Saint Seiya Episode.G

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Saint Seiya Episode.G


caption = Leo Aiolia on the cover of the first volume.
ja_name = 聖闘士星矢EPISODE.G
ja_name_trans = Seinto Seiya Episōdo Jī
genre = Adventure, DramaInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Megumu Okada, under commission by Masami Kurumada
publisher = flagicon|Japan Akita Shoten
publisher_other = flagicon|Brazil Conrad Editora
flagicon|Italy flagicon|France Panini Comics
flagicon|Spain Glénat
flagicon|Argentina Ivrea
demographic = Shōnen
magazine = Champion RED
first = December 19, 2002
last =
volumes = 14 + Volume 0

nihongo|"Saint Seiya Episode.G"|聖闘士星矢EPISODE.G|Seinto Seiya Episōdo Jī| is an ongoing manga published in the Champion Red magazine since December 2002. It is a derivative work of the original "Saint Seiya" manga, which was created, written and illustrated by renowned mangaka Masami Kurumada. Episode.G is set 7 years before the events at the beginning of the original "Saint Seiya" Manga, and 6 years after the death of the Gold Saint Sagittarius Aioros. Unlike the original series it is written and illustrated by Megumu Okada. As Kurumada only supervises it, its status as canon or not is unknown.

Plot introduction

In ancient times, the Titan Cronos (son of Uranus "the sky" and Gaia "the earth") and his wife Rhea gave birth to six children. Five of them were swallowed by Cronos, and only one was saved, Zeus, hidden from Cronos by Rhea. Upon reaching adulthood, Zeus forced his father to vomit the other five gods. Zeus, along with his brothers and sisters, decided to battle the Titans for control of the universe. Cronos and the other eleven Titans lost the battle and were sent to Tartarus.

Thousands of year later, in Greece, the Pope visited the room of the recently reincarnated infant Athena, with a golden dagger.

Before he can kill her, the Gold Saint Saggitarius Aiolos saved her, and unmasked the Pope. Aiolos, horrified, fled. The Pope then declared him a traitor to the Sanctuary, and had Capricorn Shura murder him.

This caused his younger brother, Leo Aiolia, to grow under the shadow of his "traitor" brother, suffering from all manner of abuse and scorn.

It left him with a grudge against the Gold Saints and Sanctuary as a whole, which caused the Pope and most of the Sanctuary to distrust him.

To make things worse, the enemies of Zeus, the Titans, were revived and began to seek vengeance against him and the Sanctuary. This marked the start of Aiola's story and the battle of the Gold Saints against the Titans.

Gaiden

The tankōbon usually contain short gaiden, which tell the stories of other characters. Some have little relevance to the overall plot of Episode.G, with characters that play no part in the main story.

In October 2007, a new Gaiden series started being published with Episode G. This new Gaiden series is situated a few years before the main plot, and details the exploits of Saggitarius Aiolos in Egypt. [ [http://saintseiya.cl/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1193078227&archive=&start_from=&ucat=36&page=5&page=2&page=1&page=5&page=3] Accessed 2008-28-11.] A younger Aiolia and Garan also appear in this story. [ [http://saintseiya.cl/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1195706644&archive=&start_from=&ucat=36&page=2] Accessed on 2008-28-11.] The story about Aiolos will appear in special volume of Episode G called "Volume 0" that is set to be released on May 20th from 2008. The "Volume 0" will also contain an encyclopedia of all the manga from Episode.G.

tyle

Saint Seiya Episode.G is different than its predecessor in that is drawn and written by Megumu Okada (岡田芽武). Masami Kurumada (車田正美) gave the original idea of the "Gold Saints' youth" to Okada.

Megumu Okada draws his characters much more stylised than Kurumada, with thin and slender bodies, big eyes, and little noses. One noteworthy thing about Okada's style is the amount of tone and detail he puts into his characters; everything is toned in some shape or form. Comedy scenes are seen more than in the original manga and in these scenes the characters are drew in a super deformed state. Although he was blonde in Kurumada's original work, Leo Aiolia's hair is red in this manga (though there is a plot-related explanation), so as to differentiate him from his older brother, Saggitarius Aiolos. [ [http://www.ssiceplanet.net/?dir=epg/index] Accessed 2008-29-11.]

Mythological adaptation

Episode.G is not entirely faithful to the mythological details it is based on, Many alterations have been made in order to pit the all the twelve first generation Titans against the Sanctuary. This include the fact that Oceanus and all Titanesses openly warred against the Olympains, and consequently earned them the same punishment as the other six Titans.

Episode G also portrays Titans as almost human. Most of the Titans are the very structures of the world itself and their sizes were, therefore, described as geographically large in mythology. However, Episode.G humanizes them, and depicts them in totally human appearances. Although, in the adaptation, their diminished divine forms and physical strength seemed to be compensated by their enormous black Cosmo, and their virtually unbreakable armors, given by Gaia, serving as both destructive weapons and almost impregnable defenses, called "Somas" (Soma, or σώμα, literally means "body" in Greek).

