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Saint Seiya Lost Canvas
, also known as simply ''The Lost Canvas'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shiori Teshirogi. It is a Spin-off (media), spin-off based on the manga series ''Saint Seiya'', which was created, written and illustrated by Japanese author Masami Kurumada. ''The Lost Canvas'' was published by Akita Shoten in the ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' magazine since August 24, 2006, concluding after 223 chapters on April 6, 2011, with twenty-five ''tankōbon'' released. Originally envisioned as a comic book whose purpose was to work simultaneously with Kurumada's ''Saint Seiya: Next Dimension'' as a multi-angle interpretation of the shared elements of its storyline, which stems from an event mentioned in Kurumada's original ''Saint Seiya'' manga; the approach was quickly abandoned, as both works greatly diverged, Kurumada's ''Next Dimension'' stayed as the canonical telling of these events, and ''The Lost Canvas'' as a separate alternate retelling. The story takes place in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masami Kurumada
is a Japanese manga artist and writer, known for specializing in fighting manga featuring bishōnen and magical boy. He is the founder of the manga studio Kurumada Productions or Kurumadapro for short. He is famous as the creator/author of popular manga, such as ''Ring ni Kakero'', '' Fūma no Kojirō'', ''Saint Seiya'' and '' B't X''. His male protagonists are a reflection of the classical and modern society's archetype of the ''true men''. The male characters in his works often display very masculine qualities and traits, and pursue to achieve courage and manhood perfection through sacrifice, selflessness and true heroism. He has won the best success award with ''Saint Seiya'' and the best inspiration award with ''Ring ni Kakero''. Profile Kurumada's first work was ''Otoko Raku'' , which earned him an award in a manga contest for aspiring manga artist, and became assistant to professional manga artists. Some time later, he debuted as a professional manga artist in 1974 with hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |