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Saint Seiya: Kaiō Saiki - Rerise of Poseidon Manga Moves to Bimonthly Publishing Schedule
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The September issue of Akita Shoten's Champion RED magazine announced on Friday that Tsunaki Suda's Saint Seiya: Kaiō Saiki - Rerise of Poseidon manga spinoff of Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya will switch to a bimonthly publishing schedule after the December issue, which ships in October.
The manga's story begins when a new threat arises while Athena's warriors are busy fighting Hades. To combat the new threat, Poseidon, the emperor of the sea, awakens.
Suda launched the series in Akita Shoten's Champion RED magazine in September 2022.
Kurumada published the original Saint Seiya manga from 1986 to 1990. The manga has inspired a number of television anime, original video anime projects, anime films, and spinoff manga. The original series has 35 million copies in print. The Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō spinoff manga also has an anime.
Viz Media published the original manga in English under the title Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac. ADV Films released Toei Animation's anime adaptation with an English Dub under the title Knights of the Zodiac, and later released it unedited under the title Saint Seiya. New Video Group later also released the series on DVD.
Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya, the CG anime remake based on the original manga, debuted worldwide in July 2019. Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac - Battle for Sanctuary -, the second season, debuted in July 2021. Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac - Battle for Sanctuary - Part 2, the next part, premiered on April 1.
A live-action film of the manga titled Knights of the Zodiac opened in 2023.
Source: Champion RED September issue
