Saint Seiya - The Lost Canvas

The crusades take place every 200 or so years between the goddess Athena and Hades, the lord of the underworld.

Golden Saints gather around the goddess Athena and her sanctuary in preparation for the new crusade against the underworld warriors.

Tenma and the other saintly warriors head towards an Italian town where the warriors of the underworld are gathered. Tenma realizes it is his hometown and worries about Alone's fate.

Though she learns of the death of Tenma and of her brother Alone's reincarnation as Hades, Sasha pushes away her sadness and steadfastly fulfills her role as Athena.

One of the three strongest Specters, Minos uses invisible puppet strings to invade the supposedly impenetrable sanctuary, killing Saints off one after the other.

Albafica fights against Minos with all his might, releasing the "crimson zone." However, even that is deflected by the Specter's armor, causing Albafica to finally fall.

Tenma and the others hear that the immortal Specters can be destroyed using berries from the goldenrain tree that grows in the underworld, so they quickly search for it.

After the goldenrain tree reacts to Tenma's rising cosmos and bears fruits, Asmita disappears. Tenma and the others gather the berries and flee from the underworld.

The Taurus Golden Saint Aldebaran uses his amazing strength to defeat the Specters as they attempt to close in on the sanctuary.

Aldebaran bears Kagaho's powerful attack and defeats him with the "Titan's Nova," a move so powerful it breaks the earth.

Tenma finally returns to the sanctuary and challenges Alone to a fight, only to have the tables turned.

The "Lost Canvas," a painting covering the whole sky, is said to destroy everyone on the earth when completed. Tenma hears that the once kind Alone is now trying to destroy all of humanity as Hades.

Tenma leaves the sanctuary and has resolved to fight on his own. However, on orders from the pope, he is stopped by the Cancer Golden Saint Manigoldo and locked in a cell.