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FILM NOTES
Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris arrived in 1987 as one of the Toei theatrical features tied to the wildly popular Saint Seiya television run, screened for young audiences during a peak period for the franchise. These film outings expanded on the animated series with original antagonists and higher production stakes, offering fans a bigger canvas outside weekly episodes. The Eris feature stands among the earlier Saint Seiya films, valued today for representing the series during its first wave of theatrical adaptation and for the animation studio's continued hand in the property's visual identity during this era.
This cell preserves Saori Kido, the reincarnation of Athena and the guiding presence around whom the Bronze Saints rally. As a figure central to the mythology rather than a combatant herself, she anchors the emotional and narrative stakes of the story, making her a natural focal point for collectors assembling character-driven pieces from the franchise. A cell bearing her name from this particular feature ties directly to the film's own telling of the Eris conflict, offering a tangible link to Saori's presence within that specific theatrical entry rather than the broader television series.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris (1987).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on each edge; spacing appears even and the punched edges look clean throughout the strip.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the bottom edge beside the picture area, appearing as a dual-bilateral (two-track) waveform pattern.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any manufacturer code or key numbers.
Base & colour
The base shows a warm amber-to-clear tint typical of processed colour print stock; the dye image reads as a saturated positive with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No splices, cue marks or prominent scratches are visible in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be the same held or near-identical frame from one shot, consistent with a theatrical release print of the animated film on record.
Era check
The dual-bilateral variable-area optical soundtrack, warm colour print stock, and four-perforation 35mm format are all consistent with a 1987 Japanese theatrical release print predating digital soundtrack formats.
Read from the original intake capture shown below. Observations only — film is authenticated, not graded.
This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.
Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.
CROWN SERIAL 000063023
Original Film CaptureAs received
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