Saiyuki: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The story preludes the chaos that begins in Togenkyo which is the holy land where humans and demons used to live together peacefully and got along well. However after the attempt of someone to use the art of chemical and magic together from the ancient scripture to return life to Gyumao, the super demon, one of the five gods who rule the heaven. Genjo Sanzo, a sanzoboshi which is the highest rank of the monk, is called to Shayou Choan Palace. He is assigned to go to the west land where the chaos begins to find out who is behind all the turmoil that is rising and to stop its process. Son Goku, Sha Gojyo, and Cho Hakkai are assigned to join him. Sanzo didn't agree to take them along at first because the three are demons, although each of them has part of human that sustains their sanity.

Series details

• Title: Saiyuki
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Anime, Supernatural
• Premiere date: 2000-04-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-03-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: AT-X
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 28661
• TVDB ID: 80587

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-04-04; final listed air date 2000-10-03.
• Season 2: premiered 2000-10-10; final listed air date 2001-03-27.
• Season 3: premiered 2003-10-02; final listed air date 2004-03-25.
• Season 4: premiered 2004-04-01; final listed air date 2004-09-23.
• Season 5: premiered 2017-07-05; final listed air date 2017-09-20; episode order: 12.
• Season 6: premiered 2022-01-06; final listed air date 2022-03-30.

Source and licence

Adapted from Saiyuki on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.