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Masami Kurumada has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle.
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The plot involves the coming of Lucifer to the Sanctuary, where his underlings systematically dispose of the surviving Gold Saints. Athena goes to Lucifer to ask for peace, placing herself in peril. The Bronze Saints must then come to her rescue, destroying Lucifer's Fallen Angels (Seima Tenshi in Japanese) in the process.
Dir. Masayuki Akehi · With Toru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Koichi Hashimoto

After the bloody battle against Hades, the goddess Athena and her saints are still recovering when they find themselves face to face with their newest and most formidable foe: the dreadful moon goddess Artemis. Artemis replaces Athena as the earth guardian deity and takes over the Sanctuary, turning Athena's Saints into her servants. Upon invading the Sanctuary, the Bronze Saints learn that Athena was banished by Artemis and decide to fight the moon goddess in order to rescue their true goddess and free the Earth from Artemis's ominous control.
Dir. Shigeyasu Yamauchi · With Toru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Koichi Hashimoto
An anime-original spin-off/sequel based on the Saint Seiya series: The god of war and guardian of his namesake planet, Mars, was once sealed away by Seiya, but time has passed and his revival is at hand. Meanwhile, Saori Kido is raising the boy Kouga, whose life Seiya saved, and he's been training every day to become a Saint in order to prepare for the coming crisis. Unaware of his destiny, when Kouga awakens to the power of his Cosmo hidden inside him, the curtain will rise upon the legend of a new Saint.
Dir. Masami Kurumada · With Hikaru Midorikawa, Katsuyuki Konishi, Tetsuya Kakihara