Arion (manga)
Arion (アリオン) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, published in Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Comic Ryū from March 1979 to September 1984. The story follows Arion, 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.[1]
| Arion | |
|  Cover of the last Japanese volume of Arion, published in 1985. | |
| アリオン | |
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| Genre | Mythic fiction | 
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | 
| Published by | Tokuma Shoten | 
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Ryū | 
| Demographic | Seinen | 
| Original run | March 1979 – September 1984 | 
| Volumes | 5 | 
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | 
| Produced by | 
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| Written by | 
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| Music by | Joe Hisaishi | 
| Studio | Sunrise | 
| Licensed by | |
| Released | March 15, 1986 | 
| Runtime | 118 minutes | 
An animated feature film adaptation, written and directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, was released in 1986.[2]
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 - Gid
- Daisuke Gōri - Heracles
- Bin Shimada - Ares
- Takako Ōta - Pio
- Kōhei Miyauchi - Ethos
- Hisako Kyōda - Ethos' Wife
- Tomomichi Nishimura - Priest
References
    
- "The Anime Review". www.theanimereview.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- Arion (1986) - IMDb, 15 March 1986, retrieved 2021-09-14
External links
    
- Arion (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Arion (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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