| Episodes: 13 | Score: 8.1 (47451)
Updated every at | Status: Finished Airing
Type: OVA
Producers:Akita Shoten
Synopsis
The sequel to Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa.
Voice Actors
Shimono, Hiro
Kobayashi, Sanae
Kakihara, Tetsuya
Hirano, Aya
Abe, Atsushi
Reviews
Cristina_Brat
This anime is so freaking good. I watched the entire Saint Seiya series plus the movies. I love this prequel. Shiori Teshirogi did an amazing job in creating the characters and story. I really want this anime to get a third season because it is brutally underrated. More people should know about Saint Seiya in general but sadly it isn't big in the West. If you're interested in starting Saint Seiya, I really recommend The Lost Canvas because it's short and does a fantastic job in explaining the gist of the holy wars. 10/10! PS. My favorite characters are Alone, Tenma, Albafica, Sisyphus, and Manigoldo!
MrAndersonX
I don't get why people voted so high for this anime... The characters are bleak, at best, as well as the story. Stuff usually just...Happens, with like a brief explanation or 5 seconds of informing the viewer that it just happens, I guess? It seemed interesting at first, with Hades + Athena's revival, but then the show just skips 2 years...Right off the bat? Now, I've seen this being done in Naruto, Fairy Tail, One Piece (the big 3) because, well, they have A LOT of episodes and time to explain characters/plots, etc., and they can (maybe) afford it (tho I still think it's one of theboldest and baddest moves generally made by anime/tv shows/movies), but to do it right off the bat in an anime like this...Well, there goes the character creation/struggle/progression part. And the "plot armor" employed more than a dozen times per episode really puts a strong emphasis on this. All in all, 1/10, and it's more than this show deserves. This score is only based on the promise this show had at the beginning and the potential to make some very interesting and entertaining characters, but it failed miserably.
SinCrow11
English version and then Spanish General: (7.35 / 10) The truth was very high expectations with this adaptation for the seriousness that this work took in what could be seen from the first installment of Lost Canvas and it keeps having those positive points such as animation and history but I feel that unfortunately under a step in when it comes to characters and overall enjoyment. Now with this brief introduction let's take a closer look ... Story: (7/10) We continue with the journey of Tenma and company in search of the castle of Hades to stop the holy war, while the golden saints are the true protagonists of theprogram and have to fight against the greatest forces of the army of Hades. So far so good and the story progresses at a slow but sure pace over its first chapters, unfortunately every time we get closer to the end of the saga, the battles begin to become super summarized and characterless as those of Capricorn vs " the 4 gods of time "or the greatest and most annoying example in my opinion," the battles between Hakurei vs Hypnos ", that Hypnos is supposed to be considered a very" god "like his brother Thanatos but that even many times we are even asked that Hypnos is far superior in not underestimating rivals and being careful unlike his twin. So how is it that he is suddenly defeated in just one move, and the battle against Thanatos was much tighter for the knights? It clearly doesn't make sense, but since they ran out of time they had to cut everything. Let's add to this fact the battle against Hades which is a key moment, and it only receives 10 minutes of the program that ends with a "death" of Dohko (which you actually know is not like that, since in SS he is still alive) and although leaves us a heartbreaking cry from Tenma I would have liked it to be more sentimental for the closing .. Art (8/10) I believe in this section it is still one of the pillars of the saga, since it creates a good impression on the viewer due to the fluid movements, and a good palette of dark colors to combine with certain moments of drama in the story. Sound (7/10) As in Art, it did not undergo too many changes unlike its first installment and particularly never or maybe it was only one, it was a memorable OST, when the universe of "SS" always got a great instrumental and OP. In particular I cannot get acquainted with either of the 2 but still consider that they approve Characters: (7.5 / 10) Here a little goes hand in hand with what I