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Arion
| Alt Names: |  亚利安 亚里安 亞里安 アリオン |
| Author: | Yasuhiko Yoshikazu |
| Artist: | Yasuhiko Yoshikazu |
| Genres: |  Adventure Drama Historical Seinen Supernatural |
| Type: | Manga (Japanese) |
| Status: | Complete |
| Description: | Arion, a young man is 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. |
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The final battle is about to begin.
Thank you for the correction.
however, I'd argue against your term of "fantasy" when describing the Bible
myths would be more appropriate, because of their cultural impact and origin (disclaimer : I'm neither christian nor believer)
the Arion (and its environment) has very little to do with the Arion (and its environment) of Greek myths
that's why I sincerely think it shouldn't be described as historical, but fantasy
best regards
The Bible is actually fantasy - or rather, a version of the Hebrew creation myth - shared with other Semitic cultures until Judges.
Then Judges forms what we can call a heroic epic in the Babylonian tradition, somewhat similar to Greek heroic epics (take the case of Samson, for instance).
After that Kings is definitely history, as are most segments of Prophets, but the Babylonian exile portions and things like Daniel and especially Esther can be considered historical fiction, and not very good ones at that (Esther is especially atrocious, what with confusing a Persian general for a King, conflating three Persian kings into one character, getting Xerxes' reign way off, and other transgressions).
The best and most accurate accounting of Jewish history in the Bible actually come in the Maccabees, and it's suspected that there are redacted later books continuing the Maccabees following the dynasty's reign up until the Herodian usurpation and the replacement of the dynasty by the Hasmoneans. However, this part was probably erased from canon because it would have shown how the Jewish ruling dynasties eventually Hellenized, in effect betraying the very purpose of the Maccabean forefathers' struggle against the Syrian Greeks of the Seleucid dynasty.
The missing books formed part of the Seleucid Library's collection transferred by the Romans to their Egyptian Ptolemaic allies and kept in the Great Library of Alexandria. We now know of the fall of the Maccabean dynasty from Greek translations of these books, used as source by (who else?) Josephus when he wrote his Jewish Histories.
After that we have the four Gospels, of which three (the synoptics) are historical and one is basically a philosophical treatise, followed by what is largely a historical (but incomplete) accounting of the early Christian Church, then closed off with a magnificent piece of Apocalyptic fiction (well, or rather, THE first - some argue one and only - piece of Apocalyptic fiction).
So basically the Bible can't really be considered a historical work. Maybe half historical, half fiction. It's important to point out that this book starts with fantasy then ends with fantasy as well.
I'm not sure that I understand your comparison
my point isn't about whether YASUHIKO Yoshikazu's work is historical accuracy (ie : it's not !!), but about how much deviation there is from it to distinguish between "fantasy" and "historically"-inspired.
whatever its other failings, the Bible is historical (and hysterical
).
a proper comparison would rather involve works like Tolkien's or say the Game of Throne's serie
is the Silmarillion "historical" or "fantasy" because it uses celtic, germanic, scandinavian and christian foundations ?
or take another example, series like Sangokushi and Kingdom can be described as "historical", because despite whatever inventions (or rather "creative freedom") their respective authors use, they still try to keep to a "factual" narrative.
there are very little such things in Arion
it's a bit like this old anime "Ulysse 31"
don't get me wrong. I love the manga
but to call it "historical" is a misnomer
Best regards,
Only if we both agree, that we place the Bible right next to it in the 'Fantasy' section.
rather than describe the manga as "historical", wouldn't it be better to describe it as "fantasy" ?
there are so many mythological inaccuracies (Arion was a horse, where is Persephone ? Hades dies before marrying her ? where are Aphrodite, Hermes and all the other divinities ? ...) that it's much better to say the manga finds its inspiration in Ancient Greece's stories
best regards
Mmhmm mhm that's right baby.
It’s on Youtube. Arion - 1986 Movie and you will relive your childhood.
This looks pretty cool, followwing it and can't wait for more.
Damn, i remember watching the anime movie when i was a kid, nostalgic, i want to find it again.
This was really confusing... not to mention the panels didn't have a good flow. Also it seems like the translation is off or something? Like a lot of the speech bubbles were in the wrong order. Well I'll still follow it because I want to see what happens to Arion.