

Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
聖闘士星矢 最終聖戦の戦士たち
Lucifer has been awoken from his eternal slumber by the spirits of Eris, Abel and Poseidon. He has come to kill Athena and fulfill his heart's burning desire: becoming the strongest of all the gods. (Source: ANN)
Lucifer has been awoken from his eternal slumber by the spirits of Eris, Abel and Poseidon. He has come to kill Athena and fulfill his heart's burning desire: becoming the strongest of all the gods. (Source: ANN)
Alpharon
September 10, 2011
Esta review también está en español. This is the last movie from the classic age of Saint Seiya. Legend of Crimson Youth aside, this is the best, since it does everything the other two movies did, and add a little christian wackiness. Without further ado: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle. Story: The fallen angel, Lucifer (in bishonen form, like in Shin Megami Tensei) decides to attack the Santuary (in the Saint Seiya mythology, Lucifer fought against gods from various religions, including Athena, and lost), crushing the remaining Gold Saints, with the cliche objective of world destruction/domination. And he’s not alone: besides the typical minion saints (theFallen Angels: Seraph Beelzebub, Cherub Ashtaroth, Thrones Moa and Virtues Eligor), he's helped by Eris (from the first movie), Abel (third movie) and Poseidon (Poseidon saga). These three gods don't actually fight, but they are there. Athena tries to negotiate (cause that always work in the shonen world...) and fail miserably, so Seiya, Hyoga and Shun (Shiryu and Ikki will come, eventually) will fight once again to save the world and Athena (Hyoga is extra motivated, since he is catholic. Seiya even lampshade that). Animation: Like the TV series. This was made back in 89, so if you are used only to new stuff, you may think is old and primitive (or, in a more polite way, classic). If you started back in the 80/90, then is pretty good. Back then, it was f*cking awesome. In the character designs department, Lucifer was correctly represented as a young and beautiful angel (the catholic canon that everybody forgets, apparently), Beelzebub and Ashtaroth are pretty average, Moa is the effeminate token member, and Eligor... well, he's a weirdo. The weirdest saint ever (and that’s really hard, with Hades specters). Sound: The music is epic, as always. The voices... well, since you are reading the engrish version of this review, that means you aren't from Latin America or Spain. I assume that you are going to watch the japanese dub. It's pretty awesome, you may know the seiyūs from the Hades: Chapter Santuary (In Inferno and Elysion Toei change all the voices). Soooo, good voice acting. Verdict: this movie is a little weirder than the previous, since leaves the greek (series canon) and nordic (series filler) gods, and uses the morning star, Lucifer itself, and other christian elements. The fights are a bit more intense (with a lil more blood, something that was abundant in the Sanctuary saga, and lackluster in the Asgard and Poseidon sagas), but it suffers the problem the Eris and Dolbar movies had: way too short to do it better. The usual recommendation: if you liked Saint Seiya, you will like the movie (the third one is better, longer and more complex, but this one is pretty good too). Usually, something like this would be a six, but Lucifer and his crazy angels manages to pull a seven, by the simple fact of originality and the mess up concept. -------- Esta es la última de las películas de la etapa clásica de Saint Seiya (después viene Overture, que desafortunadamente, apesta). Después de la leyenda de los santos escarlata, esta es la mejor, al menos por su pintoresco e insólito planteamiento. Sin mas preámbulos: Los Caballeros del Zodiaco contra Lucifer (Latinoamérica), o El guerrero de Armagedón (España). Historia: Lucifer (en su forma bishonen, que sería confirmada años más tarde por Shin Megami Tensei), el ángel caído (según la mitología de Saint Seiya, Lucifer lucho y fue vencido en el pasado por diversos dioses de varias religiones, entre ellos, obviamente, Athena) decide atacar el santuario, arrasando a los pocos santos de oro que quedaban, con el previsible objetivo de destruir a los humanos (recurriendo a diversas catástrofes naturales, como terremotos y tsunamis). En su cruzada no está solo: además de los típicos santos subordinados (los ángeles infernales, cada uno con un titulo angelical: Beelzebub de Serafín, Astaroth de Querubín, Eligor de Virtud y Moa de Trono), cuenta con la ayuda de Eris (Diosa de la Discordia, aparece en la primera película), Abel (Dios del Sol, aparece en la tercer película) y Poseidón (el Dios de los Océanos, aparece en la última saga del anime original), quienes no pelean, pero dan apoyo moral. Athena intenta negociar con Lucifer (como intento con cada villano), las negociaciones fracasan (como también paso con todos los villanos), por lo que Seiya, Shun y Hyoga (Shiryu e Ikki llegan un poco más tarde) deberán pelear nuevamente para salvar al mundo y a su diosa (Hyoga tiene una motivación adicional, dado que es católico). Animación: La misma de la serie. Tengamos en cuenta que esto fue en el 89, por lo que si uno está acostumbrado a lo actual, por supuesto que Saint Seiya puede parecer primitivo, o al menos, “clásica”. Para los que arrancamos en los 90, la animación es muy buena, correcta, y todo eso. Aclarado esto (que es lo mismo que puse en las anteriores películas), quería comentar el diseño de personajes. Lucifer fue representado realmente como un ángel joven y hermoso (o sea, el canon católico que según parece todos olvidan), Beelzebub y Astaroth son bastante promedio, Moa es el típico caballero afeminado que sigue los pasos de Misty y Afrodita... y Eligor... bueno, el es, sin ninguna duda, el caballero mas bizarro que apareció en Saint Seiya (y eso es difícil, teniendo en cuenta a los espectros). Sonido: La música, épica, como siempre. En cuanto a las voces, depende de la versión que viste: la versión española es correcta para los españoles, supongo. Pero el consenso americano general es que las voces de España apestan. Después, esta la versión remasterizada mexicana, en la que Jesús Barrero y compañía están presentes :D. O al menos, los caballeros de bronce, con la excepción de Shiryu (la vos de Shun puede sonar distinta, pero es el original... solo que con más años. Los más jóvenes tal vez lo reconozcan por su trabajo como Neji Hyuga). Los actores de doblaje hacen un trabajo notable, y la calidad de sonido es muy buena (COPIADO DE MI REVIEW DE LA PELICULA DE ERIS... lo mismo que con la animación, de una película a otra no varía). Veredicto: Esta película es un poco más rara que las otras, en el sentido que se sale de los dioses tradicionales (griegos en canon y nórdicos para el filler, con una breve incursión en el budismo gracias a Virgo) y aborda al lucero del alba, al mismísimo Lucifer, y otros detalles de la religión cristiana. Las peleas son un poco más intensas, y hasta hay un poco mas de sangre (cosa que para la saga de Poseidón se atenúo bastante...), pero sufre por su corta duración (al igual que las películas de Eris y Dolbar). Tristemente, esta película sufrió a manos de la censura: tanto el asalto inicial al santuario como la quema de una biblia fueron removidas. Por suerte, en la versión mexicana remasterizada, esto se arregla. La recomendación de siempre: si les gusta Saint Seiya, seguro que les gusta esta película (siendo la mejor la tercera, que es más larga y más compleja, pero esta es entretenida), y no se olviden de buscar la versión nueva!
