Saiyuki (2000)
Saiyuki (2000)
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Plot.
Many years ago, humans and demons lived in harmony. But that unity ended when demons started attacking humans and plotted a mission to unleash Gyumao - an evil demon imprisoned for thousands of years. Now, Genjo Sanzo, a rogue priest, must team up with three demons - Sha Gojyo, Son Goku, and Cho Hakkai - and embark on a perilous journey to the west to stop these demons from resurrecting Gyumao and restore the balance between humans and demons on Earth.
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Cast & Crew.
Akira Ishida
Cho Hakkai (voice) / Cho Hakkai (voice) / Field Marshall Tenpou (voice)
Soichiro Hoshi
Son Goku (voice)
Monica Rial
Poker Groupie
Hochu Otsuka
Ni Jianyi (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata
Sha Gojyo (voice) / Sha Gojyo (voice) / Kenren (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Genjo Sanzo (voice) / Genjo Sanzo (voice) / Konzen Douji (voice)
David Anthony Matranga
Sanzo
Takeshi Kusao
Kougaiji (voice)
Kazuya Minekura
Creator
Greg Ayres
Goku
John Swasey
Demon
Haruka Goto
Director of Photography
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Homura (voice)
Misato Takada
Series Director / Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director
Makoto Nakamura
Executive Producer
Spike Spencer
Demon
Ben Pronsky
Demon
Kaho Kouda
Nataku (voice)
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Goujun (voice)
Keiko Aizawa
Dr. Huang (voice)
Ken Narita
Koumyou Sanzo (voice)
Misa Watanabe
Kanzeon Bosatsu (voice)
Yuko Minaguchi
Yaone (voice)
Shinobu Satou
Gyokumen Koshu (voice)
Tetsuya Endo
Storyboard Artist / Director / Writer
Masahiko Murata
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation
Rion Kujo
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation
Takashi Yamazaki
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation
Hayato Date
Storyboard Artist
Chiaki Kon
Storyboard Artist / Director
Hitoyuki Matsui
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation
Toshiyuki Tsuru
Storyboard Artist / Director / Key Animation
Tomoki Kyoda
Storyboard Artist / Director
Shinji Ishihira
Storyboard Artist
Shintaro Inokawa
Storyboard Artist / Director
Masaaki Kumagai
Storyboard Artist / Director
Shigenori Kageyama
Storyboard Artist
Junichi Sakata
Storyboard Artist
Hiroyuki Shimazu
Storyboard Artist
Keiji Hayakawa
Storyboard Artist
Keisuke Onishi
Storyboard Artist / Director
Shigeyuki Miya
Storyboard Artist
Shiori Abe
Storyboard Artist
Hideaki Nakano
Storyboard Artist / Director
Kunitoshi Okajima
Storyboard Artist / Director
Toshio Matsuhashi
Storyboard Artist / Director
Harume Kosaka
Storyboard Artist
Eiji Nakayama
Storyboard Artist
Toshinori Narita
Storyboard Artist
Akira Iwanaga
Director
Akira Shimizu
Director
Yoshihiko Iwata
Director
Hiroyuki Okuno
Director
Shigeki Hatakeyama
Director
Kaito Asakura
Director
Shoichi Hirokawa
Director
Mashu Itō
Director
Tetsuya Watanabe
Producer
Yoko Shiraishi
Producer
Yuji Moriyama
Character Designer / Animation Director / Supervising Animation Director
Shinichiro Minami
Key Animation / Animation Director
Yukimaro Ohtsubo
Key Animation / Animation Director
Yukiko Ban
Key Animation
Rieko Akasaka
Key Animation
Chiyuki Tanaka
Key Animation
Emi Sugai
Key Animation
Kenichi Ohki
Key Animation
Motoki Yagi
Key Animation
Joung Se-kwon
Key Animation
Kaoru Morota
