Today let us remember the last 2D #SaintSeiya animated movie named #TenkaiHenJosouOverture and which supposedly was going to be the 1st of a 4 movie series that would tell the story of the Holy War against the Heaven's Olympic gods. This is a thread, so please follow it. (1)

#ToeiAnimation asked Master #MasamiKurumada a new story to take advantage of the big success the debut of the #HadesSaga #SanctuaryChapter. The #SaintSeiya creator decided to tell events after the war against #Hades. (2) @cloud_0001 @FrixterZuber @vicbarron @HasgardDivx

The news of this new story sent shockwaves throughout the #SaintSeiya fandom as it would also bring back the legendary team of #ShingoAraki, #MichiHimeno, #MakeUp, #ToruFuruya, #ShigeyasuYamauchi and #SeijiYokoyama. (3) @vicbarron @HasgardDivx @TitoHabif @FrixterZuber @zigg02

Finally the movie was released in Feb 2014 with an 8 page prologue written and drawn by #MasamiKurumada introducing #Pegasus #Seiya in a wheelchair suffering #Hades' Curse and a new character: #Ikarus #Touma which was a character that was going to have relevance in the story. (4)

The movie also introduced the goddess #Artemis and the Heaven's Warriors known as #TheAngels: #Ikarus' #Touma, #Odysseus and #Theseus who, according to the pamphlet released by #ToeiAnimation used armors named #Glories. (5) @cloud_0001 @FrixterZuber @vicbarron @vfernandez257

#Odysseus is the only Angel that fights 3 #BronzeSaints and fell against a combined attack from #Dragon #Shiryu and #Cygnus #Hyoga. There's not much information. Curiously enough his name has been taken for the #Ophiucus #GoldSaint in #NextDimension by Master Kurumada. (6)

#Theseus is another angel that fights against #Andromeda #Shun and also #Phoenix #Ikki in #TheSanctuary where the #GoldSaints are imprisoned punished by the gods. The Angel realizes the Big Will behind the humans and fells understanding humankind's potential. (7) @FrixterZuber

#Ikarus' #Touma was going to be revealed as #Eagle #Marin's brother which had been imprisoned in The Heavens due unknown circumstances. He would've become strong after looking to protect his dissappeared sister after both lost their parents in a savage attack. (8) @cloud_0001

Curiously enough #Ikarus' #Touma's birthday is December 1st just as #Pegasus' #Seiya's. Also, #Eagle #Marin and #Seika share birthdays ( #March 18th). (9) @HasgardDivx @TitoHabif @DtfPegaso @naiya_de_dragon @cloud_0001 @FrixterZuber @vicbarron @universosaintse @zigg02 @AndyAndyPer

There're theories surrounding the reasons behind the imprisonment of #Ikarus' #Touma and that's his desire to become a god which is unforgivable to the gods. Nonetheless, seems like the Goddess #Artemis doesn't knows this since apparently she trusts him completely. (10). @zigg02

Sadly the story bombed in the box office and this caused a big problem between #Toei, #MasamiKurumada almost killing animated #SaintSeiya: #ShigeyasuYamauchi, the 6 classic voice actors were fired, w/ smaller budgets for the next #HadesSaga's chapters & the sequels cancelled.(11)

The next 3 movies would've been: #TheHeavenChapter, #SkyEmpereroChapter and #ChronosChapter. Instead of these movies been produced, #MasamiKurumada decided to tell the story in a new #manga which is named #SaintSeiya #NextDimension. (12) @cloud_0001 @FrixterZuber @vicbarron

The final battle vs #Apollo gave origin to a confusing ending to the movie.Originally the idea was that he'll erase #Seiya's & the others minds but remaining as #Saints fighting for the Earth.But the script was changed and apparently they had forgotten everything in the end. (13)

In an interview for the French #Animeland #MasamiKurumada revealed some of the things changed for the movie: #Seika was part of the plot, instead of 3 #Angels there were going to be 5. The whereabouts of the #BronzeSaints was going to be known through a letter sent by #Shun. (14)

#Aries #Shion and #Libra #Dohko would sport new #GoldCloths, and the rest of the #GoldSaints will free themselves from the Column where their souls remain imprisoned, and the bells used by #Eagle #Marin and #Ikarus' #Touma were going to play a bigger part in the plot. (15)

The movie is the only one that has a clear spot in the overall #SaintSeiya timeline and not showing the #Sagittarius #Cloth aiding #Seiya in the end. Today is remembered and appreciated by the fans as a good (if not discontinued) ending to the Classic Animation Era. (Final).