mentioned in the story, due to the lack of time there are characters who do not manage to get out of the golden hair and many others who only suffer a superficial development without too much effort at work as the case from Sisyphus, El sid and as Antagonist Hypnos. Excluding the previous ones, I consider that most of them fulfill their role well and without a doubt have been Manigoldo de Cancer and his teacher Sage of the most memorable of this saga. Enjoy: (7.25 / 10) Honestly, for a moment, a story was made a little slow and heavy but I knew that in the end it would be worth it, unfortunately when I reached chapter 13 I found only an open end of it and that clearly seem to have no intention of continuing this work, since that 9 years have passed since its broadcast, which bothers me a lot since it is a key adaptation related to the main series of "SS" and not to mention that with solids it had been proving to be the best of its universe for me. --------------------------- General : (7,35 / 10) La verdad tenia las espectativas muy altas con esta adaptación por la seriedad que se tomaron este trabajo en lo que se pudo observar de la primera entrega de Lost Canvas y conserva teniendo esos punto positivos como la animación e historia pero siento que desgraciadamente bajo un escalón en lo que respecta a personajes y disfrute en general. Ahora con esta breve introduccion analizemoslo mas detenidamente... Historia: (7 / 10) Seguimos con el viaje de Tenma y compañía en busca del castillo de Hades para detener la guerra santa, mientras que los santos dorados son los verdaderos protagonistas del programa y tienen que combatir contra las mayores fuerzas del ejercito de Hades. Hasta aquí todo bien y la historia avanza a un ritmo lento pero seguro sobre sus primeros capítulos, desgraciadamente cada vez que nos vamos acercan hacia el final de la saga, las batallas comienzan a tornarse super resumidas y faltas de caracter como las de Capricornio vs "los 4 dioses del tiempo" o el mayor ejemplo y mas molesto a mi parecer, "la batallas entre Hakurei vs Hypnos", que se supone que Hypnos es considerado un mismísimo "dios" como su hermano Thanatos pero que inclusive muchas veces se nos plantea que Hypnos es muy superior en no subestimar rivales y ser cuidadoso al contrario de su gemelo. Entonces, ¿como es que de repente es derrotado en solo un movimiento sin mas, y la batalla contra Thanatos fue mucho mas reñida para los caballeros? claramente no tiene sentido, pero como se quedaron sin tiempo tuvieron recortar todo. Sumemos a este hecho la batalla contra Hades que es un momento clave, y solo recibe 10 minutos de programa que finaliza con una "muerte" de Dohko (que en realidad sabes que no es así, ya que en SS continúa vivo) y si bien nos deja un grito desgarrador de Tenma me hubiera gustado fuera mas sentimental para el cierre.. Arte (8 / 10) Creo en este apartado sigue siendo uno de los pilares de la saga, ya que crea una buena impresión en el espectador por los movimientos fluidos, y una buena paleta de colores oscuros para combinar con ciertos momentos de drama en la historia Sonido (7 / 10) Al igual que en el Arte no sufrió demasiado cambiados a diferencia de su primer entrega y particularmente nunca o tal vez solo fue uno, fue un OST memorable, cuando el universo de "SS" siempre obtuvo una gran instrumental y OP. En lo particular no puedo familiarizarme con ninguno de los 2 pero aun así considero que aprueban Personajes: (7,5 / 10) Aquí va un poco de la mano con lo que mencione de la historia, debido a la falta de tiempo hay personajes que no alcanzar a salir de los cabellos dorados y otros tantos que solo sufren un desarrollo superficial sin demasiado esfuerzo en el trabajo como el caso de Sisyphus,El sid y como Antagonista Hypnos. Excluyendo a los anteriores considero que en su mayoría cumplen bien su papel y mejor caballero sin dudas ah sido Manigoldo de Cancer y su maestro Sage de lo mas memorable de esta saga Disfrute: (7,25 / 10) Sinceramente algunos momento se me hizo una historia algo lenta y pesada pero que sabia que al final valdria la pena, desgraciadamente al llegar al capitulo 13 me encuentro solo con un final abierto del mismo y que claramente parecen no tener intenciones de continuar este trabajo, ya que han pasado 9 años de su emisión, lo que me fastidia bastante ya que es una adaptación clave relacionada a la serie principal de "SS" y sin mencionar que con solides venia demostrando ser lo mejor de su universo para mi persona.