In Hesiod's Theogony, Erebus and Eros was born from Chaos alone, however, in Episode.G, adaptations were made and they became children of Gaia instead, along with Ouranos and Pontus. And Ourea, the other of Gaia's first generation children, is omitted from the story.

Characters

Chapter guide

This is the list of manga chapters of Saint Seiya Episode.G. In Japan, there are two versions of the Saint Seiya Episode.G volumes. One is the original version while the other a "Deluxe edition" that has a different version of the cover (most being only one Gold saint without Aiolia) and usually comes a large number of merchandise. [cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=5519&page=22|title=Saint Seiya Episode. G (manga)|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2008-02-14] Graphic novel list/header
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RelDate = May 20 2008
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ChapterList =
* Gaiden: The one who searches
* 1: The one who declares the start
* 2:
* 3: The one who returns the color of Chaos's water
* Galaxian Encyclopedia
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Sagittarius Aiolos
* Leo Aiolia
* Hasegawa YoshikoGraphic novel list
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OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 1
RelDate = June 19 2003cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E9%97%98%E5%A3%AB%E6%98%9F%E7%9F%A2EPISODE%E3%83%BBG-%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3RED%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E8%BB%8A%E7%94%B0-%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/425323111X/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203187634&sr=1-5|title=聖闘士星矢EPISODE・G (チャンピオンREDコミックス) (コミック)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2008-02-14]
ISBN = 978-4253231114
ChapterList =
* 1: The big prologue
* 2: The golden boy
* 3: The one who regrets
* 4: The one who trips the light
* 5: The ones who assemble
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo AioliaGraphic novel list
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OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 2
RelDate = October 23 2003cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E9%97%98%E5%A3%AB%E6%98%9F%E7%9F%A2EPISODE-G-%E3%80%882%E5%B7%BB%E3%80%89-%E8%BB%8A%E7%94%B0-%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/4253231128/ref=pd_sim_b_njs_img_1|title=聖闘士星矢EPISODE. G 〈2巻〉 (コミック)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2008-02-14]
ISBN = 978-4253231121
ChapterList =
* Gaiden 1: The sacred war
* 6: That one black as the ebony
* 7: The one who controls the winds
* 8: The one who breaks bones
* 9: The one who repairs Clothes
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Virgo ShakaGraphic novel list
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OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 3
RelDate = February 19, 2004cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E9%97%98%E5%A3%AB%E6%98%9F%E7%9F%A2EPISODE-G-%E3%80%882%E5%B7%BB%E3%80%89-%E8%BB%8A%E7%94%B0-%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/4253231128/ref=pd_sim_b_njs_img_1|title=聖闘士星矢EPISODE・G 3 (3) (コミック)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2008-02-14]
ISBN = 978-4253231138
ChapterList =
* Gaiden 2: Saga
* 10: The one of Aries
* 11: The one who opens dimensions
* 12: The one who frees
* 13: The one who has the justice
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Aries MuGraphic novel list
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OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 4
RelDate = July 29, 2004cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E9%97%98%E5%A3%AB%E6%98%9F%E7%9F%A2EPISODE-G-4-%E8%BB%8A%E7%94%B0-%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/4253231144/ref=pd_sim_b_title_3|title=聖闘士星矢EPISODE.G (4) (コミック)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2008-02-14]
ISBN = 978-4253231145
ChapterList =
* Gaiden 3: Premonition
* 14: The giant one
* 15: The one with the golden fangs
* 16: The evil one
* 17: The one who takes the hells
* Gaiden 4: Aiolos
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Cancer DeathmaskGraphic novel list
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OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 5
RelDate = November 25 2004cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E9%97%98%E5%A3%AB%E6%98%9F%E7%9F%A2EPISODE-G-5-%E8%BB%8A%E7%94%B0-%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/4253231152/ref=pd_sim_b_title_1|title=聖闘士星矢EPISODE.G (5) (コミック)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2008-02-14]
ISBN = 978-4253231152
ChapterList =
*Gaiden 5. The golden wings
*18. The one who supports
*19. The one of the ancients
*20. The one who inherits
*21. The one who glorifies the destiny
*Gaiden 6. The one who does not believe in the destiny
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Saggitarius AiolosGraphic novel list
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OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 6
RelDate = April 29 2005cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E9%97%98%E5%A3%AB%E6%98%9F%E7%9F%A2EPISODE%E3%83%BBG-6-%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3RED%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E8%BB%8A%E7%94%B0-%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/4253231160/ref=pd_sim_b_img_2|title=聖闘士星矢EPISODE・G 6 (6) (チャンピオンREDコミックス) (コミック)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2008-02-14]
ISBN = 978-4253231169
ChapterList =
* Gaiden 7. Aiolia: My own sanctuary
* 22. The one who defeats the destinty
* 23. The one has my will
* 24. The one who entered in the area of the gods
* 25. The one who has stayed in the history
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Scorpio MiloGraphic novel list
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OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 7
RelDate = July 20 2005cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E9%97%98%E5%A3%AB%E6%98%9F%E7%9F%A2EPISODE%E3%83%BBG-7-%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3RED%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E8%BB%8A%E7%94%B0-%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/4253231179/ref=pd_sim_b_img_1|title=聖闘士星矢EPISODE・G 7 (7) (チャンピオンREDコミックス) (コミック)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2008-02-14]
