Saint who dislikes hurting his enemies. Okamoto noted that he had to express masculinity when delivering lines.
• Kenji Nojima as Phoenix Ikki. A loner Bronze Saint.
• Mitsuru Miyamoto as Aries Mu. The calm and realistic Aries Gold Saint who dislikes fighting.
• Rikiya Koyama as Taurus Aldebaran. The Taurus Gold Saint who is a straight talker and follows his emotions.
• Kōichi Yamadera as Gemini Saga. A man with a pure heart as well as ambition and pride.
• Hiroaki Hirata as Cancer Deathmask. A sadistic and malevolent man.
• Gō Inoue as Leo Aiolia. The youngest Gold Saint who is passionate for his duties.
• Mitsuaki Madono as Virgo Shaka. Believed to be Buddha's reincarnation, he has deep insight. Madono feels content with the role, having been a big Saint Seiya fan.
• Masumi Asano as Scorpio Milo. A smart man and honored to be Saint to Athena. Asano commented she was given freedom in her portrayal of Milo.
• Toshiyuki Morikawa as Sagittarius Aiolos. The late Sagittarius Gold Saint who lost his life after being deemed traitor.
• Shinji Kawada as Capricorn Shura. An aggressive man who enjoys fighting.
• Daisuke Namikawa as Aquarius Camus. A man who while appears coldhearted, is kind.
• Takuya Kirimoto as Pisces Aphrodite. A beautiful man who uses the power of the roses to fight. Kirimoto is honored to play the character's role.

Production

According to film director Keiichi Sato, the film was developed to fit the modern times. Legend of Sanctuary is Sato's first CGI work, something which he considers a challenge. At some times the CGI Cloths were designed as if the staff was working on a video game whereas in other times they worked as a movie. Besides CGI, the characters were vaguely based on Sato's thoughts. Masami Kurumada worked as the executive producer of the film. Sato believes that by working with Kurumada they had a benefit, as their work would avoid erasing "the soul of the original manga." Sato also wanted the CGI to be able to give the protagonists facial expressions produced by their personalities.

Music

The music for the film is being composed by Yoshihiro Ike; the soundtrack score will be released June 18, 2014. Yoshiki of X Japan contributed the film's theme song "Hero (Yoshiki Classical Version)". Katie Fitzgerald, vocalist of Yoshiki's other band Violet UK, sings while Yoshiki performs on the piano. Yoshiki watched the film before producing the song, remarking on its sense of amazing, grand scale; he ultimately decided to write a ballad after wondering what kind of song would fit with the film's vision, saying that the song "carries the hero's motif with a very beautiful melody that strikes the heart with much impact". He debuted the song during the first leg of his #Yoshiki Classical World Tour. Yoshiki stated that he feels honored to play this theme being a fan of the original Saint Seiya anime.

Previews

The project was first revealed in February 2012 by Toei Animation. The film was listed as the new "Masami Kurumada Project." The film's title and story were revealed in October 2013, while the first teaser appeared in December 2013 in the film's official website. Its first trailer was shown in March 2014. The website and the trailer had the following quote from Kurumada: "The Seiya legend began here." Following the announcement for the voice cast, the official site for the film was updated today with a new poster visual featuring the protagonist Seiya wearing the Gold Cloth of Sagittarius. The tagline says, "Burn, Cosmo." In April 2014 Comic Natalie unveiled a new poster. The "golden poster" will be put up in 40 of JR's main railway stations throughout Japan during this spring's string of Golden Week holidays.

Release

The film will premier in Japan on June 21, 2014. The Asian fast-food chain Lotteria added a new Golden Cloth of the potato variety to its menu.Customers who purchase from the collaboration menu will be entered into a lottery to win one of three "Golden Version Pegasus Seiya and Sagittarius" movie posters signed by Kaito Ishikawa. Fans can attend special talk events if they buy certain advance tickets for the film. The cast members will appear at a talk event on May 31 in Tokyo, followed by similar events in Nagoya and Osaka on June 1. Another talk will be held in June 19, 2014. It will be about about character models, animation, illumination among others. It will premiere release at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 11, 2014.

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External links

• Official websiteTemplate:Ja icon
• Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

• 2014 films
• Toei Animation films
• Saint Seiya
• Japanese films
• Films based on manga
• Japanese 3D films
• 2014 3D films
• Upcoming films
• 2014 anime films
• 2014 computer-animated films