Kurumada 's Next Dimension and The Lost Canvas were separated as they both diverged .
Originally envisioned as a comic book whose purpose was to work simultaneously with Kurumada 's Saint Seiya : Next Dimension as a multi-angle interpretation of the shared elements of its storyline , which stems from an event mentioned in Kurumada 's original Saint Seiya manga ; the approach was quickly abandoned , as both works greatly diverged , Kurumada 's Next Dimension stayed as the canonical telling of these events , and The Lost Canvas as a separate alternate retelling .
Saint Seiya-COLON- The Lost Canvas