Rising Shows
Launch app →
Saint Seiya poster

Saint Seiya (1986)

Action · Adventure · Animation

Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.

IMDb rating
8.4 (12,927 votes)
Episode average
7.7 -0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons
3
Streaming (US)
Crunchyroll
Language
JA
Type
TV series

Rating trend: this show's seasons do not settle into one shape. Rising Shows ranks whole shows by the shape of their rating trend rather than one average score, which is how you find a show that got better rather than a show that started well.

Browse shows by rating shape → Open in Rising Shows app → View on IMDb

Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1986)

7.78 avg 73 episodes 7.6 → 8.5 25 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 398 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 330 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 316 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 310 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 294 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 280 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 265 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 264 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 258 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 248 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 244 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 239 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 245 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 234 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 233 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 222 votesEp 17: 7.5 · 220 votesEp 18: 7.0 · 222 votesEp 19: 7.2 · 217 votesEp 20: 7.3 · 214 votesEp 21: 7.7 · 215 votesEp 22: 7.6 · 214 votesEp 23: 7.5 · 214 votesEp 24: 8.0 · 222 votesEp 25: 7.8 · 212 votesEp 26: 7.3 · 211 votesEp 27: 7.8 · 208 votesEp 28: 8.2 · 218 votesEp 29: 7.4 · 209 votesEp 30: 7.5 · 214 votesEp 31: 7.7 · 206 votesEp 32: 7.3 · 196 votesEp 33: 7.4 · 194 votesEp 34: 7.6 · 192 votesEp 35: 7.3 · 194 votesEp 36: 7.6 · 198 votesEp 37: 8.3 · 208 votesEp 38: 8.4 · 204 votesEp 39: 8.1 · 199 votesEp 40: 7.2 · 194 votesEp 41: 7.7 · 191 votesEp 42: 7.8 · 189 votesEp 43: 8.0 · 188 votesEp 44: 7.6 · 187 votesEp 45: 7.8 · 195 votesEp 46: 7.8 · 196 votesEp 47: 8.1 · 201 votesEp 48: 7.6 · 194 votesEp 49: 7.8 · 189 votesEp 50: 8.1 · 191 votesEp 51: 7.8 · 187 votesEp 52: 7.6 · 188 votesEp 53: 8.3 · 199 votesEp 54: 7.6 · 184 votesEp 55: 7.2 · 185 votesEp 56: 8.3 · 205 votesEp 57: 8.5 · 221 votesEp 58: 8.4 · 206 votesEp 59: 7.8 · 186 votesEp 60: 7.8 · 189 votesEp 61: 7.8 · 184 votesEp 62: 7.8 · 185 votesEp 63: 7.6 · 182 votesEp 64: 7.5 · 183 votesEp 65: 8.0 · 193 votesEp 66: 8.6 · 215 votesEp 67: 8.5 · 220 votesEp 68: 7.6 · 193 votesEp 69: 7.7 · 194 votesEp 70: 8.3 · 201 votesEp 71: 8.3 · 196 votesEp 72: 8.7 · 235 votesEp 73: 8.5 · 204 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Yomigaere! Eiyû densetsu7.6398
2Moero! Pegasus Ryuseiken7.3330
3Cygnus! Hyogen no senshi7.4316
4Doragon! Muteki no ken to tate8.0310
5Kiseki no fukkatsu! Yuyo no cosmo8.1294
6Fenikkusu! Jigoku o mita senshi7.6280
7Ubawa reta! Kogane seii7.7265
8Taose! Ankoku Phoenix gundan7.5264
9Kyoteki! Ankoku shiten oh arawaru7.3258
10Ayaushi shiryu! Cloth no hakaba7.6248
11Shito! Kyofu no kokushiken7.7244
12Tsukame! Yujo no Nebula Chain7.9239
13Moe agare! Honoo no ichigeki7.8245
14Yaburetari! Genmaken7.8234
15Ima akasu! Ikki no nazo7.9233
16Kyodai! Docrates no moshu7.5222
17Sukue! Saori no kiki7.5220
18Oo abare! Karibu no Ghosts Saints7.0222
19Seika shika! Makaito no kessen7.2217
20Honki de tatakae! Shaina no gyakushu7.3214
21Hijo! Aurora no taiketsu7.7215
22Honoo no fukkatsu! Fujimi no ikki7.6214
23Silver Saints! Hokori takaki shikaku7.5214
24Tobe Pegasus! Suisei no yo ni8.0222
25Tatakae! Atena no moto de7.8212
26Teki Ka Mikata Ka! Steels Saints7.3211
27Seiya ga ishi ni! Medusa no tate7.8208
28Dragon! Sutemi no ichigeki8.2218
29Yukai! Saori o osou karasu gundan7.4209
30Moeagare! Ai no Kosumo7.5214
31Genma! Seishi no deadline7.7206
32Dai bakuhatsu! Death Queen to7.3196
33Ryuko Gekitotsu! Hikari naki Dragon no namida7.4194
34Saraba tomo yo! Yasuraka ni nemure7.6192
35Kesshiko! Hirake Dragon no me yo7.3194
36Odoroki! Juni tai ni gold cloth7.6198
37Kamen ga sakebu! Aika shika?8.3208
38Geki totsu! Gold saint8.4204
39Kosoku! Mach o koeru kyoken8.1199
40Ikuzo! Oretachi no tabidachi7.2194
41Sancturay daikessen! Atena saidai no kiki7.7191
42Kyukyoku no Cosmo! Seven senses7.8189
43Big bang! Kingyu kyu no battle8.0188
44Souji kyu! Hikari to yami no meikyu7.6187
45Kyofu! Ijigen e no Hyoryu7.8195
46Hoero! Kobo ittai no Nebula Chain7.8196
47Saraba Hyoga! Yusha yo nemure8.1201
48Dragon! Yomigaere shi no kuni kara7.6194
49Ai! Shunrei no inori7.8189
50Nobore ryu! Shiryu ikari no Cosmo8.1191
51Naze da! Kiba o muita ogon no shishi7.8187
52Ares! dentsetsu no maohken7.6188
53Otoko da! Cassios ai ni shisu8.3199
54Ikki! Tsubasa o mogareta fushicho7.6184
55Yujo no kizuna! Atena no sakebi7.2185
56Shaka! Mottomo kami ni chikai otoko8.3205
57Mu no kyofu! Me o aketa Shaka8.5221
58Soretsu! Yujo ni chitta Ikki8.4206
59Yomigaere hakucho! Iki to shi to ai to7.8186
60Hyoga fukkatsu! Kono inochi kakete7.8189
61Kofuku ka shi ka! Kono tsubasa aru kagiri7.8184
62Susume Hyoga! Hokori takaki yusha7.8185
63Hibike! Sanctuary no Gold Cloth7.6182
64Shonen yo! Kimi-tachi ni Atena o takusu7.5183
65Unaru seikan! Shura tai Dragon8.0193
66Aa Shiryu! Hoshi to natte kiyu8.6215
67Saraba! Waga shi yo waga tomo yo8.5220
68Bi no senshi! Aphrodite7.6193
69Demon rose! Amaki shi no kaori7.7194
70Yasuraka ni! Shun saigo no hohoemi8.3201
71Kieru Hidokei!Kyoko no shotai8.3196
72Ike Seiya! Tomo no shi o koete8.7235
73Tsudoe tomo yo! Atena no moto ni8.5204