ChouEritto
August 15, 2021
The final of the original 4 Saint Seiya films, Warriors of the Final Holy War, is probably the best of the bunch in both premise and execution. First, to go over some spoilers for the first 1/4 of the film with its main premise, having the main enemies swiftly slay the Gold Saints and that enemy being Lucifer himself with his revival being through the Cosmo of the previous three defeated Gods (Eris, Abel and Poseidon) makes it a gold standard for premises compared to the previous 3 films combined. The Gold Saints' deaths obviously shows how dangerous the enemies are, the previous Gods ties itbetter into the continuity of the main series and previous films, but the most interesting point is drawing on Biblical lore which the series hadn't really delved into beyond a few references, terms and subtle parallels. Seeing the film go full-in with it and showcasing the difference between the Greek pantheon and Biblical figures is very fitting for a series that borrows equally from both and certainly isn't out of place when the anime gave implications towards Yahweh's existence and omnipotence as well as the series being very pantheistic in general. The way in which Athena is incapacitated here is also more interesting than most with her not only willingly putting herself up as a sacrifice, but her walking towards the point of sacrifice with some nice Biblical imagery puts a more solid visual ticking clock on her potential demise than any other one. It does avoid being close to as well done as those in the main series though when Athena believing the word of the being constantly said throughout the entire history of Christianity to be the father of lies and having that come back to bite her is ridiculous. Unfortunately beyond that, the film follows the typical plot structure of the other 3 I've already mentioned in previous reviews, though the abilities of the Demonic Angels as well as Beelzebub's dialogue gives them far more going for them as characters than the previous films' roadblocks masquerading as henchmen. The climax also has more over the top elements to make it less generic than that of the previous 3, although the part at the end of it being through the Bronze Saints' resolve creating and miracle rather than an act of God ruins it as a battle against Satan himself is one in which a deus ex machina of the highest variety would actually be appropriate for rather than just "something, something, resolve creates miracles." Art-wise, there's nothing to say that hasn't been said in my previous reviews. It looks as gorgeous as the other films in art and animation, other than maybe a few shots of the side of Eligor's face looking a bit off with the shading. Overall, the last of the original Saint Seiya films still has a lot of problems with its script and screenplay, but overall has enough interest generated by its premise as well as its unique elements allow it to be marginally better than the previous film, despite suffering the same flaws. Could've been a great story in the hands of a more competent writer and with a longer running time as either its own story or a coda to the premature ending of the anime with the Poseidon Arc until we were allowed a Hades Arc adaption in the 00s, but instead it ends up as pretty looking bad filler.
Anita-Castro06
March 5, 2021
1/1 Movie Watched (Español Disponible) This is the direct continuation after the 114 chapter anime and the previous 3 movies. This movie is about Lucifer being reincarnated thanks to the lives of Eris, Abel and Poseidon. It is worth mentioning that this movie has many biblical references and they actually name the bible. Is very interesting because never until 1988 had we followed a story that dealt with important events in the Bible in such detail. One of the references that most caught my attention was when Athena crossed the stairs full of thorns and it drained her blood, much like when they put the crownof thorns on Jesus, which was embedded so strongly that the blood dripped, just as it happens to Athena. It's kind of ironic that in every movie so far, normally the gold saints are always indisposed and unable to help the bronze saints. I also noticed that when Hyoga the Cygnus saint someone is going to attack him and gets into his mind there will always be 3 things. His mother, Master Cristal or Master Camus. Whenever it is something mental they try to end it with one of these 3 people. This is one of the most interesting movies Saint Seiya has ever had. I make a record that this Review is based on the fact that I am watching this anime in order of release. ********************************************************************* 1/1 Película Vista Esta es la continuación directa después del anime de 114 capítulos y de las 3 películas anteriores. Esta película trata de que Lucifer ha reencarnado gracias a la vida de Eris, Abel y Poseidón. Cabe mencionar que esta película tiene muchas referencias bíblicas y de hecho nombran a la bilblia. Lo que me aprecío muy interesante por que nunca hasta 1988 habíamos seguido una historia que tratara tan detalladamente sucesos importantes de la biblia. Una de las referencias que más me llamó la atención fue cuando Atena cruzaba por una escalera llena de espinas y esta drenaba su sangre, muy parecido a cuando le pusiseron a Jesús la corona de espinas que esta estaba incrustada tan fuerte que le chorreaba la sangre, tal cual le pasa a Atena. Es algo irónico que en todas las películas hasta ahora, normalmente los caballeros dorados siempre estén indispuestos y no puedan ayudar a los caballeros de bronce. También noté que cuando Hyoga el Caballero del Cisne lo atacan y se meten en su mente siempre serán 3 cosas. Su madre, el maestro Cristal o el maestro Camus. Siempre que es algo mental tratan de acabarlo con alguna de estas 3 personas. Esta es una de las películas más interesantes que ha tenido Saint Seiya. Hago un recorderis que esta Review está en base a que estoy viendo este anime en orden de lanzamiento.
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