Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris arrived in 1987 as one of the theatrical features Toei produced alongside its long-running television adaptation of Masami Kurumada's manga. These films gave the Bronze Saints a self-contained arc outside weekly serialization, letting animators indulge in higher production values for key sequences. For fans, the movie era of Saint Seiya represents a bridge between the original broadcast run and the franchise's growing international audience, making surviving 35mm material from these releases a tangible link to the show's theatrical distribution history in Japan.
This cell carries Saori Kido, the human identity of Athena and the emotional anchor around whom the five Saints orbit. She rarely fights herself, so any frame bearing her name draws interest as a marker of the story's stakes rather than its action. A cell simply labeled with her name suggests a quieter beat in the film's pacing, the kind of character-grounding moment studios preserved for reference or promotion. Collectors seek her out precisely because her presence signals narrative weight without spectacle, a still point collectors can place at the emotional center of the reel.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris (1987).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched edges appear clean with no visible tearing.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the bottom edge between the perforations and the frame line, appearing as a dual variable-area (bilateral) pattern.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
The base appears with a slight warm-amber tint consistent with processed colour print stock; the dye image reads as saturated with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
Light vertical scratch lines are visible across the frame area, consistent with a projected print.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be from the same continuous shot with no visible cut between them, and the animated style and character design are consistent with the film on record.
Era check
The bilateral variable-area optical soundtrack, colour print stock with amber base, and saturated dye image are all consistent with a theatrical release print from the late 1980s.
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 000063026
Original Film CaptureAs received
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