Then there are the prequels: • Episode G is set a brief time before the main story and tells stories about the youth of the Gold Saints. • Next dimension is both a prequel and a sequel (it involves time travel): it is written by the same author of the original story and it tells about the Holy War fought 243 years before the main story. • Lost Canvas is an alternative prequel (who was adapted by into a two series of OVAs) written by another author, which tells an alternative version of the Holy War fought 243 years before the main story. The sequels are: • Next dimension (see above) • Soul of Gold is set in parallel to the ending of the main story and tells about the Gold Saints who are resurrected after their sacrifice at the end of the main story. • Tenkai-hen an OVA set after the ending of the main story and sees as the main antagonist the God Artemis. • Omega is set 25 years after the main story and tells about the 'new generation' of Saints who will have to fight agains Mars and his warriors.