Hakuryu (voice) / Hakuryu (voice) / Lirin (voice)
Kazuko Matsumura
Key Animation
Masaru Yoshioka
Key Animation
Hisao Muramatsu
Key Animation
Shigemi Aoyagi
Key Animation
Kouji Motoyama
Key Animation
Tetsuya Kawakami
Key Animation
Masahiro Shigemoto
Key Animation
Daisuke Agata
Key Animation
Yoshiko Kuwano
Key Animation
Takuji Yoshimoto
Animation Director
Yukiko Miyamoto
Key Animation
Mikio Fujiwara
Key Animation
Taeko Oda
Key Animation
Akiko Nishio
Key Animation
Ryou Komori
Key Animation
Noboru Kawamori
Key Animation
Yuri Inoguchi
Key Animation
Yuji Goto
Key Animation
Rie Fujiwara
Key Animation
Sayuri Sugito
Key Animation / Animation Director
Hideto Tanaka
Key Animation
Jun'ichi Yamamoto
Key Animation
Koji Kataoka
Key Animation
Hiromi Maezawa
Key Animation
Shinichi Miyamae
Key Animation
Takako Onishi
Key Animation / Animation Director
Miki Kato
Key Animation
Mitsuyasu Takekoshi
Key Animation
Shigeki Sato
Key Animation
Akira Inoue
Animation Director
Maki Fujita
Key Animation
Yoko Ono
Key Animation
Toshimitsu Kobayashi
Key Animation / Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director
Yukari Watabe
Key Animation
Anzu Katsuragi
Key Animation
Haruo Miyagawa
Key Animation
Michio Sato
Key Animation
Koichi Nakaya
Key Animation
Tomoko Murakami
Key Animation
Sachiko Oohashi
Key Animation
Shigeki Kawai
Key Animation
Hitomi Tsuruta
Key Animation
Mitsuko Baba
Key Animation
Kensuke Aiwa
Key Animation / Animation Director
Naomi Miyata
Key Animation / Animation Director
Emiko Kataoka
Key Animation
Terumi Muto
Key Animation
Sawako Yamamoto
Animation Director
Toshimi Nishibata
Key Animation
Minefumi Harada
Key Animation
Takao Takegami
Key Animation
Kazuyo Nakamura
Key Animation
Katsutoshi Isshi
Key Animation
Yoko Takanori
Key Animation
Takafumi Hino
Key Animation
Junichi Takadate
Key Animation
Atsushi Ogata
Key Animation
Motohide Nishimura
Key Animation
Hideki Hashimoto
Key Animation
Masao Suwa
Key Animation
Tetsuro Yamada
Key Animation
Reiko Fujita
Key Animation
Teruaki Tokumaru
Key Animation
Chihiro Washio
Key Animation
Mina Itou
Key Animation / Animation Director
Kazuhiko Ishii
Key Animation
Akira Yamauchi
Key Animation
Yoshiaki Tsubata
Animation Director
Eitaro Abe
Key Animation
Masayuki Katou
Key Animation
Yuriko Takase
Key Animation
Ryoji Nakamori
Key Animation
Junko Matsushita
Key Animation
Manabu Nii
Key Animation
Lee Min-bae
Key Animation
Minoru Morita
Key Animation
Tamotsu Ogawa
Key Animation
Akira Matsui
Key Animation
Masaki Tanaka
Animation Director
Rie Nakanishi
Key Animation
Mayumi Oda
Key Animation
Yusuke Otsuka
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Notake
Key Animation
Tatsuro Nagai
Key Animation
Kumiko Kasuga
Key Animation
Isuta
Key Animation
Hideyuki Yoshida
Key Animation
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Animation Director
Shinji Saruwatari
Key Animation
Kayano Tomizawa
Key Animation
Kim Kyoung-sub
Key Animation
Eiji Kaneda
Key Animation
Zhao Youg
Key Animation
Kazuya Morimae
Key Animation
Hisashi Shimokawa
Key Animation / Animation Director
Tsuyoshi Konakawa
Key Animation
Koji Yasuda
Key Animation
Sheng Jia bao
Key Animation
Jung Ji-moon
Key Animation
Noriko Otake
Animation Director
Chen Jie
Key Animation
Satoru Kiyomaru
Key Animation
Shen Hong
Key Animation
Hwang Il-jin
Key Animation
Megu Otsubo
Key Animation
Yoko Sato
Supervising Animation Director
Ippei Masui
Key Animation
Hideaki Matsuoka
Animation Director
