Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris

Released in July 1987 as part of the Toei Anime Fair, Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris was the first feature film adapted from Masami Kurumada's popular manga series. The film was produced during the height of the original television anime's initial run, serving as a standalone expansion of the series' mythology. It introduced the concept of the Ghost Saints, fallen warriors resurrected to serve the goddess Eris, allowing the studio to experiment with higher animation budgets and more elaborate battle sequences than the weekly television schedule typically permitted.

Directed by Kōzō Morishita and featuring character designs by the legendary Shingo Araki and Michi Himeno, the film reflects the distinct aesthetic shift characteristic of 1980s theatrical anime. Araki and Himeno's contribution is widely celebrated by fans for refining the angular, dramatic proportions of the source material into a fluid, highly expressive style that became the visual hallmark of the Saint Seiya franchise. Upon release, the film was received as a successful supplement to the series, praised for its cinematic pacing and the high-stakes confrontation between the Bronze Saints and the Ghost Saints.