Crunchyroll and Saint Seiya seem like they go hand in hand, and that’s a very good thing for fans of both of them. The streaming service has now gone live with the seventy-three episode Sanctuary Arc run of the Saint Seiya series as one of its new catalog title additions. The show is limited to the US and Canada for viewing due to licensing rights, but the entire run is available for premium users while free users will get fifteen episodes every week, with the first fifteen episodes up now for some very serious binge viewing.
If you’re friends with a Saint Seiya fan, make sure to check in on them as they delve into it – and join them to check it out yourself!
Plot concept: It is said that any time evil begins to thrive in the world, Saints, the upholders of justice, will appear. Now is such a time. Thirteen years before our tale begins, Mitsumasa Kido, head of the powerful IGF (International Garrd Foundation), came across a dying man while vacationing in Greece. Touring the ruins near the Pope’s holy sanctuary, Mitsumasa found Airos, the gold saint of Sagittarius, gasping his last breaths and muttering warnings of sinister forces that threaten the stability of the world. Fulfilling the dying saint’s wish, Mitsumasa swore to protect the life of a special baby that Airos had saved from assassination and agreed to safeguard the magical gold armour of Sagittarius. Mitsumasa was true to his word and raised the baby as his own granddaughter, Saori, and kept the gold armour hidden until the time was right for someone pure of heart to wear it.
