Saint Seiya OVA Prequel Announced

Jeez, not another one! There's only been like nine thousand Saint Seiya anime adaptations in the last few decades; yet for some reason, somebody saw fit to plan another one for next year. An OVA, to be more precise, based on the Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa prequel manga that's been serialized since 2006.



This new Saint Seiya OVA is being announced in the Weekly Shonen Champion magazine, with a spring 2009 release date attached, and from what ANN writes...

"The mythical action manga's story is set in the middle of the 18th century, 243 years before the first Saint Seiya storyline. Artist Teshirogi focuses The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa on the friendship of Tenma and Alone - the previous incarnations of the characters Pegasus Seiya and Hades who would become mortal enemies in the original Saint Seiya. The manga and the upcoming anime also includes Sasha, the earlier incarnation of Athena."