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The Legendary Youths
Saint Seiya was created by Masami Kurumada in 1986; the story of Athena's Saints, young men and women who fought for the goddess wearing armour known as Cloths, each one representing a different astral constellation.
The original manga series consisted of 28 volumes, over three chapters. Soon enough, an anime was produced based on the manga, totalling 114 episodes and five movies, but only covering the original arc and Poseidon arc (which flanked the controversial Asgard filler arc). Years after both the manga and anime series had ended, the manga's finale, The Hades, was picked up for production as a 31 episode OVA.
Currently, there are three manga series that act as alternative backstories to the original Saint Seiya storyline. These began around the same time as The Hades OVA, and as a result the first two focus heavily on Athena's rivalry with Hades, giving alternative tellings of the previous Holy War two centuries ago; Lost Canvas, and Next Dimension, the latter of which is written and drawn by Kurumada. Episode G on the other hand, tells the tale of the current generation of Gold Saints in their youth, and their battle with the Titans.
