who are well known to readers of Saint Seiya, while others explore the personality or the past of important characters and detail minor events pertaining to the plot.Champion Red serialized a short side-story along with the regular chapters between October 2007 and January 2008. It takes place a few years before the main plot and details the exploits of Sagittarius Aiolos in Egypt, revealing some plot points that influence the main story. A younger Aiolia and Galan also appear. This side-story appears compiled in a special volume called "Volume 0: , released on May 20, 2008, which also contains an encyclopedia with information on all the Episode.G manga published up to that date. Special editions In Japan, there are two versions of the Saint Seiya Episode.G volumes. One is the normal version and the other is a limited edition. The limited edition features different covers and includes various goodies packaged with the comic books. These goodies include postcards, pins, a coin key holder, a day planner, tarot cards, a T-shirt, puzzles, calendars, a pass case and a key chain. A bust figure of the protagonist, Leo Aiolia, has also been released. Drama CDs Two drama CDs were recorded for Episode.G. One was released with the Champion Red issue of April 2007 and the other along with the limited edition of volume 11. These CDs reproduce the events of several chapters with only slight modifications that reduce the cast: Aiolia's battle against the Giant in volume 1, Pontos's test of Aiolia through Galan from volume 1, and Camus's and Aiolia's fight against Okeanos from volumes 9 and 10. Voice actors include: Hiro Shimono as Leo Aiolia, Hikaru Midorikawa as Aquarius Camus, Kōji Yusa as Galan, Chiwa Saitō as Lithos, Kōsuke Okano as Okeanos and Hiroki Yasumoto as Pontos. Sequels Saint Seiya Episode.G: Assassin In December 2013, Megumu Okada announced via Twitter that he was working on a sequel manga titled Saint Seiya Episode.G: Assassin. The first chapter was published on April 5, 2014, in the 43rd issue of the bimonthly magazine Champion Red Ichigo, after a short prologue was released in the Champion Red issue of February 2014 commemorating the 40 year anniversary of Masami Kurumada's career. After Champion Red Ichigo ceased publication in August 2014, the series was continued in Akita Shoten's web magazine Champion Cross, later renamed Manga Cross. With the change in venue, the chapters started being published