261. Even fanart

I had not the slightest clue.

Since popularity had died in the early 90s, anime production was dropped, and manga froze into permanent dormancy. Ten years later, a French man produced a series of short animation videos and illustrations depicting scenes of the then-manga-only Hades arc, which caused such a stir that the original creator himself became inspired, and hired the guy into his animation team. Hades was only then adapted into 3 OVAs which were modified to the French man's style - officially making his fan-originated interpretation canon.

He must have been a die-hard Gemini fan, because despite fair distribution of screen-time amongst the Goldies (and despite my strong pre-existing bias for Shaka and Mu), it was Saga who stood head and shoulders above all the rest. Saga, whom I do not recall at all from childhood.

For comparison's sake: Saga of the manga.

Saga of 80s animation:

Saga of 2003 Hades Sanctuary:

Feel the love with which he is recreated.

It even bleeds over to the little brother.

How he stands out from the pack is fucking unreal. (Possibly aided by the fact that he never wears his helmet except for one blink of a scene ever, but shh.)

And no, I'm not done fanning this one yet. Will be back with more fanart until I get him right to my satisfaction.