History Awesome / SaintSeiya

* Some awesome music has been created for the series. There's the fan cover of ''Soldier Dream'' featuring Yama-B (ex- Music/{{Galneryus}}, Music/{{Gunbridge}}) and Rodrigo Rossi of Opus V, and then there's the official song of the 2014 CG movie, ''Hero,'' composed and performed by none other than ''Music/YoshikiHayashi.''
** And some of the OP and ED's for the original series are performed by ''Music/HironobuKageyama''

** Don't forget that this is the same boy that was willing to put his Cosmo on the line in order to help Hyoga revive after his fight with Camus. A boy this caring and gentle doesn't need to be on this team, but damn if he isn't a great asset anyway.

** A more subtle one, overlapping with SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}: when after she and Seiya take a SuicidalGotcha to escape Shaina and another Silver Saint and gain time, she faces a ''very'' upset [[{{Yandere}} and jealous]] Shaina with all the tranquility of the world, ignoring her insults and pretty much telling her "I cannot fight, yes, but no way I'm abandoning Seiya after he got himself almost killed for me". This is a sweet girl without ''any'' fighting skills, who is facing a very arrogant and strong DarkActionGirl without even batting an eyelid, in a situation where almost any other girl would faint out of fear. That proves that [[PluckyGirl Saori]]'s got huge balls, erm, BoobsOfSteel, dammit.

** Athena's Pope detailing what Seiya and Cassios go through for the right to a mere Bronze Cloth - that is, fighting ''giants''. Hundreds tried, but only Seiya and Cassios survived and won.

* The climax of Shiryu vs Black Dragon, where both of them become enormous Eastern Dragons wrestling and fighting through the sky, ''burrowing through mountains and hillsides and causing volcanic eruptions'', all to the tune of [[https://youtu.be/6UXj21F9JrQ some of the finest 80's Butt Rock ever created]].

* A bit of a Meta example but every Poseidon episode animated by Araki and Himeno is a Crowner if only for the sheer drawing and animation quality, which by then had its standards set by the awesome Abel movie.

* A Meta example: The ''Legend of the Crimson Youth'' is a crowner for animated movies for its time. It has absolutely gorgeous SceneryPorn, SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic all over the place, and a level of animation quality that involved an insane budget for the time. It is to this day remembered very fondly, as it even surpasses the 200x Hades {{OVA}}s and the 2004 Tenkai-hen movie in quality.
** Incidentally, the rematches (Shiryu VS Deathmask, Shun/Ikki VS Aphrodite, Seiya VS Saga) mean that fans were FINALLY able to see some fights animated in Araki/Himeno quality with a movie budget!
** Of note is the mother of HeroicSecondWind moments when Seiya, after having been in a depressive funk for most of the movie, gets up and takes out Saga again.
*** Directly followed up by another moment against Atlas, standing up again from the DespairEventHorizon after another CurbStompBattle, this time surrounded by the warm glow of a golden Cosmo. The music goes from outright depressing as the last standing man falls, before lightening up, like an ode to undying hope. "Our bodies may be broken, but Cosmo is eternal", all right. If this was not before the Hades saga, Seiya would have had his own God Cloth at this very moment, but the shout of "BURN, MY COSMO!" and the Sagittarius Cloth coming to his aid, before being joined by Shiryu and Hyoga, and respectively the Libra Cloth and the Aquarius Cloth, all make for a very poignant moment. Seiya, Shiryu and Hyoga proceed to return the CurbStompBattle favor with a lot of gusto.
** When Seiya tries to match powers with [[PhysicalGod Abel]], being hit by his own attacks, yet powering through and coming back for more. Abel has the mother of ThisCannotBe moments as he realizes how fearless Seiya is, thinking he can overpower a God, and Abel ends up doubting he MIGHT just succeed!
** The final moment of the fight where Seiya proceeds to unleash the Golden Arrow on Abel. He faces a lot of mixed emotions, and is visibly torn between confusion, anger, yet a desire to acknowledge Seiya for his valor. This last emotion jolts him into deciding he has to put down Seiya for trying to surpass him. Extra points for Seiya actually SUCCEEDING!

* A couple more at the beginning of the Asgard filler arc. The BrainwashedAndCrazy Polaris Hilda attacks with a a lightning powered silver bolt. Cue all the Bronze Saints jumping out of the way, and when it seems that Saori is going to be hit she calmly unleashes her own golden bolt attack to protect herself. A little later, while Saori is acting again as a BarrierMaiden to prevent the northern ice cap to melt due to Hilda neglecting her duties, the God Warrior Thor attacks her with his Mjolnir (which is basically [[AnAxeToGrind a double axe]] that works as a boomerang). The blade comes a hair width from Saori's throat, and then gets pushed back to the sender by her Cosmo. [[WorthyOpponent Thor himself]] is impressed and says "she ''really'' deserves being named Athena". And in both moments, [[PluckyGirl Saori]] does this [[DissonantSerenity without even]] [[NervesOfSteel batting an eyelid.]]

** Despite some problems with name pronunciations and how many of the actors there were either new to the VA scene or not familiar with anime dubbing until then, the original Latin-American Spanish dub is pretty nice as well. There's a reason why many of the performances eventually became {{Star making role}}s.

*** And then... He goes and awakens the Seventh Sense. He did not get the lecture from Mu, this was all Ikki on his own. And then, the clincher: Ikki explains he understood the logic behind Shaka's EnlightenmentSuperpowers: depriving himself of one of his senses to increase his power, and he applied it to himself, UpToEleven. Shaka is aghast that anyone would go through that sort of pain to win, and this prompts his eventual HeelFaceTurn.

** For Shaina, because after some initial trouble she ''mauled'' Seiya, and by the time they're finished she's a bit winded while her opponent is bleeding and defenseless.

** Athena's Pope detailing what Seiya and Cassios go through for the right to a mere Bronze Cloth;