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Arion (manga)

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Arion
Fifth tankōbon volume cover, published in 1985.
アリオン
Genre
Manga
Written byYoshikazu Yasuhiko
Published byTokuma Shoten
MagazineMonthly Comic Ryū
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 20, 1979 – November 1, 1984
Volumes5
Anime film
Neo Heroic Fantasia: Arion
Directed byYoshikazu Yasuhiko
Produced by
  • Hideo Ogata
  • Tetsuhisa Yamada
  • Hironori Nakagawa
Written by
  • Chiaki Kawamata (composition)
  • Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Akiko Tanaka (screenplay)
Music byJoe Hisaishi
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
ReleasedMarch 15, 1986
Runtime118 minutes

Arion (Japanese: アリオン) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, published in Tokuma Shoten's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū from May 1979 to November 1984, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes. A young man kidnapped by Hades as a child and raised to believe that his mother was blinded by Zeus and that killing the ruler of Mount Olympus will cure her.

An anime feature film adaptation, directed by Yasuhiko and co-written with Akiko Tanaka, was released in 1986 under the title Neo Heroic Fantasia: Arion[a],[3] and has been licensed by Discotek Media.[2][4]

Cast

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Publication

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Written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Arion was serialized in Tokuma Shoten's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū from May 20, 1979,[5][6] to November 1, 1984.[7][8] Tokuma Shoten collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, published from November 10, 1980,[9] to January 10, 1985.[10]

The manga has been licensed in France by publisher naBan,[11] and in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing.[12]

Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese: ネオ・ヒロイック・ファンタジア　アリオン

Further reading

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  • "Arion Vol.1 : Critiques". Manga News (in French). July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  • "Critique Manga Arion #1". Manga Sanctuary (in French). August 28, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  • "Critique Manga Arion #2". Manga Sanctuary (in French). October 12, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2024.

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Anime Review". The Anime Review. Archived from the original on 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2021-09-14. This is not really a huge concern, however, because Arion is really about telling a compelling, epic-sized action adventure story.
  2. ^ a b Surat, Daryl (November 24, 2021). "Arion: Collector's Edition [Anime Review]". Otaku USA Magazine. Retrieved July 11, 2024. This sets Arion upon an epic journey in which the pantheon of Olympian gods gets slaughtered wholesale,
  3. ^ アリオン (1986) - Sunrise World, 15 March 1986, archived from the original on 27 February 2024, retrieved 26 February 2024
  4. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (December 14, 2020). "Discotek Licenses Kodocha, KenIchi, Daimos, Black Rock Shooter". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 15, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  5. ^ リュウ 1979年 表示号数1. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  6. ^ もくじ [Contents]. Monthly Comic Ryū (in Japanese). No. 1. Tokuma Shoten. 1979. Table of contents. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  7. ^ リュウ 1984年 表示号数11. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  8. ^ もくじ [Contents]. Monthly Comic Ryū (in Japanese). No. 32. Tokuma Shoten. 1984. Table of contents. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  9. ^ アリオン 1. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  10. ^ アリオン 5. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  11. ^ "Une date pour le manga Arion", Manga News (in French), June 6, 2023, archived from the original on March 22, 2024, retrieved March 29, 2024
  12. ^ "漫畫書籍資料". Tong Li Publishing (in Chinese). Archived from the original on March 2, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
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