SieghartTheMage
Continuation of the first season, unfortunately without a third, so far. As for the first 13 episodes, even in these there will be a high graphic quality, great characters and clashes (perhaps even better than the first part), between epic and dramatic drama of the Holy War of Lost Canvas, against the king of the underworld. STORY: 10 As mentioned before, there is the continuation of the war, which will see some very important clashes, namely those against the twin gods, Hypnos and Thanathos, two bastions of Hades' army. I don't go into details to avoid spoilers, but the development is epic, it deserves.I only congratulate the TMS studio for some narrative additions. Also in the first season there were additions, like some flashbacks (I think that of Hasgard), and the same is true here. Some additions like flashbacks, for Yuzuriha, Yato, Manigoldo and El Cid, and even the old masters, enrich the characters even more. The final part of the second season is slightly different from the manga, but details, not in meaning. The second season covers up to chapter 95 of the manga (concluded with 223). ART: 10 Excellent, like the first one. SOUND: 8 Perhaps less impressive, but good. CHARACTERS: 10 Manigoldo, El Cid, Sage, Hakurei, Thanathos, Hypnos. Nothing else to add, except for the characters already presented in the first part, with new developments. ENJOYMENT: 10 The continuation of the great war, again between epic battles, dramatic parentheses and sad sacrifices, among its great actors.
Japonesbr
Possa ser que pareça fanboysisse mas essa serie diferente de ômega é realmente maravilhosa pode parecer parecido com a serie original mas apesar disso ela continua a ter toques chamativos e diferentes, posso estar exagerando mas essa serie pode até competir com a série original, e oque me deixa perplexo a arte dela e melhor que ambas as séries tanto a original quanto a mais recente como o ômega e soul of gold mas oque destaca com certeza é a trilha sonora que realmente é uma das melhores que já ouvi além da dublagem ser bastante boa e combinar com a maioria dos personagens, apesardos personagens serem bastante parecidos com os personagens originais eles continuam a ter suas diferenças marcantes em suas historias, a luta também é algo para se impressionar, ela pode não ser tao bem feita como as do ômega mas os visuais e movimentos te deixam num estado que você não pode parar de ver
henriqueeidi
It's a decent anime, since the original Saint Seiya its not that good, we can see that Lost Canvas as the main animation of the series. The story it is like need to be, Athena VS Hades, saints vs specters, and all the fight to protect the planet Earth. The characters all pretty much have the same personality, the saints are good, and the specters are evil, i don't liked the characters, the protagonist. But there excessions, like Manigold was a really good character and that specter who fight with taurus, they are really excessions in that simple based good and evil personality. And there is too muchsentimentalism involved, which is pretty bad, i really hated that sentimentalism part in all the lost canvas.
jmoriarty84
In this installment, picking up from where the last series leaves off, there is more at stake, more danger, and it gets progressively darker but yet exciting at the same time. Though Tenma is officially the main character, the 3 acts that this story centers more around 3 gold saints. The 3 gold saints are Manigoldo, the Cancer saint, El Cid, the Capricorn saint, and Sisyphus, the Sagitaurrius saint. And even though their respective original series counterparts didn’t really have much screen time as lets say Saga, Mwu, or Milo did, these characters do a whole lot and demonstrate how fucking bad ass they are.Formally speaking, they really go in-depth with these characters and explore why they became saints and why they fight. Hypnos and Thanatos and are given a bigger role as opposed to their original series counterparts. Thanatos is still portrayed as brash, arrogant, and sadistic, and Hypnos is still calculating, manipulative and patient. Those qualities were shown with them in the original Saint Seiya manga, but they were more expanded upon in this season and the screen time in this series makes them more credible villains this time around since they really did almost nothing. OK, they did destroy 5 Gold cloths. That was cool and impacting for what little time they had last time. Tenma still maintains the archetypical qualities of a shounen hero but I like how these qualities are put in a much darker context. It shows he’s very caring, can be an idiot, and he may be idealistic but yet understands the hard side of life, and yet those qualities are why he doesn’t give up hope. He does have his moments in this series, but this installment belongs to the three gold saints and I don’t mind that. But the series ends at a cliffhanger, but when it ends, it gets really, really exciting because it comes to a point where even though they won a huge battle, the stakes are starting to get higher than ever before and it leaves you wanting for more. And I hope that a new installment is made