English Dub Review: Saint Seiya: Battle for Sanctuary “Rebirth of the Rising Dragon”

Overview:

Long concludes his battle with Deathmask. Afterwards, Seiya comes face to face with Aioria.

Our Take:

Long continues to fight Deathmask in the land of the dead. Deathmask disposes of lost souls that he killed and after a while, his armor deserts him. Long fights without his armor as well, unleashes the full force of his Cosmo, and defeats Deathmask.

Shaun finds him and when he comes to, Long finds out that Dohko and Shunrei are fine. Not only that, but Long’s eyesight has been restored. Long and Shaun then go search for Magnus.

Meanwhile, Seiya enters the temple of Leo. He sees Aioria, who has already pledged his allegiance to Athena. However, the grandmaster has taken control of his mind. This causes him to attack Seiya and Seiya has no choice but to fight back.

The fight scenes in this episode are decent enough. Considering this episode is mostly action, I don’t have much to say about the plot. It was nice to see Deathmask get thrown into the pits of Hell and it’s nice that Long can see again. Otherwise, this is just another decent episode with some solid action.