Hitoshi Saiku
Key Animation
Shinichi Iimura
Key Animation
Tomoyuki Kitamura
Key Animation
Mayumi Yamamoto
Key Animation
Atsushi Komori
Key Animation
Kenji Matsuoka
Key Animation
Ryoji Ikematsu
Key Animation
Rong Hong
Key Animation
Yasuhiro Saiki
Key Animation
Gu Ying-hao
Key Animation
Takato Fukuyama
Key Animation
Akiko Tanada
Key Animation
Keiko Hayashi
Key Animation
Yang Qing
Key Animation
Ayako Karatani
Key Animation
Atsuko Inoue
Key Animation
Masaya Tanaka
Key Animation
Kimika Shintani
Key Animation
Kim Joon-whan
Key Animation
Ryoko Kawamura
Key Animation
Choi Hee-eun
Key Animation
Jun Shibata
Key Animation
Fumio Sasaki
Key Animation
Hiroshi Yahagi
Key Animation
Yumi Sudarehata
Key Animation
Mitsuhiro Okumura
Key Animation
Jeon Byong-gon
Key Animation
Yoo Yong-Jun
Key Animation
Ayumi Tsukamoto
Key Animation
Kim Jeun-keung
Key Animation
Masaya Nozaki
Key Animation
Natsumi Yamashita
Key Animation
Yasuko Takahashi
Key Animation
Hiroshi Kosuga
Key Animation
Sumiko Matsumoto
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Nakamura
Key Animation
Son Kji-young
Key Animation
Nana Kunimitsu
Animation Director
Kazuhisa Nakamura
Key Animation
Toshiharu Sugie
Key Animation
Takuro Takahashi
Key Animation
Choe Gyeong-seok
Key Animation
Eiko Saito
Key Animation
Hoon-Chul Choi
Key Animation
Sayoko Murai
Key Animation
Jeong Soon-an
Key Animation
Satoshi Taniguchi
Key Animation
Kim Yong-sik
Key Animation
Chiho Fujiwara
Key Animation
Hikaru Kodama
Key Animation
Rin Sin
Key Animation
Tatsuya Miki
Key Animation
Yoshimi Imagawa
Key Animation
Fumino Fujii
Key Animation
Retsu Ohkawara
Key Animation
Aya Kuki
Key Animation
Jun Matsumoto
Key Animation
Yuko Kamiyama
Key Animation
Mitsumasa Kimura
Key Animation
Ako Kagiyama
Key Animation
Son Kil-young
Key Animation
Koichi Usami
Key Animation
Akemi Morita
Key Animation
Kazuo Inoue
Key Animation
Yasuhiro Fujita
Key Animation
Teru Goto
Key Animation
Ayataka Tanemura
Key Animation
Yoshiyuki Kishi
Key Animation
Sukesuke Takahashi
Key Animation
Tomomi Ikeda
Key Animation
Na Ki-chon
Key Animation
Mamoru Otake
Key Animation
Kim Jung-woo
Key Animation
Nobuyasu Murakami
Key Animation
Hideyasu Okamoto
Key Animation
Yukako Tsuzuki
Key Animation
Park Hong-Keun
Key Animation
Dai Matsumoto
Dokugakuji (voice)
Ha Hyoung-ook
Key Animation
Se Kwon Jeong
Key Animation
Kim Jung-keun
Key Animation
Akari Abe
Key Animation
Naoko Katayama
Key Animation
Makoto Ito
Key Animation
Toyomi Sugiyama
Animation Director
Shinya Kameyama
Key Animation
Hiroshi Motoyama
Key Animation
Kim Hee-kang
Key Animation
Takashi Yamamoto
Key Animation
Jae Wook Lee
Key Animation
Yoko Iizuka
Key Animation
Kousei Kudo
Key Animation
Yoshio Nagao
Key Animation
Shoko Yasuda
Key Animation
Kim Yong-sun
Key Animation
Eita Akishima
Animation Director
Hiroshi Takaguchi
Key Animation
Yuri Hanazawa
Key Animation
Kazuyuki Ikai
Key Animation
Musha Naga
Key Animation
Tatsunori Sakamoto
Key Animation
Chuta Kamiishi
Animation Director
Haruo Sotozaki
Animation Director
Chie Hashimoto
Key Animation
Akira Shinoda
Key Animation
Maki Aoki
Key Animation
Masami Abe
Key Animation
Yuka Tanioka
Key Animation
Won Tae-sung
Key Animation
Anna Jo
Key Animation
Hironori Sawada
Key Animation
Mayumi Okamoto
Key Animation
Takatsugu Kitamura
Key Animation
Kou Kitakaze
Key Animation
Kenji Tojo
Key Animation
Aika Sato
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Kamura
Key Animation
Kazuhiko Abe
Key Animation
