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, also known as simply ''The Lost Canvas'', is a manga written and illustrated by Shiori Teshirogi. It is a spin-off based on the manga series ''Saint Seiya'', which was created, written and illustrated by Japanese author Masami Kurumada. ''The Lost Canvas'' was published by Akita Shoten in the ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' magazine since August 24, 2006, concluding after 223 chapters on April 6, 2011, with twenty-five ''tankōbon'' released. Originally envisioned as a comic book whose purpose was to work simultaneously with Kurumada's ''Saint Seiya: Next Dimension'' as a multi-angle interpretation of the shared elements of its storyline, which stems from an event mentioned in Kurumada's original ''Saint Seiya'' manga; the approach was quickly abandoned, as both works greatly diverged, Kurumada's ''Next Dimension'' stayed as the canonical telling of these events, and ''The Lost Canvas'' as a separate alternate retelling. The story takes place in the 18th century, and focuses on how an orphan known as Tenma becomes one of Athena's 88 warriors known as Saints and finds himself in a war fighting against his best friend Alone who is revealed to be the reincarnation of Athena's biggest enemy, the God Hades. In June 2009, TMS Entertainment started adapting the manga in original video animation format, producing 26 episodes, which followed the source material closely and occasionally expanded on it. Teshirogi also started releasing a spin-off series from ''Lost Canvas'' two months after the main serialization ended. Titled , the spin-off focuses on short stories related to several Saints before the events described in the main series. As of April 23, 2012, it was announced in the ''Shōnen Champion'' magazine that ''The Lost Canvas'' will cease being published weekly and will become a monthly comic starting in June, and shifting publishing to the newly created magazine, Akita's ''Bessatsu Shōnen Champion'', supplementary to ''Shōnen Champion,'' resuming publishing of the remaining ''Anecdotes'' chapters in that date.〔http://i42.tinypic.com/345hra8.jpg In Japanese, announcement published in Shōnen Champion magazine〕 It was confirmed in May 2013 via its Twitter official account, that TMS has currently no plans to produce a third season for ''The Lost Canvas'' anime adaptation.〔https://twitter.com/loscan_official〕 Additionally, a special chapter of the manga has been announced to be released, to commemorate Kurumada's 40th anniversary as a manga artist. ==Plot== This manga tells the story of the previous Holy War, taking place in the 18th century, 250 years before the original series, in the ''Saint Seiya'' universe. The story centers on the fight between Tenma, one of the 88 Saints following Athena, and Alone, the reincarnation of the God Hades. While the two were close childhood friends in Greece alongside Alone's sister, Sasha, the trio separated. Sasha was sent first to the Sanctuary and then, a short time later, Tenma was sent to the Sanctuary too; while Tenma had the Cosmos, the Saints' energy, awaken, Sasha was revealed to be the reincarnation of Athena. As years passes, everything that Alone paints is destroyed, and he is convinced that death means salvation by the god Hypnos and his follower Pandora. Alone then gathers Hades' soldiers, the 108 Specters to start a war against Athena. During the war, the Saints and the Specters face off. Tenma and Sasha have to deal with Alone who starts making the "Lost Canvas", a vast painting of the earth, in the sky, so that after he finishes it, the entire world will die. With Alone still not being fully controlled by the soul of Hades, Pandora, alongside Hypnos and his brother Thanatos lead the Specters. However, as the two Gods are sealed by the former Saints Pope Sage and his twin brother Altar Hakurei, Alone invites the few remaining Saints to the Demonic Temples located in the Lost Canvas. Once the Saints go through the Temples, it is revealed that Alone is not possessed by Hades and is instead using the god's powers for his own motives. Additionally, Tenma's parents, Mephistopheles Yōma and Owl Partita appear as Specters in the Temples to force their son to transform his protective Pegasus Bronze Cloth into the most powerful armour, God Cloth. With the God Cloth, Tenma and his future reincarnations will be able to fight the Gods and aid Athena in ending all wars. Following several battles in the Temples, Tenma faces Alone one-on-one with the former managing to defeat the latter, causing the Lost Canvas' destruction. Shortly afterwards, Alone is possessed by Hades who aims to kill Athena. Hades is forced by the souls from the deceased Saints to escape to the last Demonic Temple, and Tenma, Sasha, and Alone decide to follow him. The three manage to defeat Hades but they never return to Earth. The two surviving Saints, Libra Dohko and Aries Shion, then prepare for a possible future war against Hades. Libra Dohko was assigned to permanently watch over the seal of Hades and 108 specters, while Aries Shion reconstructs and leads the Athena's Sanctuary. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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