Orpheus

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Birthplace: Greece
Techniques: Stringer Requiem
Seiyuu: Yuji Mitsuya (三ツ矢雄二, みつやゆうじ)

Orpheus is the Saint of Lyra, his class have only been confirmed with a question mark as Silver.^[1] Orpheus appeared in the first Saint Seiya movie called "Jashin Eris" were he was part of a group of revived Saints called "Ghost Five".

Plot Overview

The legendary mythical person himself, as expressed by Andromeda Shun.^[1] After his failure to bring Eurydice back, he died with regrets. This led to him gladly taking Eris' offer and being revived in a new body.^[1] As he faced Shun, Orpheus seemed to be a calm and subtle person, but as the fight progressed, he showed his evil side. After ensnaring and almost killing Shun with his Stringer Requiem, Orpheus was cut short by Phoenix Ikki's arrival. Ikki attacked with his Houou Genma Ken, but since Orpheus had already suffered through hell, he brushed the attack off easily. Wasting no time, Orpheus attacked with his Stringer Requiem again, but this time Ikki unleashed his Houyoku Tensho and Orpheus was killed.

Concept & Creation

With the success of the Saint Seiya franchise in both anime & manga form, a movie was proposed by Toei. Masami Kurumada participated in the production and after 3 months he contributed with the new Saints. Orpheus is named after Orpheus from the Greek myths, he also proclaims to be the real one. The Lyra Cloth was created by Kurumada for the movie and would later later appeared in the original story,