ISBN = 978-4253231176
ChapterList =
* Gaiden 8. Shura: Shinning cut
* 26. The ones who reborn
* 27. The one whose emblem shines.
* 28. The one who cuts swords
* 29: The one who received the sacred sword
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Capricorn ShuraGraphic novel list
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OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 8
RelDate = December 20 2005cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E9%97%98%E5%A3%AB%E6%98%9F%E7%9F%A2EPISODE%E3%83%BBG-8-%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3RED%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E8%BB%8A%E7%94%B0-%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/4253231187/ref=pd_sim_b_img_1|title=聖闘士星矢EPISODE・G 8 (8) (チャンピオンREDコミックス) (コミック)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2008-02-14]
ISBN = 978-4253231183
ChapterList =
* Gaiden 9: The creatures of the abyss
* 30: The one who encounters
* 31: The sealed one
* 32: The one who uses lightnings
* 33: The one who does not possesses wings
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Gemini SagaGraphic novel list
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OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 9
RelDate = May 18 2006cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E9%97%98%E5%A3%AB%E6%98%9F%E7%9F%A2EPISODE%E3%83%BBG-9-%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3RED%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E8%BB%8A%E7%94%B0-%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/4253231195/ref=pd_sbs_b_title_4|title=聖闘士星矢EPISODE・G 9 (9) (チャンピオンREDコミックス) (コミック)|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2008-02-14]
ISBN = 978-4253231190
ChapterList =
*Gaiden 10: The one who goes on fast
*34: The one who judges
*35: The one who possesses brutal strength
*36: The one who creates the flow
*37: The one who makes it flows
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Taurus AldebaranGraphic novel list
LineColor = 009
OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 10 [The volume 10 contains an image gallery of eight pages instead of a Gaiden chapter]
RelDate = August 18 2006cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E9%97%98%E5%A3%AB%E6%98%9F%E7%9F%A2EPISODE%E3%83%BBG-10-%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3RED%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E8%BB%8A%E7%94%B0-%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/4253231209/ref=pd_sim_b_title_1|title=Saint Seiya Episode. G volume 10|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2008-02-14]
ISBN = 978-4253231206
ChapterList =
* 38: The one who chooses the gods
* 39: The one who steals spirits
* 40: The one of iron and death
* 41: The perfumed one
* 42: The one who creates the way of the glory
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Aquarius CamusGraphic novel list
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OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 11
RelDate = February 20 2007cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E9%97%98%E5%A3%AB%E6%98%9F%E7%9F%A2EPISODE%E3%83%BBG-11-%E8%BB%8A%E7%94%B0-%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/425323125X/ref=pd_sim_b_title_2|title=Saint Seiya Episode. G volume 12|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2008-02-14]
ISBN = 978-4253231251
ChapterList =
* Gaiden 11: The one who goes until the limit
* 43: The one chosen by the gods
* 44: The one who creates whirlwinds
* 45: The one who pays with the sacrifice
* 46. The one who believes in the future
* 47: The one who shelters in the cosmos
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Pisces AphroditeGraphic novel list
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OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 12
RelDate = February 20 2007cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E9%97%98%E5%A3%AB%E6%98%9F%E7%9F%A2EPISODE%E3%83%BBG-12-%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3RED%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E8%BB%8A%E7%94%B0-%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/4253231268/ref=pd_sim_b_img_1|title=Saint Seiya Episode. G volume 12|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2008-02-14]
ISBN = 978-4253231268
ChapterList =
* Gaiden 12: The one who moves around the time
* 48: The one who has the universe
* 49: The one who does not possesses a heart
* 50: The one who knows his true form
* 51: The one who saves everyone
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Libra DohkoGraphic novel list
LineColor = 009
OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 13
RelDate = December 20 2007cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E9%97%98%E5%A3%AB%E6%98%9F%E7%9F%A2EPISODE%E3%83%BBG-13-%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3RED%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E8%BB%8A%E7%94%B0-%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/4253231276/ref=pd_sbs_b_title_1|title=Saint Seiya Episode. G volume 13|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=2008-02-14]
ISBN = 978-4253231275
ChapterList =
* Gaiden 13: The one who stops the tears of blood
* 52: The one who keeps being a god
* 53: The one who breaks bonds
* 54: The ones who fight until death
* 55: The one takes out souls
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Dimension Iapetos
* Themis Graphic novel list
LineColor = 009
OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 14
RelDate = May 20 2008
ISBN = 978-4-253-23128-2
ChapterList =
* Gaiden 14:
* 56:
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Capricorn Shura
* Galaxy KreiosGraphic novel list
LineColor = 009
OneLanguage = yes
VolumeNumber = 15
RelDate = August 20 2008
ISBN =
ChapterList =
* Unknown
VolumeExtras = Cover characters:
* Leo Aiolia
* Dark Lightning Coeus

Notes and references

External links

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* [http://www.akitashoten.co.jp/index2.html Akita Shoten official website (japanese)]