Arion (manga)

Arion
Cover of the last Japanese volume of Arion, published in 1985
アリオン
Genre	Mythic fiction
Manga
Written by	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Published by	Tokuma Shoten
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Monthly Comic Ryū
Original run	March 1979 – September 1984
Volumes	5
Anime film
Directed by	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Written by	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Akiko Tanaka
Studio	Sunrise
Released	March 15, 1986
Runtime	118 minutes

Arion (アリオン^?) was a manga series written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, published in Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Comic Ryū from March 1979 to September 1984. The story follows Arion, a young man kidnapped by Hades as a child and raised to believe that his mother was blinded by Zeus and that killing the ruler of Mount Olympus will cure her.

An animated feature film adaptation, written and directed by Yasuhiko, was released in 1986.