{{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | author = Megumu Okada | publisher = Akita Shoten | demographic = Seinen | imprint = Champion Comics | magazine = Champion Red | first = December 19, 2002 | last = June 19, 2013 | volumes = 20 | volume_list = List of Saint Seiya Episode.G chapters }} is a manga written and illustrated by Megumu Okada. A side-story and a derivative work of Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya, it first started being serialized in the January 2003 issue of the monthly magazine Champion Red and was later compiled into 20 volumes by Akita Shoten, with the first being published on June 19, 2003. The story is set seven years before the events of the original Saint Seiya manga and six years after the death of the Sagittarius Gold Saint Aiolos, the brother of Episode.G's main character. It takes place in a fictional universe where the Greek 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 Brazil, it was published by Conrad Editora; by Panini Comics in Italy, Germany and France; Glénat in Spain; Editorial Ivrea in Argentina; Editorial Kamite in Mexico; and by Chuang Yi in Singapore. In December 2013, Megumu Okada announced via Twitter that he was working on a sequel manga titled . 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 began being serialized on January 28, 2020, also in Manga Cross. Plot The story of Saint Seiya Episode.G is set seven years before the events of Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya, in the same fictional world in which the Greek gods cyclically reincarnate to dispute dominion of Earth. The story revolves around the Saints of Athena, humans with superhuman powers who are devoted to