Arion (manga)
Arion (アリオン) was a 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.
| Arion | |
 Cover of the last Japanese volume of Arion, published in 1985 | |
| アリオン | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Written by | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Akiko Tanaka |
| 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.
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
External links
- Arion (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Arion (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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