Season 2 (1988)

7.56 avg 26 episodes 7.4 → 7.1 25 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 191 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 176 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 171 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 169 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 169 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 167 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 164 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 165 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 164 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 167 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 166 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 167 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 165 votesEp 14: 7.5 · 165 votesEp 15: 7.6 · 165 votesEp 16: 7.4 · 163 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 164 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 160 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 159 votesEp 20: 7.6 · 163 votesEp 21: 7.7 · 164 votesEp 22: 7.6 · 161 votesEp 23: 8.0 · 163 votesEp 24: 8.3 · 166 votesEp 25: 7.6 · 164 votesEp 26: 7.1 · 162 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Kyokuhoku no teki! Densetsu no god warriors7.4191
2Hilda! Akuma ni miirareta megami7.2176
3Kyojin Thor! Zoh no Cosmo7.2171
4Kyosei no namida! Hilda no tame ni shisu7.5169
5Kiba muku! Kita no ohkami Fenrir7.4169
6Aware! No-zan gunroken no sadame7.4167
7Hyogen Ni kiyu! Kanashiki to boe7.5164
8Freya! Ai yueno shito7.6165
9Mae hakucho! Hyochu no shakenetsu jigoku7.7164
10Ayashi no tategoto! Shun o izanau shi no prelude7.4167
11Shi no senkoku! Stringer requiem7.6166
12Kanashimi no yusha! Itetsuita zoh7.9167
13Fushicho! Shinku ni moeru tsubasa7.7165
14Ma no amethyst! Saint no hakaba7.5165
15Honoo no ken! Osorubeki yabô7.6165
16Jaaku no ikenie! Seireitachi no mori7.4163
17Furimuku na Seiya! Shoryu; no Cosmo7.6164
18Moeyo Shun! Kuroi kiba ni kakusatera nazo7.5160
19Uzumake! Shun kyokyoku no nebula storm7.5159
20Bud! Shukumei no futagoboshi7.6163
21Kyodai no kizuna! Syd yo sokoku ni nemure7.7164
22Kedakaki yusha! Yomigaeru densetsu no kishi7.6161
23Ryu tai ryu! Juman bun no ichibyou no shoki8.0163
24Siren! Utsukushiki shi no shirabe8.3166
25Kiseki no shutsugen! Odin robe7.6164
26Atena yo! Kedakaki towa no inori7.1162

Season 3 (1988)

7.66 avg 15 episodes 7.3 → 8.2 25 min avg

Ep 1: 7.3 · 165 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 160 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 160 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 159 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 154 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 156 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 153 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 153 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 152 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 151 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 150 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 152 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 151 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 153 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 163 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Kaiô Poseidon! Seisen futatabi7.3165
2Uchikudake Nanatsu no umi no Mammoth Pillar7.4160
3Shinpi no kagayaki! Kiniro no bronze cloth7.6160
4Ayaushi Shun! Osorubeki maju no kiba7.6159
5Maju shisu beshi! Fumetsu no gold chain7.5154
6Excalibur! Uwan ni yadoru Shura no tamashii7.7156
7Yume muzan! Saikai wa shi no nioi7.7153
8Kokoro no karyudo! Lyumnades mujou7.5153
9Isaac! Kori no kokoro wo motsu otoko7.6152
10Ganbare Kiki! Kanashiki shitou7.5151
11Kike! Utsukushiki Athena no utagoe7.7150
12Tomo yo! Shinu toki wa issho da!7.8152
13Futatsu no tamashii! KaiÔ Poseidon fukkatsu no nazo7.7151
14Kaioh Poseidon o ute! Kiniro no yami8.1153
15Kagayake yûjô no hoshi yo! Eien no shônen densetsu8.2163

Episode ratings and vote counts from IMDb. Poster, overview, and streaming data from TMDB. Data refreshed 2026-10-03.

Want to discover more shows by their rating shape? Browse Rising Shows →