French artist Jérôme Alquié, Arnaud Dollen launches comics in 2022
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© 1985 Masami Kurumada (AKITASHOTEN) © Alquié – Dollen – Kana (Dargaud-Lombard sa)
Publisher Ablaze announced on Tuesday that it will launch the new Saint Seiya manga Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac-Time Odyssey, with the first issue to be released on Wednesday.
French artists Jérôme Alquié (Space Pirate Captain Harlock) and Arnaud Dollen (Surnaturels) are responsible for the story based on the franchise by Masami Kurumada, with Alquié also providing the art.
The company describes the story:
The goddess Athena and her knights, led by the famous Seiya, are called back into action once again when Chronos, the god of time, intends to join the other gods of Olympus. To do so, he built the Doomsday Clock that allowed him to change the past, present, and future, putting the knights and Earth itself in danger!
The series will feature cover variants by industry artists such as Gerald Parel, Jon Lam, Creees Lee, Ramon Perez and others.
The manga debuted in Akita Shoten’s Champion RED magazine in July 2022 and officially launched in France in September 2022.
Kurumada published the original Saint Seiya manga from 1986 to 1990. The manga has inspired several television anime, original anime video projects, animated films, and spin-off manga. The original series has 35 million copies in print. Spin-off manga Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō also has an anime.
Viz Media published the original manga in English under the title Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac. ADV Films released Toei Animation’s anime adaptation with an English dub under the title Knights of the Zodiac, and later released it under the title Saint Seiya. New Video Group later released the series on DVD as well.
Crunchyroll began streaming Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac-Battle for Sanctuary-, the second season of the CG anime remake, in July 2022. The first season, consisting of the first six episodes, debuted worldwide in July 2019. The anime’s first 12-episode season covers the story from the Galaxian Wars to Silver Saints arcs of the manga. The anime will have a third season.
The comic series is inspired by a live-action Hollywood movie titled Knights of the Zodiac. The film opened in the US on May 12. The film grossed an estimated $535,000, ranking 11th at the box office in its opening weekend in the US.
Source: Press release