Saint Seiya: details on the French comic revealed
Saint Seiya
Yesterday we mentioned that the French designer Jérôme Alquié would reveal some news on his Saint Seiya project, created together with Arnaud Dollen, during the day. Well, now we finally know in more detail what we should expect from this French comic, the first ever made for the franchise outside of Japan.Saint Seiya: what the work will be about
The interview with Jérôme Alquié took place on BFM TV's Twitch channel.The artist has revealed that the French comic of Saint Seiya will consist of 5 volumes that will be published over the next few years. The first will focus on the return of Ikki (Phoenix) during the saga of the Knights of Silver, for this reason an image of the knight was released yesterday, it will be presented at the Japan Expo in 2022 and will be enriched by a collector's edition with some extras.
As for the plot, the comic takes up the classic setting, exploiting and highlighting all those elements that have not been explored by Masami Kurumada, will present new characters, with new schemes of armor assembly.
Finally, as regards the graphic style, it will have both classic elements of the manga and elements taken from the anime, for example the colors will resume those of the anime.
Further information will be announced on December 12th.
About Jérôme Alquié
A fan of 1980s cartoons, he began his career making artbooks dedicated to series such as Saint Seiya, Ulysses 31 and Captain Harlock. He is known for the animated short about Saint Seiya's Hades Saga, which he presented at the Cartoonist fair in Toulon in 200.As Captain Harlock is his favorite manga, he collaborated remotely with Leiji Matsumoto himself (the creator of the character) to create a 3-issue comic series entitled Capitaine Albator: Mémoires de l'Arcadia (“Capitan Harlock: Memories of the Arcadia ") published by Kana and also available in Italy thanks to Planet Manga.
He has already worked together with Arnaud Dollen with whom he made the novel L'anneau des sept - La croisée des destins in 2002, and the comic book-surnaturels between 2011 and 2013.
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Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods
In Siberia, Hyōga saves a man that is being attacked. Injured, the man manages only to say something about Asgard. Some days later, Saori, Seiya, Shiryū and Shun are wondering about Hyōga and decide to go to Asgard to investigate. At Valhalla, the Lord of Asgard, Dolbar, says he has not heard of any Hyōga and neither has his right hand, Loki. However, at all times Seiya and the others can feel an evil cosmo emanating from Loki and the other Odin Saints called God Warriors. Shiryū, in particular, notices a familiar cosmo coming from Midgard, a mysterious, masked God Warrior. Dolbar makes it clear that he is trying to take control of both Asgard and the Sanctuary, imprisoning Athena in a strange dimension within the giant statue of Odin. Midgard reveals himself as Hyōga and tries to kill Shiryū to prove himself to Dolbar. Thus, it is the task of the Bronze Saints to defeat Dolbar, Loki and the rest of the God Warriors, to save Athena and Hyōga.
