Arion (manga) explained

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, published in Tokuma Shoten's manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū from May 1979 to November 1984, with its chapters collected in five 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, and has been licensed by Discotek Media.^[1]

Cast

• Shigeru Nakahara - Arion
• Miki Takahashi - Resphoina
• Mayumi Tanaka - Seneca
• Hirotaka Suzuoki - Apollo
• Masako Katsuki - Athena
• Chikao Ōtsuka - Hades
• Kiyoshi Kobayashi - Poseidon
• Masanobu Ōkubo - Zeus
• Ichirō Nagai - Lycaon
• Reiko Mutō - Demeter
• Hideyuki Tanaka - Prometheus
• Kazue Komiya - Arion (young)
• Ryōko Kinomiya - Gaia
• Toku Nishio - Gido
• Daisuke Gōri - Heracles
• Bin Shimada - Ares
• Takako Ōta - Pio
• Kōhei Miyauchi - Ethos
• Hisako Kyōda - Ethos' Wife
• Tomomichi Nishimura - Priest

Publication

Written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Arion was serialized in Tokuma Shoten's manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū from May 20, 1979,^{[2] [3]} to November 1, 1984.^{[4] [5]} Tokuma Shoten collected its chapters in five volumes, published from November 10, 1980,^[6] to January 10, 1985.^[7]

The manga has been licensed in France by publisher naBan, and in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing.^[8]

Further reading

• Web site: Arion Vol.1 : Critiques. July 27, 2023. Manga News. July 11, 2024. fr.
• Web site: Critique Manga Arion #1. August 28, 2023. Manga Sanctuary. July 11, 2024. fr.
• Web site: Critique Manga Arion #2. October 12, 2023. Manga Sanctuary. July 11, 2024. fr.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. December 14, 2020. Discotek Licenses Kodocha, KenIchi, Daimos, Black Rock Shooter. July 9, 2024. Anime News Network. December 15, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201215030114/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-14/discotek-licenses-kodocha-kenichi-daimos-black-rock-shooter/.167443. live.
2. Web site: ja:リュウ 1979年 表示号数1. https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M597051. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. July 11, 2024. https://archive.today/20240711161733/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M597051. July 11, 2024. ja. live.
3. ja:もくじ. Contents. https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1097213051. Monthly Comic Ryū. Tokuma Shoten. 1. 1979. July 11, 2024. ja. y. Table of contents.
4. Web site: ja:リュウ 1984年 表示号数11. https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M597018. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. July 11, 2024. https://archive.today/20240711161923/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M597018. July 11, 2024. ja. live.
5. ja:もくじ. Contents. https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1097213051. Monthly Comic Ryū. Tokuma Shoten. 32. 1984. July 11, 2024. ja. y. Table of contents.
6. Web site: ja:アリオン 1. https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M206636. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. July 11, 2024. https://archive.today/20240711162014/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M206636. July 11, 2024. ja. live.
7. Web site: ja:アリオン 5. https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M254989. Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. July 11, 2024. https://archive.today/20240711162136/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M254989. July 11, 2024. ja. live.
8. Web site: 漫畫書籍資料. Tong Li Publishing. July 11, 2024. zh. March 2, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240302041000/https://www.tongli.com.tw/BooksDetail.aspx?BD=DC01305. live.