Arion
Ja kanjiアリオン
Genre
Arion (manga)
manga
AuthorYoshikazu Yasuhiko
PublisherTokuma Shoten
MagazineMonthly Comic Ryū
FirstMay 20, 1979
LastNovember 1, 1984
Volumes5
Neo Heroic Fantasia: Arion
film
DirectorYoshikazu Yasuhiko
Producer
  • Hideo Ogata
  • Tetsuhisa Yamada
  • Hironori Nakagawa
Writer
  • Chiaki Kawamata (composition)
  • Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Akiko Tanaka (screenplay)
MusicJoe Hisaishi
StudioNippon Sunrise
ReleasedMarch 15, 1986
Runtime118 minutes

Arion (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 (ネオ・ヒロイック・ファンタジア　アリオン)[3] and has been licensed by Discotek Media.[2][4]

Cast

Publication

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]

Further reading

References

  1. ^ "The Anime Review". The Anime Review. Archived 2021-09-14 at the Wayback Machine. 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. ^ 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 27 February 2024 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 26 February 2024
  4. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (December 14, 2020). "Discotek Licenses Kodocha, KenIchi, Daimos, Black Rock Shooter". Anime News Network. Archived December 15, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  5. ^ "ja:リュウ 1979年 表示号数1" (in Japanese). Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived July 11, 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "ja:もくじ" [Contents] (in Japanese). Monthly Comic Ryū. No. 1. Tokuma Shoten. 1979. p. Table of contents. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "ja:リュウ 1984年 表示号数11" (in Japanese). Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived July 11, 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  8. ^ "ja:もくじ" [Contents] (in Japanese). Monthly Comic Ryū. No. 32. Tokuma Shoten. 1984. p. Table of contents. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  9. ^ "ja:アリオン 1" (in Japanese). Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived July 11, 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  10. ^ "ja:アリオン 5" (in Japanese). Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived July 11, 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  11. ^ "Une date pour le manga Arion" (in French), Manga News, June 6, 2023, archived March 22, 2024 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved March 29, 2024
  12. ^ "漫畫書籍資料" (in Chinese). Tong Li Publishing. Archived March 2, 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 11, 2024.