Saint Seiya episode G

Holy Seiya Episode G ( 聖闘士星矢エピソード・ギ /EPISODE G) is a Manga inspired by Saint Seiya . The idea and the bases of the history are of Masami Kurumada but the treatment of this one and its drawing are ensured by Megumu Okada. It is published in France since September 2004 by the label Génération Comics of the editor Panini Comics.

He tells events former to the manga Saint Seiya (known in French under the title of the cartoon Knights of the Zodiac ). G of the title refers to the Gold , due to the fact that the main characters are the Chevaliers of Gold ( Gold Saints ).

Synopsis

In 1979, the Gold Knight of the Lion, Aiolia, supports the suspicion of the inhabitants of the Sanctuary since the treason and the death of his brother Aiolos. During this time, a powerful force prepares to attack the Sanctuary: the Titans want to release Cronos by taking again its weapon hidden in the Sanctuary.

Comments

Using secondary intrigues in the first volume, the series tries to explain how the Sanctuary continues to exist in the world of the end of the 20th century (what Saint Seiya tried to do with the first chapters before not preserving only that the fights between the Bronze Knights and the servants of unfavourable gods).

Moreover each volume of the manga comprises one or more interludes (or Gaiden) which explore or discover a little more the personality or the past of the main characters. The daily life with the Sanctuary there is also explored giving a little more body to work (to détrimant of the action and the combat some will say). Also, and contrary to the rather simplistic original series in this field, handling between the leaders of the various camps is many and frequent and tends to muddle the intrigue. Thus among Saga, Pontos and Cronos, it is difficult to know which handles which (or is made handle by which).

Side graphics, Saint Seiya Épisode G is one cannot Saint Seiya contrary to. If the original (in manga) suffered from a simplified graphics and techniques from drawings and framings largely inspired from the style from the Seventies, the episode G suffers contrary to a superabundance from the details and massive use of data processing. Thus the boards are very often overloaded and very dark when returned in levels of gray, which returns the deciphering of the rather difficult action. However, the covers and the interludes are printed colors.

Another thing which could reject the former readers of Seiya Saint is the design of the characters and the armours which is here very different from that of the original series. With bodies much finer, at the same time androgynes and muscular, it perhaps difficult with the first glance to recognize characters, who have certainly a few years less but which should not be different at this point. Gold Armours and of Money although of form similar are detailed also much and decorated that their Kurumadiens equivalents.

Main characters

The Sanctuary

In this history the Sanctuary represents the camps of the nice ones. Indeed, all the Knights or almost think that the reincarnation of Athéna is with the shelter of the walls of the Sanctuary and that Large Pope acts well in the name of the goddess.

Gold Knights

Bronze Knights

Money Knights

Other Characters

Galan - Intendant of the House of the Lion, tutor of Aiolia and old friendly of Aiolos. It lost its arm and its eye rights as a combatant this last.

Lithographies - Maidservant of the House of the Lion. Aiolia regards it as his/her little sister since it made the promise with the father of Lithographies to take care on his daughter.

Enemies

Titans

The clan of the Titans, composed of 6 men and 6 women, is the first generation of gods generated by Gaïa and Ouranos. Each of the 12 Titans carries one Sôma, a weapon which was given to them by the goddess Gaïa mother to help them in their fight against the Ouranos tyrant in mythological times. These weapons can beings used as such or can be carried like armours. In this case they confer a specific quality of the weapon on the carrier (ex: the fact of being able to carry sharp blows).

Following the rebellion of Zeus against Cronos, the Titans are locked up with the hells in the Tartar while Summoned it of Cronos, Megas Drepanon, an enormous scythe, is sealed under the gigantic statue of Athéna in the middle of the Sanctuary. The 11 others Sôma rest on the pedestal ones in the center of the ruins of what was the field of the Titans: Cronos Laburinthos.

Cronos of Time (Megas Drepanon/False) - the king of the Titans and the World before being détrôné by his son, Zeus, just like it had détrôné his Ouranos father to him. Cronos seems to be the instigator of the attempt at deicide of Saga against Athéna; it indeed gave a scraping-knife likely to him to kill out of the gods for this purpose. It is retained in a prison of flashes in the Tartar.

Hypérion the Black (Long Sword) - First Titan to have attacked the Sanctuary. Seem very related to Coeos.

Coeos of the Black Flash (Rapière) - Tries to prevent Shakka from restricting the émergeance Cosmos of the Titans in the world. Seem very related to Hypérion.

Japet of Dimensions (Sword with Double Edge) - was punished by Cronos to have attacked the refuge of Mû with Jamir without its permission.

Crios of the Galaxies (Scimitar) - was stopped by Shura at the time of its attack of the Sanctuary.

Ocean of the Currents (Pair of Daggers) - Stopped by Camus with the doors of the kingdom of the hells

Rhéa (Katar or Arab Dagger)

THEMIS (Lance)

Tethys (Mass)

Phoébé (?)

Theia (Crossbow)

Mnemosyne (Axe)

Giants

9 Giants were brought back to the life by Cronos to help the 12 Titans in their company to tear off Megas Drepanon with the guard of the Sanctuary.

Phoenikos Rhuax, Red Lava

Kyanos Phlox, the Non luminous flame

Leukotê Anemos, White Wind

Mixed Brontê, the Black Thunder

Phaios Spathê, the Gray Blade

Anthrakma Zugylos, Scarlet Mass

Mythological Monsters

The resurrection of the Titans and the emergence of their Cosmos in the world, associated with laughed magic at the Pontos god, revealed at our time creatures and characters of Greek mythology.

Minos - Former king de Crête. He holds the Greeks responsible for the fall of the Minoan Civilization.

Minotaure

Euryale - One of the three Gorgone S, is the sister of Jellyfish.

Hector - Hero defender of the town of Troy. He fell under the blows from Achilles.

Paramount Gods

Pontos (Sea) - Is responsible for the resurrection of the Titans but it seems to hide other reasons. In volume 10, one sees it in the presence of his " maîtresse" , Gaïa. The divinity of the Earth seems captive of an icy water and it is known as that the Gold Knights will bring back it in this world.

Volumes

The first edition of these volumes all were published by Panini Comics:

Volume September 1st, th and th 2004, ISBN 2-84538-386-X
Volume January 2nd, th and th 2005, ISBN 2-84538-409-2
Volume February 3rd, th and th 2005, ISBN 2-84538-449-1
Volume June 4th, th and th 2005, ISBN 2-84538-468-8
Volume August 5th, th and th 2005, ISBN 2-84538-498-X
Volume October 6th, th and th 2005, ISBN 2-84538-581-1
Volume February 7th, th and th 2006, ISBN 2-84538-624-9
Volume May 8th, th and th 2006, ISBN 2-84538-674-5
Volume October 9th, th and th 2006, ISBN 2-84538-794-6
Volume February 10th, th and th 2007, ISBN 2-84538-904-3
Volume November 11th, th and th 2007, ISBN 2-80940-151-9

See too

Internal bonds

For precise details on the Greek Mythology used freely by the series, to see:

Ouranos and Gaïa
Giant Titans

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