Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō

Saint Seiya - Saintia Shō
Cover of the first volume
聖闘士星矢・セインティア翔 (Seinto Seiya - Seintia Shō)
Genre	Mythic fiction, Drama
Manga
Written by	Chimaki Kuori
Published by	Akita Shoten
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Champion Red
Original run	August 19, 2013 – present
Volumes	9
Anime
Studio	Toei Animation

Saint Seiya - Saintia Shō (Japanese: 聖闘士星矢・セインティア翔, Hepburn: Seinto Seiya - Seintia Shō^?) is a manga series by Chimaki Kuori, a spin-off of the classic Saint Seiya manga created, written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. Kuori is known by her work on the manga adaptation of the Gundam SEED anime and in the Kimi no Kaeru Bashō manga series.Saintia Shō started its serialization on August 19, 2013 of Akita Shoten's Champion Red magazine. An anime adaptation has been announced.

Set immediately after Saint Seiya,Saint Seiya - Saintia Shō follows the traditional central plot common to Kurumada's original work and its derivative works: Athena, the Greek goddess of justice and heroic endeavor, returns when evil consumes Earth, and battles antagonistic deities, the agents of evil, with the assistance of her army of warriors known as Saints, protected by their Cloths, battle armors that represent their guardian constellations. The main character in the series is a young female Saint named Shō, who protects Athena and her Sanctuary from the attack of Goddess of Discord, Eris. The series introduces a new class of female Saints, which are known as Saintia (聖闘少女（セインティア）, Seintia, lit. "Holy Fighting Girls"), Athena's personal maidens.

The series introduces new characters and features some from Kurumada's original manga. Voice actors are provided when the character appeared in an accompanying drama CD series.

Unicorn Jabu, Pegasus Seiya, Dragon Shiryū, Andromeda Shun, Cygnus Hyōga, Phoenix Ikki, Lionet Ban, Wolf Nachi, Bear Geki, and Hydra Ichi appear in Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō.