Arion (Japanese:アリオン) is a Japanesemanga series written and illustrated byYoshikazu Yasuhiko, published inTokuma Shoten'sseinen manga magazineMonthly Comic Ryū from May 1979 to November 1984, with its chapters collected in fivetankōbon volumes. A young man kidnapped byHades as a child and raised to believe that his mother was blinded byZeus and that killing the ruler of Mount Olympus will cure her.
Ananimefeature film adaptation, directed by Yasuhiko and co-written with Akiko Tanaka, was released in 1986 under the titleNeo Heroic Fantasia: Arion[a],[3] and has been licensed byDiscotek Media.[2][4]
^ab"The Anime Review".The Anime Review.Archived from the original on 2021-09-14. Retrieved2021-09-14.This is not really a huge concern, however, because Arion is really about telling a compelling, epic-sized action adventure story.
^abSurat, Daryl (November 24, 2021)."Arion: Collector's Edition [Anime Review]".Otaku USA Magazine. RetrievedJuly 11, 2024.This sets Arion upon an epic journey in which the pantheon of Olympian gods gets slaughtered wholesale,