soon now that the manga is over. The art and animation is more or less the same, but what really improves is the action. The action this time is just simply bad ass on a level that is just a few leagues below Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. Granted it is balls to the walls, but it relies a lot on wit, strategy, and being a man. From beginning to end there is countless tension and intensity. The fights perfectly mixes physical, psychological, mystical and spiritual demands to make the action consistently exciting. The characters are placed in battles where it’s the equivalent of a 60 year old Rocky Balboa taking on a young Apollo Creed, young Mr. T, young Hulk Hogan, an Ivan Drago on every performance enhancing drug imaginable, a loaded Tommy Gunn, and a hungry Mason Dixon all at once on the mean streets of Philly and yet chooses to fight on. Even though Saint Seiya is a re-telling of Greek mythology, the characters demonstrate a good combination of the spirit of the ancient Japanese samurai warrior with the all-American million-to-one underdog. Yeah, they may lose, but the fact they choose to face such a challenge is what makes it more admirable. This is most demonstrated with El Cid. Remember that Rocky analogy I made a few seconds ago, El Cid is who I was talking about and what he does is what made him my favorite character in Lost Canvas so far. Hell, he’s way cooler than Shuura in my book. Well, the style of the music and the songs used are still the same and I can’t go wrong with Realm of Athena, the best English anime song of all time that’s in the Japanese version. But early on in the series, I like how this organ song was more integrated into the action. At first, you think the music it is setting the mood, but it is of course not doing that for the audience, but for the victim in the TV screen itself. I like how this featured villain was playing an organ to manipulate people and it just really intensified the mood. The seiyuu cast is still appropriately splendid. I really can’t say anything about it that I already said in my review of the last season. The performances perfectly reflected the nature of their characters. I like how Hirano Aya is Athena/Sasha can’t always act as this school girl who needs to be in the remedial classes and shows she can be this leader in a time of war. I Well naturally, you do need to watch the first season first to get an understanding of the establishment of the main cast, specifically Tenma, Sasha, and Alone. But this season does a good job of re-establishing these characters in a certain way that may not be familiar to new audiences, but I do recommend watching this series from season 1 to get a better idea of course how the stakes got higher and how the danger gets more intense. Once again, I do like to state that you don’t really need any previous exposure to the original Saint Seiya series though it will help a lot. But at the same time, the previous exposure does add more. But hey, this series still defines what makes Saint Seiya awesome; explosive action, thrilling adventure, and awesome music that grabs you by the balls.
Hyperion720
The Story The Great holy war begin's again, the Goddess Athena must lead his warriors once more to save the world from Hades. The story begins with three characters, Tenma, Alone, and Sasha who all lived together, Tenma goes off to become a warrior of Athena called saints, Sasha finds out she is the 18th century reincarnation of Athena, Alone finds out he is the chosen vessel for Hades return. The CharactersTenma personality wise he's just kind of a hot blooded naruto like character not very much to him, but his connection with Alone as he tries to deal with his best friend becoming hades is interesting. Yato hes not really Tenma's friend, more of a rival character who shares the same goal as Tenma, protect Athena at any cost. Yuzuriha a female saint of higher ranking also follows Tenma and Yato, she is there to aid in anyway she can. Now for the best part of the show the gold saints, each has there own interesting backstory, with a long epic fights, the way they can develop these characters in a short time is amazing, while these characters don't last for very long in the story they all leave an impression on you. My Thoughts Let's start with the bad. The three main characters are just not that interesting and as cool as the gold saints are, They don't last long enough to get attached to them. At times the the animation can seem stiff when characters are just standing still talking. It starts kinda slow at the beginning. Now the good. The blending of Geek mythology and other various mythology works very well with the Stroy and environment. The art. It looks BEAUTIFUL,the animation and color in fight scenes looks amazing and epic, The design's for the characters and armor are for the most part great. The main villains are good, some have interesting character depth and backstory, some don't have much of story to them, but still manages to be fun characters with great fight scenes, Alone is interesting to watch as he slowly bends to Hades will while still having a connection with Tenma.
