Saint Seiya: Episode.G (Japanese: 聖闘士星矢（セイントセイヤ） EPISODE.G, Hepburn: Seinto Seiya Episōdo Jī) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Megumu Okada. A spin-off of the manga series Saint Seiya by Masami Kurumada, it first started being serialized in the monthly magazine Champion Red on December 19, 2002, and was concluded on June 19, 2013, being later compiled into 20 tankōbon by Akita Shoten. The story is set seven years before the events of Saint Seiya and six years after the death of the Sagittarius Gold Saint Aiolos, the brother of Episode.G's protagonist, Leo Gold Saint Aiolia. It takes place in a fictional universe where the Olympian gods cyclically reincarnate on Earth, often waging war on each other for dominance, and depicts the battle of the Gold Saints, warriors with superhuman powers who fight for Peace and Justice in the name of the goddess Athena to protect the Earth from the recently awakened Titan gods. Although no English version of Saint Seiya Episode.G exists, it has been translated into various other languages by publishers from around the world, where it was well received, but not without controversy regarding its differences to Saint Seiya. In December 2013, Megumu Okada announced on Twitter that he was working on a sequel manga titled Saint Seiya: Episode.G – Assassin (Japanese: 聖闘士星矢EPISODE.G～アサシン～, Hepburn: Seinto Seiya Episōdo Jī Asashin). Serialization began on April 5, 2014, in the bimonthly Champion Red Ichigo magazine, and continued in the web magazine Champion Cross (later renamed Manga Cross). The last chapter was published on August 27, 2019, and the series was compiled into 16 volumes. A second sequel titled Saint Seiya: Episode.G – Requiem (Japanese: 聖闘士星矢EPISODE.Gレクイエム, Hepburn: Seinto Seiya Episōdo Jī Rekuiemu) began being serialized on January 28, 2020, also in Manga Cross. Source: Wikipedia (en)