Masami Kurumada to Publish Saint Seiya Tenkai-hen Manga's 4th Part on December 18

Akita Publishing 's Champion RED magazine announced on Wednesday that Masami Kurumada will publish the fourth part of the Saint Seiya Tenkai-hen ( Saint Seiya : The Heavens Arc) manga under the title " Saint Seiya Tenkai-hen Then IV " in the magazine's February issue on December 18. (The magazine's social media announcement included a text caption saying the date is December 16, but the announcement's image lists the correct date of December 18.)

The new Saint Seiya Tenkai-hen series is described as the "official" sequel of the Saint Seiya and Saint Seiya: Next Dimension - The Myth of Hades manga. The 2004 Saint Seiya Tenkai-hen Jōsō ~Overture~ film was also described as the official sequel to the Saint Seiya: Next Dimension - The Myth of Hades manga.

The " Saint Seiya Then" installments are also a sequel to the Saint Seiya : Next Dimension manga. Kurumada published the first " Saint Seiya Then: Haikyō no Hana" (Flowers of Ruin) installment in Weekly Shōnen Champion in November 2024, and published the second installment " Saint Seiya Then II: Shimei" (Mission) in Akita Shoten 's Champion RED magazine on December 19.

Kurumada launched the third part of the " Saint Seiya Then" manga on May 14.

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.

Saint Seiya: Next Dimension - The Myth of Hades launched in 2006 and ended in July 2024.

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 in April 2024.

A live-action film of the manga titled Knights of the Zodiac opened in 2023.

Kurumada announced in a press conference in Tokyo on September 2 that he has filed a lawsuit against a former board director and others from three of his companies for allegedly misappropriating funds without authorization. He is seeking an estimated 2.8 billion yen (about US$18 million) in damages.

Source: Champion RED 's X/ Twitter account