Titan Manga has announced that it licensed the Saint Seiya: Dark Wing manga series for release in English later this year. The company will release the first volume in bookstores, comic shops, and digital retailers on September 16, 2025 and the second volume on December 16, 2025.
Saint Seiya: Dark Wing is a manga spinoff of Masami Kurumada’s original 1985-1990 Saint Seiya manga series. It is written by Kenji Saito and illustrated by Shinshu Ueda, and was first launched in Akita Shoten’s Champion Red monthly magazine on December 19, 2020. Six tankobon volumes have been released as of August 2024.
The original Saint Seiya manga has inspired several TV anime adaptations, sequel and spinoff manga, and a live-action 2023 film adaptation. The most recent Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya 3DCG was released for two seasons containing four parts between 2019 to 2024, with Netflix streaming the first season and Crunchyroll streaming the second season.
Titan Manga describes the synopsis of the first volume as:
Shoichiro was just another high school student. Now, he’s Wyvern, one of the dreaded Judges of the Underworld, chosen to battle against the forces of Athena in a war that transcends life and death.
When an unexpected ambush during a school trip sends Shōichirō and his classmates into the land of the dead, they are thrust into a fierce struggle between the gods and their warriors. The mysterious forces of Hades have already begun their assault, and Shōichirō’s destiny is forever altered. But he’s not alone — Cattleya, the reincarnation of Athena herself, fights to defend the living, as shocking truths about a darker conspiracy threaten everything they know.
Pre-orders for the series’ first volume are now available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million and Forbidden Planet in the U.K.
Meanwhile, the second volume’s main synopsis is described as:
The war between gods escalates in this Saint Seiya: Dark Wing Vol. 2, as Shoichiro, now Wyvern, continues his fight in the land of the dead. As a Judge of the Underworld, he faces not only the warriors of Athena but a growing web of treachery that threatens the very balance between life and death.
With the mysterious forces of Hades growing stronger, Shōichirō must navigate new alliances and deadly enemies, all while uncovering shocking truths that could change the course of the battle. Cattleya, the reincarnation of Athena, prepares for an even darker conflict, but secrets lurking behind the scenes may reveal far more than they ever expected.
Pre-orders for the second volume are also now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million, and Forbidden Planet in the U.K.
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