qrdel
The second season of Saint Seiya Lost Canvas just finished and I believe it's high time I took both series into consideration and shared my thoughts about them. Forgive me for collapsing the two into a single entity, but once the whole show is completed most reviewers will actually do the same. For starters, it's worth mentioning, that although the series has been up as an OVA for more than 2 years now, we are still only half-way through. This is because at the time the first episode was aired, the manga was still ongoing and only recently came to a spectacular end (at least forthose we have no experience with SS franchise), therefore the animators took their time to polish Lost Canvas OVA instead of come up with poinstless fillers, like most people would do. Thank you dearly for that. I believe that it's a good thing, that the series is split into 13-episode-long seasons which end at crucial moments in the series. By doing so, the studio managed to pace the title just exaclty right and omit adding extra content or re-cap episodes just to buy some time for the manga to gain the distance. However, now that the manga is finished I'm sincerely hoping that the two final seasons will be delivered sooner than the previous ones. Otherwise those will be really painfull 4 or so years... The story may appear a bit cliched with straightforward shounen backtracks at the first glance, but if one looks just a little bit deeper it may appear that the initial thoughts are somewhat invalid or distorted by the fact, that shounen series these days offer very little and in consequence blunt our-the viewers' hopes for new franchise(s). The grieveness of this idea is multiplied by the sincere lack of anything that would only little go beyond the accepted cliches of good guys fighting against bad guys. In Lost Canvas this small glimpse is represented not so much by the plot but by the characters and their overlapping development over the course of events. The authors are not scared by the fact that they have to deal with so many people (if we only consider the Golds it's 12 people already!!) and this accounts for supreme control over the content which appears on the screen. Every character gets his or her 5 minutes (the leads of course more), most motivations are solidly backgrounded and although some situations may apper too 'captain-obvious'-like, it's still refreshing to see the characters struggle not so much to defeat the enemy, but rather to survive in the end. Of course, this appears to be rather difficult in the rough SS world (sorry for the abbreviation, it's Saint Seiya obviously :] ) and people really die when they are killed, but it's for the best: we can move with the plot and grieve for all those who lost their lives, not necessarily reminiscenting about them every moment possible in every flashback possible (Hello there Naruto bozoos!). The characters' strength lies in their difference. Even among the Saints or the Specters you will rarely find the two alike characters. Sure, the Golds are obsessed with fighting (you can tell just by their spiky hairstyles though :> ) and the Specters are obsessed with killing the Golds (this, well, you can tell just by looking at them :] ). Both the teams fight for their own leaders though, and although I do understand why 12 men wearing gold pants are into a lovely 18-year-old goddess from the Age of Myth, I still find it difficult to accept the other side of the fence admiring a dark-haired boy who loves to lick blood from the floor or play with his puppy-of-a-cerberus. I also like the main character - the Pegasus Saint Tenma. He's a much better folly then his 20th century counterpart - Seiya, more decisive, less annoying and definitely more intelligent. He also appears to be slightly more talented than Seiya, which comes across as being crucial in some of the battles and saves his life on occasion. As we will learn from the upcoming seasons his background is also more solid than Seiya's and includes much more twists and wicked characters. Through the 90s' series Seiya appeared to be more of an 'accident' of a Saint, than a fated warrior whose destiny is to aid Athena in her final battle against Hades. Tenma is..., well exactly this definition with the small add-on: 'Oh Gods, I carry a torch both for Sasha and her brother Alone, who, erm, happen to be the Athena and the Hades'. Aside of that, he's a perfect protagonist. He shows up occasionally, isn't omnipotent and is far from being strong, even by the end of the series. He also understands, that since he cannot bring Alone back, he will have to take him down eventually. The other characters are also a far better counterparts to their younger brothers and sisters from Saint Seiya the original. That may be, because we live with these people and most of them serve as not only mentors for Tenma, but also a rather eloquent battle subjects. The original was, at this particular point really scarce. At least half of the Sanctuary warriors died in the initial battles against the Bronze, only to be later revived by Hades - thus we know very little about them in general. Another kudos should belong to two other protagonists: Sasha aka Athena and Alone aka Hades. They both play their roles splendidly, while introducing a more complex twists into the plot. Although you may find Sasha to be a bit too kind and extraverted at first, her 'alter ego' - Alone, is exactly the opposite. Cruel, decisive and a bit emotional version of one of the darkest and most well-known villains in the Mythology and yet you nearly believe in the world he's pointing at: without wars, killing and cruelty. The only