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Saiyuki Reload

Saiyuki
Saiyuki Volume One.jpg
The cover of the first Saiyuki volume.
最遊記
(Saiyūki)
Genre Adventure, shenmo
Manga
Written by Kazuya Minekura
Published by Enix
English publisher
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Monthly GFantasy
Original run February 18, 1997January 18, 2002
Volumes 9
Original video animation
Directed by Takashi Sogabe
Music by Yuriko Nakamura
Studio Tokyo Kids
Released April 23, 1999August 27, 1999
Episodes 2
Manga
Saiyuki Gaiden
Written by Kazuya Minekura
Published by Enix (1999-2003)
Ichijinsha (2003-2009)
Demographic Shōnen (1999-2003)
Jōsei (2003-2009)
Magazine Monthly GFantasy (June 1999-February 2003)
Monthly Comic ZERO-SUM (November 2003-July 2009)
Original run June 1999July 2009
Volumes 9
Anime television series
Gensomaden Saiyuki
Directed by Hayato Date
Produced by Ken Hagino
Tetsuya Watanabe
Tomoko Gushima
Written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Music by Motoi Sakuraba
Studio Studio Pierrot
Dentsu
Licensed by
ADV Films (2003-2009)
AEsir Holdings (2013-present)
Original network TV Tokyo (2000-2001)
English network
Original run April 4, 2000March 27, 2001
Episodes 50
Anime film
Gensomaden Saiyuki Requiem: A Requiem for The One Not Chosen
Directed by Hayato Date
Produced by Ken Hagino
Tetsuya Watanabe
Tomoko Gushima
Written by Hayato Date
Music by Motoi Sakuraba
Studio Studio Pierrot
Dentsu
Licensed by
ADV Films (2005-2009)
Released August 18, 2001
Runtime 95 minutes
Manga
Saiyuki Reload
Written by Kazuya Minekura
Published by Ichijinsha
Demographic Jōsei
Magazine Monthly Comic ZERO-SUM
Original run March 28, 2002June 27, 2009
Volumes 10
Original video animation
Gensomaden Saiyuki: A Sin of Hope
Studio Studio Pierrot
Dentsu
Released September 19, 2002
Anime television series
Saiyuki ReLoad
Directed by Tetsuya Endo
Written by Tetsuya Endo
Music by Daisuke Ikeda
Studio Studio Pierrot
Dentsu
Licensed by
Original network TV Tokyo (2003-2004)
English network
Original run October 2, 2003March 2, 2004
Episodes 25
Anime television series
Saiyuki ReLoad GunLock
Directed by Tetsuya Endo
Written by Tetsuya Endo
Music by Daisuke Ikeda
Studio Studio Pierrot
Licensed by
Madman Entertainment
Original network TV Tokyo (2004)
English network
Original run April 1, 2004September 23, 2004
Episodes 26
Original video animation
Saiyuki Reload: Burial
Directed by Koichi Ohata
Written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Music by Daisuke Ikeda
Studio Studio Pierrot
Arms
Dentsu
Released April 27, 2007May 21, 2008
Runtime 30 minutes per episode
Episodes 3
Manga
Saiyuki Ibun
Written by Kazuya Minekura
Published by Ichijinsha
Demographic Jōsei
Magazine Comic ZERO-SUM special edition WARD
Original run December 28, 2009 – present
Volumes 10
Original video animation
Saiyuki Gaiden
Directed by Naoyuki Kuzuya
Written by Kazuya Minekura
Studio Anpro
Licensed by
Released March 25, 2011November 25, 2011
Runtime 30 minutes per episode
Episodes 3
Anime television series
Saiyuki Reload Blast
Directed by Hideaki Nakano
Written by Kenji Konuta
Studio Platinum Vision
Original run July 2017scheduled
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Saiyuki (最遊記 Saiyūki?) is a manga series by Kazuya Minekura which was serialized in G-Fantasy from 1997 to 2002. It spawned multiple manga sequels, anime adaptations, video games and other media. The story is loosely based on the Chinese novel Journey to the West.

Saiyuki is the story of four anti-hero-like heroes: the monk Genjyo Sanzo, the monkey king Son Goku, the half-demon Sha Gojyo, and the man who turned into a demon Cho Hakkai (formerly known as Cho Gonou). They have been dispatched by the Sanbutsushin (the Three Aspects of Buddha, who relay the orders of heaven) to travel to India to stop the possible resurrection of the Ox-Demon-King, Gyumaoh. Along the way they are beset by inept assassins, bad weather, and their own tragic personal pasts. Meanwhile, the villains, two unlikely confidants, Gyokumen Koushou (Gyumaoh's concubine, a demon) and a mad scientist, Dr. Nii Jianyi (a human), continue their attempts to restore the long-dead king. These experiments, a forbidden mixture of science and magic, spawn the "Minus Wave", infecting all of the demons in Shangri-La with madness, shattering the fragile peace that once existed between humans and demons.

The Saiyuki manga comprises five separate series. The original series comprised nine volumes, and was serialized in the manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from February 18, 1997 to January 18, 2002. The second series began in June 1999, and was called Saiyuki Gaiden. Saiyuki Gaiden comprised four volumes and ran for ten years in the Japanese shōjo manga magazine Zero Sum Ward. This second series takes place in Heaven, 500 years before the first Saiyuki series. The plot is based around the four main characters of Saiyuki in their past lives, and details exactly what it was they did to get thrown out of heaven. In 2002, a third series was made entitled Saiyuki Reload that lasted 10 volumes long. The third series was serialized in the monthly Japanese Jousei manga magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum and completed its run in 2009 in the August edition. The third series spun out a fourth series called Saiyuki Reload Blast which is currently being serialized in Monthly Comic Zero Sum. The fifth and final series made titled Saiyuki Ibun started in 2009, and is currently running in Zero Sum Ward. The fifth series follows Priest Koumyou Sanzo in his days before inheriting the Sanzo Title.


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