List of Saint Seiya Episode.G Characters - Creation and Conception

Creation and Conception

Most of the protagonists were originally created by Masami Kurumada, who introduced them in his 1986 manga Saint Seiya as supporting characters and, at one point, antagonists. In the first volume of Episode G, author Megumu Okada has commented that his intention was to write a prequel to the original story and critics have noted that he has done a good job in making the characters his own while staying true to their original concept. Okada adopted the colour schemes of either the original manga or its anime adaptation and used the same fighting techniques and mottoes that identified each character in Kurumada's manga. The story is full of dialogues and situations that reference back to the original manga. At the same time, Okada adds to their back-stories and renovates designs according to his personal drawing style. Characters appear more stylised, "anorexic and androgynous" in the words of Manga-News's critic, and are drawn with enhanced details, especially on clothing and armours. Entire scenes have been taken directly from Kurumada's work and replicated in Episode.G, with the only change being the drawing style.

The antagonists of Episode.G appear in the Saint Seiya franchise for the first time in this manga. Most are based on Greek mythology, but it is also possible to find a few characters inspired by Egyptian mythology. Some of the supporting characters also appear solely in this manga, while others, especially among the Silver Saints, were previously established in the Saint Seiya universe by Kurumada.