is a sequel and the third season of the ''

Saiyuki may refer to: *''Saiyūki'', the Japanese language title of the Chinese classic ''Journey to the West'' *''Saiyūki'', a 1960 anime film based on Osamu Tezuka's manga adaptation of ''Journey to the West'' titled ''Boku no Son Goku'', released in En ...

'' anime television series produced by

Studio Pierrot is a Japanese animation studio established in May 1979 by former employees of both Tatsunoko Production and Mushi Production. Its headquarters are located in Mitaka, Tokyo. Pierrot is renowned for several worldwide popular anime series, such as ...

. Adapted from the manga of ''Saiyuki Reload'' by

Kazuya Minekura is a Japanese manga artist widely known for the '' Saiyuki'' series. Biography She was born in Kanagawa-ken, and still resides there. Her blood type is A. Her other manga series include ''Wild Adapter'', ''Shiritsu Araiso Koto Gakko Seitokai Shi ...

, the series is directed by Tetsuya Endo, written by Tetsuya Endo and composed by Daisuke Ikeda. The series is the sequel of ''

Saiyuki Reload is a Japanese manga series by Kazuya Minekura which was serialized in ''G-Fantasy'' from 1997 to 2002. It spawned multiple manga sequels, several anime adaptations, live-action musicals, video games and other media. The Saiyuk ...

'', premiered on

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from April 1, 2004 to September 23, 2004 and consist of 26 episodes. ''Saiyuki Reload Gunlock'' follows some of the events of the ''Saiyuki Reload'' manga. Much of the Hazel arc had not yet been written when the anime was being produced, therefore the story and characterization of Hazel in particular is different from that in the manga. ''Gunlock'' starts off deviated from the manga, until midway into the series, but strays from it during its finale. ''Saiyuki Reload Gunlock'' was licensed by

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in North America, A total of seven DVDs of the ''Saiyuki Reload Gunlock'' anime series were released by Geneon, along with an Artbox DVD which was published on May 2, 2006. Geneon released the first volume on April 25, which include the first four episodes of the 26-episode series, also a Special Edition of the first volume released on May 2, 2006. A Complete box set was originally solicited for November 20, 2007, but never released due to Geneon cancelling DVD sales.

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aired the series on October 29, 2007 to December 25, 2007. On March 10, 2021,

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added the series for streaming. On September 27, 2022,

Discotek Media Discotek Media is an American entertainment company based in Altamonte Springs, Florida, focused on distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. Formed in 2005, Discotek primarily focuses on licensing retro titles fr ...

licensed the anime for a Blu-ray release in standard definition. A new OVA has been released by Studio Pierrot, which covers the "Burial" arc of the ''Saiyuki Reload'' manga; it is called '' Saiyuki Reload: Burial''. An anime television series adaptation of the ''Saiyuki Reload Blast'' manga series aired from July 5 to September 20, 2017, on

Tokyo MX JOMX-DTV, branded as Tokyo MX (officially stylized as TOKYO MX), is an independent television station in Tokyo, Japan, owned by the . It is the only television station that exclusively serves the city. It competes with Nippon TV, TV Asahi, NH ...

TV Aichi JOCI-DTV, branded as , is a television station in Nagoya, Japan operated by the Aichi Television Broadcasting Company, Ltd. (TVA; ja, テレビ愛知株式会社, Terebi Aichi kabushiki gaisha) and is an affiliate of the TX Network. Broadcasti ...

, BS11, Sun TV. It ran for 12 episodes. Also a new anime series produced by

Liden Films is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise headquartered in Kamiogi, Suginami, Tokyo, and has animation studios in Kyoto and Osaka. Establishment Liden Films was founded on February 22, 2012 and, shortly after, joined joint-holding ...

titled ''Saiyuki Reload: Zeroin'' has been announced in January 10, 2021. It aired from January 6 to March 31, 2022, on AT-X and other networks. Three pieces of

theme music Theme music is a musical composition that is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at so ...

are used for the episodes—one opening themes and two ending themes. The opening themes is "Don't look back again" by WAG. The two ending themes, "Mitsumeteitai" by flow-war and "Shiro no Jumon" by doa. __TOC__

Episode list

References

External links

''Saiyuki Reload Gunlock'' website

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