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Arion (manga)

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Arion
アリオン
GenreMythic fiction
Manga
Written byYoshikazu Yasuhiko
Published byTokuma Shoten
MagazineMonthly Comic Ryū
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 1979September 1984
Volumes5
Anime
Directed byYoshikazu Yasuhiko
Written byYoshikazu Yasuhiko
Akiko Tanaka
StudioSunrise
ReleasedMarch 1986

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.

An animated feature film adaptation, written and directed by Yasuhiko, was released in 1986.