How gory is Saint Seiya?

Light gore and strong violence.

What is Saint Seiya rated, and is it OK for kids?

Not for every kid. The TV-PG undersells strong violence.

Saint Seiya (1986)

Series · 24m episodes · Rated TV-PG · In Japanese

Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Drama, Fantasy, Foreign (non-English), Sci-Fi

Young warriors channel cosmic power, battling for a goddess in brisk, epic adventures.

A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Streaming on Crunchyroll.

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Saint Seiya parents guide

For a TV-PG, this one goes further: strong violence and light gore. Beyond that, mild language and nothing scary.

Our estimate: fine from about 13, higher than the TV-PG suggests, because of the violence.

Scare: Not scary
Jump scares: None noted
Gore: Light gore; Some blood or injury, briefly.
Violence: Strong violence; Violence is frequent or intense.
Sex and nudity: None noted
Language: Mild; Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

How gory is Saint Seiya?: Light gore and strong violence.
What is Saint Seiya rated, and is it OK for kids?: Not for every kid. The TV-PG undersells strong violence.

What is Saint Seiya about?

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.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

It leaves things open rather than tying them up.