The Knights of the Zodiac They have a new saga on their doorstep that will continue with the adventures of the protective warriors of athena. One particularity that stands out about these stories is that for the first time it will not come out in manga format, but they will appear as cartoons drawn in the style of the West.
According to what you review LaFM, Masami Kurumada is not the one in charge of writing these stories, so they can surely be taken out of the canon. However, the same mangaka Japanese, creator of The Knights of the Zodiac, gave the blessing for those who promoted this initiative to develop the project.
This new saga of the Knights of the Zodiac is called Saint Seiya: Time Odyssey. The person in charge of this new work is the French cartoonist Jerome Alquie. He will have Ar at his sidenaud Dollen and the Kana publishing house.
It is the first time that the Knights of the Zodiac saga is being worked on outside of Japan. And this is something that makes Kurumada happy, who was moved by the importance of his stories.
“I am very happy that the whole world loves Saint Seiya and that this series expresses itself beyond the ocean in a new format, that of the Franco-Belgian comic. The extremely delicate and meticulously drawn universe by Alquie as well as the story treated with a different approach than the manga gives me a lot of pleasure”, Kurumada said, according to the mentioned portal.
Knights of the Zodiac, Saint Seiya: Time Odyssey
Jerome Alquie has on his shoulders the responsibility of developing five volumes of this saga of the Knights of the Zodiac.
It is known that the title of the first will be “Phoenix among the flames of destiny”. Because of this name, the story would unfold around Phoenix Ikki and the dark past he had to go through to become a Bronze Saint.
The same cartoonist mentions that all the concepts that will appear in each of the volumes were developed based on Masami Kurumada’s recommendations. The first should come out on September 30.