Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas

In the 18th century, Tenma is an orphan from an Italian village who becomes the Pegasus Bronze Saint. His best friend Alone, a gentle boy who is always painting, learns that he is the body Hades has chosen. Alone's sister Sasha is reborn as Athena and gathers her Saints for a new Holy War against the 108 Specters. Tenma fights to bring his friend back, even as Alone changes with every meeting. That generation's Gold Saints step in one by one, and several fall along the way. Hades starts painting the Lost Canvas across the sky, a picture that dooms the whole Earth. The anime stops in the middle of the war: the adaptation was never finished.

1. Behind the scenesAn author from shōjo manga

   Shiori Teshirogi drew manga for girls before The Lost Canvas. She traded ideas with Kurumada throughout the run to get the tone of a fighting manga right.

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2. Behind the scenesThe author wrote new scenes

   The anime sticks close to the manga, but Teshirogi wrote extra scenes just for the animated version.

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3. Behind the scenesThe war left half-told

   TMS released 26 episodes over two seasons, from 2009 to 2011, and stopped. The studio has said it has no plans to adapt the rest of the manga.

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