Gabriel and the Guardians Vol. 1
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The official manga of the Angel Studios anime. David Cunningham's Genesis-inspired epic fantasy in manga form - Gabriel, archangel and Keeper of Parah'dem, tends the Eternal Seeds a thousand years after the cosmic war that cost the mortals paradise.
When Nakash breached the garden kingdom and the first mortals fell, three guardian celestials stood between her and the Tree Eternal. A thousand years later, Gabriel is the young archangel-gardener charged with watching over the floating garden kingdom of Parah'dem and protecting the Eternal Seeds that hold within them the power of creation. With his companion Zion at his side, Gabriel races through the canopy, mends what breaks, and remembers the battle that shaped the world he tends. And then a herald of Ehyeh arrives at his gate.
Written by David Cunningham - co-creator and showrunner of the Angel Studios anime Gabriel and the Guardians - with manga interior art by Mary Kimiko.
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David Cunningham is a writer, animator, and showrunner based in Columbus, Ohio. He is the co-creator and head writer of Gabriel and the Guardians, the anime-inspired allegorical fantasy series that premiered on Angel Studios in February 2025, and the co-creator of Superbook GizmoGO!, the CBN preschool series spun off from the long-running Superbook franchise. His work blends faith-based storytelling with action-fantasy and anime visual conventions, drawing from biblical narrative to build epic-scale fantasy worlds rooted in ancient Hebrew and Mesopotamian aesthetics. Gabriel and the Guardians - co-developed with Jason Moody and produced by Angel Studios and Colossul Studios - was adapted into manga form through Rippaverse Publishing's RippaSend imprint in 2025-2026. (He has published other works under the byline "D.E. Cunningham.")