Ryoma Ebata
Key Animation
KEI Sakai
Key Animation
Seung Hyun Hong
Key Animation
Kyoko Matsubara
Key Animation
Takaaki Chiba
Key Animation
Naoaki Hojo
Key Animation
Mai Ota
Key Animation
Yoshitaka Yasuda
Key Animation
Lee Ju-hak
Key Animation
Haruki Nakagawa
Key Animation
Shogo Sano
Key Animation
Ayumi Ogawa
Key Animation
Yang Sun-Yong
Key Animation
Hina Kobayashi
Key Animation
Yuki Ito
Key Animation
Tsuyoshi Ichiki
Key Animation
Hiroaki Nakajima
Animation Director
Jung kun Kim
Key Animation
Tetsuya Sunaga
Key Animation
Shinichi Suzuki
Key Animation
Hidehiko Okano
Key Animation
Kenta Yamazaki
Key Animation
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Writer
Akatsuki Yamatoya
Writer
Daisuke Yajima
Writer
Miya Asakawa
Writer
Satoru Nishizono
Writer
Nobuaki Yamaguchi
Writer
Michiko Yokote
Writer
Touko Machida
Writer
Shinpei Yamaguchi
Writer
Corie Tomonaga
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 4, 2000
Original Name最遊記
StatusEnded
Seasons5
Episodes126
Running Time25m
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
anime
supernatural
based on comic
Scripted
based on manga
shoujo
shounen
journey to the west
Wiki.
Saiyuki (Japanese: 最遊記, Hepburn: Saiyūki) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuya Minekura. It was originally serialized in Square Enix's Shōnen magazine Monthly GFantasy between February 1997 and November 2001, with its chapters collected in nine tankōbon volumes; later republished by Ichijinsha, released the nine volumes with new covers from October 2002 to June 2003; and a five-volume bunkoban edition which was released from April to August 2015. The story, which is loosely based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, follows a monk named Genjo Sanzo who receives a mission to travel to the west with a group of three yokai (demons) to stop anyone reviving the evil god Gyumao.
The manga was formerly licensed for English release in North America by Tokyopop, they published the nine volumes between March 2004, and July 2005. From February 2020, to January 2021, Kodansha republished the newly translated main series in North America in 400-page, hardcover volumes.
Minekura's manga includes two sequels titled Saiyuki Reload and Saiyuki Reload Blast, as well as two prequels titled Saiyuki Gaiden and Saiyuki Ibun. The series has spawned a media franchise that includes five anime series. Pierrot produced a 50-episode anime television series titled Gensomaden Saiyuki that aired from April 2000 to March 2001, and won the twenty-third annual Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for best anime. The same studio developed an anime film adaptation and two anime sequel series titled Saiyuki Reload and Saiyuki Reload Gunlock, which were broadcast together in Japan from October 2003 to September 2004. Two other animes were produced; Platinum Vision made Saiyuki Reload Blast in 2017 and Liden Films made Saiyuki Reload: Zeroin, in 2022. Three original video animations (OVAs), ten stage musicals, a light novel adaptation, numerous video games, drama CDs, and artbooks have also been made.
As of July 2017, the Saiyuki franchise has sold 25 million copies in circulation worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time; it has become a mainstay of manga/anime culture, and its entries have continually garnered critical praise and accolades.
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