problem is, this also means the world without humans. Graphically and soundwise the production nearly reaches perfection. Of course, it's an OVA, anything lower than perfection is unacceptable, but the studio put so much care and heart into making this beatifully drawn manga into something of this quality, that it cannot remain untold. Every aspect of it, starting from extra smooth animation, detailed drawings and beautiful backgrounds to nearly non-existent CGI is a work of art. There is not a single episode of a less format than it should be, and that's good. It's the kind of enjoyment many of us have been waiting for for nearly a decade. The graphics also prove, that making the series into OVA rather than regular TV show was a much better solution. By doing so, the animators could retain the original concepts and beauty of the manga without rush and with more money to spend. Action scenes are really good and some could easily become a good show-off for all those, who aim at superb quality but end up doing rubbish instead. Special attention is required when we want to discuss the way the Cloths (armors) look. It's a completely different level from the ones availbile in the old series. Although I do like the old designs, the new cloths, while retaining the spirit of the originals, are far better looking, slicker and more modern. The music is composed by Kaworu Wada, who made the entire OST for D-Gray man. Back in that show, I loved his creations and Lost Canvas is no different. The music is for most part fantastic, climatic and well suited with the tone of the series and the development of the characters. For some scenes you don't really notice it's there but for others it's crucial and without it the moment wouldn't be even half that good. A separate paragraph should also follow the opening and ending sequences - those are fabulous. At first, I didn't quite like them as I'm not a fan of the Japanese artists singing English lyrics. This time around, however, what I usually assume to be something weak turned out to be so good, that I tend use my utter singing abilities to perform it occasionally in bath :] (a joke). The Realm of Athena, obviously, is a living proof of the Japanese using English consciously and nearly flawlessly - and for only that, you should check it. The ending is also good, but it gets old pretty fast, on the contrary, The Realm of Athena is a neverending feat that, when pops up on my playlist, reminds me of this great series instantly. Voice acting is definitely the weakest part of the OVA, and although the studio hired pretty well-known people to do their work as seiyuus (Hirano Aya, Hiro Shimono, Tetsuya Kakihara) some parts just don't go too well with the epicness of the scenes. I tend to like Aya-san which voices Sasha and Tetsuya-san as Tenma, though. These two seiyuus really did their best to input as many emotions into their animated characters as possible and it paid off. It's really difficult to credit something which is still on-going, but I'll try to pass the final verdict. Lost Canvas is a v.good OVA series, mainly because it follows the manga consequently and consistently leaving aside no room for fillers or recap episodes. Therefore it borrows all the good and bad parts of the manga, while retaining the general idea intact. For a shounen it sure is refreshing, to see the series which ends in 200-- chapters rather than a thousand or so, but I still can't get this odd feeling off, that it's a sheer rip-off from the original series. Although you do get a lot of new characters, a more developed protagonists (Saoru from Kurumada's manga was very very weak) and a better development of the other Saints beside the Pegasus and his henchmen it still is a good old Saint Seiya show. Thus, if you have nothing against battles that end in one-two attacks, overpowered and shiny armors and are into beautiful animation, epic ost and memorable characters - the series is for you!
fedecala
Is my first review, english is not my first language, don´t be harsh XDDD. SS Lost Canvas, is like a dreamed SHONEN adaptation, nice animation, a real war, no plotkai. Shonen series should imitate lost canvas Im a classic Saint Seiya fan, but I consider Lost Canvas as the superior one. Now, first I will introduce people about saint seiya: This anime tells the story of the previous Holy War, taking place in the 18th century, 250 years before the original series, in the Saint Seiya universe. The story centers on the relation between Tenma, the Pegasus Saint and his beloved friends, Alone, who eventually becomes his greatest enemy,Hades and Sasha who became Athena. You don´t need to watch the original SS series. Characters 8 of 10. Tenma starts as the generic shonen hero, but the setting and certain events will turn Tenma in something different. The good thing about LC, is that the side characters the Gold Saint receive a lot of attention, they have interesting backgrounds, you will care about them. The specter (hades army) represent the opposite you will hate them, but they are awesome too. Alone is a hit or a miss, (wont spoil). Animation 9 of 10: Great Backgrounds, awesome character and cloth (designs), fluid combat scenes. Saint Seiya is more "skill based" and "shout my hax move type" than melee brawl. Soundtrack 8 0f 10: Good tunes, reall fits. But inferior to the original anime soundtrack. Setting 10 of 10: If you like mythology, unique clothes, badasses, also bishies (for the female fan). Epic holy war, there´s no clear victory, for both sides, BOTH SIDES HAVE LOSSES, something nowaday shonens don´t have
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